PowerPack Lite for Elementor vs Smart Slider 3
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| Feature | PowerPack Lite for Elementor v3.1.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 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 | 70,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 22, 2026 | August 19, 2026 |
| Editions | PowerPack Lite for Elementor · PowerPack Pro for Elementor ($) | Smart Slider 3 · Smart Slider 3 Pro ($) |
| Pros | Around 40 free widgets for Elementor; Form widgets for WPForms, Gravity Forms and Contact Form 7; Usage tracking is opt-in | Visual layer editor with rows and columns; Works with many page builders and themes; Free edition covers core slider types |
| Cons | Pro upgrade prompts appear in the widgets; Instagram feed calls the Instagram API; Pro adds more widgets, per the upgrade text | 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 | Free widget library (about 40 modules), Charts widget, Contact Form 7 widget, Instagram feed, PowerPack Pro upgrade prompts ($) | Import sliders and templates from the vendor API, Find sliders used on a page by URL, Google Fonts CSS fetched and cached locally, Premium sliders need a Pro licence ($), Pro updater referenced by the free code ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | Instagram API | — |
| Plugins | Elementor, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7, WPML | Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Advanced Custom Fields, WP Rocket, Rank Math, TablePress |
| Other | PowerPack usage check-in server | Smart Slider vendor API (api.nextendweb.com) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.8 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0.2 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | demo.powerpackelements.com, powerpackelements.com | fonts.googleapis.com, api.nextendweb.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |