Title: use_widgets_block_editor
Published: July 20, 2021
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘use_widgets_block_editor’, bool $use_widgets_block_editor )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/use_widgets_block_editor/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/use_widgets_block_editor/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/use_widgets_block_editor/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/use_widgets_block_editor/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters whether to use the block editor to manage widgets.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/use_widgets_block_editor/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$use_widgets_block_editor`bool

Whether to use the block editor to manage widgets.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/use_widgets_block_editor/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    return apply_filters(
    	'use_widgets_block_editor',
    	get_theme_support( 'widgets-block-editor' )
    );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/widgets.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/widgets.php#L1916)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/widgets.php#L1916-L1919)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/use_widgets_block_editor/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_use_widgets_block_editor()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_use_widgets_block_editor/)`wp-includes/widgets.php` |

Determines whether or not to use the block editor to manage widgets.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/use_widgets_block_editor/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [5.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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