Why teams make this move
Builder CSS, JavaScript and nested containers on every page.
Add-on packs for widgets that the block editor now covers.
Pro licenses, major version changes and add-ons that must stay in step.
What moves, what gets rebuilt, what stays behind
Comes across as it is
- Every page and post, same URL
- Text, images, links, headings
- SEO plugin settings
- Menus, media, WooCommerce data
Built again on the new platform
- Layouts, as blocks and patterns
- Theme Builder headers, footers and templates
- Elementor forms, as a form plugin
- Popups, only where they earn their place
Left on the old platform
- Elementor and Elementor Pro
- Elementor add-on plugins
- Elementor’s saved layout data
- Global widgets and kits
Elementor keeps its layout in its own data, separate from the normal page content. That is why switching it off leaves pages broken or empty, and why the move is a rebuild, not an export.
How we run it
- 01Inventory pages and templates,including Theme Builder conditions and popups most people forget exist.
- 02List every formand where its entries go: email, CRM, spreadsheet.
- 03Build a block libraryfrom your recurring sections.
- 04Rebuild templates, then pages,highest-traffic first, compared side by side.
- 05Move formsto a form plugin and send test entries end to end.
- 06Measure Core Web Vitalsbefore and after, template by template.
- 07Deactivate Elementor on staging first,check every URL, then launch.
Where this usually goes wrong
because the new form was never tested against the CRM.
vanish without anyone noticing.
Product and cart pages need their own rebuild plan.
show up blank after the switch.
What we won’t promise
That every Elementor animation will come across. We keep what helps and drop what slows the page.
Frequently asked questions
Gutenberg or Kadence?+
Either works. Native Gutenberg has the fewest dependencies. Kadence gives editors more layout controls. See Divi to Gutenberg or Kadence for the comparison.
Can we do it gradually?+
Yes. Elementor and the block editor can run side by side, so we can move templates and key pages first, then the rest.
Will our URLs change?+
No. Only the theme and the page markup change.
What about our WooCommerce store?+
Product data is untouched. Only templates built in Elementor are rebuilt.