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Classic Widgets

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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 and when using a classic (non-block) theme, 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.

Does this work with full site editing and block themes?

No, as a block themes relies on blocks. See Block themes article for more information.

Reviews

Need this

March 25, 2022
The widget block editor is a serious time killer. It will be supported and maintained until at least 2022, or as long as is necessary. I can see this being necessary for a very long time. Gutenberg is just too slow and kills productivity.

Lifesaver!

March 15, 2022
I've just resumed the Blog aspect of my site and wanted to add a Widget to my sidebar. I had NO idea Widgets had gone crazy. I don't use/like the Block editor model at all, everything was jumbled and chaotic, it was calling all of my Widgets "Legacy widgets"... I had no idea what the heck I was going to do. This plug-in instantly restored order. I easily added what I wanted to add and was done in a few short minutes. Grateful for this plugin.

Please Continue to Maintain this Plugin

March 10, 2022
Can't stand Gutenburg, the UI is absolutely horrible, and still can't believe it became part of core. Now I have to install 4 plugins just to remove it from our installs. Worst decision WP has ever made. It should've remained a plugin just like all of the other Page Builders out there. Sorry for the vent, but thank you for creating this! Will be willing to donate in order for it to continually be maintained.

Thank you!

March 5, 2022
Thank you! classic widgets should not been removed in the first place. Thanks again for the plugin.
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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

0.3

Update for 5.9.

0.2

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0.1

Initial release.

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