Essential Addons for Elementor vs PowerPack Lite for Elementor
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | PowerPack Lite for Elementor v3.1.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 70,000+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | October 22, 2026 |
| Editions | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) | PowerPack Lite for Elementor · PowerPack Pro for Elementor ($) |
| 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 | Around 40 free widgets for Elementor; Form widgets for WPForms, Gravity Forms and Contact Form 7; Usage tracking is opt-in |
| Cons | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook | Pro upgrade prompts appear in the widgets; Instagram feed calls the Instagram API; Pro adds more widgets, per the upgrade text |
| 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 | Free widget library (about 40 modules), Charts widget, Contact Form 7 widget, Instagram feed, PowerPack Pro upgrade prompts ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) | — |
| Social | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API | Instagram API |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms | Elementor, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7, WPML |
| Other | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea | PowerPack usage check-in server |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 6.8 |
| 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 | demo.powerpackelements.com, powerpackelements.com |