WordPress Classic Widgets Plugin
The WordPress 5.8 turn the classic widget screen into the block-based widget screen. Yes, Widgets are now blocks and this is going to be available to everyone instantly.
It will create compatibility issues for many sites.
There are cases where the our plugin will be necessary:
* Broken themes or quirky output.
* Users simply preferring the old system.
Our plugin can restore the classic widget screen with just one click.
There is no other configuration, the classic widgets settings screens are enabled or disabled by either enabling or disabling this plugin.
Important
If you start using the new block-based widgets system, you will lose all of your widget blocks upon activating our plugin.
There is no going back, so be sure this is what you want. The former blocks will not reappear if you change your mind and deactivate our plugin.
Tags
- Classic widgets screen
- Old widgets screen
- Remove Gutenberg from the Widgets screen
- Removes block support from the default post types
- Classic UI Widgets
- How activate old widgets customizer instead of Gutenberg widget
FAQ
Is there an “Undo” to reverse the disable?
Yes just deactivate the plugin. When the plugin is not active, WordPress will return to its default widgets behavior.
If you start using the new block-based widgets system, you will lose all of your widget blocks upon activating our plugin.
There is no going back, so be sure this is what you want. The former blocks will not reappear if you change your mind and deactivate our plugin.
How to Install?
1) Install via wordpress.org
2) Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
or
Extract the zip file and just drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation and then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.