Title: Widget Screen
Last modified: April 24, 2026

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# Widget Screen

 *  [seamusrider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seamusrider/)
 * (@seamusrider)
 * [1 month, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-screen/)
 * Hi, just checking. Does this plugin only bring back the old widget screen, or
   does it also affect widget output on the front end?

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 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [1 month, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-screen/#post-18889795)
 * The plugin enables the classic view of widgets in the backend. As a result, the
   frontend display will naturally be limited to the options offered by these classic
   widgets.
 * As a result, you will no longer be able to use the features that blocks offer
   in the frontend. You will then have to style elements using custom CSS instead
   of using the options available in blocks.
 * Of course, a classic theme is always a prerequisite. Modern block themes do not
   support widgets.
 *  [Ravi Khadka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravikhadka/)
 * (@ravikhadka)
 * [1 month, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-screen/#post-18889815)
 * Classic Widgets only restores the previous/classic Widgets screen in wp-admin
   and disables the block-based widgets editor.
 * It should not change the front-end widget output by itself. The front end is 
   still controlled by your active theme and the widgets assigned to each widget
   area.

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 * Last reply from: [Ravi Khadka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravikhadka/)
 * Last activity: [1 month, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-screen/#post-18889815)
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