Description
Tired of the WordPress Block Editor launching in fullscreen every time? This plugin automatically disables the default fullscreen mode in the Gutenberg editor for WordPress 5.4 and above. No configuration required — simply install, activate, and get straight to editing without the distraction.
Features:
- Automatically disables Block Editor fullscreen mode on load
- Zero configuration — works out of the box
- Lightweight with no impact on performance
- Compatible with the latest WordPress version
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Installation
e.g.
- Upload
disable-block-editor-fullscreen-mode.phpto the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- You’re done!
FAQ
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Is this plugin works on older WP versions?
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Nop, Minimum 5.4 WP Version required.
Reviews
23 maja, 2024
1 reply
First off, the plugin technically works and up to recently I had no issues with it. However, it recently started displaying a giant ad for another of it’s plugins on all of my site dashboards when I logged in. The problem is the ad doesn’t even let you know that it’s associated with this plugin. I had to do a bunch of Googling to figure it out. I thought my sites had been hacked. There is a “Never Show This Again” link in the ad. This was supposed to be a simple plugin. Essentially it was 4 lines of code to disable the fullscreen editor (83 if you count all the boilerplate WordPress plugin registration and comments). Now it’s bloated up to 280 lines with all the WP UltimaKit ad nonsense.
23 maja, 2024
1 reply
I and all my clients were lost with this new full editing experience.
They didn’t know, where to click to get back to the dashboard, thanks to this plugin, they can manage their website again in a logical way.
Ciao!
I edited this to 2 star rating (just works) because it now shows a big unnecessary sales notice on the whole WordPress Dashboard to upsell his other works. Just don’t do this mate, don’t… and the guidelines also say, don’t do it… https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/detailed-plugin-guidelines/#11-plugins-should-not-hijack-the-admin-dashboard So a 2 star rating is generous.
9 marca, 2023
Amazing plugin *****
20 novembra, 2020
2 replies
I installed the plugin, activated it and nothing happened. Still all in fullscreen mode. I guess it needs a fix.
Edit: It works totally fine. Found some bugs + incompatibility issues with custom code – that´s why it conflicted before and didn´t work.
28 avgusta, 2020
1 reply
It’s ridiculous that there should be a plugin like this one, but I’m very happy it exists! No way to turn the full screen editing off by default. Thank you!
28 aprila, 2020
Excellente Extension
Contributors & Developers
“Disable Block Editor FullScreen mode” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
4.2.0 – 24-02-2026
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
4.1.1 – 31-01-2026
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
4.0.0 – 25-11-2025
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
3.2.4 – 27-08-2025
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version 6.8.
3.2.3 – 11-08-2025
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version 6.8.
3.2.2 – 02-06-2025
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version 6.8.
3.2.1 – 18-04-2025
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version 6.8.
3.2.0 – 02-04-2025
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
3.1.0 – 16-02-2025
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
3.0.0 – 28-12-2024
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.9.2 – 09-11-2024
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.9.1 – 30-10-2024
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.9.0 – 25-09-2024
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.8.3 – 13-08-2024
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.8.2 – 02-07-2024
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.8.1 – 24-05-2024
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.8.0 – 13-05-2024
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version & UltimaKit For WP support added.
2.7.2 – 03-04-2024
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.7.1 – 06-02-2024
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.7.0 – 01-01-2024
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.6.2 – 09-11-2023
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.6.1 – 01-10-2023
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.6.0 – 01-10-2023
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.5.0 – 30-06-2023
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.4.4 – 29-05-2023
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.4.3 – 29-04-2023
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.4.2 – 23-03-2023
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.4.1
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.4.0
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.3.1
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.3.0
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.2.0
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.1.0
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.0.2
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.0.1
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
2.0.0
- Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
1.9.0
- Improvements & Tested with the latest WordPress version.
1.8.0
- Improvements
1.7.0
- Improvements
1.6.0
- Improvements
1.5.0
- Improvements
1.4.0
- Improvements
1.3.0
- Improvements
1.2.0
- Improvements
1.1.0
- Improvements
1.0.0
- First Release