Best classic widgets plugins for WordPress
The most popular classic widgets plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Classic Widgets leads with 2M+ active installs, ahead of Widget Options (100K+) and Custom Sidebars (100K+). All 12 plugins tagged “classic widgets” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 classic widgets plugins
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Classic WidgetsThe most installed classic widgets plugin, with 2M+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 273 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Widget Options100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,516 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Custom Sidebars100K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 1,028 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Classic Editor +30K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 31 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
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Content Aware Sidebars30K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 724 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
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Classic Editor and Classic Widgets20K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
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Classic Widgets with Block-based Widgets1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Disable Blocks Widget Sidebar.100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
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WPDevs Classic Editor & Widgets20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 6 months ago.
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Disable Block10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
All 12 plugins tagged “classic widgets”
Classic Widgets
#25by Tonya Mork11 months ago
Enables the previous "classic" widgets settings screens in Appearance - Widgets and the Customizer. Disables the block editor from managing widgets.
- Installs
- 2M+
- Rating
- 4.9(273)
- Downloads
- 2.2K/day
Widget Options
Up in the last 7 days:1#379by Marketing Fire13 days ago
Widget Options gives you super powers to control your site’s sidebar widgets and all Gutenberg blocks on pages, posts & other custom post types.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.5K)
- Downloads
- 1.7K/day
Custom Sidebars
#448by WebFactory2 months ago
Flexible sidebars for custom classic widget configurations on any page or post. Create custom sidebars with ease!
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.7(1K)
- Downloads
- 230/day
Classic Editor +
#943by Pieter Bos16 days ago
The "Classic Editor +" plugin disables the block editor, removes enqueued scripts/styles and brings back classic Widgets.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.9(31)
- Downloads
- 505/day
Content Aware Sidebars
Up in the last 7 days:1#999by Joachim Jensen16 days ago
Display new sidebars on any post, page, category etc. Works with Classic Widgets, Block Widgets, and all themes!
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.9(724)
- Downloads
- 378/day
Classic Editor and Classic Widgets
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,266by WP Grim28 days ago
Disables Gutenberg editor totally everywhere and enables Classic Editor and Classic Widgets.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 183/day
Classic Widgets with Block-based Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:18#6,761by Sumit Singh1 year ago
Restore the classic widgets screen as a new menu item without replacing new block-based widgets.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Disable Blocks Widget Sidebar.
Down in the last 7 days:144#13,219by echocoder5 years ago
Description: Disables Gutenberg Block widgets Sidebar and restores the Classic widgets Sidebar .
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPDevs Classic Editor & Widgets
Up in the last 7 days:775#26,531by Md. Aminul Islam6 months ago
WPDevs Classic Editor & Widgets enables the traditional WordPress classic editor, classic widgets, and the previous version of the Edit Post scree …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disable Block
Down in the last 7 days:6,449#44,436by 998394 years ago
Disable Block disables Gutenberg editor and Gutenberg Block Library CSS totally everywhere and enables Classic Editor & Classic Widgets.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Restore Classic Editor & Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:2,548#58,303by Joker Studio1 year ago
Restore classic editor & widgets, block admin ads, and speed up WordPress with one clean, lightweight, multilingual plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Archives Widget Extended
Down in the last 7 days:10,529#71,268by weareunivocal1 month ago
An Archive Widget with expanded features. Free and Open Source.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day