Beaver Themer vs Essential Addons for Elementor
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| Feature | Beaver Themer v1.6.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 1M+ |
| Last updated | — | October 19, 2026 |
| Editions | Beaver Themer ($) | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) |
| Pros | Design headers, footers, archives and 404 pages visually; Extensions for WooCommerce, ACF, WPML and The Events Calendar | Large set of widgets added to Elementor; Form widgets for Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms and Ninja Forms; WooCommerce product widgets such as product compare |
| Cons | Requires the Beaver Builder plugin to be active; Layout conditions need careful setup on complex sites | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Theme layouts for archives, posts and 404 pages ($), WooCommerce product and shop layouts ($), ACF repeater and flexible field shortcodes ($), Conditional content with bb_logic shortcode ($), White label settings ($), The Events Calendar modules ($) | Filterable gallery widget, Data table widget, Event calendar widget with Google Calendar source, WooCommerce product compare widget, NFT gallery widget, Twitter and Facebook feed widgets, TypeForm embed widget, Essential Addons admin menu page |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | — | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) |
| Social | — | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Beaver Builder ($), Advanced Custom Fields ($), The Events Calendar ($) | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms |
| Other | — | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea |
| Requires WordPress | — | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | translate.wpbeaverbuilder.com | api.twitter.com, graph.facebook.com, send.wpinsight.com, www.googleapis.com, opensea.io, magiceden.io, api.typeform.com |
| Shortcodes | 4 | — |