Blockenberg vs No Gutenberg? – Choose Where to Use the Block Editor or the Classic Editor

Blockenberg is an advanced Gutenberg block library with 600+ lightweight, professional blocks for WordPress. Build landing pages, business sites, blogs, documentation, comparison pages, review content, interactive tools, and rich editorial layouts faster — all inside the native block editor. Instead of combining multiple block plugins, Blockenberg gives you one consistent toolkit with shared design controls, responsive settings, modern styling options, and performance-focused frontend output. Block categories include: – Layout & page building: sections, rows, columns, hero areas, bento grids, feature layouts, comparison sections, pricing layouts, and conversion-focused page sections. – Content & editorial: accordions, blockquotes, styled lists, timelines, FAQs, article series, glossary-style content, reading blocks, and structured content modules. – Marketing & conversion: call-to-action blocks, pulsing buttons, countdowns, announcement bars, trust bars, promo sections, coupons, pricing sliders, and lead-generation layouts. – Media & interactive: Google Maps, YouTube and Vimeo performance embeds, video popup buttons, before/after sliders, marquees, carousels, logo showcases, sliders, and interactive cards. – Social proof & business: team members, testimonials, star ratings, review boxes, business hours, contact blocks, logo carousels, contributor boxes, and profile-style blocks. – Charts, calculators & utility tools: data tables, progress bars, counters, charts, planners, converters, calculators, comparison tools, and other interactive widgets. From simple content blocks to advanced interactive elements, Blockenberg is built for speed, accessibility, and everyday real-world publishing. Key Features: – 600+ blocks covering page building, content, marketing, media, business, charts, utilities, and more – Consistent controls for colors, typography, spacing, borders, shadows, layout, and responsiveness – Accessibility-first design with keyboard support and thoughtful frontend behavior – Performance-focused output with lightweight frontend assets and modern interaction patterns – Built with standard WordPress components for a native block editor experience – Works with modern themes and supports a wide range of site types and niches All Blocks by Category Every Blockenberg block is listed below so users can quickly scan the full library by use case. Layout & Landing Pages (52) Build polished page structures, hero sections, and flexible layouts for high-converting websites. About Section, Announcement Strip, Bento Grid, Brand Kit, Browser Mockup, Card Carousel, Card Deck Slider, Card Stack, Column, Dark Hero, Dual Heading, Gradient Border Card, Gradient Hero, Gradient Section, Highlight Section, Hover Card, Icon Box, Icon Cloud, Icon Feature Grid, Image Box, Image Cards, Image Overlap Text, Image Text Rows, Info Cards, Liquid Glass Cards, Location Cards, Marquee, Marquee Cards, Masonry Grid, Media Text, Mixed Heading, Noise Section, Number Box, Page Header, Parallax Depth Cards, Parallax Section, Photo Card, Rich Columns, Row, Section, Section Intro, Shape Divider, Skewed Section, Split Hero, Split Panel, Split Screen, Split Text, Step Cards, Sticky Scroll, Sticky Two Col, Text Columns, Use Case Section Content & Editorial (79) Publish richer articles, stories, reference content, and editorial enhancements with ease. Accordion, Accordion Table, Address Card, Article Header, Article Series, Author Box, Author Profile, Bio Card, Blockquote, Book Review, Book Shelf, Callout, Chapter Intro, Chapter Navigation, Chat Bubble, Checklist, Comparison Guide, Comparison Table, Content Box, Content Outline, Content Score, Content Slider, Content Ticker, Content Warning, Contributor Box, Debate Block, Definition Block, Dynamic Date, Expert Roundup, Fact Check, Footnotes, Highlight Reel, Horizontal Timeline, Icon Accordion, Icon List, Interview Block, Key Takeaways, Link Card, Link List, Link Preview, Link Roundup, Listicle, Media Quote, Message Thread, Numbered List, Opinion Box, Podcast Episode, Post Carousel, Post Grid, Post Meta, Post Slider, Press