Elementor is the most popular WordPress page builder plugin with over 5 million active users. It started as just a page builder but is now also being used as a theme builder. The free version of Elementor has a strong set of basic components for building pages including headings, images, buttons, and media components. It also has layout components and integrates with over 13 WordPress components. While the free version already has many features, third party addons provide additional rich components and features for Elementor. The major free features highlighted include templating, theme building, theme styling, and advanced CSS styling capabilities.

1. Elementor Tips & Tricks
ELEMENTOR IS THE MOST POPULAR WORDPRESS PAGEBUILDER
IT HAIS NOW BECOMING A THEMEBUILDER

2. ELEMENTOR IS THE MOST POPULAR WORDPRESS PAGEBUILDER
 Wordpress.org acknowledges that Elementor has 5+ million active users
 The free version of Elementor is packed with powerful components & features
 Elementor has over two dozen freemium 3rd party add-on providers
 At first, Elementor is easy to use for novice as well a pro developers
 Many design and styling options are drag and drop

3. Free Version of Elementor has strong set of Components
 Basic Components: Inner Section, Heading, Image, Text Editor, Video, Button, Divider,
Spacer, Google Maps, Icon
 Media Components: Image Box, Icon Box Image Carousel, Basic Gallery, Icon List,
Social Icons, Sound Cloud
 Display Components: Number Counter, Progress Bar, Testimonial, Alert, HTML,
Sidebar, Menu Anchor
 Layout Components: Shortcode, Accordion, Tabs, Toggle,

4. Free Version of Elementor has strong set of Components 2
 Plus 13 WordPress Components – most are simple, but we wil take a look at some
useful ones

5. But 3rd Party Add-on Components are quite rich
 Elements Kit brings top premium features like Mega Menus, Header Footer Builder,
added layouts library plus 50+ freemium widgets;
 Happy Addons bring Unlimited Section Nesting, Cross Domain Copy Paste, New
Styling and Animation options, plus 50 new widgets;
 LivemesnElementor combines simple widget into more effective whole component
like Progress Bar Chart, Twitter Grids, & Testimonial Vertical Slider;
 Premium Addons has 25 free and 25+ premium widgets. Check out free Team
Members, Fancy Text, and Media Grid widgets;
 Ultimate Addons for Elementor has 40 free and 29 freemium widget. Check out free
Flip Box, Image Acordion, and Post Grid widgets
 Unlimited Elements has100 free widgets plus a Widgets Creator that allows you to
modify the existing Elements widgets or create your own from scratch;
Let me assure you there are over 300 Elementor Addon Plugins in the WP directory

6. FOUR MAJOR FREE FEATURES OF ELEMENTOR
1. Templating is the major free feature. User can download/import free page or
sections of page templates for complete customization in Elementor. Also users can
save their own templates for re-use on the website.
2. ThemeBuilding with the help of multi-layout Themes [think Astra, Oceanwp, Page
Framework] allow users to create every thing from SPA-Single Page Applications to
Landing Pages each with unique layout, menus, and styling.
3. Theme Styling allows users to set the Color, Background, Typography, Button styles,
Image settings, Form styles for every page on a website. But these settings are not
locked, users can customize any of these setting on a page.
4. Advanced CSS Styling is attached to every component, container, and object with all
CSS2 and now CSS3 animations, scrolling, shadowing, mobile responsive, positioning
rules, etc

7. THIS PRESENTATION EMPHASIZES FREE FEATURES OF ELEMENTOR
1. The success of Elementor has been impelled by how many ueful feayure have been
given away for free
2. But the Pro features ar e compelling for the new directions they take the program in
3. So at the end of the session I will list those key Elementor Pro feature in anticipation
of a second presentation on Elementor Pro