The Information You Need for the Elementor You Want

Welcome to the Elementor Developers Documentation Center. Here, you’ll find detailed documentation, clearly explaining how developers can leverage the wide-range of tools and options Elementor provides them.
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Learn About Elementor’s Internal Technologies

Behind the scenes

The Editor

Learn about the editor preview and panel areas, the first things users encounter when opening an Elementor page.
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Editor Controls

Learn how to construct the Editor using different input fields and UI elements to allow users to customize Editor panels.
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Managers

The new addons you create must be registered with Elementor. Learn more about that registration process here.
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Scripts & Styles

Learn how to embed custom scripts and styles, allowing you to incorporate them in your own addons.
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Hooks

Learn which lifecycle hooks can help you add your own functionality to extend different Elementor capabilities.
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Deprecations

Learn how to deprecate obsolete code and what you should do to keep your addon compatible with Elementor.
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CLI

Learn how to run certain Elementor tasks via the command line interface, without using a web browser.
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Access Full Documentation of Elementor’s Components

Elementor developers library

Widgets

Learn how to create and customize widgets, putting your own mark on Elementor.
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Controls

Learn how controls are used to set fields, save data and build interfaces.
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Dynamic Tags

Leverage information from your site and even from external APIs using dynamic tags.
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Form Actions

Learn how to create tasks taken after a visitor has submitted form data.
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Form Fields

Learn how to add new field types to Elementor Form widget.
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Theme Conditions

Learn about the condition display mechanism, and how to create new theme conditions.
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Theme Locations

Themes make building sites more efficient. Make your themes Elementor compatible.
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Context Menu

Give users a quick way to edit and customize Elementor building blocks.
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Finder

Learn how you can customize the finder to help users easily navigate to pages and settings.
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New & Recently Updated Developer Docs

Latest updates

AI Capabilities

Choose whether to add an AI button to your controls and what prompt types to display.
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Data Structure

Learn about Elementor's JSON data structure, from the page level to the element level.
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Composer

Install Elementor and Elementor Pro via Composer instead of using a web browser.
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Hello Theme Hooks

All the filter hooks that can be used in a child-theme of Hello Elementor Theme.
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New CLI Commands

New commands are available for developers running Elementor tasks using CLI.
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Conditional Display

Learn how to show/hide controls based on a value the user entered on other control.
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Repeater Control

Build repeatable blocks of controls where the user can enter a multiple set of values.
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