How to View Page HTML Source Code Created with Elementor

Elementor has more than 90 widgets for building content and page layouts. One of those is the HTML widget, which lets you paste raw HTML directly onto the page. You can add buttons, forms, text blocks, images, videos, and anything else supported by standard HTML.

The HTML widget in Elementor is particularly useful when you need to add code that the standard widgets do not cover. For example, you can paste in an embed code, a custom script, or a block of structured HTML that you wrote yourself. Elementor renders it live so you can see the result immediately without switching to a preview tab.

Because Elementor’s live editor shows changes in real time, you can spot and fix mistakes in your HTML before publishing. If a closing tag is missing or a class name is wrong, the preview will show the broken output right away, which makes it faster to correct than editing code in a separate file.

Viewing the full HTML source code of your Elementor page does not require access to the WordPress backend. Your browser can show you everything that is being rendered on the page.

Method 1: View Page Source

Navigate to the page you want to inspect and make sure it has fully loaded. Then:

• Chrome / Edge: Press Ctrl+U (Windows) or Cmd+Option+U (Mac), or right-click anywhere on the page and choose “View page source.”
• Firefox: Press Ctrl+U (Windows) or Cmd+U (Mac), or right-click and choose “View Page Source.”
• Safari: Right-click and choose “Show Page Source,” or go to Develop in the menu bar and click “Show Page Source.” (You may need to enable the Develop menu in Safari Preferences first.)

The source tab that opens shows the full HTML that was sent from the server to your browser. This is the actual output Elementor generated, including all the class names, data attributes, and inline styles it adds.

Method 2: Browser DevTools

For a more interactive way to inspect specific elements, right-click any element on the page and choose “Inspect” (Chrome, Edge, Firefox) or “Inspect Element” (Safari). The DevTools panel opens and highlights the selected element in the HTML tree. You can expand and collapse nested elements, view computed styles, and click other parts of the page to jump to their code.

This is more useful than View Page Source when you want to find the HTML for a specific section rather than scrolling through thousands of lines.

Note that the HTML source of an Elementor page is typically several thousand lines long. It includes all the Elementor-generated markup, WordPress scripts, and plugin output in one place. Using Ctrl+F (or Cmd+F on Mac) to search for a specific class name or piece of text makes it much easier to navigate.

There are many situations where viewing the HTML source code can help you diagnose and fix problems on your Elementor site.

Debugging display issues: If a section is not displaying correctly, the source code often shows why. A missing closing tag, a conflicting CSS class, or an extra wrapper element can cause layout breaks that are invisible in the Elementor editor but visible in the rendered HTML.

Finding conflicting code: Plugins and themes sometimes inject their own classes or scripts onto pages. Viewing the source lets you see exactly what code is present on a given page, which can help identify conflicts when something breaks after a plugin update.

Copying widget output: If you want to use a piece of Elementor-generated HTML in a custom template or external tool, viewing the source gives you the exact markup to copy.

Checking structured data: If you have added schema markup to a page, you can verify it appears correctly in the source code without using an external validator.

Verifying meta tags: You can confirm that your Yoast SEO title, meta description, and canonical URL are rendering correctly by searching for them in the source.

Performance checks: The source view shows you how many scripts, stylesheets, and external resources are loading on a page. This can help identify unnecessary assets that are adding to page load time.