Essential Addons for Elementor vs Relevanssi Live Ajax Search
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Relevanssi Live Ajax Search v2.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 7,000+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | May 12, 2026 |
| Editions | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) | Relevanssi Live Ajax Search |
| 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 | Works with default WordPress search without configuration; Results can be restyled through theme template overrides; Uses Relevanssi automatically when it is active |
| Cons | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook | Some themes need template or CSS changes to look right; Only the live results are improved; full search quality needs Relevanssi; Few settings, so layout changes need code |
| 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 | AJAX live search results, Live search added to search forms and blocks, Theme template overrides for results, Customisable no-results and message templates, Filter for query arguments |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) | — |
| Social | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms | Relevanssi |
| Other | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| 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 | — |