What makes an Elementor theme good?
You can use Elementor on any theme. So why would it be worth searching for a particular theme for Elementor?
These themes are great at delivering three key functionality that WordPress doesn't offer.
Detailed global styling controls. I am referring to things like colors and fonts. Although you can control these styles with Elementor it is easier and more efficient to manage them from your theme. This makes it easy to change things later.
Page-level controls: These include hiding your post title and disabling your header footer or sidebar. Layout widths can also be changed. These controls are great for customizing Elementor pages and allowing you to change the layout for individual content.
Excellent performance - Even if you use Mighty Addons for Elementor to build the entire site (e.g. Your theme plays an important role in the speed of your site's loading. You want a theme that is optimized for speed.
These elements allow you to have more control over the Elementor design and make your site great for visitors.
Hopefully, I have convinced you...now let's dive into the best themes available for Elementor starting with...
1. Astra
Astra has been a popular theme among those who use Elementor to build websites.
It is so integrated with Elementor, that the Astra team even has a landing page explaining why Astra is a great Elementor theme.
Astra provides detailed layout control for each post, page, or custom post type on your site. You can choose to:
Use the global defaults
You can change the width of your content
Sidebars can be disabled or added to!
Your post title, header, and/or footer should be disabled
Astra also offers detailed WordPress Customizer styles that allow you to control the style of your Elementor designs globally. It is possible to add global styles to the buttons in your Elementor designs.
Astra also checks the third box...
Astra is optimized for speed at less than 50kb and without jQuery
Additional awesome features include:
Astra Starter Websites - This plugin allows you to import pre-built demo websites built with Elementor.
Special plugin Integrations Astra offers dedicated integrations for plugins such as WooCommerce and LifterLMS.
Great responsive design - you get special responsive controls, like a dedicated mobile header option.
2. GeneratePress
GeneratePress has been a hugely popular theme for Elementor. This is especially true for those who make Elementor websites for a living.
It is also the fastest loading WordPress themes I have ever tested. Switching to it reduced my portfolio website's page load time by more than 40%.
It's so fast! It's smaller than 30 KB, does not depend on jQuery, and has very clean code.
GeneratePress does more than speeding up page loads. GeneratePress is also like Astra. You get page-level controls that allow you to:
Modify sidebar and footer layouts
Deactivate header, navigation, and featured image. Title or footer
You can change the container's width (e.g. full-width vs boxed)
You also have global style controls that allow you to control colors and typography. However, I believe Astra's style controls go just a bit more.
GeneratePress recently launched the Site Library feature, which allows you to import pre-built demo websites built with Elementor.
3. Sydney
Sydney has a lightweight multipurpose theme, which pairs well with Elementor. It is also on Elementor’s official theme compatibility lists.
Sydney is built with performance in mind. It runs entirely on vanilla JavaScript and has no HTMLQuery dependencies.
Sydney offers fast loading times but it is also a blank canvas. It has many useful customization options and features like the following:
Widgets for Dedicated Elementor, including testimonials, employee lists, post lists, and more.
There are five different header layouts and an optional top bar.
Native integration with WooCommerce and additional WooCommerce features in the Pro version
Six different blog archive layouts.
You can customize layouts, colors, and typography with the Customizer controls.
Advanced hooks system to allow developers to customize.
Sydney offers a library of pre-built sites that you can import in just a few mouse clicks. Sydney currently has more than 14 starter sites. New sites are added all the time.
4. OceanWP
OceanWP, along with GeneratePress and Astra, is the third Elementor theme that professionals use to build Elementor websites.
There are many of the same high points that you'll find with these two themes.
This is:
OceanWP is light and fast to load.
You get detailed global style controls for colors, typography, etc.
Each page has its own page-level control to modify layouts and disable elements.
OceanWP is different from the other themes in that it offers premium and free extensions. You get some unique extensions like:
Stick Everything - Make anything on your website sticky.
Fullscreen - Create a full-screen scrolling site.
Popups - for WooCommerce login.
Social sharing - for WooCommerce and regular posts
Portfolio - display your portfolio.
These allow you to create creative websites.
OceanWP offers pre-built demo websites based on Elementor, which you can import just like the other themes.
5. Hestia
Hestia is different from the other options because it doesn't look as standard. It uses a modern design style in material that blends seamlessly with Elementor content. This is why Hestia appears on the Elementor Recommended Themes List.
Although it doesn't offer as much control at the page level, there are a few page templates that work well with Elementor. You can use:
The regular template
Template with full width
Blank template 100%
It also includes:
WooCommerce Support
This layout is a one-page layout that can be used as your homepage.
Style controls can be controlled using the live WordPress Customizer
Conclusion
These are the Best 5 Wordpress Elementor Themes.
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