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Disable Gutenberg
The ultimate escape hatch from the block editor era.
HealthyGrowing
97/100
This reliable utility restores the classic editing experience with excellent granular control.
Active installs
~550,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 500k+
Rating
5.0★
732 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+44%
Growing fast
1,881 → 2,708 installs/day
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
Growing fast · +44% in the last year
1,881/day a year ago→2,708/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayDisable Gutenberg is a well-regarded utility plugin that users treat as essential for reverting to the classic WordPress editing experience, with no meaningful complaints surfacing across reviews.
What people like
- +Effectively and immediately disables the Gutenberg block editor, restoring the classic editing experience×7
- +Replaces multiple plugins at once, covering both Classic Editor and Classic Widgets functionality
- +Praised for being simple, lightweight, and easy to use×3
- +Allows selective enabling of blocks on individual pages/posts rather than a blanket all-or-nothing approach
- +Resolves real content-breakage issues caused by Gutenberg (e.g. code syntax corruption, broken shortcode tags)
Common complaints
- −Reviewers express frustration that a plugin like this is still necessary at all in WordPress, implying the core block editor remains unwanted by a segment of users×2
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.91★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 4%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 732 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-06★★★★★A must-have for full WP functionalitykolakube
- 2026-04-17★★★★★first plugin to install on each new websiteanonymized-12160044
- 2026-02-08★★★★★Очень хороший плагин, пользуюсь много летrrrFer
- 2026-01-29★★★★★Perfect. Hilarious this even has to exist.tlatham
- 2026-01-04★★★★★AllStarGaunero
- 2025-12-07★★★★★The first plugin I install!Nate
- 2025-11-19★★★★★Normalize / Reset WordPressJames Joseph Finn
- 2025-11-11★★★★★Annoying that this is still required in 2025defmans7
- 2025-09-15★★★★★I love itFarzad
- 2025-09-12★★★★★Thank You. Normality Restored.PandamusRex1-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.
2,410
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
2,683
Prior 7-day baseline
1,707
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
11,766
Mean release-day peak (30d)
2,462
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-10.2%
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.
8%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.73
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
98%
5★ share in analyzed sample
4%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+50%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.91 → 4.91★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered