Title: Classic Text Widget Author: Victor Font Published: Kamena 11, 2017 Last modified: Mata 29, 2019 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/classic-text-widget/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1676091) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/classic-text-widget/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1676091) # Classic Text Widget By [Victor Font](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vfontj/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/classic-text-widget.1.0.2.zip) * [Details](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/classic-text-widget/#description) * [Reviews](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/classic-text-widget/#reviews) * [Installation](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/classic-text-widget/#installation) * [Development](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/classic-text-widget/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-text-widget/) ## Description Brings back the classic WordPress text widget without TinyMCE. This is based on the code from WordPress Ver. 4.7.5 Functionality is exactly the same as the pre-version 4.8 text widget. Additional default functionality includes shortcode execution and custom class filter. Note: This widget uses PHP namespaces to prevent conflicts with other widgets of a similar nature. PHP namespaces are only supported in PHP Version 5.3.0 and higher. If your site uses a PHP version earlier than 5.3.0, do not install this widget unless your PHP version is upgraded first. ## Screenshots * [[ * Classic Text Widget on WordPress Admin Appearance/Widgets menu * [[ * Classic Text Widget added to Primary Sidebar ## Installation 1. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## FAQ Do the original text widget filters work with the Classic Text Widget? Yes and no. Filters that apply to the widget title remain the same to maintain compatibility across WordPress. Filters that apply to to the widget’s content now use add_filter(‘ classic_widget_text’, ‘my_function’) Does the plugin support shortcodes? Yes, out of the box. To disable shortcode support, add remove_filter( ‘classic_widget_text’,‘ do_shortcode’ ) to your theme’s function file. Does the plugin directly execute PHP? No, it does not directly support executing PHP. The widget does support shortcodes however. If you want to execute PHP in this widget, write your code as a shortcode and it will run. I have a lot of text widgets on my site, is there a way to bulk transfer the content from the new WordPress text widget and place it into the Classic Text Widget? Yes, but you have to be very careful and do it with SQL. See this post for details about how to [bulk replace](https://christinacreativedesign.com/how-to-bulk-replace-the-4-8-wordpress-text-widget-with-the-classic-text-widget/). ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8cfa18ddcc8ff9fc745477d2185e00c306d820eca5ef0392a60f11e3981aabc1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Lifesaver](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lifesaver-100/)󠁿 [Christoph](https://profiles.wordpress.org/camthor/) Nzeri 12, 2017 The default text widget broke my shortcodes. Thanks for providing an easily solution! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/be213f96a85c4420b5799069aae1d4b61fbd7595b1085ef1c86eb99c5468694c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great For HTML](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-for-html/)󠁿 [Lee Blue](https://profiles.wordpress.org/reality66/) Nyakanga 20, 2017 I was about to make this exact plugin. Thank you for putting this together. Works perfectly! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e8effae3feedf008968ef6066854bfa861b369dba1a87ae3dc6c3729037b6676? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Wish I Found This Sooner](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wish-i-found-this-sooner-2/)󠁿 [editork](https://profiles.wordpress.org/editork/) Nyakanga 18, 2017 A week shot, but at least we’re back to pre-update functionality. Thanks a M I L L I O N !!! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/faab07d7f8b3d922799b493a8f0d1351c558fb06ce6e3d8a55afafb5133365d1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[hallelujah!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hallelujah-3/)󠁿 [BitEdge](https://profiles.wordpress.org/whatwhatwhatwhat/) Nyakanga 15, 2017 This bug in WP core and then this fix encompases all that is bad and all that is good about WP. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8154b27e7a6beef83338ffc14c2934f849ec793a6f362ebebfa4d7749d0fa11d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Saved by the bell … Awesome!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saved-by-the-bell-awesome/)󠁿 [ahmedmusawir](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ahmedmusawir/) Nyakanga 4, 2017 Thank you for rescuing us from the latest WP 4.8 text widget disaster … keep us the awesome work. Thanx again… ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b5794f057d82bae573c97d6b718b4a0a11015550ab4e8468e9885531ba2b1536? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Cheers.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cheers-9/)󠁿 [Kramarz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kramarz/) Nyakanga 3, 2017 Cheers for the plugin. As much as I like visual editor functionality brought to widgets in WP 4.8, we DO need that classic functionality as well! Hope they will fix it one way or another in some WP 4.8.1 or something… So again, big thanks for the plugin! [ Read all 15 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-text-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Classic Text Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Victor Font ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vfontj/) * [ Christina ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/carasmo/) “Classic Text Widget” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/classic-text-widget/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Classic Text Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/classic-text-widget) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/classic-text-widget/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/classic-text-widget/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/classic-text-widget/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/classic-text-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.2 Bumped “Tested up to” tag #### 1.0.1 Added filter so you can provide your own custom class for the widget. If you choose not to create your own class, the default secondary class is custom-classic-textwidget. Usage: add_filter( ‘classic_text_widget_class’, ‘my_classic_text_widget_class’ ); function my_classic_text_widget_class( $class ) { return ‘my_classic_text_widget_class’; } #### 1.0.0 * Initial commit based on WordPress 4.7.5 Text Widget and plugin conversion by carasmo * Restores the pre 4.8 Classic WordPress text widget just like the good old days. ## Meta * Version **1.0.1** * Last updated **7 years ago** * Active installations **2,000+** * WordPress version ** 4.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.2.24** * Languages * [Czech](https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/classic-text-widget/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-text-widget/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/classic-text-widget/), and [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/classic-text-widget/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/classic-text-widget) * Tags * [text](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/text/)[text widget](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/text-widget/) * [Advanced View](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/classic-text-widget/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 15 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-text-widget/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-text-widget/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-text-widget/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-text-widget/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-text-widget/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-text-widget/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/classic-text-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Victor Font ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vfontj/) * [ Christina ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/carasmo/) ## Support Got something to say? 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