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Granular Controls For Elementor

Custom controls for Elementor Page Builder.

By NoreWP·Elementor·Free
4.2(25 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 8 years ago
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As of April 2026, Granular Controls For Elementor is a WordPress elementor plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 25 reviews. It has been downloaded 179K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Elementor Website Builder – more than….

4.2/525 reviews
20K+active installs
179K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018

Overview

WARNING: Semi breaking change in v1.0.2 – setting options have been added to switch Parallax & Particles on/off. With this update you’ll need to turn these on via the settings page!

Granular Controls for Elementor brings additional controls to the ever popular Elementor Page Builder plugin.

This plugin gives you the options to set the Accordion’s first tab to closed on page load, select a custom editor skin, set a specific section/column to appear after a certain time (Delayed content),
schedule a section/column to be displayed during a given date period by setting the start and end date, plus much more to come.

Featuring David Beckwith’s (@diggeddy) Elementor UI hack:

Features

  • Keep all accordions closed on page load.
  • Turn off Elementor dashboard widget
  • Appl…
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Ratings & Reviews

4.225 reviews
5 ★
20
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
1
1 ★
4

Recent Reviews

abandoned = useless
by nadworks·5 years ago

Sadly no longer supported.

It does not work
by César·5 years ago

It does not work, but tks!

I don’t understand what are they looking for, Elementor people… ummmm

  • This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by César.
  • This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by César.
Useful but abandoned
by patbell101·6 years ago

Still some useful things here but some no longer work such as scheduled content. Others such as parallax superceded by Elementor updates.

Pity its not supported anymore

works great to close accordions’ first tab on load
by FGU Nord / Lars·6 years ago

Works great to set all Elementor’s accordions’ first tab to be closed on page load.

(I have no clue why that possibility isn’t possible directly in Elementor)

/Lars, Copenhagen

WP 5.2

plugin not supported anymore
by caionog·7 years ago

author abandoned and doesnt answer people

Download Trends

Today: 29Yesterday: 16This week: 127Period total: 10K

Compatibility

WordPress4.6+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.0
100.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.5

  • NEW: Added option to set custom text for the live view button.
  • NEW: Added option to exit to main site for the Exit Strategy button.
  • TWEAK: Both text fields for the Exit & Live view fields can be left empty to only show the Icons.
  • TWEAK: CSS adjustments to accommodate the above changes.
  • TWEAK: Adjusted color contrast on the Typography popover to make texts more legible.

…and 2 more changes

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

NoreWPNoreWPDavidDavid
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.5
Last Updated
Mar 29, 2018
WP Requires
4.6+
Tested Up To
4.9.29
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
20K+
Downloads
179K+
Added
Jan 11, 2018
Business
Free

Tags

elementoreditor skinsaccordion offcustom controlsdelayed content

Developer

N
NoreWP
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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