Classic widgets versus block widgets – (clarifications)

Widgets: https://www.ads-software.com/support/article/wordpress-widgets/

Block-based Widgets Editor in WordPress 5.8: https://make.www.ads-software.com/core/2021/06/29/block-based-widgets-editor-in-wordpress-5-8/

And then, the one (from the topic initially mentioned) why he considered that “The WordPress transition to block widgets breaks many custom classic widgets.” ?

Thanks!

And then, the one (from the topic initially mentioned) why he considered that “The WordPress transition to block widgets breaks many custom classic widgets.” ?

Hard to go into specifics, as there was no information provided in the review.

There might be some incompatibilities if a plugin developer hasn’t tested their plugin with WordPress 5.8. There are a couple of known issues in particular, with technical details here:

Block-based Widgets Editor in WordPress 5.8

If there are incompatibilities in WordPress 5.8 that stop you from being able to perform a particular workflow, the classic widgets plugin restores the previous widgets editor screens.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by Daniel Richards.
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