Classic editor and widget alternatives
Several widely installed plugins preserve earlier editing screens, while another supports both classic and block editing.
- Classic Editor: Restores the classic post editor and its edit screen, including TinyMCE and meta boxes. It has 8 million active installs and was updated 5 months ago.
- Classic Widgets: Returns the earlier widget settings screens and stops the block editor from managing widgets. It has 2 million active installs and was updated 10 months ago.
- Disable Gutenberg: Disables the block editor and restores the classic post-editing screen. It has 500,000 active installs and was updated 3 months ago.
- Advanced Editor Tools: Extends both the block editor and classic editor (TinyMCE). It has 1 million active installs and was updated 2 months ago.
Block extensions and page-building tools
Block collections and design libraries serve different parts of the Gutenberg building process.
- Kadence Blocks: Provides more than 20 Gutenberg blocks; it has 600,000 active installs and was updated this month.
- Otter Blocks: Combines more than 20 blocks with ready-to-import designs and editor extensions; it has 300,000 active installs and was updated this month.
- CoBlocks: Offers additional blocks and a page-building experience with rows and columns. Listed as Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks, it has 300,000 active installs.
- GenerateBlocks: A small collection of blocks, with 200,000 active installs and an update this month.
- Extendify and Kadence Starter Templates: Extendify centers on templates, patterns, and layouts, while Kadence Starter Templates focuses on website building. They have 500,000 and 200,000 active installs, respectively.
The tag counts reflect this range: 337 plugins overlap with blocks, 178 with block-editor, 83 with gutenberg-blocks, and 65 with page-builder.
Specialized features inside the block editor
Some plugins bring a focused task into the editor rather than offering a general block collection.
Crowdsignal Forms, with 200,000 active installs, lets users create and manage polls within the block editor; it was updated this month. Related tags point to other purposes across the category, including editor (148 plugins), slider (37), responsive (34), and AI (34).
What category size and update activity mean for choosing
The category combines a large plugin pool with a small group of especially high-install tools and ongoing update activity.
Of 1,181 plugins, 16 have at least 100,000 active installs and 56 have at least 10,000. Classic Editor leads the listed plugins with 8 million active installs, followed by Classic Widgets at 2 million, while block collections and design tools represent a wider range of smaller options.
A total of 62% of plugins were updated in the last year. Update recency varies among the leading plugins, from updates this month for some block tools to 10 months ago for Classic Widgets.