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For those that complain about Elementor having too much bloat. Elementor Pro introduced a module = ” Elementor Manager”
that allows you to turn on or off any of the widgets or modules, it also does it for other Elementor add-ons.
So for example if you are not using The Video module you can turn it off, or not using the carousel module you can turn that off as well.
What ends up happening is you can significantly improve the speed of your website, since most people only use a couple of modules/widgets from the 50 or so available modules/widgets .
Not only that, but it also can turn on and off some of the Gutenberg “widgets” as well.
It’s a new world out there.
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Will it generate less bloated code?
The DOM is still bloated with its ten billion nested divs. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!
Turning off extra elements could also help secure your site.
When I talk about bloat and being a pain in the ass, it’s the code it generates. Nested divs for miles.
It’s still a horribly bloated dom. I’d assume also horribly optimised. I’ve yet to see a theme with some form of page builder, that is able to produce a lean dom and be optimised.
That’s not the bloat people complain about.
That’s great. Those features have been available in other pro themes and builders, so happy to hear Elementor has caught up a bit.
Still, it’s a page builder and those will become more and more irrelevant as Gutenberg matures. Doesn’t make it any less important to get on the G Train, Dawg.
You can also dequeue styles and take some time to optimize with WP Rocket.
People that say it causes too much bloat are either A) beginner devs (or threatened devs) that just learned how to theme.
B) those that hear this complaint from those players
The answer is to use custom code to empower Elementor because at this point they are moving the needle more than WordPress/Gutenberg.
If you go to WordPress admin dashboard -> Plugins you can turn off Elementor