wpcom-edit-post-redirect.user.js

WordPress.com has removed the preference to edit posts using the classic interface. This user script forces a redirect to the classic interface when the new edit interface is visited.

Installation

If you don't already have one, install a browser extension that allows you to run user scripts. Then, visit the URL below:

https://github.com/tpenguinltg/wpcom-edit-post-redirect.user.js/raw/master/wpcom-edit-post-redirect.user.js

Also on Greasy Fork.

Known Issues

• The new interface will sometimes start loading and appear before the redirect occurs
• The redirection will likely fail on Jetpack-enabled sites whose site root is different from its installation root (e.g. the site is accessed from http://example.com/, but the installation root is http://example.com/wordpress/).

Other workarounds

If you don't like this script or can't use it for any reason, there are other workarounds available.

Changelog

• v1.6.0: Update for new block editor redirect on old classic editor URLs. Also clean up code.
• v1.5.0: Update for a slight restructuring in the editor page. This only affects the fallback attempt.
• v1.4.0: Update for new editor
• v1.3.1: Fix new post redirection for default blog
• v1.3.0: Fix new post redirection for private and Jetpack-enabled blogs
• v1.2.3: Code cleanup and documentation
• v1.2.2: Fixed redirection for private and Jetpack-enabled blogs
• v1.2.1: Remove testing code that prevented redirection
• v1.2.0: Add redirect for unattached post editing
• v1.1.0: Add support for editing pages
• v1.0.2: Reduce to single regex call
• v1.0.1: Change updateURL to point to GitHub source
• v1.0.0: Initial release