Elementor Pro Website Builder Plugin for WordPress with Video Installation Guide is the Elementor website builder allows WordPress users to create and edit websites by employing the drag and drop technique, with a built-in responsive mode. In addition to a freemium version, Elementor also offers a premium version of its website builder — Elementor Pro, which includes additional features and add-ons.
As of January 2021, Elementor was available in over 57 languages and ranks among the 5 highest-rated WordPress page builders with over 5 million active installations worldwide.[5] It is an open-source, GPLv3 licensed platform[6] and powers 2.24% of the top 1M websites in the world.[7]
In its first round of institutional funding, the company raised $15M from Lightspeed Venture Partners.
History
Elementor was founded in 2016 by Yoni Luksenberg and Ariel Klikstein.[1]
Growth milestones:
- 1M websites built with Elementor: July 5, 2018[9][10]
- 2M websites built with Elementor: February 18, 2019[11]
- 3M websites built with Elementor: August 14, 2019[12]
- 4M websites built with Elementor: January 29, 2020[13]
- 5M websites built with Elementor: May 12, 2020[14]
As of August 19, 2021, Elementor had published its free plugin version 3.4.2 and its paid Elementor Pro version 3.3.7.[citation needed]
In May 2019, the Elementor team officially got their “Hello” theme listed at WordPress.org.[15] The Hello theme is a barebones theme framework specifically designed to pair with the Elementor page builder.[16]
On March 31, 2020, Elementor launched an Experts Network for Web Creators.[17]
Awards
Elementor was recognized by Israeli business daily Calcalist as one of the top 50 most promising Israeli startups for 2019.[18]
Partnerships & acquisitions
In 2019, Elementor acquired Layers WP — a WordPress theme brand. [19] In the same year, Elementor partnered with A2 Hosting to provide a hosting account for its users.[20]
Reception
On WordPress.org, the Elementor plugin has a rating of 4.7 stars.[21] ThemeIsle.com gave it a 9.3 rating, saying that it has many templates, different content modules, and was easy to use.
