How to Activate Grid Container Widget in Elementor
Do you want to activate Grid Container widget in Elementor?
If yes then in this tutorial we have shared the complete process using which you can do this easily.
Before we dive into this step by step process, here is a brief background on the Elementor Grid Container widget.
If you have been following the development of Elementor then you must be familiar with the fact that Flexbox Container was released in Elementor version 3.6.
And it gave users a better way of creating layouts / designs using the page builder plugin.
In Elementor 3.13, this feature again received an improvement in which Grid feature was introduced as an experiment.
And on enabling it, a Container type dropdown was added that allowed users to choose between Flexbox and Grid based on their requirements.
Continuing on this trend, in Elementor 3.16, a new Grid Container was introduced to improve the workflow and user experience.
It is important to know that as of now, Grid Container feature comes disabled by default.
And in this tutorial we are going to discuss how can you activate Grid Container feature in Elementor.
Activate Grid Container in Elementor
As the status of the Grid Container feature is BETA, we suggest that you take a complete backup of your site before you enable it.
Also, if possible first use it on a test / local environment and then push changes to LIVE if everything works as expected.
Keeping this in mind, below are all the steps to enable Grid Container widget in Elementor.
Login to WordPress
To activate Grid Container widget in Elementor, the first step is to login to your WordPress dashbboard.
For this you need to visit https://your-domain.com/wp-admin and it will take you to the WordPress login page.
Please Note- Here you need to replace your-domain.com with your website’s domain name.
Once you are on the WordPress login page, you need to enter your credentials and click Log In.
Head over to Features
After you have successfully logged in, the next step is to head over to the Elementor Features tab.
For this you need to click Settings under Elementor in your WordPress admin.
And it will show you all the settings along with the Features tab on top.
You need to click the Features tab and it will show you all the Ongoing Experiments followed by Stable Features.
Enable Flexbox Container
Now that you are in the Features tab, the next step is to activate Elementor Flexbox Container feature.
For this you need to scroll down to Stable features under which you will find Flexbox Container.
As you can see in the screenshot above, the mark in front of Flexbox Container feature is Gray.
This shows it is inactive.
To enable Flexbox Container, you need to select Active in the dropdown and Save changes.
It is important to know that after enabling Flexbox Container, you will no longer find the Inner Section widget in Elementor editor.
And it will be replaced by the Container widget.
If you have been building layout using the inner section widget then you will still be able to edit them.
However, you won’t be able to create anything new using it.
Activate Grid Container Feature
Once you are done till here, the next step is to activate Grid Container widget in Elementor.
For this you need to scroll up to Ongoing Experiments in the Features tab where you will find the Grid Container feature.
Here you will have to select Active in the dropdown and Save changes.
As you can see in the screenshot above, the mark in front of Grid Container is green and it shows the Feature is active.
In other words, it fixes the problem of missing Grid Container widget in Elementor.
check if Grid Container widget is active
To check if the Grid Container widget in active, you need to create or edit a post with Elementor.
Doing this will take you to the Elementor editor.
Here you will find the Grid Container widget under Layout in the Elementor Editor side panel.
It is important to know that when you will add the Flexbox or Grid Container widget in Elementor, it will show you a Container type dropdown.
See the below screenshot for reference.
- Flexbox Container
- Grid Container
This dropdown will allow you to choose between Flexbox and Grid depending on your requirements.
And according to this selection, the settings will change.
The gist is you can use both these widgets interchangeably as well.
And that’s it you now know how to activate Grid Container feature in Elementor.
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Elementor Pro pricing
Now that you know how to activate Grid Container widget in Elementor the next topic we are going to discuss is its pricing and plans.
Elementor has 4 pro plans and 4 Cloud Website plan. Below we have discussed the pricing followed by the features included
Elementor Pro
- Essential (1 site)- $59
- Advanced (3 sites)- $99
- Expert (25 sites)- $199
- Agency (1000 sites)-$399
What’s included in Elementor Pro
- Drag and Drop editor
- Responsive Editing
- Theme Builder
- Form Builder
- Woo-Commerce Builder
- 90+ Widgets
- 300+ Templates
- 10+ Full Website Kits
- Popup Builder
- Regular Update
- Premium support
And more
Elementor Cloud Website
- Basic (1 site)- $9.99
- Business (1 site)- $19.99
- Grow (3 sites)- $22.99
- Scale (10 sites)- $49.99
What’s included in Elementor Cloud
- SSD storage
- SSL included
- Automatic backup
- Secure CDN by CloudFlare
- Powered by Google Cloud
- Free Elementor Domain
- Premium Support
- Hosting, WordPress & Elementor Pro built in
And more
See- How to sign up for Elementor Cloud
Get started with Elementor
In order to get started with Elementor, the first step is visit Elementor and click Pricing on the homepage.
Doing this will show a dropdown from where you will have to select if you want to go for Elementor Cloud or Pro
On selecting any of these options, it will show you all the Elementor Pro plans
And in the next step you will have to choose one, create a free account on Elementor and buy Elementor Pro plugin.
Once you have the Elementor Pro license, the next step is to
And that’s it you are now using the best website builder plugin in WordPress.
Having said that,
I hope you will find this article helpful and are able to activate Grid Container widget in Elementor.
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