EA Widget Scanner (CLI)

Scans all public posts, pages, and custom post types for Essential Addons for Elementor widgets. It logs usage into a CSV file using WP-CLI.

🔧 Installation

1. Upload this plugin to your wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate it via the WordPress Admin Dashboard.
3. Make sure WP-CLI is installed and running properly.

⚙️ Usage

📊 Scan for EA Widgets

wp ea scan-ea-widgets

Scans all posts and outputs a CSV file at:

wp-content/uploads/eael-widget-usage.csv

🧹 Delete the CSV File

wp ea delete-csv

Removes the CSV file if it exists.

🖥️ Admin UI

You can view usage instructions and plugin status by going to: WP Admin → Tools → EA Widget Scanner CLI

🧪 Frontend Debugging Tools

🔲 Highlight EA Widgets in the Browser

Paste this in your browser DevTools Console or as a CSS Snippet (e.g. in DevTools or Customizer):

[class^="eael"] {
  border: 2px solid red !important;
}

[class*="eael"] {
  border: 2px solid red !important;
}

🔍 Log Widget Usage to Console

Paste this into your browser's DevTools Console to list all EA widgets present:

(() => {
  const selectors = [
    '[class*="eael-"]',
    '[data-widget_type^="eael-"]'
  ];

  const widgets = new Map();

  selectors.forEach(selector => {
    document.querySelectorAll(selector).forEach(el => {
      const classes = Array.from(el.classList).filter(cls => cls.startsWith('eael-'));
      classes.forEach(cls => {
        const existing = widgets.get(cls) || [];
        existing.push(el);
        widgets.set(cls, existing);
      });
    });
  });

  if (widgets.size === 0) {
    console.log('No Essential Addons widgets detected on this page.');
  } else {
    console.log('📦 Essential Addons widgets found on this page:\n');
    widgets.forEach((els, cls) => {
      console.log(`- ${cls} (${els.length} time${els.length > 1 ? 's' : ''})`);
    });
  }
})();

📁 Output Format

🛡️ Security

• Includes index.php files to block directory access
• Does not expose or modify content; read-only scanning

Created with ❤️ by Stephen Lee Hernandez