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Elementor is a bloated mess that conflicts with WordPress

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  • July 18, 2023 at 8:32 am #6701
    Ralph
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    is it just me who thinks so?

    I had a new client recently and their site is a basic design for a local business. I saw in their footer what looks like 4 columns of various WP widgets.

    Guess what? it’s not.

    The Widgets menu is entirely disabled. And, there is a Massive bloated Templates library from Elementor in its place.

    THEY HAVE 71 FREAKIN TEMPLATES IN THERE. for a basic local business site lol

    Then, something else called Elementor Theme Builder. In that library, another dozen parts of headers, footers, and archives, etc. And it has a totally different UI than the Templates section, which means even more learning is required.

    Then you also have a new section Landing pages. Why is there Landing pages, separate from Templates, and separate from native WordPress pages?

    What in the living hell is all this

    July 18, 2023 at 8:33 am #6702
    Brenda
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    oh and don’t forget the other new section that is Kit Library

    July 18, 2023 at 8:34 am #6703
    Matthew
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    and all these different sections and libraries are DIFFERENT from the actual Elementor settings menus, which is another dozen pages of stuff

    July 18, 2023 at 8:36 am #6704
    Anthony
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    Yup Elementor has become insane. It’s not a WordPress page builder anymore its just “everything to everyone” and tries to take over your entire website.

    Maybe they should acquire Wix.com and improve it instead? It doesn’t seem to really compliment the WordPress experience anymore.

    July 18, 2023 at 8:40 am #6705
    Sara
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    I have used WP for over 10+ years, and I can’t understand how to use Elementor.

    July 18, 2023 at 8:47 am #6707
    Raymond
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    came across this, which is spot on

    https://wordpress.org/support/topic/terrible-buggy-bloated-worsening-with-time/

    “Terrible, buggy, bloated page builder which will kill your page ranking. In a simple landing page you will end up with about 1500 DOM elements! But that is the least of your worries.”

    Some of the other insults are probably overboard though. I mean, you are using a page builder plugin, so you better expect bugs and slow performance.

    July 18, 2023 at 9:42 am #6715
    Donald
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    Every page builder plugin is destined to become a s**t show.

    July 18, 2023 at 3:09 pm #6716
    Barbara
    Guest

    hmm… what about Beaver Builder

    July 19, 2023 at 2:06 pm #6725
    Bobby
    Guest

    this is actually not a new opinion, many similar takes the past few years about Elementor.

    July 19, 2023 at 2:08 pm #6726
    James
    Guest

    The problem is my clients. Because so many clients love having DIY tools. They want to make some edits by themselves sometimes without knowing any code.

    August 24, 2023 at 8:59 pm #7638
    Susan
    Guest

    me tldr

    Is it just me who really can’t stand Elementor?
    byu/h4dz_1 inWordPress

    August 24, 2023 at 8:59 pm #7639
    Russell
    Guest

    Elementor secretly deleting the Pro Elements plugin?!?

    August 24, 2023 at 9:03 pm #7640
    Madison
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    This is exactly why LittleBizzy released their free HoverCraft theme, for anyone tired of the bloated malware spamware crapware that WordPress has become in recent years, back to the basics with fast speed, secure and lightweight code.

    ==> https://slickstack.io/forum/topic/what-is-the-hovercraft-default-wordpress-theme-in-slickstack

    August 24, 2023 at 9:46 pm #7643
    Kayla
    Guest

    Also

    HoverCraft Vs. Elementor

    August 26, 2023 at 11:00 am #7660
    Paul
    Guest

    Elementor is the least intuitive hot mess in the WordPress world, it has surpassed even WP Bakery and Jetpack in bloat and confusing features!!

    December 4, 2023 at 7:46 am #10092
    Abigail
    Guest

    Managing WooCommerce extensions is a total shitshow…

    April 9, 2024 at 5:23 pm #21461
    Arthur
    Guest

    you are not wrong, OP…..

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