Retail Price: $49
Essential Addons for Elementor is a WordPress plugin that adds over 100 extra blocks and widgets to the Elementor editor, letting you build more detailed pages on your website. It works with the Elementor you already have—free or Pro—and lets you create things like interactive tables, event calendars, or product galleries without needing other tools. You can use it to pull in dynamic content, like posts or WooCommerce items, and tweak designs right in the editor, making it easier to shape your site how you want.
The plugin keeps your site running smoothly by letting you turn off any widgets you don’t use, so it only loads what’s active. The free version gives you a solid set of tools to start with, while the Pro version adds more options—like advanced forms, custom headers, or filterable galleries—that tie into plugins like Gravity Forms or WooCommerce. It’s all managed from your WordPress dashboard, and you don’t need coding skills to get it working with your theme.
It’s useful for sites that need more than Elementor’s basics, like stores showing off products or blogs with fancy layouts. You can also save your designs to a cloud library with Templately if you’ve got that installed, making it simple to reuse them later. Essential Addons keeps everything local to your site, so your data stays with you, and it’s built to handle updates without slowing things down.
Key Features: Essential Addons for Elementor
- Adds over 100 widgets to Elementor, like data tables, countdowns, flip boxes, or post grids (Free & Pro).
- Shows WooCommerce products in carousels or galleries, filterable by category or sale status (Free & Pro).
- Creates dynamic post layouts that update with your latest content by tag or type (Free & Pro).
- Builds event calendars or timelines pulling from your site’s posts or custom data (Pro).
- Sets up advanced forms with styling for Contact Form 7, WPForms, or Gravity Forms (Pro).
- Adds filterable galleries for images or portfolios, sortable by visitor clicks (Pro).
- Lets you design custom headers and footers with Elementor’s drag-and-drop tools (Pro).
- Turns on/off individual widgets to keep your site fast by loading only what you need (Free & Pro).
- Works with Templately to save and reuse your designs in a cloud library (Pro).
- Pulls in live feeds, like Twitter posts or YouTube stats, that update automatically (Pro).
- Adjusts layouts for mobile or desktop with responsive controls in the editor (Free & Pro).
- Runs within WordPress, keeping all features and data on your site (Free & Pro).
- Updates regularly to stay compatible with the latest Elementor and WordPress versions (Free & Pro).