Hello Elementor

by Elementor

A deliberately blank canvas theme built to let Elementor handle every part of the design.

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What Hello Elementor is

A deliberately blank canvas theme built to let Elementor handle every part of the design.

It sits in the page builder part of the theme market and is sold by Elementor on a free basis. A theme decides your layout, your typography and a large slice of your page weight, so it is the hardest thing on a WordPress site to change later.

Before you commit, record a speed test of your current site, then run the same test after you switch, on the same page, so you can see exactly what the new theme costs you.

What Hello Elementor looks like

The official screenshot from the WordPress.org theme directory, as published by the theme authors.

Hello Elementor WordPress theme homepage screenshot

See it running on a live demo site at the WordPress.org preview.

Real user ratings

Score

4.2/5

Reviews

128

Active installs

1,000,000+

Downloads

15.5M

Latest version

3.5.1

Last updated

2026-08-25

Figures come straight from the public WordPress.org theme directory API for version 3.5.1. You can check them yourself on the WordPress.org listing.

Where Hello Elementor ranks elsewhere

Publisher	List	Position
Elegant Themes	Best WordPress Themes	#3 of 6
Themeisle	Fastest WordPress Themes	#7 of 9
NitroPack	Best WordPress Themes for Core Web Vitals	#8 of 8

Positions are read from the published articles themselves, so they reflect that publisher's order rather than ours. Lists get re-ordered over time, so follow the link if you want the current version.

What changed in the latest version

v3.5.1Latest release2026-08-25

Fix: General fixes and improvements

v3.5.02026-08-25

Tweak: Updated Theme admin menu navigation
Tweak: Updated WordPress compatibility to version 7.0
Tweak: Improved keyboard focus visibility across interactive elements
Fix: Submenu text may not be visible when the header menu color is set to white
Fix: Prevent dropdown menus from overflowing the viewport on right-aligned menu items
Fix: Prevent full-width blocks from causing horizontal scrolling
Fix: Improve mobile menu accessibility and translation support

v3.4.92026-05-20

Fix: CSS improvements for Elementor widgets

Release notes are the developer's own words, published on WordPress.org. Read the full changelog

Pros and cons

Almost no theme CSS, so Elementor decides the entire page weight.
Rated 4.2 out of 5 by 128 WordPress.org reviewers.
There is a free version you can trial before paying.
1,000,000+ active installs, so tutorials and fixes are easy to find.
Works with the block editor and the mainstream page builders.

On its own it looks unstyled, so it is useless without a builder.
Switching themes later means rebuilding page layouts, so choose deliberately.

How to use it

1Install the builder that ships with the theme, then activate the theme.
2Set global colours, typography and spacing inside the builder, not per page.
3Build one template per content type and reuse it rather than designing every page.
4Disable builder modules you never use so their assets stop loading.
5Re-test speed after each major template, because builder pages grow quietly.

How it compares

Other page builder themes we recommend, with their public WordPress.org score where one exists.

Theme	Rating	Reviews	Pricing	Best for
Hello Elementor	4.2/5	128	Free	Almost no theme CSS, so Elementor decides the entire page weight.
Divi	n/a	n/a	Premium	Design freedom is enormous and the licence covers unlimited sites.
Thrive Theme Builder	n/a	n/a	Premium	Built around conversion elements such as lead forms and testimonials.

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