Hey Beta Testers!
We’re happy to announce that Elementor 3.28 Beta is now live. This version is aimed at improving performance, enhancing user interface interactions, and refining design controls.
Make an impact by testing Elementor 3.28 beta and sharing your impressions on the latest updates, including:
- Performance Improvements
- Elementor Cache Control
- Widget Control Updates
Looking forward to your thoughts and feedback on this update!
Performance Improvements
Elementor version 3.28 introduces a series of performance enhancements designed to speed up your site and improve its efficiency. These updates focus on optimizing how resources are loaded and managed, ensuring that your site operates at peak performance, while minimizing load times.
- Google Fonts Local Loading: This new feature that was introduced in version 3.27 replaces external Google Fonts CDN requests with self-hosted font files, enhancing overall site speed and helping you comply with data protection regulations. Google Fonts Local Loading is now activated by default for new sites, enhancing performance and privacy for all users.
- Form Fields API Enhancements: New methods have been added to improve resource loading.
- Optimization of Text Editor Widget Styles: Styles related to the “Drop Cap” functionality are now conditionally loaded to reduce unnecessary CSS.
- Data Bindings Expansion to HTML Attributes: Starting with the Accordion and Tabs widgets, this feature improves the Nested Elements performance inside the Editor, focusing on the CSS ID control and not reloading the image on every change.
Elementor Cache Control
As part of our commitment to improve the user experience and interface clarity, Elementor 3.28 beta introduces important updates to cache management tools.
Renaming the “Regenerate CSS & Data” Button
The “Regenerate CSS & Data” button (found under Elementor -> Tools -> General) has been renamed to “Clear Cache”. While this update primarily involves a terminology update, it increases transparency about what this function does—clearing your site’s cache, including CSS files, data from deleted post assets, element caching data, and more.
New “Clear Cache” Button in the WP Admin Bar
To further enhance accessibility and streamline workflow, a new “Clear Cache” button has also been added to the WordPress admin bar under “Edit with Elementor”. This addition allows you to quickly clear their site’s cache directly from any page with a single click and without the need to navigate to the Elementor tools settings.
These changes are designed to make the process of clearing cached data more transparent and accessible, and reflect our commitment to making the Elementor interface straightforward, intuitive, and to minimize any potential confusion.
Widget Control Updates
This version also includes several updates to widget controls that enhance the flexibility and functionality of Elementor’s widgets. These changes allow for more precise design adjustments and provide you with additional customization options to align with your design needs.
- Text Editor: Introduction of link color controls for enhanced text styling.
- Heading: Now applies hover color on focus to improve accessibility and user interaction.
- Button: Added a Box Shadow control for Button Hover, allowing you to override the hover box shadow set in the Site Settings Button area.
- CTA, Animated Headline & Testimonial Carousel: Added capabilities for implementing text shadows.
Additional Updates
- Deprecation of Landing Page Feature: This feature will now be hidden for new sites and for those of you who have never utilized the Landing Page custom post type. For those of you who have previously created Landing Pages, the feature will remain visible with no changes, ensuring continued support also after updating to version 3.28.
- WordPress Compatibility: The minimum required WordPress version has been updated to 6.5, aligning with the latest WordPress enhancements and security features.
- Video widget: Updated to remove the unsupported “modest branding” control for YouTube.
How to Install the Beta Version
If you still haven’t enabled beta testing in Elementor, please follow these steps:
- Go to Elementor > Tools > Versions
- Enable the beta tester feature
- Go to Dashboard > Updates and update to the latest beta version.
- This will get you set up to test the new Elementor 3.28 Beta.
Notes
As we make changes to our GitHub in an effort to keep it organized, improve the way we deliver information to you, and our ability to review your feedback, please follow the instructions below when reporting bugs, or making feature requests:
- To report a bug related to this beta version – open a new Bug report
- For feature requests – open a new Feature request issue
- For other comments specifically about this beta version – comment here
Designated time for release: March 17th (Estimated)
Many thanks for your support and help!
Cheers,
The Elementor Team
