We’re excited to release Version 2.0.17 for Unlimited Elements for Elementor. This update introduces new responsive controls, expanded widget functionality, compatibility improvements, stronger security protections, API reliability enhancements, and multiple bug fixes across the Free and Pro versions of the plugin.
This release focuses on making widgets more responsive across devices, improving AJAX and API request handling, strengthening plugin security, and resolving compatibility issues with Elementor layouts, TranslatePress, JetEngine repeaters, nested carousels, and third-party plugins.
Release Date: August 23, 2026
Version 2.0.17
🔧 Plugin Changes
- Feature: Added a new Google Calendar option.
- Feature: Added a new option for filtering content by meta fields.
- Feature: Added a new YouTube Playlist option.
- Security: Added several security-related improvements across the plugin.
- Security: Disabled public AJAX actions for logged-out users.
- Security: Added a permission check when retrieving addon configuration HTML.
- Compatibility: Preserved non-standard ports in base URLs to ensure that Post Filters AJAX requests work correctly in localhost environments.
- Compatibility: Improved synchronization by ignoring nested sliders and carousels when counting items.
- Compatibility: Improved protection against conflicts caused by other plugins loading the Dropzone library.
- Compatibility: Added JetEngine Repeater compatibility to the Repeater Table widget.
- Performance: Improved HTTP request caching by falling back to the last successful response and applying a short cooldown when API errors occur.
- Fix: Fixed an issue that caused some HTML attributes to be cut off.
- Fix: Fixed a JavaScript issue that could occur when creating custom widgets.
🎨 Widgets Updates & Improvements
- Feature: Load More / Infinite Scroll (Pro) – Added responsive loading modes, allowing Load More Button or Infinite Scroll to be configured independently for desktop, tablet, and mobile.
- Feature: Post Blocks (Free) – Added a Show Empty Message option to display a clear notification when no posts match the selected query.
- Feature: Gradient Button (Free) – Made the Button Style option responsive for greater control across different screen sizes and device breakpoints.
- Feature: YouTube Playlist (Free) – Added support for safe HTML tags in video descriptions, including
br,b,strong,i,em,u,strike,s, andp. Plain-text HTTPS URLs are also automatically converted into clickable links. - Feature: YouTube Playlist (Free) – Added a Show Responsive Playlist Toggle Button option for controlling the visibility of the playlist toggle interface across different devices.
- Feature: Interactive Circle Infographic (Free) – Added an Item Link option for regular circle item layouts in addition to segment items.
- Feature: Radio Button Field (Free) – Added a Buttons option to the Radio Layout Type control, including a responsive Grid layout and customizable Grid Columns settings.
- Feature: Background Switcher (Free) – Added a Vertical Direction on Mobile Breakpoint option, allowing users to choose the exact breakpoint at which the layout switches to a vertical direction.
- Feature: Post Accordion (Free) – Added a Placeholder Image option for displaying a fallback image when the primary image is missing or unavailable.
🐞 Fixes
- Fix: Load More / Infinite Scroll (Pro) – Fixed Load More button visibility not updating after the viewport was resized.
- Fix: Load More / Infinite Scroll (Pro) – Fixed Infinite Scroll triggering inside hidden tabs and containers. The widget now detects actual visibility and resumes correctly when its parent container becomes visible.
- Fix: Load More / Infinite Scroll (Pro) – Fixed an infinite scrolling loop on mobile devices caused by browser scroll anchoring automatically repositioning the viewport after new items were added.
- Fix: Load More / Infinite Scroll (Pro) – Fixed Infinite Scroll failing to trigger on tablet and mobile devices when responsive offset fields were left empty.
- Fix: Vertical Curved Timeline (Free) – Fixed the Graphic Element Border Radius option not applying correctly.
- Fix: Scroll Text Animation (Free) – Fixed a compatibility conflict with audio and video player widgets used on the same page and improved stability when multiple GSAP-based widgets are active.
- Fix: Unlimited Google Maps (Free) – Prevented theme styles from overriding the widget’s custom map button styles.
- Fix: Unlimited Google Maps (Free) – Fixed category search in the map navigation bar.
- Fix: Icon Tabs (Free) – Fixed images failing to render correctly when the widget was placed inside embedded carousel widgets.
- Fix: Dynamic Post Popup (Pro) – Prevented the popup from visibly resizing multiple times while opening posts containing dynamic content.
- Fix: Typewriter Text Effect (Pro) – Fixed a compatibility issue with the TranslatePress plugin.
🚀 Final Words
Version 2.0.17 delivers important improvements across Unlimited Elements for Elementor, including new responsive widget controls, stronger security protections, more reliable API request handling, and better compatibility with third-party plugins and complex Elementor layouts.
The new per-device loading modes provide greater control over how content loads on desktop, tablet, and mobile, while enhancements to widgets such as YouTube Playlist, Post Blocks, Radio Button Field, Background Switcher, and Post Accordion offer even more flexibility when building Elementor websites.
We recommend updating to the latest version to access all the new features, security improvements, compatibility enhancements, and bug fixes, and to ensure the best possible experience with the latest versions of Elementor and WordPress.