Disable Gutenberg by Soumen

A lightweight WordPress plugin that completely disables the Gutenberg block editor, block-based widgets, Full Site Editing (FSE), and related block styles — restoring the classic editor experience across your entire website.

This plugin is ideal for websites that prefer the classic editing workflow or want to avoid block-based interfaces entirely.

🚀 Features

• Disables Gutenberg editor for all post types
• Disables the Gutenberg plugin (if installed)
• Disables block-based widgets
• Disables Full Site Editing (FSE) support
• Removes Gutenberg block styles from the frontend (faster loading)
• Zero configuration — activate and done
• Clean, secure, and lightweight code

🛠 Installation

1. Download or clone this repository.
2. Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
3. Activate Disable Gutenberg by Soumen from WordPress Admin → Plugins.
4. Your site now uses the Classic Editor everywhere.

📌 Plugin Code (Main File)

add_filter( 'use_block_editor_for_post', '__return_false', 10 );
add_filter( 'use_block_editor_for_post_type', '__return_false', 10 );

add_filter( 'gutenberg_can_edit_post', '__return_false', 10 );
add_filter( 'gutenberg_can_edit_post_type', '__return_false', 10 );

add_filter( 'gutenberg_use_widgets_block_editor', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'use_widgets_block_editor', '__return_false' );

add_action( 'after_setup_theme', function () {
    remove_theme_support( 'block-templates' );
} );

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', function () {
    wp_dequeue_style( 'wp-block-library' );
    wp_dequeue_style( 'wp-block-library-theme' );
    wp_dequeue_style( 'global-styles' );
}, 20 );