Title: Enable Classic Block
Author: Marin Atanasov
Published: <strong>June 23, 2026</strong>
Last modified: June 23, 2026

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# Enable Classic Block

 By [Marin Atanasov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tyxla/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/enable-classic-block.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-classic-block/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-classic-block/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-classic-block/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-classic-block/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/enable-classic-block/)

## Description

Gutenberg 23.1.0 and WordPress 7.1 begin the deprecation of the Classic block by
removing it from the block inserter. The block remains registered, so existing posts
that contain a Classic block continue to render and can be edited — but new instances
cannot be added through the inserter by default.

## Installation

#### Minimum Requirements

 * PHP 7.4 or greater is required (PHP 8.0 or greater is recommended)
 * MySQL 5.5.5 or greater, OR MariaDB version 10.1 or greater, is required
 * WordPress 6.8 or greater

#### Automatic installation

Automatic installation is the easiest option — WordPress will handle the file transfer,
and you won’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install of the 
plugin, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu, and click“
Add New”.

In the search field type “Enable Classic Block” then click “Search Plugins”. Once
you’ve found us, you can view details about it such as the point release, rating,
and description. Most importantly of course, you can install it by! Click “Install
Now,” and WordPress will take it from there.

#### Manual installation

Manual installation method requires downloading the plugin and uploading it to your
web server. The WordPress codex contains [instructions on how to do this here](https://wordpress.org/support/article/managing-plugins/#manual-plugin-installation).

#### Updating

Automatic updates should work smoothly, but we still recommend you back up your 
site.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ Marin Atanasov ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tyxla/)
 *   [ Yuliyan Slavchev ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yuliyan/)

[Translate “Enable Classic Block” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/enable-classic-block)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enable-classic-block/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/enable-classic-block/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/enable-classic-block/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/enable-classic-block/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **9 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [block-editor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block-editor/)[classic editor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/classic-editor/)
   [editor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/editor/)[tinyMCE](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tinymce/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-classic-block/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Marin Atanasov ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tyxla/)
 *   [ Yuliyan Slavchev ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yuliyan/)

## Support

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