Grade B

Make Column Clickable for Elementor

Name: Make Column Clickable for Elementor
Rating: 4.9 (53 reviews)
Author: Fernando Acosta

⤓ Download v1.6.2 on WordPress.org ↗

by Fernando Acostaupdated 2025-09-21😴The Napper

A handy little utility with a very scary expiration date.

HealthyGrowing

72/100

It solves a specific Elementor problem well but carries significant abandonment risks.

Loved22/40

Trustworthy14/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained9/18

Momentum12/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
    document.querySelectorAll(
        '.elementor-column[data-click-url], .elementor-section[data-click-url], .e-con[data-click-url]'
    ).forEach(function (el) {
        var url = el.dataset.clickUrl;
        if (!url) return;
        el.style.cursor = 'pointer';
        el.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
            if (e.target.closest('a, button')) return;
            var target = el.dataset.clickTarget || '_self';
            window.open(url, target);
        });
    });
});

Keep in mind:This JS handles the click behaviour; you still need a small PHP snippet to add the custom control field inside the Elementor editor and output the data-click-url attribute on the rendered element.

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Active installs

~150,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+

→ on track for 200k+in ~4 months

Rating

4.9★

53 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+130%

Growing fast

128 → 294 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORnot updated in 9 months

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +130% in the last year

128/day a year ago→294/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Make Column Clickable for Elementor is a well-liked niche utility that fills a genuine gap in Elementor's feature set, but it has been abandoned since 2019 and carries a serious warning about non-standard database storage that can corrupt sites.

What people like

+Fills a real gap in Elementor by making entire columns/sections clickable, which Elementor does not natively support×4
+Simple to set up and works reliably for its core function×6
+Integrates well with Elementor, including support for dynamic fields×3
+Supports link options such as nofollow via a settings cog next to the URL field

Common complaints

−Plugin has been abandoned and is no longer updated (since updated 12th October 2019)×3
−Stores data in non-standard database locations, which can cause site corruption and prevent proper restoration
−Flagged by Wordfence as abandoned, which may trigger security warnings on sites using that tool
−Not compatible with WPML, making it unsuitable for multilingual sites
−No native 'open in new tab' option on right-click context menu×2

Review trustMostly organic

4.86★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
4%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 53 total

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Latest reviews · 53 analyzed

2023-11-02★★★★★AVOID THIS LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!vdcaf
2023-01-23★★★★★Works Good!pipetko
2023-01-19★★★★★perfect!!modes200
2022-10-05★★★★★Does one thing and does it well muzKore
2022-08-26★★★★★great naimwdm
2022-08-23★★★★★This plugin save me time! 👏👏👏Acley Filho
2022-08-11★★★★★Simple, small, functional sittingpilgrim
2022-04-27★★★★★works Sepi
2022-04-05★★★★★Worked Well conradish
2022-03-11★★★★★Perfect for single language sites puregraphx

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2025-09-21v1.6.2
2025-09-09v1.6.1
2025-08-11v1.5.0
2025-08-11v1.6.0
2022-04-20v1.4.0

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

265

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

212

Prior 7-day baseline

194

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

643

Mean release-day peak (30d)

277

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

+25.0%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

100%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

5.57

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

94%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.87 → 4.86★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered