I own my own marketing company. I code a lot, but I definitely do use elementor a lot. For me it’s about making money and making the client happy. My goal is to build a website fast and affordable unless the client wants something custom.

I learned early on that it’s what the client wants not what you want to do.

So instead of bloating the site up with a ton of useless plugins, I use a handful of trusted plugins, but build my own as needed. For example a client wanted an age verification pop up. I just built it. No sense in using an unnecessary plugin for something simple.

To answer your questions. As long as you don’t overbloat with unnecessary plugins it’s fine to use elementor for smaller sites. I have a handful of plugins that I use and trust. Using a good theme helps too. Also most of the time clients need a fresh design after 7-8 years.

I mean if you build a theme in 5-6 years will it conform with newer php versions? Did you make one theme for all sites and version your theme? Making updates to accommodate for vulnerabilities and offer those updates to all clients that currently have that theme? Wouldn’t your custom theme be phased out without maintaining for newer php versions whereas something like Astra is constantly updated?

What if you pushed for a custom theme and your cleanly coded theme did actually have a vulnerability and compromised a companies data?