Being able to conditionally show or hide content is a common requirement for advanced websites. There are many types of conditions. Perhaps you only want to show content on certain Custom Post Types, during the holiday, to certain users or user roles, if the visitor is on mobile, if the visitor has an old browser…

Black Friday sales have started. These are usually the largest discounts of the year and there are some good deals. Most Elementor addon packs and page builder friendly themes have sales going on now through Cyber Monday. I’ve put together a list of the best “Value for Price” Elementor-related deals. I hope you find something…

The Kadence theme is one of the best page builder friendly themes to use with Elementor.  I am going to go out on a limb here and say that in some cases, it is THE best Elementor theme. In this post I amm going to provide an overview of the Kadence theme, show how it…

Introduction I first looked at Master Addons back in May and then checked it out again recently when I saw it was on sale. I was surprised to see that there had been several big updates and a lot of new features added in the last four months. I purchased a copy to try it…

Introduction If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me to compare Gutenberg with Elementor then I could buy a nice lunch. A year ago I was not asked this question, or even 6 months ago, but now it keeps coming up. If you have been neck-deep in Elementor and have not been…

Introduction The first version of Elementor was released in 2016. Elementor 2 was released in 2018. Now in August 2020 Elementor 3 just came out of beta.  Most of the changes relate to three areas: Code Cleanup, Global Styles and Site Settings, and the Theme Builder. Some people see these changes as being incremental improvements,…

Introduction Crocoblock recently reshuffled their product plans. The suite has grown to include 18 plugins and the team believed they needed to adjust the features of each offering to reflect common usages focusing on design, e-commerce, or dynamic data. Additionally there is the option for “All-Inclusive,” which not only includes everything in the other packages,…

Introduction In this post I want to look at the OoohBoi Steroids for Elementor addon.  This plugin is available free from the WordPress plugin directory.  It adds several advanced layout and styling features to default Elementor widgets and elements. It is a nice addon, and it is free. Hat tip to Brenda Michelin for sharing this…

Introduction This is a review of Essential Addons for Elementor. It is a comprehensive suite of widgets and extensions for Elementor and one of the top addons available. In this review I touch on all of the major areas of consideration, including an evaluation of the “standard” addon widgets, dynamic features, integrations, advanced features, as…

Last updated July 18/2020 Introduction Templates are a big time saver.  The idea is that you design something once, save it as a template, and then you can reuse it, just substituting out the bits of content from the layout and design.  In this post I’m looking at Templately, a new plugin from the WPDevelopers…