ClassicPress

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ClassicPress is a community fork of WordPress that emerged due to resistance to the introduction of the Gutenberg visual editor.

While the initial impetus was the decision to switch from a traditional editor to the block editor, it has added numerous other features based on community interest, including replacing older javascript libraries with native HTML or JS for speed, inclusion of media categories/tags, a new object relationship table, and more.

Many, but not all, WordPress plugins and themes are compatible (as long as they don't require the block editor), and there is a ClassicPress directory for themes and plugins developed specifically for CP.

Hosted Solutions

• Web242, a Canadian company, offers straightforward hosting and managed hosting of ClassicPress at a variety of levels.

Examples

• Jeremy Cherfas hosts his podcast with ClassicPress and uses IndieWeb plugins.
• Kelson Vibber hosts his main blog using ClassicPress with IndieWeb plugins.
• David Shanske is experimenting as of 2024-11-10 with keeping his main site on ClassicPress over WordPress and doing primary development on the ClassicPress fork, but ensuring WordPress compatibility.