Description
Most Elementor sites end up with two or three addon packs installed and no idea which widgets are really in use. This plugin reads every published post, page and template built with Elementor and answers that question.
Tools > Widget Usage shows:
- Every widget type in use, how many instances, on how many posts, and which plugin provides it
- The same rolled up by plugin, so you can see at a glance whether an addon earns its place
- A per-post view with an “Edit in Elementor” button for each entry
- Widgets whose addon is deactivated or deleted, flagged as “Not registered” — those pages are rendering empty placeholders right now
- Settings from known addons (Ultimate Addons, Essential Addons, Premium Addons, Extras for Elementor and others) that are actually set on an element, so extensions like sticky or parallax show up even though they are not widgets
- One-click CSV export
It reads Elementor’s data. It never changes it.
Installation
- Install and activate the plugin.
- Go to Tools > Widget Usage.
Dovi Widget Usage for Elementor is an independent plugin by Dovi Solutions and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Elementor.
Elementor should be active for widgets to be matched to the plugin that provides them. Without it, counts still work but every widget is listed under its raw type name.
FAQ
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Does this change anything on my site?
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No. It only reads the
_elementor_datapost meta that Elementor stores. Nothing is written. -
Why does a widget show as “Not registered”?
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The page still contains that widget, but no active plugin registers it any more. Usually the addon was deactivated or deleted. Elementor renders those as blank placeholders, so these are worth fixing or removing.
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Does it include drafts?
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No, only published content, so the report reflects what visitors can actually see.
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Is it slow on a large site?
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It reads every Elementor post on each page load of the report. On a site with thousands of Elementor pages, expect the report to take a few seconds.
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Contributors & Developers
“Dovi Widget Usage for Elementor” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.1.2
- Plugin slug and text domain changed to dovi-widget-usage-for-elementor.
1.1.1
- Renamed to Dovi Widget Usage for Elementor.
- Declares Elementor as a required plugin.
1.1.0
- Scans every Elementor post instead of only posts containing a hard-coded list of addon prefixes.
- Widgets are matched to the plugin that registers them via Elementor’s own widget registry; unregistered widgets are flagged.
- Only addon settings that are actually set are reported.
- Rebuilt the report: summary line, per-widget / per-plugin / per-post views, sortable columns.
- CSV export is nonce- and capability-protected.
- Renamed to Widget Usage for Elementor.
1.0.0
- Initial release.