Elementor Integration (Multisite)
In this tutorial, we will talk about what you need to remember when you want to crosspost pages created with Elementor between subsites within a WordPress Multisite network.
First of all, feel free to create and update posts with Elementor, but once finished, you need to switch back to a standard WordPress editor:
Then select the sites you would like to crosspost it to:
Hit the “Update” button:
There is no way to sync changes directly from the Elementor interface – in that case, Elementor will provide us with tons of bugs (but maybe in the future). So, better safe than sorry.
Below, I describe all the possible issues you can run into. You can read it or just watch the video.
1. Layout settings should be the same across your sub-sites
Since the Elementor version 3.6, widgets “Inner Section” and “Column” have disappeared, and now we just have “Containers”.
This is how the old-fashioned “Inner Sections”-way of building layouts looks:
And this is how the “Flexbox Containers-way” looks like:
So if you’re going to create an Elementor page (or template) with Inner Sections and crosspost it to a website that uses Containers, obviously, it won’t be crossposted correctly, and most likely, the whole page content is going to be empty.
Good news – this feature can be activated or deactivated in the settings, so please go to Elementor > Settings > Features and make sure that you have the same value of the option Container on all the sub-sites you’re crossposting between.
2. Install and network activate the add-on (Optional)
Download Simple Multisite Crossposting – Elementor 1.7
Though this step is optional, it allows you to use tons of useful features:
- Better support for Image widget and full Gallery widget support in Elementor PRO,
- Support for custom SVG icons in Icon, Icon-Box, Social Icons, and Flip Box widgets (please make sure that SVG’s are supported on your WordPress website in advance).
- Background images and background image overlays for Containers, Inner Sections, Columns, and Flip Box widget.
- Global colors and global fonts support.
- Elementor templates and global widgets support (read more).
3. How to use Elementor templates (Optional)
If you’re using custom Elementor templates in your pages, before crossposting a page that contains a template, make sure that this specific template is already crossposted to the same sub-site.
If you’re not sure about it, just go to Templates > Saved Templates, open the template you need, select websites in the “Publish on” metabox, and hit the “Update” button.
If something remains unclear for you, please check out the video below: