📚 ⚡ For 3rd-party Developers: Update Your Widget Dependencies for Better Performance!

[nicholaszein]

Hey there Devs! 👋

Elementor now provides a more efficient way to manage widget dependencies, ensuring your extensions load only what they need — improving performance and reducing unnecessary assets. If you haven’t updated your code yet, now’s the time! 😉

🚀 What You Need to Do:

• get_style_depends() – Use this method to declare the styles your widget relies on, preventing unnecessary CSS from loading site-wide.
• get_script_depends() – Ensure your scripts are only loaded when needed by defining them in this method.

By implementing these, you’ll optimize your widgets and contribute to a faster, more efficient Elementor experience. 💪

For full details and additional scenarios, check out the Widget Dependencies Documentation.

💡 In case you missed, check out the Elementor 3.26.0 Developers Update, and Elementor 3.27.0 Developers Update blog posts where we cover these new methods.

Regards

---

Make sure you have read our Developers Documentation, followed our Best Practices guide, our Recent Deprecations list, and subscribed to our Developers Newsletter:

• 📚 Developers Center: Learn how to leverage the wide-range of tools and options Elementor has to offer.
  https://developers.elementor.com

• 🛠️ Best Practices: Follow our Best Practices Guide to align your addons with Elementor's standards and optimize performance.
  https://developers.elementor.com/docs/getting-started/best-practices/

• 🚨 Recent Deprecations: Stay informed about Recent Deprecations to update your code accordingly and maintain compatibility.
  https://developers.elementor.com/recent-deprecations/

• 📬 Developer Updates: Subscribe to the Developers Newsletter to receive the latest updates, feature releases, and important announcements directly in your inbox.
  https://elementor.com/pages/addon-developers-corner/