By the numbers, Elementor is now the most popular WordPress page builder plugin. According to WordPress.org, it’s active on over five million WordPress sites, which is the highest “popularity” rating a plugin can have and something that only three other plugin developers have ever achieved.
Basically, Elementor is up there with Jetpack and Yoast SEO when it comes to popularity.
But why is it so popular, and is it the best tool for your WordPress site?
In my hands-on Elementor review, I’ll help you decide whether Elementor and/or Elementor Pro is right for your needs.
Note: This article contains affiliate links, but every word is unbiased, and based on real-experience.
To help you make that decision, here’s what I’ll cover:
- How the basic Elementor interface works
- What you get if you upgrade to Elementor Pro
- Whether or not you need Elementor Pro (or just the free version)
How Elementor Plugin Works
Let’s start at the beginning – Elementor is a visual, drag-and-drop WordPress page builder plugin.
Basically, Elementor lets you create custom designs without needing to know anything about code – it’s all visual and point-and-click.
When you launch the Elementor interface, you’ll see a live preview of your design on the right and a sidebar on the left.
To create your design, you can:
- Use “sections” and “columns” to control your design’s layout.
- Drag widgets from the left sidebar onto your live preview to add new content.
- Rearrange widgets on the live preview using drag-and-drop.
- Click and type to edit text in your design.
- Use the sidebar to control the style and content of individual sections, columns, or widgets.
- Right-click to delete, duplicate, or otherwise manipulate elements.
As for the content itself, the free version of Elementor gives you plenty of content widgets for things such as:
- Buttons
- Images
- Videos
- Icons
- Google Maps embeds
If you don’t want to build your designs from scratch, Elementor also comes with hundreds of professionally-designed templates that you can import. This feature alone enables you to build beautiful pages on WordPress.
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This article was written by Harsh Agrawal and originally published on ShoutMeLoud.