Classic Widgets

Description

Classic Widgets is an official plugin maintained by the WordPress team that restores the previous (“classic”) WordPress widgets settings screens. It will be supported and maintained until at least 2022, or as long as is necessary.

Once activated, this plugin restores the previous widgets settings screens and disables the block editor from managing widgets. There is no other configuration, the classic widgets settings screens are enabled or disabled by either enabling or disabling this plugin.

FAQ

Are there any settings?

No, there are no settings. Once activated, this plugin restores the previous (“classic”) WordPress widgets screen and disables the block editor from managing widgets.

Reviews

September 2, 2021
I hate that the WP core dev team has the urge to throw everything known overboard and create new UIs that just suck (never saw a worse pagebuilder then this **** block editor they added with v5). Thank you for restoring that old widget UI!
September 1, 2021
Glad to have this plugin. Widget Blocks have created all kinds of issues with making changes to the widgets on various pages. When I tried to use Widget Blocks to change and add some blocks, the live preview showed the changes. But when I open a new browser screen to see the page, no changes showed up. Seems to cause a disconnect with my SQL database with host provider. Plugin developers trying to fix issues but seems to not be an easy fix for some. Awaiting replies from my host provider tech support and theme developer. In the meantime, using classic widget plugin and all changes show up as usual. Frustrating when the Widget Block beta should have been tested more so plugin developers can catch up.
August 31, 2021
Oh my word I just hate this new widget block.. it is slow and stupid! Can someone just tell those guys to put it back the way it was.. anyhoo.. thank you soooo much for this plugin - I'm so happy to see the 'classic' widgets 😅😅😅😅😅😅
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Contributors & Developers

“Classic Widgets” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

0.2

Update filter name.

0.1

Initial release.