Essential Addons for Elementor vs WP Login Form
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | WP Login Form v1.0.14 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 7,000+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | August 24, 2026 |
| Editions | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) | WP Login Form · Force Redirect ($) · Custom Error ($) |
| 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 | Free shortcode for a login form anywhere on the front end; Optional redirect after login set per shortcode; Google reCAPTCHA v3 option for the login form; Settings page covers the form options in one place |
| Cons | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook | Form only, with no registration or password reset pages; reCAPTCHA v3 loads Google's script on pages with the form; Extra behaviour such as forced redirects needs the separate add-ons |
| 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 | wp_login_form shortcode, Redirect attribute after login, Google reCAPTCHA v3 on the login form, Settings page under Settings menu, Add-ons tab with links to paid add-ons |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) | — |
| Social | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms | — |
| Other | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea | Google reCAPTCHA |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 3.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | — |
| 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 | — |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |