ECS - Ele Custom Skin for Elementor vs Smart Slider 3
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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 | Smart Slider 3 v3.5.1.39 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 100,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 24, 2026 | August 19, 2026 |
| Editions | ECS - Ele Custom Skin for Elementor · Ele Custom Skin PRO ($) | Smart Slider 3 · Smart Slider 3 Pro ($) |
| Pros | Modular tools for colour schemes and dark mode; Container layout and editorial text widgets; Modules can be turned on or off separately | Visual layer editor with rows and columns; Works with many page builders and themes; Free edition covers core slider types |
| Cons | Dynamic repeater and ACF data binding need the PRO edition; Requires PHP 8.0 or later | Premium sliders and templates need Pro; Template import calls the vendor API; Large plugin with many admin screens to learn |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| 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 ($) | Import sliders and templates from the vendor API, Find sliders used on a page by URL, Google Fonts CSS fetched and cached locally, Premium sliders need a Pro licence ($), Pro updater referenced by the free code ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Elementor, Advanced Custom Fields ($) | Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Advanced Custom Fields, WP Rocket, Rank Math, TablePress |
| Other | — | Smart Slider vendor API (api.nextendweb.com) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 8.0 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0.2 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | fonts.googleapis.com, api.nextendweb.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |