| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| Headquarters | , Israel |
| Area served | worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Yoni Luksenberg, Yakir Sitbon, Ariel Klikstein[1] |
| Key people | Yoni Luksenberg, CEO[1] |
| Services | Website development |
| URL | https://elementor.com |
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Elementor Ltd. is an Israeli software company, providing web development services. 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.[2][3]
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In addition to a freemium version, Elementor also offers a premium version of its website builder — Elementor Pro, which includes additional features and over 6 add-ons.[4][5]
Elementor Page Builder comes with dozens of free & Pro templates for WordPress. Landing pages, homepages & other templates available for free download. 10+ best free & premium Elementor WordPress themes in 2021. Find themes that are 100% compatible with Elementor's page builder plugin.
As of January 2021, Elementor is available in over 57 languages and is the 5th most popular WordPress plugins, with over 5 million active installations worldwide.[6] It is an open-source, GPLv3 licensed platform,[7] and powers 2.24% of the top 1M websites in the world.[8]
In its first round of institutional funding, the company raised $15M from Lightspeed Venture Partners.[5]
History[edit]
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 November 22, 2020, Elementor has published its free plugin version 3.0.13 and its paid Elementor Pro version 3.0.6.
Community[edit]
As of January 2021, Elementor has an active community worldwide of more than 91,300 members on Facebook.[15] Elementor's community has regular meetings worldwide. The meetings are aimed at introducing users to Elementor, helping them get started with Elementor and providing support to the community.[16]
On March 31, Elementor launched an Experts Networks for Web Creators [17]
Awards[edit]
- Won Torque's 2019 Plugin Madness Award[18]
- Finalist of Atlas Award for Best Israeli Startup 2019[19]
- Recognized as one of the top 50 most promising Israeli startups for 2019[20]
- Won Torque's 2020 Plugin Madness Award[21]
Partnerships & Acquisitions[edit]
In 2019, Elementor acquired Layers WP — a WordPress theme brand and made the Layers theme available for free.[22] In the same year, Elementor partnered with A2 Hosting to provide a hosting account for its users.[23]
Reception[edit]
Elementor Templates
On WordPress.org, the Elementor plugin has a rating of 4.8 stars.[24] Various WordPress-oriented websites have praised Elementor for being easy-to-use, with TheMeIsle.com giving it a 9.3 rating while praising the fact that it has many templates, many different content modules, and being easy to use even for beginners.[25] Other sites have praised Elementor, talking about its value, ease-of-use, and customer support. However, Elementor has been criticized for various reasons, such as being bad for SEO because of the bloat and unnecessary HTML it adds to web pages.
References[edit]
- ^ abcAboutElementor.com
- ^'Elementor website building platform opens high tech center in Sderot'. www.israelhayom.com. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^'Elementor – Striving to Be the Ultimate WordPress Drag & Drop Page Builder'. HostAdvice. 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^'Droit Elementor Addons'. DroitThemes. 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ abTal Morgenstern, The Rise of the Web Creator: Announcing Lightspeed’s Investment in Elementor, Medium
- ^Browse: Popular, WordPress.org
- ^Terms & Conditions, Elementor.com
- ^Elementor Usage Statistics, BuiltWith
- ^Elementor Reached 1M Active Users: The Value of Essential Addons, WPBLOG
- ^Ep. 018: Elementor's untold journey to 1 Million users!, strikegold, December 3, 2018
- ^Elementor Reached 2 Million Active Installs, Within 7 Months After The First Million, CrispLive
- ^WordPress website building platform Elementor now on 3 million sites, TechRepublic
- ^Elementor Hits 4 Million Websites in Record Time, Yahoo! Finance
- ^'We Just Reached the Peak of WordPress: 5 Million Active Installs! | Elementor'. Elementor Blog. 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^Elementors group on Facebook.com
- ^Elementor Meetups, Meetup website
- ^'Introducing Elementor Experts: The New Discovery Network For Web Creators'. Elementor Blog. Elementor. 31 March 2020.
- ^Elementor Wins Torque’s 2019 Plugin Madness, WPengine, April 29, 2019
- ^The finalists in 2019, atlasaward.org
- ^Calcalist's Top 50 Startups 2019: #18-#25, Calcalist
- ^Elementor Wins Plugin Madness 2020, WPengine, April 13, 2020
- ^Elementor Acquires Layers WP to Expand Compatible Theme Options for Users, WordPress Tavern
- ^A2 Hosting Partnership With Elementor To Increase Speed, Security For All Users, PR Newswire
- ^'WordPress.org Forums'. WordPress.org Forums. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
- ^'Elementor Review: How Does This WordPress Page Builder Stack Up?'. ThemeIsle Blog. 2018-05-07. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
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Many people are wondering how to import their own icon to use as menu, or how to use text instead. Here are a few ways to modify the original hamburger icon.
Important: If you want to replace the static hamburger icon, to an awesome animated hamburger icon, see this article instead.
To replace the default Elementor hamburger menu icon with something else, keep reading...
This will replace the hamburger icon with the word 'MENU'.
.elementor-menu-toggle i:before {
content: 'MENU';
}
.elementor-menu-toggle.elementor-active i:before {
content: “CLOSE”;
}
Elementor Themes
This will replace the hamburger icon with your own icon
.elementor-menu-toggle i{
max-width:40px;
content: url(//cdn.element.how/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/logomobileme.png);
}
And this to replace the closing icon with your own
.elementor-menu-toggle.elementor-active i {
max-width:40px;
content: url(//cdn.element.how/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/email.png);
}
Elementor Theme Templates
Here is another way to change the menu and closing icon if the method above doesn't work like you want.
.elementor-menu-toggle i:before {
content: “”;
display: block;
width: 40px;
height: 40px;
background: url(//cdn.element.how/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/logomobileme.png);
background-size: cover;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
Elementor Theme Builder
.elementor-menu-toggle.elementor-active i:before {
content: “”;
display: block;
width: 40px;
height: 40px;
background: url(//cdn.element.how/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/email.png);
background-size: cover;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}