Essential Addons for Elementor vs GiveWP
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | GiveWP v4.19.0.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | October 22, 2026 |
| Editions | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) | Give - Donation Plugin · Give - Recurring Donations ($) |
| 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 | Donation forms and campaigns in the free core; Stripe and PayPal payment gateways included; Donor records, receipts and a donor export |
| Cons | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook | Recurring donations need a paid add-on; Many advanced features are split into separate paid add-ons; Large plugin with many admin screens to learn |
| 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 | Donation forms, Visual form builder, Fundraising campaigns, Donor records and statistics, Donor dashboard for logged-in donors, Donor export, Donation spam filtering, Donation receipts, Recurring donations via the Give - Recurring Donations add-on ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe, PayPal |
| 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 | GiveWP add-on license server |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | 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 | telemetry.givewp.com, connect.givewp.com, www.google.com, givewp.com, relations.givewp.com, chart.apis.google.com, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, survey.givewp.com, www.howsmyssl.com, www.paypal.com, woocommerce.com, licensing.nexcess.com, software.liquidweb.com, herald.nexcess.com, www.liquidweb.com, api.stripe.com |
| Blocks | — | 19 |
| Shortcodes | — | 19 |