How to disable Gutenberg and keep the Classic Editor in WordPress

Cheerag Nundlall · Dec 12, 2018

I updated to Wordpress 5.0 but I feel difficult when usign new editor Gutenberg hence I would get old Editor that I used it in the past. How can I do this?

Cort Ammon · Dec 12, 2018

WordPress has the latest update to version 5.0, in this version the default WordPress editor has wholly changed and brought a different interface.
However, many users feel strange and even quite uncomfortable with the new interface of this WordPress, version editor.

New WordPress editor interface version 5.0

Some features of the new WordPress editor
Some significant changes have come to the editing experience in WordPress. The block-based editor is the first step towards an exciting new future with a streamlined editing experience across the web.

More flexible with the display of content
Insert any multimedia and auto-embedded
Each content is in a separate block and easily controlled by mouse or keyboard
The blocks available by default have more than: paragraphs, titles, preformatted text, quotes, images, collections, cover art, video, audio, columns with nested blocks, files, code, etc

The blocks can also be reused, and many people can easily switch from one type to another. This new editing experience offers a more consistent approach to design and content.

How to convert a WordPress editor to an old version like before
So now we want to convert the WordPress editor to the old version as before, how to do?
Thankfully WordPress has just released a plugin for you to do that, this plugin is called Classic Editor
After downloading this plugin and install, then you go to Setting -> Writing will see the following

Here you will see 2 new options.

Classic Editor: Old editor
Block Editor: New editor

Your task is to choose one of the two options above to get the old or new editor.

Good luck!

zainhosting · Mar 11, 2019

There is a simple way, just install this free plugin on your wordpress blog "Classic Editor".

Ash · May 30, 2019

Like you, I'm not a huge fan of the new Gutenberg editor either especially as I have a few plugins that don't seem to work too well with the new editor. Like suggested above, I've downloaded the classic editor plugin and everything is fine now.

Jogel2 · May 31, 2019

Indeed, many people prefer keeping the Classic editor.

You can do that with just a few clicks by installing and activating the classic editor plugin (available on https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/ ). When you go to ‘’Settings’’ click on ‘’Writing’’, and then, you’ll see the ‘’Classic editor settings’’. There you have 2 options:

To replace the Gutenberg editor with the Classic editor
To use the Gutenberg editor by default and include optional links back to the Classic editor.

Then just click on the ‘’Save changes’’ button
Now, in the ‘’Posts’’ menu, you will see a new link ‘’Add new (Classic)’’, which will allow you to create new posts using the Classic editor.

Another option is to use the TinyMCE Advanced plugin (available on https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-advanced/ ) And then, choose from the advanced options to replace the Block editor with the Classic editor

Adam Stokes · Aug 18, 2020

From Navigation pane, hover your mouse on the Appearance option and select Themes
select any Child Theme and Activate it. After activating click on the Editor option from the Navigation pane
From the Editor click on the Theme Functions option located under the Theme Files navigation pane
Now scroll all the way down in the PHP code and add this command line listed below to disable the Gutenberg Editor completely: add_filter(‘use_block_editor_for_post’, ‘__return_false’);
After adding the above line in the theme function click on the Update File button to apply changes to the code. Now you can check that you will be only allowed to use Classic Editor.

zainhosting · Sep 1, 2020

There is another simple way to disable Gutenberg editor, just install classic editor plugin to your WordPress, it will disable the Gutenberg editor and enable your old classic editor.

How to disable Gutenberg and keep the Classic Editor in WordPress

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