How to Access Site Settings in Elementor (And What to Do If You Can’t)
One of the most powerful features of Elementor is the Site Settings. Being able to access site settings in Elementor allows you to control things like colors, fonts, and layouts. Our Premium Framework sites are powered by these Site Settings.
The Site Settings might be a little intimidating and confusing for many users. In this article we’ll look at what is in the site settings, accessing the settings, and some possible issues that might prevent access to them.
What Are Site Settings in Elementor?
The site settings are an optional set of site wide controls that can be adjusted in an Elementor site. The Site Settings can control things like global colors, global fonts, layouts, button stylings, and more.
The Site Settings are really a global control center for the site. In this one location, you can change the colors on every page in your site. You can make sure that all the fonts are the same for each paragraph or heading site wide.
These controls are all global, meaning they will impact every page on your site that refers to them. This control allows you to make sure that your branding and styling is consistent throughout the entire site.
What You Can Globally Control in Site Settings
There are several great features and settings that can all be controlled in the Site Settings. So many of these settings connect to your business’s brand and help keep that brand consistent throughout the site.
Rarely, if ever, should these branding elements change from page to page.
There are more than just these settings to control in Site Settings, but these are some of the most common.
Logo and Favicon
Your logo is one of your most recognizable components of your brand. Being so important, it should be consistent on every page. Through the site settings, you can upload the best optimized file of your logo for this use.
You can also set the favicon. The favicon is the small icon that is in the tab of the website browser. This is another great spot to connect to your brand. It can also be uploaded and changed out as needed through the Site Settings.
Global Colors
Your Brand Guideline sheet (you do have one, right?) will show you the exact colors to use in all of your branding. This includes your website. You should have the exact hex codes needed for each color. In the Site Settings, you can add each and give the color a name.
For Full Scope Creative, we have hex code #76b956 listed as Green. When we’re working on our site, we know exactly what Green is. Our shade of green isn’t #008000, the standard green or most recognized green. It’s unique to our brand. If we were to change that shade or exact hex code of green, we can change it in the Site Settings and every instance it is used on the site will be changed.
When we’re working in the main Elementor editor, whenever we need to set a color, that green will be an option. We simply need to click on the Global color icon (looks like a globe), and all of our global colors will be listed. If we change the shade of the green, it will be changed anywhere that color was selected.
Global Fonts
When more fonts started to become available to use in website design, some web designers got a little too carried away. Back in the early 2000s you’d see some sites that would have different fonts for each heading. Some pages would have a different font just because it could.
This is obviously horrible for branding.
Your brand should have a set of fonts that work best with it. These fonts should always be ones that can be safely used online. Google Fonts work great for this. Those fonts and font sizes should also be consistent from page to page.
In the site settings, you can select which font family you want to use for a paragraph, a heading (1-6), and even links. Once set, each of those will follow that font. You can set what font size each would default to and which global color the font would be.
If this setting is changed at any time, all the elements that reference that global setting will be updated.
Button Styles
The larger and more graphical buttons on your site can also be controlled through the Site Settings. These buttons are often a Call To Action button. With that importance, they need to connect to your brand.
You can set the font family and size that is used by default. The padding on the top, bottom, left, and right can all be set and kept consistent. The colors used can all use the global color settings as well.
You can even set the hover effect for the button. Instead of having to remember what it should be from page to page, you can set it once and have that effect used on each button.
Layout and Content Width
Elementor has set default widths for the main content section of a website. It also has default breakpoints where a laptop, tablet, and mobile screen would usually be. Each of these can be controlled through the Site Settings.
When we’re working on a website design, we rarely change these. But based on the design that is done, there are some sites that may require it. With the Site Settings, this layout control is applied to all pages.
You can also set the default gaps between elements. 20px is the default. But if the design requires 10px or 30px, it can be changed here as well, and it will be changed for every page.
How to Access Site Settings in Elementor
The Site Settings in Elementor are very easy to get into. When you’re in the Elementor editor for a page, select the Elementor icon in the top left corner. In the new menu that appears, the first link is for Site Settings.
