Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro vs Smart Slider 3
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro v7.0.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid 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 | — | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | — | August 19, 2026 |
| Editions | Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) | Smart Slider 3 · Smart Slider 3 Pro ($) |
| Pros | Premium widgets such as Instagram and Pinterest feeds; Protected content and conditional display rules; Google Sheets used as a data source for charts and tables | Visual layer editor with rows and columns; Works with many page builders and themes; Free edition covers core slider types |
| Cons | Needs a paid licence key from WPDeveloper; Social and review feeds depend on third-party API tokens | 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 | Instagram feed widget ($), Pinterest feed widget ($), Protected content widget ($), Fancy chart widget with Google Sheets data ($), Google business reviews widget ($), Conditional display by visitor location ($), Mailchimp signup widget ($), Scheduled refresh of Pinterest and business profile tokens ($) | 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 | ||
| Mailchimp ($) | — | |
| Storage | Google Sheets ($) | — |
| Social | Pinterest ($), Instagram ($), Google Business Profile ($) | — |
| Plugins | Elementor, Advanced Custom Fields ($) | Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Advanced Custom Fields, WP Rocket, Rank Math, TablePress |
| Other | ipinfo.io ($), WPDeveloper licence server ($) | Smart Slider vendor API (api.nextendweb.com) |
| Requires WordPress | — | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0.2 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.wpdeveloper.com, api.pinterest.com, graph.instagram.com, sheets.googleapis.com, oauth2.googleapis.com, mybusiness.googleapis.com, ipinfo.io | fonts.googleapis.com, api.nextendweb.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |