[$] ClassicPress: WordPress without the block editor The <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/991906/" rel="nofollow">recent WordPress controversy</a> is not the first time there's been tension between the https://wordpress.org/ as a business, and Matt Mullenweg's leadership as WordPress's benevolent dictator for life (BDFL). In particular, Mullenweg's focus on pushing WordPress to use a new "editing experience" called https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ caused significant friction—and led to the https://www.classicpress.net/ fork. Users who want to preserve the "classic" WordPress experience without straying too far from the WordPress fold may want to look into ClassicPress. https://lwn.net/Articles/992219/