diff --git a/djangocms_text/cms_plugins.py b/djangocms_text/cms_plugins.py
index e4c62693..829321e1 100644
--- a/djangocms_text/cms_plugins.py
+++ b/djangocms_text/cms_plugins.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import operator
 import re
 
-from cms.utils import get_language_from_request
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.contrib.admin.utils import unquote
 from django.core import signing
@@ -10,11 +9,7 @@
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.forms.fields import CharField
 from django.http import (
-    Http404,
-    HttpResponse,
-    HttpResponseBadRequest,
-    HttpResponseForbidden,
-    HttpResponseRedirect, JsonResponse,
+    Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponseForbidden, HttpResponseRedirect, JsonResponse,
 )
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.template import RequestContext
@@ -26,12 +21,16 @@
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST
 
 from cms.models import CMSPlugin, Page
+from cms.utils import get_language_from_request
+
+from .settings import TEXT_CHILDREN_ENABLED
 
 
 try:
     from cms.models import PageContent
 except ImportError:
     from cms.models import Title as PageContent
+
 from cms.plugin_base import CMSPluginBase
 from cms.plugin_pool import plugin_pool
 from cms.utils.placeholder import get_placeholder_conf
@@ -42,15 +41,8 @@
 from .html import render_dynamic_attributes
 from .models import Text
 from .utils import (
-    OBJ_ADMIN_WITH_CONTENT_RE_PATTERN,
-    _plugin_tags_to_html,
-    cms_placeholder_add_plugin,
-    plugin_tags_to_admin_html,
-    plugin_tags_to_id_list,
-    plugin_tags_to_user_html,
-    plugin_to_tag,
-    random_comment_exempt,
-    replace_plugin_tags,
+    OBJ_ADMIN_WITH_CONTENT_RE_PATTERN, _plugin_tags_to_html, cms_placeholder_add_plugin, plugin_tags_to_admin_html,
+    plugin_tags_to_id_list, plugin_tags_to_user_html, plugin_to_tag, random_comment_exempt, replace_plugin_tags,
 )
 from .widgets import TextEditorWidget, rte_config
 
@@ -597,7 +589,7 @@ def render_plugin_icon(self, plugin):
 
     def get_plugins(self, obj=None):
         plugin = getattr(self, "cms_plugin_instance", None) or obj
-        if not plugin:
+        if not plugin or not TEXT_CHILDREN_ENABLED:
             return []
         get_plugin = plugin_pool.get_plugin
         child_plugin_types = self.get_child_classes(
diff --git a/djangocms_text/contrib/text_ckeditor4/__init__.py b/djangocms_text/contrib/text_ckeditor4/__init__.py
index 2a82fa2e..51d3fd46 100644
--- a/djangocms_text/contrib/text_ckeditor4/__init__.py
+++ b/djangocms_text/contrib/text_ckeditor4/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from djangocms_text.editors import RTEConfig
 
+
 ckeditor4 = RTEConfig(
     name="ckeditor4",
     config="CKEDITOR",
diff --git a/djangocms_text/contrib/text_ckeditor5/__init__.py b/djangocms_text/contrib/text_ckeditor5/__init__.py
index 9c3d5fcd..2678d8c4 100644
--- a/djangocms_text/contrib/text_ckeditor5/__init__.py
+++ b/djangocms_text/contrib/text_ckeditor5/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from djangocms_text.editors import RTEConfig
 
+
 ckeditor5 = RTEConfig(
     name="ckeditor5",
     config="CKEDITOR5",
diff --git a/djangocms_text/editors.py b/djangocms_text/editors.py
index ed281ba3..5a3e40ad 100644
--- a/djangocms_text/editors.py
+++ b/djangocms_text/editors.py
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 from typing import Iterable, Optional
 
 from django.conf import settings
-
-
-from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
-
-from django.utils.functional import Promise
-from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 from django.core.serializers.json import DjangoJSONEncoder
+from django.utils.encoding import force_str
+from django.utils.functional import Promise
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class LazyEncoder(DjangoJSONEncoder):
diff --git a/djangocms_text/html.py b/djangocms_text/html.py
index 32f8981d..d9867be6 100644
--- a/djangocms_text/html.py
+++ b/djangocms_text/html.py
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@
 from copy import deepcopy
 from typing import Optional, Union
 
-import nh3
 from django.apps import apps
-from lxml import etree
-
 from django.db import models
 
+import nh3
+from lxml import etree
 from lxml.etree import Element
 
 from . import settings
diff --git a/djangocms_text/models.py b/djangocms_text/models.py
index 6a152144..c3207000 100644
--- a/djangocms_text/models.py
+++ b/djangocms_text/models.py
@@ -10,12 +10,7 @@
 
 from . import settings
 from .html import clean_html, extract_images
-from .utils import (
-    plugin_tags_to_db,
-    plugin_tags_to_id_list,
-    plugin_to_tag,
-    replace_plugin_tags,
-)
+from .utils import plugin_tags_to_db, plugin_tags_to_id_list, plugin_to_tag, replace_plugin_tags
 
 
 try:
diff --git a/djangocms_text/widgets.py b/djangocms_text/widgets.py
index 5207d4ea..f3fd32bb 100644
--- a/djangocms_text/widgets.py
+++ b/djangocms_text/widgets.py
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
 from cms.utils.urlutils import admin_reverse, static_with_version
 
 from . import settings as text_settings
-from .editors import DEFAULT_TOOLBAR_CMS, DEFAULT_TOOLBAR_HTMLField, LazyEncoder, get_editor_base_config
-from .editors import get_editor_config
+from .editors import (
+    DEFAULT_TOOLBAR_CMS, DEFAULT_TOOLBAR_HTMLField, LazyEncoder, get_editor_base_config, get_editor_config,
+)
 from .utils import cms_placeholder_add_plugin