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Amazon shut down the Amazon Smiles program in February 2023. Consider donating or buying ClassicPress swag.
Support ClassicPress And See Your Donations in Action
In the past, ClassicPress received some donations without any solicitation. A handful of individuals shouldn’t carry the financial burden of the entire project. ClassicPress is a community-driven and supported project, the community should come together and fund the project if they want the project to survive and thrive. This is why we’ve begun streamlining the donation […]
Plugin/Theme Directory Moving to ClassicPress
As we transition to the new leadership, we are beginning to work on improving our infrastructure. That includes the plugin/theme directory. The current directory was built using Laravel, a great PHP framework. It served its purpose of allowing us to begin accepting plugins. Unfortunately, we don’t have anyone with Laravel experience to continue improving and […]
ClassicPress Usage Report – September 2021
One of the most frequently asked questions about ClassicPress is “how many websites are using it?” It’s a fair question. As the predominant fork of WordPress and the best way to keep the Classic Editor as the standard editing option for the foreseeable future, everyone is curious how many people are using ClassicPress. After combing […]
Petitions Update – Let Your Voice Be Heard
We are now asking everyone in our community to visit our new petitions site and vote on your favorite petitions (even if you had already voted on the previous site). Read on for more information… Background Contrary to popular belief, the introduction of Gutenberg in WordPress core wasn’t the only reason for the creation of […]
Introducing ClassicPress 1.3.0
We’re happy to announce the release of ClassicPress version 1.3.0, available now. Version 1.3.0 focuses on improving accessibility in ClassicPress. Accessibility is a key focus for ClassicPress and we will continue to make improvements. A lot of users are switching to ClassicPress because the original editor is more accessible than the new block editor (Gutenberg). […]
ClassicPress Turns 3
It’s been an incredible 3 years at ClassicPress. It may sound like a small number, but reaching the 3-year mark and still going strong is a tremendous achievement for the community. When Scott Bowler launched ClassicPress with a small group of founding members, a lot of people thought the fork of WordPress 4.9 would not […]