Gutenberg forced on every new site, must be disabled
Gutenberg comes on every new WordPress install and must be turned off by hand each time, including on hosted plans where it cannot be removed.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 16 November 2024 · last reported 27 November 2025
What's going wrong
Several site owners and developers say the block editor is installed on every new WordPress site, and they must disable or deactivate it by hand each time they start a project.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.