⚡Help Elementor and WordPress test a performance improvement! 🧐

Hey beta testers!

We are seeking help from the community to ensure a performance improvement for both Elementor and WordPress is implemented. We would greatly appreciate your feedback! 🙏

[UPDATE]: We added a newer build for Elementor Core.

Background

WordPress version 6.9 introduced a new method for enqueueing CSS and improving performance for Block Themes and the Block Editor.

While this method improved the Block Editor's performance, it caused some issues with how Elementor handles enqueueing styles for templates. Both methods are similar, but the one introduced by WordPress prevented some Template Styles from loading in some cases. As a workaround we temporarily disabled this feature to ensure this problem wouldn't occur.

Since then, we've been working closely with the WordPress team to ensure full compatibility with this method, and they have generously helped us by introducing new improvements to this method regarding CSS loading in Classic Themes as well.

The Problem

While this issue was initially reproduced by some users, we were never able to reproduce it ourselves, leading us to conclude this problem may be influenced by other environmental factors beyond our control.

The patches introduced here seem to solve the initial issues caused by the new WordPress method without us needing to disable it. But we cannot release them without verifying with the community (or those initially affected by the issue) if they indeed solve this issue.

We need your help!

Please help Elementor and the WordPress Core team with verifying if this patch fixes the incompatibility introduced.

Instructions

Here's how you can help us:

1. On a testing/staging WordPress environment install WordPress version 7.0-RC2-62153 using the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (more info here).
2. Install the Hello Elementor theme.
3. Install this special build of Elementor Core v4.1.0-20260403.1727.
4. (Optional) Install and Activate Elementor Pro.
5. Clear, Purge, and Disable any level of cache to ensure cache cannot affect the outcome.
6. Open the local Template Library on your site, and create a new Elementor Template.
7. Add widgets inside your Template (or import from the Elementor Library), and Publish it.
8. If you have only Elementor Core installed go back to the Elementor > Editor > Templates, locate the template you just created and copy the template shortcode. If you have Elementor Pro installed, skip this step.
9. Create a new Page and Edit it with Elementor.
10. For Core-only users: Drag and Drop the Shortcode widget, and paste the shortcode of the Template you've just created. For Pro users: Drag and Drop the Template widget and select the template you've published in step 7.
11. Publish the page and view it on the Frontend.
12. Share the results with us in the comments below, (include a copy of your Elementor System Info. in case there is a problem). 👇

Expected behavior

The template styles should be loaded correctly on the frontend.

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Thank you all for your contribution! 🙏

Special thanks to these users who helped us with this issue:

• @zchgdn
• @rf-999
• @jpguisa
• @adrian-dimata
• @chrizzly47
• @dennismenken
• @philb74
• @hykocx