Release, Pros & Cons, Pullquote Pro, Quote Collection, Read More, Readability Score, Reading Card, Reading List, Reading Notes, Reading Time, Related Posts, Research Brief, Resource Links, Review Box, Show Notes, Sidenote, Sources References, Spoiler, Story Section, Styled List, Table of Contents, Tag Cloud, Tag List, Text Comparison, Text Divider, Timeline, TLDR Box, Verdict Box Marketing & Conversion (68) Turn traffic into leads with CTAs, promo sections, signup flows, and conversion-focused blocks. Affiliate Box, Affiliate Disclosure, Affiliate Section, App Download, App Screenshot, Call to Action, Card CTA Grid, Click to Tweet, Coming Soon, Comparison Cards, Comparison Checklist, Comparison Matrix, Comparison Section, Confetti Button, Contact Card, Contact Form, Contact Info, Contact Section, Content Lock, Content Upgrade, Countdown, Countdown Progress, Creative Button, CTA Band, CTA Countdown, CTA Pulsing Button, Demo Section, Ebook Section, Feature Alternating, Feature Announcement, Feature Columns, Feature Grid, Feature List, Feature Request, Feature Showcase, Feature Split, Feature Tabs, Feature Video Tabs, Floating CTA, Gradient CTA, Guarantee Section, How It Works, Integration Wall, Launch Waitlist, Lead Magnet, Link in Bio, Media Kit, Multi Step Form, Newsletter, Newsletter Popup, Newsletter Section, Objection Handler, Persona Section, Phone Button, Popup, Problem Solution, Promo Banner, Results Section, Rotating Banner, Social Share, Split Benefits, Split CTA, Split Form, Sponsored Disclosure, Spotlight Card, Trust Bar, Value Proposition, Webinar Section Media & Visuals (44) Showcase images, video, embeds, and immersive visuals that make every page more engaging. Audio Player, Background Video, Before & After, Before & After Grid, Content Flip Box, Device Mockup, Drawing Canvas, Embed, Embed Preview, Filter Gallery, Gallery Showcase, Google Map, Hotspot Image, Hovering Image Stack, Image Accordion, Image Collage, Image Filter, Image Gallery, Image Magnifier, Image Mask, Image Placeholder, Image Reveal, Image Slider, Lightbox Gallery, Lottie, Open Graph Preview, PDF Embed, Perspective Device, Rotating Image Tiles, Scroll Reveal, Scroll Sticky Content, Scrollytelling, Sticky Video, Thumbnail Gallery, Tilt Card, Vertical Scroll Image, Video Facade, Video Grid, Video Hero, Video Playlist, Video Popup, Video Section, Weather Widget, World Map Navigation & Site Experience (45) Improve discovery, usability, and on-page flow with smarter navigation and interface tools. Alert, Breadcrumbs, Business Hours, Button Group, Calendar, Category Grid, Content Menu, Cookie Consent, Dark Mode Toggle, Error Page, FAQ Categories, Filterable Cards, Floating Tags, Icon, Mega Footer, Mega Menu, Minimal Footer, Modal, Notification Bar, Notification Feed, Notification Toast, Off Canvas, One Page Nav, Page List, Pagination, Post Navigation, Print / PDF Button, Progress Bar, Progress Circle, Progress Tracker, QR Code, Reading Progress, Scroll to Top, Search Bar, Separator, Side Menu, Step Progress, Sticky Header, Sticky Note, Sticky Sidebar, Tabs, Taxonomy List, Toggle, Tooltip, User Field Data, Charts & Analytics (61) Present metrics clearly with charts, dashboards, comparisons, and visual reporting blocks. Area Chart, Bar Chart, Big Stat, Box Plot, Bubble Chart, Bullet Chart, Bump Chart, Candlestick Chart, Chord Diagram, Count Up, Creative Stats Waterfall, Data Table, Diverging Bar, Dot Plot, Doughnut Chart, Dumbbell Chart, Floating Stats, Funnel Chart, Gantt Chart, Gauge Chart, Heat Map, Heatmap Calendar, Histogram Chart, Icon Stats, KPI Tiles, Line Chart, Lollipop Chart, Marimekko Chart, Metric Cards, Metric Comparison, Mixed Chart, Network Diagram, Pictograph, Pie Chart, Polar Chart, Population Pyramid, Radar Chart, Radial Bar, Sankey Diagram, Scatter Chart, Scatter Plot, Slope Chart, Speedometer, Stacked Area, Stats Counter, Stats Section, Step Chart, Stock Ticker, Sunburst Chart, Survey Results, Tech Radar, Timeline Chart, Treemap Chart, Venn Diagram, Vimeo Performance, Violin Plot, Waffle Chart, Waterfall Bar, Waterfall Chart, Word Cloud, YouTube Performance Calculators & Generators (70) Offer practical tools, calculators, converters, and generators visitors can use instantly. Age Calculator, Analog Clock, Aspect Ratio Calculator, Barcode Generator, BMI Calculator, Body Fat Calculator, Break Even Calculator, Budget Planner, Calorie Calculator, Carbon Footprint Calculator, Color Converter, Color Harmony, Color Mixer, Color Palette, Color Swatch, Color Thief, Color Tokens, Compound Interest Calculator, Contrast Checker, Currency Converter, Date Difference, Debt Payoff Calculator, Discount Calculator, Electricity Cost Calculator, Expense Tracker, Font Scale, Fuel Calculator, GPA Calculator, Grade Calculator, Gradient Generator, Heart Rate Calculator, Ideal Weight Calculator, Invoice Calculator, Loan Affordability, Loan Calculator, Lorem Ipsum Generator, Macro Calculator, Margin Calculator, Meeting Cost Calculator, Morse Code Converter, Mortgage Calculator, Net Worth Calculator, Number Base Converter, Pace Calculator, Percentage Calculator, Pomodoro Timer, Price Calculator, Recipe Scaler, Retirement Calculator, ROI Calculator, Roman Numeral Converter, Salary Calculator, Savings Calculator, Scientific Calculator, Sleep Calculator, Speed Calculator, Split Bill Calculator, Statistics Calculator, Stopwatch, Tax Calculator, Text Case Converter, Time Duration Calculator, Time Zone Converter, Tip Calculator, Typing Speed Test, Unit Converter, Water Intake Calculator, Word Counter, Word Frequency, World Clock Interactive & Creative (52) Add motion, play, interaction, and eye-catching creative effects across the site. 2048 Game, 3D Text, Age Gate, Animated Text, Bingo Card, Bracket, Comparison Swipe Wall, Cursor Spotlight, Dice Roller, Family Tree, Flip Card, Flip Countdown, Glitch Text, Gradient Blob, Gradient Text Animator, Handwriting Text, Holographic Card, Interactive Gradient Mesh, Interactive Image Sheen, Interactive Poll, Interactive Steps, Kinetic Text, Magnetic Button, Matrix Rain, Meme Generator, Memory Game, Morphing Text, Mouse Trail, Neon Text, Particle Text, Pixel Art, Random Picker, Reaction Bar, Reveal Swipe Cards, Snake Game, Spin Wheel, Split Flap Display, Spotlight Reveal, Styled Text Builder, Sudoku, Tetris, Text Gradient, Text Highlight, Text Path, Text Reveal Scroll, Text Stroke, Tic Tac Toe, Trivia Game, Typing Effect, Unfold, Word Flip, Word Scramble Commerce & Pricing (19) Support offers, pricing, product presentation, and purchase decisions with sales-ready blocks. Booking Form, Coupon, Nutrition Label, Offer Card, Payment Methods, Price List, Pricing Section, Pricing Slider, Pricing Switcher, Pricing Table, Product 360, Product Card, Product Roundup, Product Showcase, Product Spec, Product Tour, Restaurant Menu, Size Guide, Split Price CTA Social Proof & Testimonials (35) Build trust fast with reviews, testimonials, logos, proof bars, and credibility sections. Avatar Group, Awards, Badge Wall, Case Study, Certification Wall, Client Showcase, Community Section, Customer Results, Founder Quote, Logo Carousel, Logo Grid, Logo Ticker, Logo Wall, Media Coverage, Press Kit, Rating Summary, Review Schema, Review Showcase, Social Feed, Social Links, Social Proof Bar, Social Proof Popup, Social Proof Section, Social Stats, Speaker Lineup, Split Testimonial, Star Rating, Testimonial Carousel, Testimonial Featured, Testimonial Grid, Testimonial Inline, Testimonial Marquee, Testimonial Wall, Testimonials, Video Testimonial Documentation & Developer Tools (31) Document products and workflows with code, technical references, and developer-friendly utilities. API Reference, Base64 Encoder, Binary Text Converter, Changelog, Clipboard Copy, Code Block, Code Comparison, Code Playground, Code Tabs, Commit History, Cron Builder, File Download, File Tree, GitHub Card, Hash Generator, JSON Formatter, Keyboard Shortcut, Markdown Preview, Password Generator, Password Strength Meter, Regex Tester, Release Notes, Status Page, Tech Stack, Terminal Mockup, Text Analyzer, Tool Card, Troubleshooting Guide, Update Notice, URL Encoder, UUID Generator Learning & Knowledge (23) Create structured educational, FAQ, and knowledge-driven experiences for readers and customers. Certificate, Content Switcher, Course Curriculum, Course Lesson, FAQ Accordion, FAQ Chat, FAQ Grid, FAQ Schema, FAQ Search, FAQ Section, Flashcard, Glossary, HowTo Schema, KB Article, Knowledge Check, Learning Path, Lesson Objectives, Mind Map, Quiz, Recipe Card, Resource Hub, Study Notes, Tutorial Card Business, Teams & Events (39) Highlight teams, services, operations, careers, and event content in a professional way. Bio Section, Daily Schedule, Decision Matrix, Decision Tree, Email Signature, Event Agenda, Event Card, Event Debrief, Event Recap, Event Speaker, Job Listing, Job Openings, Kanban Board, Meeting Recap, Milestone, OKR Tracker, Onboarding Steps, Org Chart, Portfolio Grid, Project Brief, Resume, Roadmap, Salary Guide, Service Cards, Service Details, Service Process, Services Showcase, Skill Bar, Skill Rings, Skills, Sprint Retrospective, SWOT Analysis, Team Card, Team Members, Team Slider, Ticket Stub, Values Circle, Vision Mission, Week Schedule Keywords Gutenberg, blocks, editor, custom-blocks, page-builder, accordion, business hours, countdown, data table, team members, testimonials, logo carousel, before/after slider, youtube embed, vimeo embed, marquee, announcement bar, progress bar, stats counter, b, bl, blo, bloc, block, g, gu, gut, gute, guten, gutenb, gutenbe, gutenber, layout blocks, timeline, responsive, customizable, accessible, performance, lightweight, modern, professional, WordPress,

The most configurable way to leave the block editor behind. Activate it and everything block related is gone: the block editor, Global Styles, patterns, block widgets, the Site Editor and the block CSS and JavaScript that every page loads. From there you decide the scope: everywhere, or only for the post types, roles, templates and entries you choose. What this plugin removes: Core Gutenberg Features Gutenberg Block Editor (completely disabled) Full Site Editing (FSE) Global Styles and inline CSS Block-based Widget Editor (reverts to Classic Widgets) Block Patterns and Pattern Directory Theme.json support and processing Block Directory integration Site Editor functionality Performance Optimizations The block library CSS and JavaScript that every page loads The Global Styles inline CSS, which dequeuing the handle never reaches The block assets of any other plugin that registers blocks, on pages where no block appears The block editor assets in the admin, wherever the Classic Editor is the one opening WooCommerce Integration The block based product editor, which follows the same rules as any other post type The WooCommerce block styles and scripts, removed along with the rest of the block assets Nothing else: leave blocks on for products and the block product editor keeps working Admin Experience Removes the welcome panel that promotes the block editor Removes the Patterns submenu from the Appearance menu (WP 6.5+) Removes the Fonts submenu from the Appearance menu (WP 7.0+) Blocks access to Site Editor pages Shows activation success notice Warns you when a block theme is active Adds settings and support links to plugin actions A default that asks nothing, and a settings page for everything else – Activating the plugin disables the block editor and every block feature across the site, which is what most people install it for. The rest of this page is about wanting less than that. Full control when you need it – The settings page lives under Settings > No Gutenberg?, built around one master switch. Leave it on and the whole site keeps the complete disable. Turn it off and you decide where the block editor goes away: by post type, by user role, by page template or by individual entry. The site wide pieces (classic widgets, block patterns, frontend block assets, theme.json and the Site Editor) are then yours to keep or remove one by one. Every checkbox means the same thing, so no setting ever undoes another one. Switch editors entry by entry, where it makes sense – Editor switching is chosen per post type, right next to the rule that disables the block editor. Enable it for pages, for instance, and every page gets “Edit (Classic)” and “Edit (Blocks)” links in the list plus a switch inside both editors, while your posts stay untouched. Each entry remembers the editor chosen for it, and that choice beats the