Essential Addons for Elementor vs weMail
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | weMail v2.1.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | — |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) | weMail |
| 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 | Newsletter builder with HTML and plain-text versions; Signup forms by shortcode, block and Elementor; Abandoned-cart emails for WooCommerce |
| Cons | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook | Subscriber and campaign data live in the vendor cloud; A weMail account is required before use; Plugin sends data to the vendor API |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 2 |
| 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 | Newsletter campaigns, Signup forms, WooCommerce checkout opt-in, Abandoned-cart recovery emails, CSV import and export, Gutenberg form block, Elementor form action |
| Integrations | ||
| — | weMail API | |
| Analytics | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) | Appsero insights |
| Social | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads |
| Plugins | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms | WPForms, Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Elementor |
| Other | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| 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 | icanhazip.com, api.getwemail.io |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |