Essential Addons for Elementor vs GetSiteControl
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | GetSiteControl v3.0.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 1,000+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | December 19, 2025 |
| Editions | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) | Getsitecontrol popups |
| Pros | 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 | Connects the site to the vendor dashboard with a sign-in flow; Adds the vendor's popup and form script without editing theme files; Small plugin with few settings in WordPress |
| Cons | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook | Popup content and subscriber data live on the vendor's cloud service; Needs an account on the external dashboard to be useful; Front-end behaviour depends on the vendor's remote script |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 | Loads the vendor popup and form script on the front end, Sign in or sign up to the vendor dashboard from wp-admin, Choose which dashboard site this WordPress site is linked to, Disconnect the site by clearing the stored API key |
| Integrations | ||
| Marketing | — | Getsitecontrol dashboard |
| Analytics | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) | — |
| Social | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms | — |
| Other | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 3.0.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | api.twitter.com, graph.facebook.com, send.wpinsight.com, www.googleapis.com, opensea.io, magiceden.io, api.typeform.com | dash.getsitecontrol.com |