rules in both directions: one landing page can stay on the Classic Editor while the rest keep blocks, or the other way around. It tells you what it is doing – The settings screen opens with a status panel for your particular site: how many block patterns are being blocked, how much weight is off every page, whether your theme is a block theme, and how much of your published content is really built with blocks. That last number is the one that should decide whether you strip the block styles from the frontend or not, and no other plugin tells you. Built for agencies and managed sites – The whole configuration can be fixed from wp-config.php, and the settings screen locked as read only or hidden altogether, so a site you deliver keeps the setup you left behind. A whole network configured in one file – This is where the plugin stands alone. Every single setting it has, and not just which editor opens, can be written in wp-config.php, the same file every site of a multisite network reads. A network of a hundred sites is set up once, all of them with the same rules, all of them with the same block CSS gone, and none of them able to drift away from it. The plugin can also be network activated and left alone, because settings are stored per site, so a network can equally let each site decide for itself. Same mechanism as the locking above, and this is how it is written. One configuration for a whole network, or for a site you deliver Everything the settings screen does can also be written in wp-config.php, where nobody changes it by accident, and what you write there wins over whatever is stored in the database. It is the same file for every site of a multisite network, so it is also how you set up a network without repeating the configuration site by site. Add the lines you need above the comment that says “That’s all, stop editing! Happy publishing.” To disable Gutenberg everywhere and leave no settings screen for anyone to touch, which is the usual setup both for a network and for a site you hand over to a client: define( 'NO_GUTENBERG_OPTIONS', array( 'complete' => true ) ); define( 'NO_GUTENBERG_HIDE_SETTINGS', true ); Drop that second line and the settings page is still there, showing the configuration the site is really running, but read only. And if all you want is to lock the screen, leaving the configuration as each site has it stored: define( 'NO_GUTENBERG_LOCK_SETTINGS', true ); NO_GUTENBERG_OPTIONS takes any of the settings on the screen, so a selective setup is written the same way: define( 'NO_GUTENBERG_OPTIONS', array( 'complete' => false, 'disable_post_types' => array( 'post', 'page' ), 'disable_roles' => array( 'editor', 'author' ), 'frontend_css' => false, ) ); The keys are the settings on the screen. complete, widgets, patterns, frontend_css, theme_json, site_editor and fse_notices take true or false, while disable_post_types, disable_roles, disable_templates and switch_post_types take an array of slugs, and disable_ids an array of entry IDs. Any key you leave out keeps the value stored on the site. Note that defining NO_GUTENBERG_OPTIONS already turns the whole screen read only, so NO_GUTENBERG_LOCK_SETTINGS is not needed on top of it. It fits sites that: – Work better in the Classic Editor and want it back – Run classic themes and plugins that were never built around blocks – Are paying for block CSS and JavaScript on pages with no blocks in them – Need the Classic Editor for everyone except a few post types, roles or people – Are a multisite network that wants the same editing experience on every site Support Need private support or custom development? Do you need one-on-one help, priority troubleshooting, or a custom feature, integration, or tweak built specifically for your site? I offer private support and custom development. Just contact me and tell me what you need. Need help or have suggestions? Official website WordPress support forum YouTube channel Documentation and tutorials Love the plugin? Please leave us a 5-star review and help spread the word! About AyudaWP We are specialists in WordPress security, SEO, and performance optimization plugins. 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