Install PRO Elements Plugin

Why would you want to do this?

The Elementor Pro plugin requires a paid licence to enable some basic functionality eg. adding and editing popups, saving color variables etc.

We can use the free PRO Elements plugin to enable some of these functionalities. This is legal because WordPress and all its plugins are distributed under the GPL v2+ licence, which grants anyone the right to modify and redistribute the code. PRO Elements is a GPL-licensed fork of Elementor Pro.

How to install the plugin

1. Connect to the server and go to the folder containing the WordPress server (usually /var/www)
2. Edit the file .htaccess and add the following lines to the end of the configuration:

   php_value upload_max_filesize 512M
   php_value post_max_size 512M
   php_value max_execution_time 300
   php_value max_input_time 300

3. Open the plugins page (/wp-admin/plugins.php) and check the current Elementor Pro version
4. Download the correct version of PRO Elements
   • Find the version here and download the pro-elements.zip
5. On the /wp-admin/plugins.php page click on "Add Plugin" and upload and install the plugin from the .zip file
6. Deactivate the Elementor Pro plugin and activate the PRO Elements plugin
7. Validate that the migration worked:
   • Open some pages and clear cache - everything should look just like before
   • Add a button and add a popup to it - this wasn't available before the plugin migration