Building a site on Elementor Free usually means three plugins: an addon pack for extra widgets, a second plugin for a custom header and footer, and a third for popups. Elemance is all three, plus a template library, in one plugin.
Header/footer and popups without Elementor Pro
Elementorβs Theme Builder and Popup Builder are Pro features. Elemance gives you both on the free version β design a header, footer or popup in Elementor itself, then choose where it appears and, for popups, what triggers it. No page builder switch, no second editor to learn.
Every widget has an off switch
Turn a widget off from the dashboard and it is never registered with Elementor, and its stylesheet and script are never enqueued. Use three of the fourteen and you carry the weight of three, not fourteen.
Everything is built in the Elementor editor
Headers, footers and popups are normal Elementor documents. Whatever you already know about containers, responsive controls and global styles applies to them too.
π§© 14 Custom Widgets
Marquee, Flip Card, Counter, Animated Heading, Skill Bar, Glass Card, Hotspot Image, Before/After Slider, Dual Color Heading, Pricing Table, FAQ/Accordion, Countdown Timer, Team Member, and Buttons. Found inside the Elementor editor under the Elemance widget category.
π¨ 30+ Section Templates
Headers, footers, heroes, popups, testimonials, CTAs, features, pricing tables, FAQs, countdowns, contact sections, team grids, stats bars, and marquee strips β insert with one click directly inside the Elementor editor.
β‘ Header / Footer Builder
Build a fully custom header or footer with Elementor β even on Elementor Free. Works with popular themes (Hello Elementor, Astra, GeneratePress, OceanWP, Neve, Storefront) and includes a universal fallback for other themes.
πͺ Popup Builder
Create popups triggered by time delay, scroll percentage, exit intent, or click β with frequency control (once, once per session, every visit) and a clean, branded admin UI.
π Performance-First Widget Manager
Donβt need all 14 widgets? Turn off the ones you donβt use from the dashboard. Disabled widgets donβt register or load any CSS/JS β keeping Elementor fast and lean.
β¨ Guided Setup Wizard
A short, polished onboarding flow runs once on activation β theme compatibility check, widget selection β and never runs again on update.