Elementor Introduces Custom Grid Container Layouts & YouTube Shorts Support

Following the recent launch of the AI Site Planner, Elementor has just released version 3.27 of its website builder for WordPress, introducing custom grid container layouts, DOM optimizations, YouTube Shorts support and more.

New Features

Elementor 3.27 brings more control to your grid container layouts. What else? Let’s find out:

• Grid Container Layout Customization:
  Create grid layouts that are more flexible and easier to design without complex workarounds. Now you can easily control how much space each widget takes up in a grid by setting custom column and row spans.
• Load Google Fonts Locally:
  By popular demand, Elementor now allows you to load Google Fonts directly from your server instead of relying on external CDN links, improving website performance and strengthening user privacy.
• DOM Optimizations:
  Elementor has reduced unnecessary HTML code in several widgets, making websites load faster and perform better. For example, buttons no longer include extra empty elements, and widgets like forms and menus generate cleaner code.

In other news, Elementor has added full support for YouTube Shorts to its video widget, enabling seamless integration of vertical video content into your designs and ensuring that websites can adapt to the growing demand for mobile-friendly, short-form formats.