2024 Year in Review: A Brilliant Year for Web Creators

2024 has been a transformative year for the Elementor community. We’ve focused on elevating your experience by strengthening the foundations of our plugin, enhancing hosting capabilities, and introducing groundbreaking tools that empower web creators to achieve more.

This year alone, Elementor powered nearly 3 million new websites, meaning that over 18 million websites—an impressive 11.6% of the internet uses Elementor! These numbers are more than statistics; they reflect the strength and creativity of a growing community – so thanks to each and everyone of you.

Website Builder: Powering Creativity with New Features

In 2024, we delivered 8 versions of the Elementor Website Builder, introducing 22 new features and implementing 105 top GitHub requests. These updates weren’t just about adding features—they were about enhancing your creative freedom and optimizing workflows.

Key features include:

• Display Conditions: Precisely control when, where, and who sees your content.
• Loop Taxonomy Query: Advanced options to showcase taxonomies your way.
• Live Results Search Widget: Real-time results as visitors type.
• Off-Canvas Widget: Seamlessly create containers that open via connected links.

On top of that, 2024 brought powerful marketing and conversion tools, such as:

• Floating Contact Buttons: Enable easy chat integration with WhatsApp, Messenger, Waze, and more.
• Floating Bars: Effortlessly highlight key information with a sticky top bar.
• Link in Bio Widgets: Drive traffic to your work with seven new, customizable widgets.

Additionally, this year we also released improvements to the Mega Menu, Top Bar, Nested Elements, Role permissions, and introduced Variable Fonts; reinforcing our commitment to performance and flexibility.

Performance Upgrades: Websites Faster Than Ever

Performance remained a cornerstone of our updates in 2024, with continuous efforts to make your websites faster, leaner, and more responsive. Every Editor release was designed with optimization in mind, resulting in a more efficient Editor and a better user experience for visitors.

• Conditional CSS Loading: We drastically reduced unnecessary CSS, ensuring only the styles needed for each page are loaded. This keeps your website lightweight and improves page load times.
• Element Caching: By streamlining caching mechanisms, we’ve enhanced the Editor’s responsiveness and reduced editing delays, so you can work faster and more efficiently.
• DOM Optimization: Cleaner, faster code means your websites not only load faster but are also more stable and robust.

These updates reflect our ongoing commitment to ensuring every Elementor site is not just beautiful, but lightning-fast.

Image Optimizer: Stunning Visuals Without Compromise

Our new Image Optimizer plugin also took performance and user experience to new heights this year. Surpassing 800,000 active installs, the Image Optimizer plugin empowers creators to deliver exceptional visuals while maintaining site speed and performance.

Key recent updates include:

• AVIF Conversion: Effortlessly compress images into high-quality, small-size AVIF files for optimal performance.
• High-Resolution Support: Handle larger, high-resolution images seamlessly without sacrificing speed.

With IO, creating visually stunning websites that load quickly has never been easier.

Elementor Hosting: Seamlessly Fast and Flexible

In 2024, Elementor Hosting became the go-to choice for web creators looking for a seamless, high-performance hosting solution tailored for Elementor-built websites.

We introduced:

• The Lite Plan, giving creators access to all the benefits of Elementor Hosting at an affordable price.
• Dedicated eCommerce Plans, offering tailored solutions for building and scaling online stores with ease.

But we didn’t stop there. Behind the scenes, we made significant strides in performance and usability:

• Core Web Vitals Improvements: Optimized hosting performance to help your websites rank higher and load faster.
• Revamped Migration Process: Combining automated tools with white-glove service, we made it easier than ever to switch to Elementor Hosting with minimal downtime or hassle.

Whether you’re starting small or scaling a business, Elementor Hosting empowers you to focus on your creativity while we handle the heavy lifting.

Elementor AI: Supercharged Creativity

Elementor AI was a game-changer in 2024, helping creators streamline their workflows and unlock new levels of productivity. By integrating advanced AI tools directly into the Editor, we’ve made it easier than ever to create, refine, and elevate your websites.

Here’s what you can do with Elementor AI:

• AI Copilot: Get personalized section suggestions to accelerate your website-building process. Need a quick idea? AI Copilot delivers first drafts in seconds.
• Generative AI Tools: From generating copy to creating stunning visuals, our tools enable you to produce professional content without leaving the Editor.
• Unify Product Images: Effortlessly align image styles across your site, ensuring consistency and professionalism.
• Image Cleanup: Easily remove imperfections and refine visuals with just a few clicks, ensuring your site’s images are polished and on-brand.

Elementor AI lets you focus on the creative aspects while it handles the technical complexities.

Site Mailer: Reliable Email Deliverability

One of the most exciting launches of 2024 was Site Mailer, our solution to improve WordPress email deliverability. Did you know that almost 46% of emails end up in spam folders? Site Mailer changes that.

With just a few clicks, you can ensure that your site-generated emails—whether they’re for forms, notifications, or updates—land directly in your users’ inboxes. No more wrestling with complicated SMTP plugins or worrying about deliverability issues.

Site Mailer is designed for simplicity, reliability, and effectiveness, making it an indispensable tool for anyone running a WordPress site.

Looking Ahead to 2025

As we close out this incredible year, we want to thank each of you for being a part of our journey. Your creativity, feedback, and support drive everything we do. Together, we’ve built a foundation for an even brighter 2025, filled with more features, tools, and opportunities to empower web creators everywhere.

Stay tuned—2025 is already shaping up to be extraordinary. Let’s make it another brilliant year for web creation!