How to Make Elementor Containers & Columns Clickable for Free [2026]

Updated onJune 19, 2026By

Key Takeaways

  • The Plus Addons for Elementor provides a free Wrapper Link feature to make Elementor columns, sections, and containers clickable.
  • Elementor's Flexbox containers enhance the layout capabilities of sections within the page builder.
  • To utilize the Wrapper Link feature, users must have the latest versions of Elementor and The Plus Addons installed.
  • Common issues include links not being clickable or opening in a new tab, which can often be resolved by checking settings or disabling conflicting plugins.

Elementor lets you link buttons, images, and text out of the box. What it does not let you link is the layout itself: containers, columns, and sections have no built-in link field in the editor.

So when you want an entire pricing card or portfolio tile to be clickable, not just the button inside it, you hit a wall.

The fix is a free extension. The Plus Addons for Elementor includes a Wrapper Link extension on its Free plan: select a container, enter a URL, and the whole element becomes a link, no custom code.

This guide walks the full setup for containers, inner columns, and sections, how to give each card in a grid its own link, and a troubleshooting table for the five issues that trip people up. Steps were verified on WordPress 6.9 with The Plus Addons for Elementor v6.4.13.

Table Of Contents

Why Make a Container, Column, or Section Clickable?

A clickable container turns a whole layout block into one link. Instead of betting that visitors find the small button buried in a card, the entire card becomes the call to action, image, heading, whitespace and all.

Every click lands somewhere instead of missing. Three layouts where it matters most:

  • Pricing cards: people expect the whole plan to be clickable. Linking only the “Buy Now” button throws away every click that lands elsewhere on the card.
  • Portfolio tiles: the thumbnail, the title, and the description should all open the case study. Wrapper Link makes the whole tile behave as a single link.
  • Service or feature blocks: link a full block to its detail or contact page and give visitors one obvious path forward, no extra button widget required.

Elementor replaced the old column-and-section layout with Flexbox containers. If that shift is new to you, read our complete guide to the Elementor Flexbox Container first.

How to Make an Elementor Container Clickable (Step by Step)

This uses the free Wrapper Link extension, so no Pro plan is needed. First, confirm The Plus Addons for Elementor is installed and active, and that Wrapper Link is switched on under The Plus Addons > Extensions.

Then follow these six steps.

1. Open a Page in WordPress

From the dashboard, go to Pages > Add New for a fresh page, or open an existing one under Pages > All Pages.

Wordpress dashboard showing pages add new to create a new page for elementor editing

2. Edit With Elementor

Give the page a title, then click Edit with Elementor to open the editor.

Edit with elementor button on a wordpress page

Building a single-page site? Set up One Page Navigation in Elementor next.

3. Build the Container

Drop in whatever the design needs, a heading, image, text, button, or any mix. Wrapper Link applies to the whole container, so what is inside it does not change the setup.

Elementor container with heading, image, text editor, and button elements added inside

4. Select the Container and Open the Advanced Tab

Hover the container to bring up its blue toolbar, then click the six-dot handle to select it and open its settings panel. At the top of the panel, switch to the Advanced tab.

Selecting an elementor container using the six-dot handle to open its settings panel

5. Turn On Wrapper Link and Add the URL

In the Advanced tab, scroll to the Plus Extras: Wrapper Link section and toggle Wrapper Link to Yes. A URL field appears, paste your destination there. Use the gear icon beside it to open the link in a new tab or mark it nofollow, then click Publish.

Elementor advanced tab showing plus extras wrapper link toggle set to yes with a url entered in the link field

6. Test It on the Live Page

Open the published page at its live URL, not the Elementor preview, which behaves differently. Click anywhere inside the container and confirm it sends you to the right destination.

The same six steps work on inner containers, sections, and columns: just select that element first, then enable Wrapper Link on its Advanced tab.

How to Link Each Card Separately (Not the Whole Container)

When several cards sit inside one outer container, like a three-plan pricing table, each card needs its own destination. Putting Wrapper Link on the outer container would send all three to the same place.

Instead, apply it to each inner container individually:

  1. Open the Elementor navigator (the bottom-left panel icon) so you can see the full container structure.
  2. Select the specific inner container you want to link.
  3. Go to Advanced > Plus Extras: Wrapper Link.
  4. Toggle it to Yes and enter that card’s URL.
  5. Repeat for each card that needs a different link.

This is the right approach for pricing tables where each plan links to its own checkout, service grids, and team cards that each open a different profile.

Troubleshooting: Five Common Issues

Almost every clickable-container problem comes down to one of these five. Here is how to spot and fix each.

IssueLikely causeFix
Container is not clickable at allWrapper Link not enabled, or the URL field is emptyOpen Advanced > Plus Extras: Wrapper Link, confirm it is set to Yes and a valid URL is entered with no trailing spaces
Link goes to the wrong pageWrong URL in the Wrapper Link fieldRe-open the container settings and check the URL exactly: https://, correct slug, no stray characters
Opens in a new tab when you chose the same tabConflict with another plugin or theme scriptDeactivate other plugins one at a time to find the conflict, and try a minimal theme like Nexter to rule out the theme
Works in the editor but not on the live pagePage cache serving an old versionClear your cache plugin, any server cache, and your browser cache, then reload the live page
The whole page becomes clickableWrapper Link applied to the outermost page-level containerUse the navigator to confirm the selected element, and apply Wrapper Link to the specific container or column, not the page wrapper

Need to style a specific container? Here is how to add Custom CSS in Elementor for free.

More Places to Use Wrapper Link

Wrapper Link works on any Elementor element with an Advanced tab, containers, inner containers, sections, and individual widgets. A few use cases worth applying right away:

  • Pricing cards: link each card straight to its checkout or sign-up, no inner button needed.
  • Portfolio tiles: make the full tile (image, title, excerpt) open the project page.
  • Featured post previews: link the whole preview block to the article so any click gets there.
  • Team cards: link each card to a bio or LinkedIn profile, set to open in a new tab.

Wrapper Link is part of The Plus Addons for Elementor’s free Extras and Extensions library, listed in your dashboard under The Plus Addons > Extensions.

The plugin is active on 100,000+ WordPress sites with a 4.6-star rating on WordPress.org, and the free plan also includes 35+ widgets, a Blog Builder, and an Unused Widget Scanner.

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Is It Worth Setting Up?

For any Elementor site built on cards, pricing tables, portfolio grids, service blocks, or team sections, yes. Making the whole card a link means no click is wasted, and the setup takes under two minutes per container with zero code.

Best for: freelancers and agencies building card-heavy client sites who want cleaner UX without piling on widgets or custom JavaScript.

Skip it for: single-element sections where one button, link, or image already makes the click target obvious.

Wrapper Link is free with The Plus Addons for Elementor. To see what else the free plan unlocks, the Free vs Pro comparison breaks it down feature by feature.

Check out the Complete List of 120+ Widgets and Extensions here. Start building your dream website without coding!

Want more control over what shows on click? See How to Show or Hide Elementor Sections.

About the Author

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