As of Elementor Pro v2.9, Elementor Pro widgets cannot be dragged unless your Elementor license has been activated.
Protection against hacking without disturbing honest users
Like many WordPress companies, Elementor suffers from hacking. Unlicensed use of Elementor Pro affects not only Elementor, but our users as well. It has an impact on support, new feature development, and other services we provide.
As part of our ongoing fight against piracy, in Pro v2.9 we have disabled drag and drop widgets on the page until the license is activated, which only affects users who have never activated their license on their site. . We hope this measure helps us reduce the abuse of Elementor Pro.
If you've already activated your license on the current sites, you won't notice any difference and you can edit as usual. You can continue working normally, as long as you have activated Elementor Pro at some point in the past and it has not been deactivated before it expires. So if you have updated the plugin even once, everything will be as usual.
We strongly recommend that you activate your license on all of your sites and keep the websites up-to-date with the new versions. Not just for the awesome new features we keep adding, but for your own safety as well. The entire activation process takes no more than a few seconds.
Frequently asked questions
Q: I am an agency. Will this affect my clients?
A: No. As long as you make sure to activate every new site you created, your customers' sites will not be affected.
Q: What if I have Elementor Pro installed on 100 sites for different clients, but never activated it?
A: If you are a professional user, you must activate your license on each website to ensure that you continue to receive updates and use the Pro widgets.
Q: How do I handle development and testing?
A: As mentioned in this guide, when creating a website using a local machine, Elementor Pro does not register as an installation, which means that you can install Elementor Pro on your local machine and on your online website at the same time. This works in .local, .dev, and .test. In this way, you can run development and testing without having to activate a license.
Q: What happens if my subscription expires?
A: If you have an expired subscription, you won't be able to get support, templates, or updates, but you will still be able to drag the Pro widgets as long as the site is activated and not deactivated before the subscription expires. . However, even though you will be able to drag the widgets, we highly recommend that you renew your license for the latest version, security updates, support, awesome templates, and more.
Q: Can I edit the Pro widgets that are already installed on a page if the site does not have an activated license?
A: Yes, if the Pro widget is already in place and you don't need to drag it, you can still edit it. However, you will not be able to use any dynamic features of that widget unless the license is active.
