Essential Addons for Elementor vs WooCommerce Blocks
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce Blocks v11.7.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free 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 ($) | WooCommerce Blocks |
| 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 | Product, filter, cart and checkout blocks for the block editor; Free and open source, maintained by Automattic and WooCommerce; Lets you try new blocks before they reach WooCommerce core |
| Cons | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook | Feature plugin, so blocks can change or be removed; Some AI and connection features need a WordPress.com connection; Overlaps with the blocks bundled in WooCommerce core |
| 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 | Product add-to-cart and product detail blocks, Reviews by category block, Collection filter blocks, Cart and checkout blocks, AI text completion through a WordPress.com connection, Product events for Google Tag Manager |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal Standard |
| Analytics | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) | Google Tag Manager |
| Social | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms | — |
| Other | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea | WordPress.com AI text completion |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 6.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| 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 | public-api.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 60 |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |