Testimonials are different lengths, so a carousel built from them jumps in height as it moves from one slide to the next.
The Testimonial widget from The Plus Addons for Elementor can pin every slide to the same height and scroll anything that does not fit.
To check the complete feature overview documentation of The Plus Addons for Elementor Testimonial widget, click here.
Requirement – This widget is a part of The Plus Addons for Elementor, make sure it’s installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.
Before You Start
- Edition: the Testimonial widget is in the free plugin. Style-3 and the extras listed below need The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro.
- Widget to enable: Testimonial, switched on under The Plus Addons > Widgets. Its card is badged FREEMIUM.
- If you use the Post Type source: the testimonial custom post type has to be switched on first, under The Plus Addons > Extra Options > Listing > Testimonial. Until then there are no testimonials to list.
Fix the slide height
- Edit the page with Elementor and select the Testimonial widget.
- In Layout (Content Layout in the free plugin) set Layout to Carousel.
- Set Select Source. In the free plugin this has to be Repeater – the setting in the next step is not offered for the Post Type source there.
- Open Extra Option and set Content Limit By to Height.
- Set Content Height(px). Anything from 1 to 500 px.
- Set Title Height(px) if the testimonial titles also vary in length.
Every slide is now the same height:
What Content Height actually sizes
This is the part worth checking on the published page, because the two editions target different elements.
| Edition | What Content Height(px) sizes |
|---|---|
| The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro | The whole card – testimonial text, title, author picture, name and designation. A small value clips the author block, so start generous and work down. |
| The Plus Addons for Elementor (free) | Only the testimonial text. The author block below it keeps its natural height. |
Title Height(px) sizes the testimonial title in both editions.
Choose how the scrollbar looks
Whatever does not fit the height is scrollable. Content Scroll, in the same section, decides when that scrollbar is visible:
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| On Hover (the default) | The scrollbar stays invisible until the visitor’s pointer is over the card. |
| Visible | The scrollbar is drawn all the time. |
You can restyle that scrollbar under Style > Scroll Bar.
How It Behaves
- The same two controls are available on the Grid layout, without needing Content Limit By at all – they are offered there as soon as the layout is Grid.
- They are not available on the Masonry layout, which is built around cards keeping their natural height.
- The height is a hard limit, not a minimum: a short testimonial is padded out to it and a long one is cut off and scrolls.
- Setting the height does not change how many slides are visible – that is Desktop Columns under Style > Carousel Options.
Limitations
- Content Height means something different in each edition, as described above. Check the published page rather than the editor canvas.
- In the free plugin, Content Limit By is only offered when Select Source is Repeater. With the Post Type source the control is not shown at all, so this method is unavailable there.
- In the free plugin, Content Scroll has no effect when Select Source is Post Type – the scrollbar is always visible whichever option you pick.
- If you want the carousel to follow the height of the current slide instead of pinning every slide, turn Adaptive Height on under Carousel Options and leave Content Height empty.
Troubleshooting
There is no Content Limit By dropdown
It only appears on the Carousel layout, and in the free plugin only when Select Source is Repeater. On the Grid layout you do not need it – Content Height and Title Height are shown there already.
Content Height and Title Height are greyed out or missing
Content Limit By is set to Default or Text Limit. Set it to Height.
The author photo and name disappeared
In the Pro plugin Content Height sizes the whole card, so a small value cuts the author block off. Raise the value until the block is back.
The slides still have different heights
In the free plugin Content Height only sizes the testimonial text, so a long title or a missing author picture can still change the card height. Set Title Height(px) as well, and keep the author images the same size.
