Title: Blocks as widgets
Last modified: May 17, 2023

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# Blocks as widgets

 *  [mllapan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mllapan/)
 * (@mllapan)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocks-as-widgets/)
 * <!– wp:paragraph –>
    <p>Blocks as widgets, forced with new WordPress updates 
   made me come here and say I had enough of it.</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –>
 * <!– wp:paragraph –>
    <p>First post template, now widgets, what’s next? </p> <!–/
   wp:paragraph –>
 * <!– wp:paragraph –>
    <p>Update: It started with widgets, now we are almost pushed
   to use block themes.</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –>
 * <!– wp:paragraph –>
    <p>Maybe it is time for new CMS to rise.</p> <!– /wp:paragraph–
   >
 * <!– wp:paragraph –>
    <p>It will now add wp-paragraph again, even I formated it
   for 5th time.</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –>
 * <!– wp:paragraph –>
    <p>A joke of plugin will create a joke of CMS.</p> <!– /
   wp:paragraph –>
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/).
    -  This topic was modified 3 years ago by [mllapan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mllapan/).
    -  This topic was modified 3 years ago by [mllapan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mllapan/).
    -  This topic was modified 3 years ago by [mllapan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mllapan/).
    -  This topic was modified 3 years ago by [mllapan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mllapan/).
    -  This topic was modified 3 years ago by [mllapan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mllapan/).

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 *  Plugin Author [Matias Ventura](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matveb/)
 * (@matveb)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocks-as-widgets/#post-14821075)
 * Having blocks in widget areas opens up a lot of possibilities for people: [https://wordpress.org/news/2021/08/widgets-in-wordpress-5-8-and-beyond/](https://wordpress.org/news/2021/08/widgets-in-wordpress-5-8-and-beyond/)
 * You can still disable it if it doesn’t fit your use case or taste.

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