v3.1: Planned Deprecations

Shilo Eish Yemini
December 17, 2020
Deprecations
Elementor 3.1

Hey all! We are getting ready to release version 3.1.

If you are a developer who extends Elementor please review the below changes to keep your plugin up and running.

Here are the planned deprecations:

PHP

Functions & Methods

Soft Deprecation

When a function/method is in the soft deprecation phase, it means that the function/method will still work while it’s in this phase, but a comment will be placed in the code mentioning the upcoming deprecation.

Function / Method Name	Changes Made
`localize_settings()` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `None` Located in: `core/common/modules/connect/module.php` `core/dynamic-tags/manager.php` `modules/history/module.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`
`admin_localize_settings()` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `None` Located in: `core/upgrade/elementor-3-re-migrate-globals.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`
`add_admin_strings()` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `None` Located in: `includes/managers/icons.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`
`editor_settings()` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `None` Located in: `modules/history/revisions-manager.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`
`localize_settings()` Pro Plugin	Replaced by: `None` Located in: `modules/assets-manager/module.php modules/custom-css/module.php modules/forms/module.php modules/library/module.php modules/popup/module.php modules/query-control/module.php modules/table-of-contents/module.php modules/theme-builder/module.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`
`_print_content()` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `print_content()` Located in: `includes/base/element-base.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`
`_add_render_attributes()` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `add_render_attributes()` Located in: `includes/base/element-base.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`
`_get_theme()` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `get_themes()` Located in: `modules/system-info/reporters/theme.phpincludes/base/element-base.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`
`_register_skins()` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `register_skins()` Located in: `includes/base/widget-base.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`
`_register_skins()` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `register_skins()` Located in: `includes/base/widget-base.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`
`get_builder()` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `None` Located in: `includes/db.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`
`set_is_elementor_page()` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `Plugin::$instance->documents->get( $post_id )->set_is_built_with_elementor(` Located in: `includes/db.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`

PHP Vars

Soft Deprecation

Var Name	Changes Made
`DB::STATUS_PUBLISH` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `Document::STATUS_PUBLISH` Located in: `includes/db.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`
`DB::STATUS_DRAFT` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `Document::STATUS_DRAFT` Located in: `includes/db.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`
`DB::STATUS_PRIVATE` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `Document::STATUS_PRIVATE` Located in: `includes/db.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`
`DB::STATUS_AUTOSAVE` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `Document::STATUS_AUTOSAVE` Located in: `includes/db.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`
`DB::STATUS_PENDING` Core Plugin	Replaced by: `Document::STATUS_PENDING` Located in: `includes/db.php` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`

PHP Hooks

Hard Deprecation

When a function/method is on hard deprecation phase, it means that the function/method will still work while it’s in this phase, but will add a PHP notice if the website WP_DEBUG property is set to true.

Please Note: The hooks elementor/element/post/before_section_end and elementor/element/post/after_section_end had multiple use cases, which have now been replaced with multiple, more specific hooks. See the following table for more details.

elementor_pro/query_control/get_autocomplete	Changes Made
`elementor/element/post/before_section_start` Core Plugin Type: Action	Replaced by: `elementor/element/wp-post/before_section_start` In soft deprecation since: `2.7.0` Deletion version: `3.5.0`
`elementor/element/post/after_section_start` Core Plugin Type: Action	Replaced by: `elementor/element/wp-post/after_section_start` In soft deprecation since: `2.7.0` Deletion version: `3.5.0`
`elementor/element/post/before_section_end` Core Plugin Type: Action	Replaced by: `elementor/element/wp-post/before_section_end` In soft deprecation since: `2.7.0` Deletion version: `3.5.0`
`elementor/element/post/before_section_end` Core Plugin Type: Action	Replaced by: `elementor/element/wp-post/after_section_end` In soft deprecation since: `2.7.0` Deletion version: `3.5.0`
`elementor/element/post/after_section_end` Core Plugin Type: Action	Replaced by: `elementor/element/wp-post/after_section_end` In soft deprecation since: `2.7.0` Deletion version: `3.5.0`
`elementor/element/post/before_section_end` Core Plugin Type: Action	Replaced by: `elementor/element/wp-page/before_section_end` In soft deprecation since: `2.7.0` Deletion version: `3.5.0`
`elementor/element/post/after_section_end` Core Plugin Type: Action	Replaced by: `elementor/element/wp-page/after_section_end` In soft deprecation since: `2.7.0` Deletion version: `3.5.0`

JavaScript

Functions & Methods

Soft Deprecation

Function / Method Name	Changes Made
`hasThumbs()` Pro Plugin	Replaced by: `None` Located in: `modules/carousel/assets/js/frontend/handlers/media-carousel.js` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`

Modules

Soft Deprecation

Module / Class Name	Changes Made
`Scroll` Pro Plugin	Replaced by: `assets/dev/js/modules/imports/utils/scroll.js` Located in: `assets/dev/js/modules/imports/utils/scroll.js` Hard deprecation Version: `3.5.0` Deletion version: `3.9.0`

Assets

Hard Deprecation

Asset Name	Changes Made
`jquery-slick` Core Plugin Type: Action	Replaced by: `swiper` Located in: `assets/lib` In Soft deprecation since: `2.7.0` Deletion version: `3.5.0`

You can download the latest release of Elementor Core from WordPress repository, and the latest release of Elementor Pro from your Elementor dashboard.
Developer Edition releases will introduce these changes earlier than in the official stable release.

If you spot any issues, please log them in detail on Github.

Beta version supposed to be published during December 2020.

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Author

Shilo Eish Yemini

Shilo is Elementor’s Editor Product Lead. He loves innovative products, pays attention to the small details, and is passionate about solving puzzles.