aThemes Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Sliders, Galleries & Form Styler

80 Quality Score

Active Installs

17/30

At roughly 8,000 active installs this is a small player in the Elementor addons space, well behind the multi-million install competitors, which is why the raw popularity score is modest even after a bonus adjustment.

Update Freshness

25/25

The plugin was last updated in May 2026 and is tested against WordPress 6.9.4, which signals an actively maintained codebase rather than an abandoned project.

User Rating

15/15

A perfect 100 score is derived from a 100 percent average rating, but that is based on only 4 ratings, so the confidence in that figure is very low.

Support Health

8/15

With zero support threads opened and zero resolved, there is no public track record to judge responsiveness, and the plugin relies heavily on the reputation of the aThemes brand.

WP Compatibility

15/15

It targets WordPress 5.5+, PHP 5.6+, and the latest Elementor, and ships with no unresolved compatibility flags in the scoring data, so the compatibility score is at the maximum.

Scores higher than 77% of indexed plugins

About

Elementor addons with 34 free widgets: galleries, sliders, form styler, carousels, pricing tables, countdowns, and lightweight Elementor extensions.

Active Installs 7k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-08-20 12:44pm GMT

Requires WordPress 5.5+

Tested Up To 6.9.7

Requires PHP 5.6+

Security History

8 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 High 7 Medium

Most recent: June 9, 2026

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aThemes Addons for Elementor <= 1.1.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'title_tag' Widget Setting Medium

June 9, 2026 Patched in ["1.1.9"] CVE-2026-8613

aThemes Addons for Elementor <= 1.1.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Call To Action Widget Medium

November 7, 2025 Patched in ["1.1.6"] CVE-2025-12837

aThemes Addons for Elementor <= 1.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

September 26, 2025 Patched in ["1.1.3"] CVE-2025-60112

aThemes Addons for Elementor Lite <= 1.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Countdown Widget Medium

September 5, 2025 Patched in ["1.1.3"] CVE-2025-8149

aThemes Addons for Elementor <= 1.1.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion High

April 4, 2025 Patched in ["1.1.4"] CVE-2025-32158

aThemes Addons for Elementor <= 1.0.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

February 3, 2025 Patched in ["1.0.9"] CVE-2025-22646

aThemes Addons for Elementor <= 1.0.12 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

January 31, 2025 Patched in ["1.0.13"] CVE-2024-13547

aThemes Addons for Elementor <= 1.0.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

November 1, 2024 Patched in ["1.0.8"] CVE-2024-51675

What It Does

aThemes Addons for Elementor ships over 30 widgets that plug directly into the Elementor page builder, covering common needs like galleries, sliders, calls to action, contact forms, pricing tables, and entrance animations. Instead of installing several single-purpose addons, you get a bundled toolkit that lives inside Elementor's editor sidebar. It is positioned as a lighter, faster alternative to the larger Elementor widget suites.

Who It's For

This plugin is a reasonable fit for solo site owners and small studios who use Elementor and want a single addon pack to cover typical landing page elements like CTAs, pricing tables, sliders, and animated sections. It is particularly suited to the use cases listed, including freelancer portfolios, small business sites, and nonprofit fundraising pages, where Elementor is already the page builder of choice. The 5.5 WordPress and 5.6 PHP minimums make it accessible on older, budget hosting.

Who Should Skip It

If you are already running a major addon suite such as Essential Addons or Ultimate Addons, there is little reason to layer this on top, since the overlap is high and you will carry extra CSS and JS. Power users building complex membership, LMS, or WooCommerce templates will likely find the 30-plus widget catalog too thin compared to the million-install alternatives.

The Bottom Line

aThemes Addons for Elementor is a competently maintained, broadly compatible addon pack with a quality score of 76.98/100, but the 8,000 installs and only 4 ratings mean you are betting on the aThemes name more than on community proof. It is fine as a lightweight, single-vendor alternative for small Elementor sites, though most users will get more value from Essential Addons or Ultimate Addons at a similar or zero price point.

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