Classic Widgets vs Disable Search

Classic Widgets is an official plugin maintained by the WordPress team that restores the previous (“classic”) WordPress widgets settings screens. It will be supported and maintained to 2024, or as long as is necessary. Once activated and when using a classic (non-block) theme, this plugin restores the previous widgets settings screens and disables the block editor from managing widgets. There is no other configuration, the classic widgets settings screens are enabled or disabled by either enabling or disabling this plugin.

This plugin prevents WordPress from allowing and handling any search requests from the front-end of the site. Specifically, this plugin: Prevents the search form from appearing if the theme uses the standard get_search_form() function to display the search form. Prevents the search form from appearing if the theme uses a searchform.php template Prevents the search item from appearing in the admin tool bar when shown on the front-end. Disables the search widget. Removes the Search widget from the list of available widgets Deactivates any search widgets currently in use in any sidebars (they are hidden, not deleted; they’ll reappear in their original locations if this plugin gets deactivated) Disables the search block. Removes the Search block from the list of available blocks Deactivates any search blocks currently in use, such as in posts or as a widget (they are disabled, not deleted; they’ll reappear if this plugin gets deactivated and the associated placeholder block doesn’t get deleted) With or without a search form, the plugin prevents any direct or manual requests by visitors, via either GET or POST requests, from actually returning any search results. Submitted attempts at a search will be given a 404 File Not Found response, rendered by your site’s 404.php template, if present. Disables output of SearchAction in SEO schema by the Yoast SEO plugin. The plugin only affects search on the front-end of the site. It does not disable searching in the admin section of the site. Links: Plugin Homepage | Plugin Directory Page | GitHub | Author Homepage