Essential Addons for Elementor vs Live Composer
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Live Composer v2.1.22 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 10,000+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | September 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) | Page Builder: Live Composer · Live Composer Premium Extensions ($) |
| 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 | Drag-and-drop pages, headers and footers; Content modules for blog, staff, projects and WooCommerce; Free core with optional premium extensions |
| Cons | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook | Premium extensions need a licence key; Some modules are gated behind extensions; Adds several custom post types to the site |
| 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 | Header and footer builder, Page templates and template parts, Testimonials module, Staff module, Projects module, Galleries module, WooCommerce products module, Switch premium extensions on or off ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) | — |
| Social | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API | Facebook, X/Twitter, Pinterest |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms | — |
| Other | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea | Live Composer licence server ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| 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 | graph.facebook.com, cdn.api.twitter.com, api.pinterest.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 43 |