1BHK Flat For Sale in Andheri West, Mumbai

The Bottom Line

Yes, activate Elementor on your local site. This is exactly how professional theme developers work. The Elementor team themselves use this exact approach—they build and test with the plugin active on localhost:8888 . You’re following the same workflow that thousands of successful theme authors use .

Once your theme is complete and you package it for sale, you’ll NOT include the Elementor plugin file. Instead, you’ll use TGMPA (as we discussed) to have WordPress automatically install it from the official repository when users activate your theme .

Does this clear up your confusion? Want me to help you build your first real estate section in Elementor now that you have it activated?