PowerPack Pro for Elementor vs Smart Slider 3
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| Feature | PowerPack Pro for Elementor v3.1.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | Smart Slider 3 v3.5.1.39 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | — | August 19, 2026 |
| Editions | PowerPack Pro for Elementor ($) | Smart Slider 3 · Smart Slider 3 Pro ($) |
| Pros | Large widget library for Elementor; Form widgets for WPForms, Contact Form 7 and Formidable; Ready-made template library | Visual layer editor with rows and columns; Works with many page builders and themes; Free edition covers core slider types |
| Cons | Commercial licence needed for updates; Several widgets call Google, Facebook and Instagram services; Large code base with many modules | Premium sliders and templates need Pro; Template import calls the vendor API; Large plugin with many admin screens to learn |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Widget library for Elementor ($), Post grids, tiled posts and sliders ($), WooCommerce product widget ($), Login and registration forms ($), Instagram feed ($), Google Maps widget ($), Event calendar widget ($), Template library ($), Display conditions ($) | Import sliders and templates from the vendor API, Find sliders used on a page by URL, Google Fonts CSS fetched and cached locally, Premium sliders need a Pro licence ($), Pro updater referenced by the free code ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | Facebook Graph API (Instagram) ($) | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | — |
| Plugins | Elementor ($), WPForms ($), Contact Form 7 ($), Formidable Forms ($) | Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Advanced Custom Fields, WP Rocket, Rank Math, TablePress |
| Other | Google Maps API ($), Google Calendar API ($), Google reCAPTCHA ($), PowerPack licence server ($) | Smart Slider vendor API (api.nextendweb.com) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.3 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 7.0.2 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | maps.googleapis.com, maps.googleapis.cn, www.googleapis.com, vimeo.com, api.dailymotion.com, www.google.com, powerpackelements.com, demo.powerpackelements.com, graph.facebook.com | fonts.googleapis.com, api.nextendweb.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |