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Best classic editor plugins for WordPress

The most popular classic editor plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Classic Editor leads with 8M+ active installs, ahead of Advanced Editor Tools (1M+) and Disable Gutenberg (500K+). All 81 plugins tagged “classic editor” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 classic editor plugins

  1. 1.
    Classic Editor

    The most installed classic editor plugin, with 8M+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,251 reviews, updated 5 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Advanced Editor Tools

    1M+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 354 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Disable Gutenberg

    500K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 735 reviews, updated 2 days ago.

  4. 4.
    Classic Editor +

    30K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 31 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  5. 5.
    Classic Editor and Classic Widgets

    20K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.

  6. 6.
    Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor)

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 23 reviews, updated 3 months ago.

  7. 7.
    Enlighter

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 65 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  8. 8.
    No Gutenberg?

    9K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 16 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  9. 9.
    PixCodes

    8K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.

  10. 10.
    TCD Classic Editor

    6K+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.

All 81 plugins tagged “classic editor”