Best disable Gutenberg plugins for WordPress
The most popular disable Gutenberg 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 Classic Editor and Classic Widgets (20K+) and Enable Classic Editor & Widgets (2K+). All 25 plugins tagged “disable gutenberg” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 disable Gutenberg plugins
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Classic WidgetsThe most installed disable Gutenberg plugin, with 2M+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 274 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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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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Enable Classic Editor & Widgets2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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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 Gutenberg500+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
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Remove Gutenberg300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
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WPControl200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
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Enable Default Editor200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
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WP Disable Block Editor90+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
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Default Classic Editor50+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
All 25 plugins tagged “disable gutenberg”
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(274)
- Downloads
- 2.2K/day
Classic Editor and Classic Widgets
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,267by WP Grim28 days ago
Disables Gutenberg editor totally everywhere and enables Classic Editor and Classic Widgets.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 175/day
Enable Classic Editor & Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:5#4,300by Ayon M1 year ago
A simple & lightweight plugin to enable the classic editor on WordPress with advanced configuration options.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 16/day
Classic Widgets with Block-based Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:23#6,757by 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 Gutenberg
Up in the last 7 days:25#8,809by CodePopular3 months ago
Auto Disable gutenberg plugin will help you to disable gutenberg block editor
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Remove Gutenberg
Up in the last 7 days:10#10,585by Ravi A. Vadhel2 months ago
Remove Gutenberg Editor and get back to old version of editor. This provides Original Classic Editor and more.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WPControl
Down in the last 7 days:66#11,441by Syed Balkhi4 years ago
The easiest way to improve your website's security, performance, and user experience.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Enable Default Editor
Down in the last 7 days:89#12,228by zoynul7 years ago
Enable Default Editor is a free plugin maintained by the keendevs team (keendevs.com) that restores the previous ("classic") WordPress edito …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Disable Block Editor
Up in the last 7 days:39#17,267by Milankumar Sanandia3 years ago
This plugin will WP Disable Block Editor & enable the Classic Editor and original Edit Post screen (TinyMCE, meta boxes, etc all).
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Default Classic Editor
Down in the last 7 days:266#20,805by p4wparamjeet7 years ago
Enables the previous "classic" editor and the old-style Edit Post screen with TinyMCE, Meta Boxes, etc. Supports all plugins that extend thi …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SEPA Payment Gateway for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:67#21,314by Nhat Huynh Van4 years ago
Extends WooCommerce support SEPA Payment Gateway.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPDevs Classic Editor & Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:148#26,760by 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
Santi Tech Disable Posts & Comments
Down in the last 7 days:32#30,671by Santi7 months ago
Removes "Posts" and "Comments" from the WordPress admin, disables comments and Gutenberg, allows custom file uploads, and includes a full SEO module.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Relive Classic
Up in the last 7 days:12,472#35,368by Nhat Huynh Van4 years ago
Plugin Relive Classic is help you use editor, widgets in classic style and disable Gutenberg.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disable Block
Down in the last 7 days:498#38,518by 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
Disable Classic Editor and Widget
#42,047by Farid Mia3 years ago
This plugin disables the Gutenberg Editor and Gutenberg widget block.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Disable Gutenberg (SP Disable Block Editor)
Down in the last 7 days:3,500#44,945by Alex Kuimov7 years ago
SP Disable Block Editor is a WordPress plugin which can disable Gutenberg Editor
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
haxtheweb
#55,367by btopro6 years ago
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- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Habibur Classic Editor Switch
Up in the last 7 days:13,811#58,699by Habibur Rahman8 months ago
Disables the block editor (Gutenberg) in WordPress and enables the classic editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Daisy Disable Blocks
Up in the last 7 days:14,571#58,718by DaisyPlugins1 year ago
Disable Gutenberg Blocks and restore the Classic Editor with a simple toggle.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Arik Admin Screen Customizer
Up in the last 7 days:1,939#62,680by Tanmoy Biswas1 month ago
The ultimate toolkit to white label and customize the WordPress admin dashboard, login screen, admin bar, and enable a professional maintenance mode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disable Gutenberg
Down in the last 7 days:2,348#65,041by osamabaqi1238 years ago
This plugin disabled gutenberg editor on your website with any WordPress theme. No additional settings required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WadeBush Editor Controls
Down in the last 7 days:12,244#65,321by wadebush1 month ago
Restore the familiar Classic Editor for WordPress posts and pages with simple, lightweight controls.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disable Gutenberg
#74,096by Vaibhaw Kumar2 months ago
Disable Gutenberg block editor & restore classic TinyMCE legacy editor per post type (Posts, Pages) with zero bloat and 100% speed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AlmazBro Site Utilities
#74,311by Almaz Bissenbayev2 days ago
Seven small tools in one plugin: disable comments or Gutenberg, add post types, clean junk, tidy your HTML, and check your system info.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 54/day