ECS - Ele Custom Skin for Elementor vs Essential Addons for Elementor
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| Feature | ECS - Ele Custom Skin for Elementor v4.3.14 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 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 | 100,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | October 24, 2026 | October 19, 2026 |
| Editions | ECS - Ele Custom Skin for Elementor · Ele Custom Skin PRO ($) | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) |
| Pros | Modular tools for colour schemes and dark mode; Container layout and editorial text widgets; Modules can be turned on or off separately | 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 | Dynamic repeater and ACF data binding need the PRO edition; Requires PHP 8.0 or later | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Colour scheme and default colours tab, Dark mode kit tab, Container layout module, Editorial text widget, JSON PowerEdit editor module, Colour wheel module, Admin page to switch modules on and off, Dynamic repeater from posts, terms, ACF or JSON ($) | Filterable gallery widget, Data table widget, Event calendar widget with Google Calendar source, WooCommerce product compare widget, NFT gallery widget, Twitter and Facebook feed widgets, TypeForm embed widget, Essential Addons admin menu page |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | — | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) |
| Social | — | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Elementor, Advanced Custom Fields ($) | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms |
| Other | — | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | 8.0 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | api.twitter.com, graph.facebook.com, send.wpinsight.com, www.googleapis.com, opensea.io, magiceden.io, api.typeform.com |