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Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder v4.2.4

The Elementor Website Builder has it all: drag and drop page builder, Atomic Editor, pixel perfect design, global and reusable style systems, mobile r …

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  • On Plugin Auditor since Aug 31, 2026
  • Last audited Aug 31, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 7.4+
  • Requires WordPress 6.8+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 31% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 91 Passed
  • 23 Warnings
  • 11 Failed
Security 59/100
Needs Improvement

22 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 90/100
Excellent

55 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 50/100
Needs Improvement

6 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 67/100
Needs Improvement

2 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 33/100
Poor

2 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

22.7 MB

85.9 MB unzipped

Total files

3,022

across all file types

Lines of PHP

224,916

in 1,501 files Large

File types

  • PHP
  • JS
  • CSS
  • OTHER
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 4 Critical
  • 20 High
  • 264 Medium
  • 98 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder, Category scores held steady across this span. The codebase grew 14% in size.

Audited 3.34.4 → 4.2.2 · 30 versions

0 50 100 3.34.4 3.35.9 4.0.9 4.2.2

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 195 390 3.34.4 3.35.9 4.0.9 4.2.2

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

978,002

downloads

Today

74,404

downloads

Week over week

−77%

vs previous week

Month over month

+47%

vs previous month

Download trend: Growing. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

69% of installs run an older version

≈ 6.9M+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v4.0
  • v4.1
  • v4.2

Ratings

7,293 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 6,141
  • 4 232
  • 3 121
  • 2 117
  • 1 682

Support: 32 / 43 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Aug 6, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 3 days

average between releases

Total releases

446

since Aug 2020 · 6 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Elementor Website Builder in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Elementor Website Builder v4.2.4 flagged 386 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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