For one of our recent projects, I wanted to create a custom page transition on Elementor pro website to solve a design gap. Standard transitions often feel clunky, so we crafted a smoother flow that keeps users engaged while navigating between pages.
Oh, and for people who don’t know what Elementor Pro is — it’s a website builder plugin for WordPress. Basically, it lets you design pages visually without coding. The “Pro” version adds advanced widgets, animations, and customization options, but even then, some creative ideas still need custom tweaks.
One of the details I keep returning to in my practice is flow. Websites aren’t just static canvases — they’re experiences. Every click, every scroll, every transition matters. For one of our client projects, we wanted to push this further by experimenting with a custom Elementor Pro page transition.
Normally, when you click a link in Elementor, you get a brief blank screen before the new page loads. It’s only a fraction of a second, but it interrupts the rhythm. That pause feels clunky and pulls users out of the experience.
Elementor Pro has some default transitions, but honestly ...
Elementor Pro has some default transitions, but honestly, they don’t carry the experience the way I wanted. The fade felt too plain. The slide was distracting. None of them matched the continuity we were chasing for this project.
That’s when I realized we had to push beyond the built-in tools.
So we just built something smooth with custom transition
So we decided to design a custom page transition. The result was a smooth handover between pages that kept the rhythm intact. Instead of a blank pause, visitors were carried forward in a way that felt natural — like the site was telling a story.
I can’t share the client’s live site here, but I tested the same setup on our staging environment so you can see how it works: Here’s the demo.
What I Actually Used to Make This Work
- A lightweight GIF file → Used for the loading visual. Keeping it small ensures speed.
A custom code snippet → Handles the transition logic, beyond Elementor’s defaults.
That’s really all it took — no heavy plugins, no over-engineering. Just a mix of design and a touch of code.