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The Best Elementor Addon Plugins for Dynamic Content

By James LePage
 on July 29, 2020
Last modified on January 7th, 2022

The Best Elementor Addon Plugins for Dynamic Content

By James LePage
 on July 29, 2020
Last modified on January 7th, 2022

This article is going to take a look at several Elementor addon plugins that extend dynamic aspect of your website. There are many, many add on plugins for Elementor out there, but not all of them do the same thing.

Some are solely focused on increasing the number of design elements that you get, while others give you whole design templates. There are also plugins that improve your workflow, are specifically created for WooCommerce, and more.

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You get the point, there are tons of categories of these packs, and tons of offerings out there. However, we think that the best place to put your hard earned money isn't to add on packs that extend the functionality of your website. With Elementor Pro, you can create pretty much anything you need to, but it's lacking in some aspects of functionality.

Of course, you have access to the dynamic capabilities, ability to integrate into Toolset, pods, and ACF natively, and incredibly well designed forms element, and more, but when it comes to functionality and conditional visibility of elements, that's when purchasing an add-on plugin Makes a lot of sense.

This article covers all of the add-on plugins that our agency has personal experience with when it comes to extending the core dynamic content features included in Elementor.

When we say functionality, we mean Back end features that you can use to make a better website. This could include conditional visibility, dynamic elements, Better ways of collecting and processing data, and more. This list is going to contain both premium and paid add-ons.

As we said above, in many cases it doesn't make sense paying a ton of money for an Elementor add-on pack. But when it comes to functionality oriented add-on packs, developers work very hard creating tools that will save your time and money, meaning that you can justify the small expense for such a plugin.

With that introduction out of the way, let's take a look at some of the top Elementor addons for adding, displaying and editing dynamic content with Elementor.

Dynamic Content For Elementor

We're going to start this list off with our favorite add-on pack for Elementor, hands down. This tool is purpose built for designers and developers looking to create incredibly functional websites with element over.

As the name suggests, dynamic content for Elementor allows you to populate Elementor with data from many different sources. There are 60 widgets, 24 extensions, dozens of templates, and four page specific settings.

If you're a developer or a designer looking to get more features for Elementor, this is your tool to do so. We can't cover everything in this article, but the most powerful aspect about this plugin Is the Taylor built widgets and extensions that you have access to.

For example, you can Easily add PHP, dynamic tags, cursor trackers, advanced masking, tons of SVG image effects, and over 5 Elementor form functionality extensions.

Dynamic widgets for Elementor

Many of these widgets are basically JavaScript libraries reformed into Elementor Pro widgets. You may be thinking, why does this plugin cost money when I could be using JavaScript libraries? We asked ourselves that the same thing and attempted to do exactly that.

Incorporating JavaScript libraries into WordPress in general is a bit difficult, but adding Elementor Pro into the mix makes things even tougher. You can save a lot of time and effort by simply purchasing the dynamic content for Elementor plugin , giving you access to leading JS libraries such as web GL, cursor tracking, smooth page transitions , and more.

Pricing for a single site license is 49 euros per year, while a professional license that covers 1000 sites costs 169 euros per year.

CrocoBlock’s JetEngine

CrocoBlock has a ton of specific plugins for Elementor, but we're going to be specifically taking a look at one of their offerings called JetEngine. JetEngine is specifically designed to increase the functionality of Elementor when it comes to displaying conditional data. It is somewhat similar to advanced custom fields or pods, except it is purpose built for Elementor Pro, and integrates incredibly well with it.

JetEngine

There are five basic features. You can set up a custom post type , structuring content in an easy to understand way under website. You can then add Taxonomies, which help you categorize your new custom post types. Within the custom post type, you can add custom fields which help you add, edit and then display data on the front end of your website. On the back end of your Elementor website, creating an options page allows you to store and change all additional options that can be applied to the post type, custom fields, or Taxonomy.

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Essentially, this plugin takes the best of advanced custom fields and custom post type UI and combines it into one plugin specifically created for Elementor. If you use the two app are mentioned plugins a lot when building an Elementor website, it's definitely worth your while to check out JetEngine, because it does the same thing, better, and for Elementor.

JetEngine also adds 6 widgets into your Elementor editor that help you display dynamic information from your custom post types, or anything else you have created on the back end. These widgets include dynamic fields, images, repeaters, links, terms, and meta. Essentially, if you're trying to create a completely custom website that uses and displays dynamic data, and give your clients or yourself the option to edit everything with Elementor's visual builder, this is the tool for you.

