Classic Editor and Classic Widgets 1.4.8

Does "Classic Editor and Classic Widgets" work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
4PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: -444.81 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.057 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.9
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 20,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor-and-classic-widgets/
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Pages 3

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=classic-editor-and-classic-widgets%2Fclassic-editor-and-classic-widgets.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=e990b53326
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.509 s
Memory usage 3.75 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → Classic Editor

Page screenshot: Settings → Classic Editor
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=classic-editor-and-classic-widgets
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.472 s
Memory usage 3.74 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.264 s
Memory usage 4.1 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.486 s0.367 s-0.119 s3.77 MiB3.79 MiB+ 16.45 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.394 s0.384 s-0.010 s3.78 MiB3.8 MiB+ 16.45 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.822 s1.613 s+0.791 s6.3 MiB3.88 MiB- 2.42 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.457 s0.577 s+0.120 s3.74 MiB3.74 MiB- 976 bytes
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.351 s0.405 s+0.054 s3.71 MiB3.71 MiB+ 3.04 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.618 s0.452 s-0.166 s3.7 MiB3.71 MiB+ 11.23 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.415 s0.401 s-0.014 s3.71 MiB3.73 MiB+ 21.91 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.892 s0.970 s+0.078 s6.29 MiB3.87 MiB- 2.42 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.472 s0.596 s+0.124 s3.71 MiB3.71 MiB- 472 bytes
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.414 s0.351 s-0.063 s3.73 MiB3.73 MiB- 984 bytes
/0.406 s0.236 s-0.170 s4.1 MiB4.11 MiB+ 3.96 KiB
Average 0.521 s0.577 s+0.057 s4.23 MiB3.8 MiB- 444.81 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP
CSS
JavaScript
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP69.2%7403518
CSS19.8%212211
JavaScript10.9%11732
Total 1,069 59 21

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 482
Total complexity 100
Median class complexity 7.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class GRIM_CEW\Gutenberg
Most complex function GRIM_CEW\Gutenberg::show_edit_links()
Classes 5
Methods 34
Functions 5

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

No new entries found.

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[03-Dec-2025 16:10:51 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[03-Dec-2025 16:10:51 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[03-Dec-2025 16:10:59 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[03-Dec-2025 16:10:59 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide the "Classic Editor" Admin Menu