How to Disable the New Plugin Experience

Summary

Plugin users have the option to toggle between the New and Old UI. This article explains how to switch between the different interfaces based on your CMS platform.

Prerequisites

You must be an AEM administrator to access the Web Console.

AEM Cloud

You must be a member of the Deployment Manager role in order to add or modify environment variables.

How to Disable the New Plugin Experience

AEM 6.4 - 6.5

You must be an AEM administrator to access the Web Console.

Disable the New Plugin Experience

AEM 6.4 - 6.5

To disable the New plugin UI for on-prem AEM versions:

1. Go to Tools > Operations > Web Console 
2. Search for the "Siteimprove Service" OSGi configuration 
3. Check the last checkbox to Disable New UI Version

AEM Cloud

Note: You must be a member of the Deployment Manager role in order to add or modify environment variables.

Cloud Manager Environment Variables | Adobe Experience Manager

To disable the New plugin UI for AEM cloud versions:

1. Log into Adobe Cloud Manager at my.cloudmanager.adobe.com 
2. Select your program 
3. Click the Environments tab and select the environment with the Siteimprove plugin 
4. Click the Configuration tab and click Add to create a new environment variable 
5. The variable properties are:
   a. Variable name = SITEIMPROVE_DISABLE_NEW_VERSION
   b. Value = true (use false to switch back to V2)
   
6. Click Add and Save

Drupal

To disable the New Plugin UI in Drupal follow the directions below:

1. Navigate to the Siteimprove Plugin settings page: /admin/config/system/siteimprove. 
2. Uncheck the checkbox next to “Use latest experience.”
3. Click on 'Save Configuration' button.

WordPress

To disable the New Plugin UI in WordPress follow the directions below:

1. Select the ‘Siteimprove’ menu.
2. Uncheck the checkbox next to “Use latest experience.”
3. Select the ‘Save Settings’ button.”

Optimizely CMS Version 12

To disable the New Plugin UI in Optimizely CMS Version 12 follow the directions below:

1. Through the top menu bar, navigate to the Siteimprove Plugin settings page: /admin/siteimprove.

2. Uncheck the checkbox next to “Use latest experience”.

3. Click on 'Save' button.

Expected Result

The plugin will use the previous interface instead of the New Plugin Experience. To return to the New Plugin Experience, re-enable Use latest experience or update the applicable configuration setting for your CMS.