Essential Addons for Elementor vs WPForms MailerLite
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | WPForms MailerLite v1.3.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 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 ($) | WPForms MailerLite ($) |
| 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 | Subscribe, unsubscribe and delete actions per form; Map form fields to MailerLite fields; Choose MailerLite groups from the form builder |
| Cons | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook | Needs a MailerLite account and an API connection; Updates need a WPForms licence key; Only covers MailerLite, not other email services |
| 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 | Subscribe a form submitter to MailerLite ($), Unsubscribe a contact from MailerLite on submit ($), Delete a MailerLite subscriber on submit ($), Map form fields to MailerLite fields ($), Connect a MailerLite account from WPForms settings ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| — | MailerLite ($) | |
| 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 | WPForms ($) |
| Other | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 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 | connect.mailerlite.com, api.mailerlite.com |