Forevermore Classic UI - Forever & Retail
Plenty of interface addons promise the old-school World of Warcraft look, then quietly rip out half of Blizzard's modern systems to get there. Forevermore Classic UI - Forever & Retail takes the opposite approach. It is a reskin, not a replacement. Your unit frames, action bars, and windows keep working exactly as Blizzard built them, but they wear the original vanilla artwork on top. Nothing breaks, nothing disappears, and every new feature the developers add to the game keeps functioning the way you expect.
What the Addon Actually Changes
The addon covers nearly every corner of the HUD. On the unit frame side, you get Classic styling for player, target, focus, and party frames, plus combo points, cast bars, buffs, nameplates, breath and fatigue bars, and the quest tracker. The action bar section restyles bar art, gryphons, XP and reputation bars, bags, and the micro menu. The minimap and group finder eye get the retro treatment too, along with window frames for vendors, mail, quests, trade, social, inspect, the quest log, game menu, loot windows, loot rolls, trainers, banks, and the auction house.
Some elements are exclusive to WoW Forever: character pane, spellbook, talents, professions, and the Looking For Group frame. Everything else works across the board.
Every Element Has Its Own Switch
Here is where the addon separates itself from one-size-fits-all reskins. Each individual element carries a Modern or Classic toggle. Want vanilla action bars but a modern minimap? Done. Prefer the old quest log while keeping contemporary bags? That works too. You are never forced into an all-or-nothing decision, which matters a lot once you have spent years tuning your interface to your own habits.
Setup Wizard on First Login
The first time you log in, a setup wizard walks you through the process. You can pick a one-click preset if you want the full classic experience immediately, or go element by element if you would rather be selective. The wizard reopens any time with the /fmcui setup command. The main options panel lives at /fmcui or under Options > AddOns > Forevermore Classic UI.
Game Version Support and Compatibility
Forevermore Classic UI - Forever & Retail for World of Warcraft supports Retail alongside the full Classic family: Classic Era, The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, and Mists of Pandaria. The addon also plays nicely with WoW Forever's controller UI, so gamepad players are not left out. If you run a heavily modded interface, load order rarely causes trouble because the addon reskins Blizzard's own frames instead of creating parallel ones.
If you would rather skip manual folder juggling, the foxygame.net launcher handles the whole process in a single click, dropping Forevermore Classic UI - Forever & Retail straight into the correct AddOns directory for whichever client you have selected. The launcher's built-in addon catalog also keeps your collection updated automatically, so version mismatches after a patch stop being your problem.
Upgrading from Classic UI Restoration
This project used to be called Classic UI Restoration. If the old ClassicUIRestoration folder still sits in Interface\AddOns, your first login copies those settings over and disables the old addon automatically. Delete that folder afterward to keep things tidy. Without it, the options simply start from their defaults.
Known Limitations
Friendly nameplates inside dungeons and raids stay modern. Blizzard locks those frames, so no addon can restyle them there. It is a small compromise given how much of the rest of the interface you get back.
How to Install
- Download Forevermore Classic UI - Forever & Retail from your preferred addon source.
- Extract the folder into World of Warcraft\_retail_\Interface\AddOns or the matching Classic directory.
- Launch the game and confirm the addon appears on the character select screen.
- Log in, complete the setup wizard, and adjust individual elements whenever you like.
Bugs and feature requests go through the issues option on the project page, which opens a GitHub Issue directly.
Final Thoughts
Forevermore Classic UI - Forever & Retail succeeds because it respects both eras of the game. You get the warm, familiar vanilla aesthetic without sacrificing a single modern convenience, and the per-element toggles mean the interface ends up shaped by your preferences rather than the addon author's. Whether you are chasing nostalgia on a Classic realm or want a cleaner look on Retail, this is one reskin worth keeping installed.