Error duplicating pages/posts built with Elementor

This isn’t so much as a support request, but more to make you aware of an incompatibility we are finding with this plugin and the Elementor plugin. When a page or post built with Elementor is duplicated using this plugin, one of the database rows in the postmeta table with the meta key “_elementor_page_assets” is being copied across incorrectly as a string rather than an array and therefore is causing a critical error for that post and page when it is either edited or viewed.

Example of the meta_value for “_elementor_page_assets” on the existing post:

a:1:{s:6:”styles”;a:3:{i:0;s:14:”widget-heading”;i:1;s:18:”widget-text-editor”;i:2;s:12:”widget-image”;}}

Example of the meta_value for “_elementor_page_assets” on the duplicated post:

s:105:”a:1:{s:6:”styles”;a:3:{i:0;s:14:”widget-heading”;i:1;s:18:”widget-text-editor”;i:2;s:12:”widget-image”;}}”;

A similar thing is happening with the “_elementor_css” meta key as well, but doesn’t seem to cause a critical error, but fixing both would help with compatibility going forward.

Hope this is helpful.