Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro vs Spectra Legacy
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro v7.0.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | Spectra Legacy v2.20.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 1M+ |
| Last updated | — | October 9, 2026 |
| Editions | Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) | Spectra Legacy · Spectra Legacy Pro ($) |
| 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 | Large free set of content blocks for the block editor; Popup builder and starter template library included in the free code; Styling blocks for Contact Form 7 and Gravity Forms |
| Cons | Needs a paid licence key from WPDeveloper; Social and review feeds depend on third-party API tokens | Receives security and compatibility fixes only, with no new features; AI and template features depend on a credit-based ZipWP service |
| 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 ($), Scheduled refresh of Pinterest and business profile tokens ($) | Free content block library (post grid, FAQ, gallery, timeline and more), Popup builder with a spectra-popup post type, Styler blocks for Contact Form 7 and Gravity Forms, Block template library fetched from a remote templates server, AI content generation through Zip AI (credit-based), Google reCAPTCHA keys for form blocks, Upgrade prompts for Spectra Legacy Pro ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Mailchimp ($) | — | |
| Storage | Google Sheets ($) | — |
| Social | Pinterest ($), Instagram ($), Google Business Profile ($) | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Elementor, Advanced Custom Fields ($) | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms |
| Other | ipinfo.io ($), WPDeveloper licence server ($) | Google reCAPTCHA, ZipWP, Spectra credit server |
| Requires WordPress | — | 5.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.wpdeveloper.com, api.pinterest.com, graph.instagram.com, sheets.googleapis.com, oauth2.googleapis.com, mybusiness.googleapis.com, ipinfo.io | api.zipwp.com, credits.startertemplates.com, app.zipwp.com, websitedemos.net, metrics.brainstormforce.com |
| Blocks | — | 17 |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |