Elementor & Hello Elementor theme: Saving Customizer changes fails

  • strattion

    (@stratexecution)


    1 week, 4 days ago

    Environment:

    • Elementor Free: 4.0.8
    • Theme: Hello Elementor 3.4.7
    • WordPress: Version 6.9.4
    • PHP: 8.5
    • Browser: Safari 26.6 or Firefox 150.0.3 (Mac)

    Description:

    When using the WordPress Customizer (Appearance > Customize) with Elementor 4.0.8 and Hello Elementor theme active, changes to the header and footer cannot be saved. The save button appears to function but a warning to save before exit appears, the option to ‘Save and leave’ has bro effect and changes are lost on page reload.

    Console errors logged:

    TypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'e?.model.get("elements").toJSON') — editor-components.min.js
ReferenceError: Can't find variable: elementorFrontend — editor.min.js
Error: Angie is not available — editor-mcp.min.js
@elementor/editor-site-navigation - Settings object not found — env.min.js

    Root cause suggested (by Claude):

    Elementor 4.x is loading its full editor script stack — including editor components, AI/MCP integration (Angie), and site navigation — into the WordPress Customizer context. These scripts expect the Elementor editor environment and fail when running in the Customizer, crashing JavaScript execution before the save request is made. No admin-ajax.php request is made when Save is clicked, confirming the JS crash prevents the save from being attempted at all.

    Steps to reproduce:

    1. Install WordPress with Hello Elementor theme and Elementor Free 4.0.8
    2. Go to Appearance > Customize
    3. Make any change to header or footer
    4. Click ‘Save changes’
    5. Try to exit the page — changes are lost

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