Description
Stax Addons for Elementor adds 20+ professionally designed widgets to your Elementor page builder — without slowing down your site.
Why Stax?
- Lightweight & Fast — CSS and JavaScript are loaded only for widgets actually used on the page. No unnecessary scripts, no bloat.
- Modular — Enable only the widgets you need from the admin panel. Keep your Elementor editor clean.
- Developer Friendly — Clean code, well-structured, and easy to extend.
20+ Widgets Included
- Slider — Content slider with title, subtitle, description, image, and button
- Testimonials — Customer testimonial layouts with multiple styles
- Testimonials Slider — Testimonial carousel with navigation and pagination
- Accordion & Toggle — Collapsible content sections with smooth animations
- Counter — Animated number counter for statistics and milestones
- Heading — Advanced heading with highlighted words, subtitle, and separator
- Section Title — Styled section title with subtitle, description, and button
- Info Box — Information box with icon, title, and description
- Icon With Text — Icon paired with descriptive text in multiple layouts
- Breadcrumbs — Automatic breadcrumb navigation for posts, pages, and archives
- Typeout Text — Animated typing text effect for dynamic headlines
- Read More / Expand Text — Expandable content with a toggle button
- Scroll Top — Scroll-to-top button that appears on scroll
- Button — Enhanced button with box shadow on hover
- Info Button — Informational button with extra details
- Dropdown Button — Button with dropdown menu functionality
- Blockquote — Styled blockquote element
- Divider — Custom divider with icon support
- Image Interval — Show different images based on date intervals
Widget Enhancements
Stax also enhances existing Elementor widgets:
- Accordion — Box shadow, item spacing, item border and border radius
- Counter — Extended alignment options
- Text Editor — Scrollable content with max height setting
Performance First
Unlike heavy all-in-one addons that load dozens of scripts on every page, Stax only loads assets for widgets you actually use. Your PageSpeed score stays high.
Who Is This For?
- Website owners who want more Elementor widgets without the bloat
- Designers and developers building landing pages, portfolios, or business sites
- Anyone who values page speed and clean code
More from StaxWP
- BuddyBuilder — BuddyPress builder for Elementor
- Visibility Logic — Show/hide Elementor widgets based on conditions
Third-Party Services
This plugin uses Appsero SDK to collect optional, anonymized telemetry data upon user confirmation. This helps us troubleshoot issues faster and improve the plugin. See the Appsero Privacy Policy.
Installation
- Make sure Elementor is installed and active.
- Upload the plugin to your
wp-content/pluginsdirectory, or install it directly from the WordPress plugin directory. - Activate the plugin from the Plugins page.
- Edit any page with Elementor — you’ll find the new widgets in the Stax category in the widget panel.
FAQ
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Where can I find the Stax widgets in Elementor?
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Open any page with Elementor, and look for the Stax Elements category in the widget panel on the left side. All widgets from this plugin are grouped there.
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Will this slow down my site?
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No. The plugin only loads CSS and JavaScript for widgets that are actively used on the page. If a widget isn’t placed on the page, its assets are not loaded at all.
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Does this work with the free version of Elementor?
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Yes. Stax Addons works with both the free and Pro versions of Elementor.
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Can I disable widgets I don’t use?
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Yes. Go to the Stax Addons settings page in your WordPress admin to enable or disable individual widgets. Only active widgets appear in the Elementor editor.
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Can I use this alongside other Elementor addons?
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Absolutely. The plugin is designed to be lightweight and conflict-free. It works alongside other Elementor addon plugins without issues.
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Is there a Pro version?
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Currently all widgets are free. We focus on keeping the plugin lightweight and reliable.
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Contributors & Developers
“Stax Addons for Elementor” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.5.1
- Security: Fixed Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-3064)
- Security: Added HTML tag whitelist validation for all widgets with custom tag controls
- Security: Hardened 8 widgets against XSS: Heading, Typeout Text, Blockquote, Counter, Accordion, Section Title, Info Box, Icon with Text
1.5.0
- Renamed plugin for WordPress.org guidelines compliance
- Fixed compatibility with Elementor 3.5+ (updated widget registration API)
- Replaced deprecated Elementor Schemes with Global Colors and Typography
- Added Requires Plugins header for dependency management
- Added ABSPATH security checks to all PHP files
- Deferred Appsero tracker initialization to init hook
- Removed unnecessary load_plugin_textdomain call
- Updated Appsero SDK to v1.4.0
- Updated tested versions (WP 6.9, Elementor 3.25)
1.4.4
- Add security checks when saving options data
1.4.3
- Add Appsero integration
1.4.2
- Fix deprecated functions
1.4.1
- New elements: Typeout Text, Blockquote, Icon With Text, Info Button, Section Title, Divider, Counter, Testimonials, Testimonials Slider, Info Box, Accordion & Toggle
- Fixed minor bugs
- Admin panel UI update
1.4.0
- New element: Image interval
- Updated font icons
- Fix slider widget alignment
1.3.0
- Added header separator styles
1.2.0
- Refactor the admin dashboard
1.1.0
- Added Read more (Expand text) widget
1.0.0
- Initial release
Be a contributor
If you want to contribute, go to our GitHub Repository.