Description
Classic Editor is an official plugin maintained by the WordPress team that restores the previous (“classic”) WordPress editor and the “Edit Post” screen. It makes it possible to use plugins that extend that screen, add old-style meta boxes, or otherwise depend on the previous editor.
By default, this plugin hides all functionality available in the new Block Editor (“Gutenberg”).
At a glance, this plugin adds the following:
- Administrators can select the default editor for all users.
- Administrators can allow users to change their default editor.
- When allowed, the users can choose which editor to use for each post.
- Each post opens in the last editor used regardless of who edited it last. This is important for maintaining a consistent experience when editing content.
In addition, the Classic Editor plugin includes several filters that let other plugins control the settings, and the editor choice per post and per post type.
Classic Editor is an official WordPress plugin, and will be maintained until at least 2022.
Screenshots
Admin settings on the Settings -> Writing screen. 
User settings on the Profile screen. Visible when the users are allowed to switch editors. 
"Action links" to choose alternative editor. Visible when the users are allowed to switch editors. 
Link to switch to the Block Editor while editing a post in the Classic Editor. Visible when the users are allowed to switch editors. 
Link to switch to the Classic Editor while editing a post in the Block Editor. Visible when the users are allowed to switch editors. 
Network setting to allow site admins to change the default options.
Reviews
The plugin that shouldn’t have had to exist but glad it’s around
Thank God for this plugin
old editor is perfect
classic case of fixing what isn’t broke and pissing off 800,000+ people who obviously prefer the old editor. k.i.s.s. Keep It Simple Stupid!
no one wants to learn a new editing UI when they got other tasks at hand
WP devs trying to validate their own existence but should be focusing/prioritizing on performance and functionality rather than looks. The editing UI was literally the LAST thing that needs an overhaul.
Unfortunately we have to add ANOTHER plugin to fix what wasn’t broken smh
Thank You
Great that some one realize we do not have to fix what is not broken.
I have no problem with a new way to create pages, but I still prefer old fashion classic editor.
Thank you very much
LA
very needed these days
very needed these days
Saved the day!
The new Gutenberg editor is terrible! WordPress does not understand that the new editor is not wanted and is not intuitive at all.
Very glad that Classic Editor is available, without it I would still be trying to get my blog piece out. It works well and I am going to stick with this plug-in.
Glad this plug-in exists
The new editor is horrible. I spent a half hour just trying to figure out how to do some of the formattings I used to do. I’m so happy that I could go back to the more powerful way to format and edit my posts. I don’t know who at WordPress thought 5.0 was a good idea, but they should be reprimanded. It’s awful. This plug-in saves me from that bad idea, at least for 3 or 4 years.
Better than Guterberg!
While WordPress, by default, has the worst content editor of any of the major CMS platforms, this plugin saves us from Gutenberg. It shouldn’t be a plugin – it should absolutely be part of core.
Contributors & Developers
“Classic Editor” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“Classic Editor” has been translated into 39 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Changelog
1.3
- Fixed removal of the “Try Gutenberg” dashboard widget.
- Fixed condition for displaying of the after upgrade notice on the “What’s New” screen. Shown when the Classic Editor is selected and users cannot switch editors.
1.2
- Fixed switching editors from the Add New (post) screen before a draft post is saved.
- Fixed typo that was appending the edit URL to the
classic-editorquery var. - Changed detecting of WordPress 5.0 to not use version check. Fixes a bug when testing 5.1-alpha.
- Changed the default value of the option to allow users to switch editors to false.
- Added disabling of the Gutenberg plugin and lowered the required WordPress version to 4.9.
- Added
classic_editor_network_default_settingsfilter.
1.1
Fixed a bug where it may attempt to load the Block Editor for post types that do not support editor when users are allowed to switch editors.
1.0
- Updated for WordPress 5.0.
- Changed all “Gutenberg” names/references to “Block Editor”.
- Refreshed the settings UI.
- Removed disabling of the Gutenberg plugin. This was added for testing in WordPress 4.9. Users who want to continue following the development of Gutenberg in WordPress 5.0 and beyond will not need another plugin to disable it.
- Added support for per-user settings of default editor.
- Added support for admins to set the default editor for the site.
- Added support for admins to allow users to change their default editor.
- Added support for network admins to prevent site admins from changing the default settings.
- Added support to store the last editor used for each post and open it next time. Enabled when users can choose default editor.
- Added “post editor state” in the listing of posts on the Posts screen. Shows the editor that will be opened for the post. Enabled when users can choose default editor.
- Added
classic_editor_enabled_editors_for_postandclassic_editor_enabled_editors_for_post_typefilters. Can be used by other plugins to control or override the editor used for a particular post of post type. - Added
classic_editor_plugin_settingsfilter. Can be used by other plugins to override the settings and disable the settings UI.
0.5
- Updated for Gutenberg 4.1 and WordPress 5.0-beta1.
- Removed some functionality that now exists in Gutenberg.
- Fixed redirecting back to the Classic Editor after looking at post revisions.
0.4
- Fixed removing of the “Try Gutenberg” call-out when the Gutenberg plugin is not activated.
- Fixed to always show the settings and the settings link in the plugins list table.
- Updated the readme text.
0.3
- Updated the option from a checkbox to couple of radio buttons, seems clearer. Thanks to @designsimply for the label text suggestions.
- Some general updates and cleanup.
0.2
- Update for Gutenberg 1.9.
- Remove warning and automatic deactivation when Gutenberg is not active.
0.1
Initial release.