Elementor is one of the most popular WordPress website builders for a reason.
It gives users a visual drag and drop editing experience that makes building websites dramatically easier than traditional WordPress workflows. For freelancers, agencies, and business owners, Elementor can significantly speed up website design and content editing.
But there’s one major limitation with Elementor Free that catches many users by surprise.
You can build pages with Elementor Free, but you cannot easily create and assign global headers and footers across your site without upgrading to Elementor Pro or installing additional plugins.
For many users, especially freelancers managing multiple sites, consuming a valuable Elementor Pro license just to set a header and footer feels unnecessary.
That’s exactly why we created the Header & Footer for Elementor Helper Plugin for PressMeGPT.
The Problem with Elementor Free Headers and Footers
When building a website with Elementor Free, you can design beautiful individual pages, but your navigation and footer areas are still tied heavily to your WordPress theme.
This creates a frustrating disconnect.
You may have a custom homepage designed in Elementor, but your header and footer are still controlled elsewhere. Making global design changes becomes harder and the experience feels incomplete compared to fully visual editing.
Elementor Pro solves this with Theme Builder functionality, but many users do not want to spend a Pro license on smaller projects, staging sites, client demos, or simple business websites.
A Simpler Solution
With PressMeGPT, you can generate complete Elementor websites using AI prompts.
Once your site is generated, you can export the Elementor templates and use our free helper plugin to assign global headers and footers without requiring Elementor Pro.
The process is simple.
Generate your Elementor website inside PressMeGPT. Download the Header & Footer for Elementor helper plugin. Install the plugin on your WordPress site. Then import and assign the generated header and footer templates.
Once installed, your Elementor Free site now has fully reusable global headers and footers across the website.
Why This Matters
For agencies and freelancers, Elementor Pro licenses are valuable.
Many users reserve Elementor Pro for larger client projects while trying to keep smaller sites lightweight and affordable. Others simply prefer using Elementor Free combined with carefully selected plugins instead of depending heavily on premium subscriptions.
This workflow makes that possible.
You still get the flexibility of Elementor editing while keeping global site elements manageable without requiring another paid license.
It also pairs extremely well with AI-generated websites because you can launch complete Elementor-based sites much faster while still maintaining reusable design components.
AI Generated Elementor Websites
PressMeGPT allows you to generate Elementor websites using simple prompts.
You can describe the type of site you want, generate layouts with AI, make changes with prompts, create additional pages, and export the finished design directly into WordPress.
Because the exported designs are structured for Elementor, you can continue editing them visually after import.
Combined with the helper plugin, this creates a much smoother workflow for launching Elementor Free websites with proper site-wide navigation and footer control.
Watch the Full Demo
In the video, we walk through the full process of:
- Generating an Elementor website with AI
- Exporting the Elementor templates
- Installing the Header & Footer helper plugin
- Importing the templates into WordPress
- Assigning global headers and footers without Elementor Pro
If you use Elementor Free regularly, this workflow can save both time and Elementor Pro licenses while still giving you a professional result.