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There are tons of industry specific settings as well, like dynamic map listings which you can style to match your coloring and typography of your website, custom calendars, and a bunch of special templates. Crocoblock Has several live demos for you to understand how this tool can be implemented into an Elementor website, and they include vacation rentals, Barber shop booking, and more.

From all the features mentioned, you may be thinking that this plugin is at least $100. What's surprising is that even though JetEngine offers so many high powered features that go toe to toe with advanced custom fields pro and other solutions like that, it only costs $29.00 per year. If you're looking for something that extends the dynamic functionalities of a website built with Elementor, this is a no brainer.

Unlimited Elements (Widget Creator)

The final entry in our list is a well known Elementor add-on pack called unlimited elements for Elementor.

As we explicitly stated at the beginning of this article, this list covers sleep best Elementor add-on plugins for dynamic content it's oriented towards developers looking to create high quality, completely custom websites with Elementor pro and a couple of add on packs. Because of this, unlimited elements may be an unexpected inclusion in this list, when taken at face value.

It's definitely better known for the widgets that it comes with. However, as a developer we're much more interested with one of the core, yet unknown Features that this add-on pack ships with. It's called widget creator, and allows you to create amazing widgets in seconds.

If you create websites for clients, or will be having other people use your Elementor website to create new pages and posts, chances are custom widgets are a good idea. After all, Elementor is built on the principle of creating pages and posts with standard elements and widgets.

By creating our own, that use the native Elementor interface to control options, client and end users alike can easily add your custom creations to the Elementor editor, not even knowing that you created them yourself. This is really important when it comes to production websites, especially if there are going to be elements that will be used multiple times and can't be a collection of HTML code on the client end of the Elementor editor.

With the widget creator studio, you can edit existing widgets, create custom attributes, populate new widgets with dynamic content, integrate with advanced custom fields and pods, and use the twig scripting engine (which is really powerful and easy to understand, even if you're not super familiar with the code language).

There are also several integrations such as WooCommerce, Instagram, users list, posts list, and the two dynamic plugins to help you create incredibly advanced custom widgets for Elementor.

Even better, this ships with the core version of unlimited elements, so you don't need to be purchasing an add-on. This gives you even more value because you get the Dozens of high quality widgets that ship with unlimited elements, which is the most popular premium add-on pack for Elementor for a reason.

The pricing for unlimited elements comes in at $39.00 per year for one side, and $149 for unlimited sites, both being one year licenses. You also have the option for a lifetime license which isn't standard in the industry but really good if you expect to use this tool for three plus years.

Conclusion

If you are a developer or power user looking to add dynamic content and functionality to Elementor, and the native features that ship with Elementor pro don't cut it, one or a combination of these three plugins should have you covered. We've used all of them in the past to create high quality websites for Elementor, and really enjoyed all of them.

They give you the best of both worlds, the power of inflexibility that you require as a developer, while still offering your clients a way to easily edit their website content using a visual builder.

Keep in mind, there is some future overlaps between the three, but each of them are specifically created to do different things. If you're looking for a bunch of widgets specifically designed for developers, many of which are based off of existing JavaScript libraries, dynamic content for Elementor is your best bet.

If you're looking for an Elementor oriented way to replace advanced custom fields and custom post type UI, JetEngine is the way to do it. It 2 comes with dynamic widgets, but its main functionality is the back end way to create custom content and categories it. it's the perfect replacement for advanced custom fields or pods , and goes toe to toe with both of the pro versions.

Finally, if you want to add custom widgets to an Elementor website, the widget creator that ships with unlimited elements is your best bet. Even better, you get the 100 plus high quality elements that ship with unlimited elements as well. It's really a win win.

If you have any questions about these three plugins/add on packs that help you add dynamic content to Elementor, feel free to reach out in the comments section. If you have any suggestions, leave them below as well, and if this article was helpful for you share it on social media.

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Alex
Alex
3 years ago

Hi James, I agree that this 3 plugins are essential in building custom and high quality Elementor websites. I like the possibility that I can create my own widgets with Unlimited elements, but I'm pretty bothered with one thing with this plugin - I can't change the icon of the widget with my own PNG or SVG image.
Do You have some solution for this problem?

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adie
adie
3 years ago

does dymanicoo create Custom Post Tyes and Custom fields?

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