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Elementor is packed with 28 useful widgets split into several categories in the panel. Elementor also displays all the registered WordPress widgets in a separate category in the panel.
Elementor widgets are created by extending the Widget_Base abstract class. Each widget has a set custom controls (input fields), and a render function that generates the output in the front-end and in the editor.
Widget Categories
Elementor widgets are organize by groups in the panel:
| Label | Name | Package | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | basic |
Elementor | A category for basic widgets. |
| Pro | pro-elements |
Elementor Pro | A category for advanced widgets. |
| Theme | theme-elements |
Elementor Pro | A category for theme widgets. |
| WooCommerce | woocommerce-elements |
Elementor Pro | A category for WooCommerce widgets. |
| General | general |
Elementor | A category for general widgets. |
| {{Custom}} | {{Extensions}} | Custom categories added by external developers. | |
| Pojo | pojo |
Pojo Themes | A category for displaying Pojo widgets. |
| WordPress | wordpress |
WordPress | A category for displaying WordPress widgets. |
Elementor Widgets
As mentioned above, Elementor comes with a set of widgets organized in the following categories:
Basic Widgets
- Columns – Create inner columns within the column.
- Heading – Add eye-catching headlines.
- Image – Control the size, opacity and other settings of images.
- Text Editor – A WYSIWYG text editor, just like the WordPress editor.
- Video – Add YouTube \ Vimeo to your page.
- Button – Controlling every aspect of the button design.
- Divider – A line that divides different elements in the page.
- Spacer – A space that divides the various elements.
- Google Maps – Embed maps into the page.
- Icon – Place one or more of 600+ icons available.
General Widgets
- Image Box – A box that includes image, headline and text.
- Icon Box – Works the same as the image box, only with icons.
- Image Gallery – Displays your images in an aligned grid.
- Image Carousel – A rotating carousel or slider of chosen images.
- Icon List – A bullet list with any chosen icon and text.
- Counter – Show stats and numbers in an escalating manner.
- Progress Bar – Include an escalating progress bar.
- Testimonials – Customer testimonials that show social proof.
- Tabs – Vertical or horizontal tabs that display different pieces of content.
- Accordion – A collapsible display of content.
- Toggle – Like Accordion, for FAQ pages.
- Social Icons – Icons to your social pages like Facebook / Twitter.
- Alert – A colored alert box to draw the attention of the visitor.
- Audio – Add audio bits from SoundCloud.
- Shortcode – Easily insert shortcodes from any plugin into the page.
- HTML – Insert code into the page.
- Menu Anchor – Link any menu to this anchor.
- Sidebar – Add any sidebar into the page.
WordPress Widgets
- WordPress – Display all registered WordPress widgets.