80
Classic Editor +
The perfect little janitor for your vintage WordPress setup.
HealthyDeclining
80/100
It cleans up block editor leftovers but requires the base Classic Editor plugin.
Active installs
~45,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
4.9★
31 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-37%
Declining fast
182 → 115 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 37% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -37% in the last year
182/day a year ago→115/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayClassic Editor + is a well-regarded lightweight add-on for the Classic Editor plugin that reliably restores the traditional WordPress editing experience, though it depends on the Classic Editor plugin to function and has at least one reported issue with the font colour palette disappearing after a recent WordPress update.
What people like
- +Effectively disables the Gutenberg/block editor and restores the classic editing experience×9
- +Lightweight and unobtrusive×2
- +Works well as a solo plugin to resolve block editor conflicts when other similar plugins fail
- +Properly restores Classic Editor CSS and styling that the standard Classic Editor plugin does not
- +Prevents accidental activation of Gutenberg
- +Provides a convenient in-plugin link to install the required Classic Editor plugin if missing
Common complaints
- −Font colour palette no longer appears in Visual view after a recent WordPress update, requiring manual CSS entry in code view
- −Requires the separate Classic Editor plugin to be installed and active — it does not work standalone×2
- −Does not hide the 'Classic Editor' label/text from posts and pages list
- −After using the in-plugin link to install Classic Editor, the plugins page does not auto-refresh to confirm installation
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.90★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-08-132025-07-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 31 total
Latest reviews · 32 analyzed
- 2025-09-09★★★★★WP 6.8.2 breaks ability to chnage the font colour.1waytoheaven
- 2025-01-31★★★★★Perfect!landapro
- 2025-01-07★★★★★Pineapple is delicious indeedremedia222
- 2024-09-25★★★★★Awesome!!!deralict
- 2024-07-25★★★★★Classic Editor always the best!d4niwp
- 2023-05-18★★★★★Pure Classic, embracing traditionDario Devcic
- 2022-12-21★★★★★Works well……..Adesignpro
- 2022-05-02★★★★★Fantastic!Yuusuke Wada
- 2021-03-18★★★★★Perfect compliment to the Classic Editor plugin!bravura2008
- 2020-11-17★★★★★Thank you!tomgccc1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
108
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
121
Prior 7-day baseline
93
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
115
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-10.7%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
20%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.90
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
97%
5★ share in analyzed sample
6%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.91 → 4.90★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered