Time to end Elementor and trash it

As a beginner, it was interesting to just use a builder like Elementor. It was the “easy” way to build something, at least that’s what I thought a long time ago. Now, after experiencing so many conflicts after updates on multiple sites I built, I can only say: it’s not worth it. Elementor tries to sell you an “overall” solution for everything you want to do on your website. Normally, plugins are small features that are streamlined to solve a specific purpose, for example a contact form, a modal box, or whatever. Therefore it is so bloated that it consumes a lot of resources.

But what’s even worse: they seem not to care about real problems. And I’m talking about bugs that other developers basically present to them on a silver platter so they could just fix them. Just look at their GitHub discussions. It’s crazy how they simply don’t respond to the real issues users have. It seems like they are overwhelmed by their own product. I also opened two topics about massive conflicts, for example one that basically kills all individual CSS for all their users because they are using the !important declaration on all HTML elements with (html *). And they are still tracking your usage of their plugin through the event elementor/tracker/send_event even though you disable tracking in their settings. This is so damn evil. One time after an update they even activated Google Fonts, which is a legally big problem for all EU users. That was also mentioned in their changelog. It’s insane.

And the list goes on. When you get better with HTML and CSS, you start running into so many conflicts and constantly have to work around their widgets to fix things. The HTML is bloated as well, and your site would be much faster without their infrastructure. They got very big, around 10 million users, and it seems that as long as the cash flows, there’s no need for them to solve problems.

If you think about starting with Elementor, remember one thing: you basically give up WordPress as your main CMS, and they try to drag you into their own ecosystem where they offer you everything. My advice: use only plugins that are streamlined for your specific needs. You need a modal box? Find a good plugin for that. You need a good accordion? Find a good one for that. Because if you use everything from Elementor, good luck getting rid of them one day. Also, the new block features of WordPress make it much easier to build content compared to the classic editor. It still needs some improvements, but you will have a much more stable environment.

Elementor has lost my trust with so many bad updates breaking my sites. And even worse, they don’t care about massive problems even when they are presented and documented in the clearest way possible.

For me, I will get rid of it step by step. My future projects will never use it again, and I’m looking forward to not having to deal with bad coding anymore.