The Site Settings can take a few moments to load. Once loaded, you’ll have a new menu along the left side of the editor that will go through the many options that can be controlled through there.
Can’t Access Site Settings in Elementor?
There are sometimes issues preventing users from accessing the Site Settings in Elementor. Several factors can contribute to these issues, and thankfully they are all ones that can be handled.
Sometimes when loading the Site Settings, the page will just load and load. Sometimes you might be met with a blank screen. You may even see a server error code.
Let’s go through some of the most common errors and likely solutions.
Start With These Quick Checks First
If you’re having an issue loading the Site Settings (or even just getting into Elementor), start by clearing the browsers cache. Many browsers (such as FireFox, Chrome, Edge) will have files that get stored in the cache that can prevent the Site Settings from loading. Deleting the browser’s cache can get things loaded.
You may also need to do a hard refresh. This will make the browser ignore any stored or cache files. It will then re-download a new (and the latest) version of the file(s) from the server. This can fix different styling and formatting issues, and replace older files that are showing up for you. To do a hard refresh, press Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl+Shift+R if you’re using Windows, or Cmd+Shift+R if you’re using Mac.
Another quick check is to make sure that Elementor is fully installed and running the most recent version. If there is an update that needs to be run, close out of the editor, and then run any needed update.
Even though your website may work great on every browser, the Site Settings might not. Elementor itself works best in Chrome. If you’re using FireFox or Microsoft Edge, attempt to access the site settings through Chrome.
Plugin or Theme Conflicts
One of the issues that can happen with WordPress is that two plugins can have a conflict with one another. This is why it is so important to test the plugins that you install on your site.
Some plugins will require a certain Javascript library or set of PHP settings. Those can cause other plugins, possibly Elementor, to have issues.
Before going into other remedy options we cover below, go through your installed plugin and disable them one at a time. As you disable one, test the Site Settings and see if you can get into them. If you find one that is causing the problem, look to see if there is another way to replace that plugin either through Elementor or features like Advanced Custom fields. There may even be other plugins that can do the same thing that don’t cause conflict with Elementor.
PHP Memory Limit or Server Restrictions
If those remedies don’t work, you’re likely going to have to get into a few more technical solutions. One of the first ones is to check the PHP Memory Limit on your server.
The default PHP Memory Limit is usually 128mb. Some setups may default to 512mb. For Elementor, the 512mb option is preferred and usually going to provide a better performance for Elementor and the website.
While you can update this setting through the .htaccess file if you have access to it., you are likely going to need access to the cPanel login to make this adjustment.
You will also want to make sure you’re running a newer version of PHP. IDeally you’re site and Elementor will be running on PHP 8.2 or newer (as of 2026). Anything older, PHP 7 or earlier, is outdated and needs to be updated.
You may need to adjust settings like the Max Execution Time, Max, INput Vars, and Max Input Time. You may want to contact your website hosting provider to increase these limits for you. Each server will have limits for what it can do and how much control you may have over these.
Hosting Environment Matters More Than You Think
Not every hosting provider has their servers set up to ideally work with Elementor. These adjustments, even though simple, need to be set specifically for ideal performance.
We’ve taken a lot of time to make sure our website hosting servers at Full Scope Creative are dialed into what is needed for Elementor and WordPress. We review the updates needed regularly and monitor several sites to make sure things are always set correctly.
Still Can’t Access Site Settings?
If you’ve gone through these steps and still can’t access Site Settings in Elementor, don’t give up on Elementor just yet. It is likely a sign that there is something a little deeper going on. These deeper issues are almost always fixable.
It might be a plugin conflict that isn’t obvious. Could be a server setting like PHP memory. The hosting environment maybe isn’t fully set up to support Elementor. These aren’t things most business owners should have to dig into on their own.
We Can Help You Get It Working
If you’re still stuck and can’t access Site Settings in Elementor, feel free to reach out. We’d be happy to jump on a quick Zoom call, take a look at what’s going on, and help point you in the right direction.
And if it does turn out to be a hosting issue, we can help there too. Our hosting is built specifically to support WordPress and Elementor, so things like this just work the way they should.