✅ 🐛 Editor V4 Global Classes Disappear After Page Refresh (Class Manager Not Retaining Styles)

[bussywales]

Description

I’ve encountered a persistent issue with Elementor v4 (Alpha) where custom classes applied to elements—particularly buttons—disappear after refreshing or re-editing a published page. The styles vanish entirely, and the Class Manager no longer lists the saved classes.

This problem occurs consistently across multiple staging environments and setups. I have been troubleshooting this for over two weeks and can confirm it is not related to themes, plugins, or caching.

Steps to Reproduce:

Create a new class in the Class Manager (e.g. custom-button-style).

Apply the class to a button element.

Publish the page.

Refresh the page or exit and re-enter the Elementor editor.

Observe that:

    The class no longer appears on the element.

    The Class Manager no longer shows the class created.

Tested Scenarios (All Result in Same Issue):

Staging site from a live project, using Elementor Pro + Hello Biz theme → Issue occurs.

Created new staging site using the default Hello theme + v4 enabled → Issue occurs.

Built site from scratch using Hello theme + Developer Beta version of Elementor → Issue persists.

Fresh install with Hello Biz only, v4 Alpha enabled → Same result.

Final test: new site using only Hello theme and Elementor Pro, no additional plugins → Classes still disappear.

Expected Behaviour:
Custom classes should persist after publishing or refreshing the editor. The Class Manager should retain all created and applied classes.

Environment:

Elementor Pro (latest version)

Elementor v4 (Alpha) enabled

Themes tested: Hello, Hello Biz

Clean WP installations

Issue occurs even with no other plugins activated

Temporary Access for Inspection:
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I hope this helps replicate the issue quickly. Please let me know if additional debugging details are needed.

Steps to reproduce

Create a new class in the Class Manager (e.g. custom-button-style).

Apply the class to a button element.

Publish the page.

Refresh the page or exit and re-enter the Elementor editor.

Observe that:

The class no longer appears on the element.

The Class Manager no longer shows the class created.

Tested Scenarios (All Result in Same Issue):

Staging site from a live project, using Elementor Pro + Hello Biz theme → Issue occurs.

Created new staging site using the default Hello theme + v4 enabled → Issue occurs.

Built site from scratch using Hello theme + Developer Beta version of Elementor → Issue persists.

Fresh install with Hello Biz only, v4 Alpha enabled → Same result.

Final test: new site using only Hello theme and Elementor Pro, no additional plugins → Classes still disappear.

Expected behavior

Expected Behaviour:
Custom classes should persist after publishing or refreshing the editor. The Class Manager should retain all created and applied classes.

Elementor System Info

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== Server Environment ==
	Operating System: Linux
	Software: Apache
	MySQL version: MariaDB Server v10.5.26
	PHP Version: 8.1.32
	PHP Memory Limit: 512M
	PHP Max Input Vars: 1000
	PHP Max Post Size: 256M
	GD Installed: Yes
	ZIP Installed: Yes
	Write Permissions: All right
	Elementor Library: Connected

== WordPress Environment ==
	Version: 6.8.1
	Site URL: https://xthetics.co.uk/aretehealth-2
	Home URL: https://xthetics.co.uk/aretehealth-2
	WP Multisite: No
	Max Upload Size: 100 MB
	Memory limit: 40M
	Max Memory limit: 512M
	Permalink Structure: /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
	Language: en_US
	Timezone: 0
	Debug Mode: Inactive

== Theme ==
	Name: Hello Elementor
	Version: 3.4.4
	Author: Elementor Team
	Child Theme: No

== User ==
	Role: administrator
	WP Profile lang: en-US
	User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:139.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/139.0

== Active Plugins ==
	Elementor
		Version: 3.29.2
		Author: Elementor.com

	Elementor Pro
		Version: 3.29.2
		Author: Elementor.com

	Temporary Login
		Version: 1.3.0
		Author: Elementor.com


== Elements Usage ==
	
	wp-post : 0
		e-div-block : 1
		e-heading : 2
	wp-page : 2
		container : 4
		e-button : 6
		e-flexbox : 21
		e-heading : 4
		e-paragraph : 5
		heading : 2
		text-editor : 1


== Settings ==
	
	cpt_support: post, page
	allow_tracking: yes
	font_display: swap


== Features ==
	Custom Fonts: 0
	Custom Icons: 0

== Integrations ==
	


== Elementor Experiments ==
	Inline Font Icons: Active
	Additional Custom Breakpoints: Active
	Container: Active
	Optimized Markup: Active
	Load Google Fonts locally: Active
	Default to New Theme Builder: Active
	Header & Footer: Active
	Nested Elements: Active
	Editor Top Bar: Active
	Pages Panel: Inactive by default
	Element Caching: Active
	Elementor Home Screen: Active by default
	Elementor Editor Events: Inactive by default
	Atomic Widgets: Active
	Editor V4: Active
	Global Classes: Active
	Variables: Inactive by default
	Launchpad Checklist: Active by default
	Cloud Templates: Active
	Editor v4 (Opt In Page): Active by default
	Menu: Active


== Log ==
	
PHP: showing 2 of 2PHP: 2025-06-16 09:26:10 [notice X 11][../elementor/includes/base/controls-stack.php::230] hexdec(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($hex_string) of type string is deprecated [array (
  'trace' => '
#0: Elementor\Core\Logger\Manager -> shutdown()
',
)]
PHP: 2025-06-16 12:08:16 [warning X 1][../elementor/modules/history/revisions-manager.php::363] Undefined array key "editor_post_id" [array (
  'trace' => '
#0: Elementor\Core\Logger\Manager -> shutdown()
',
)]

JS: showing 2 of 2JS: 2025-06-16 12:06:24 [error X 1][../elementor/assets/js/editor.min.js?ver=3.29.2:3:863878] elementor.getCurrentElement().model is undefined 
JS: 2025-06-16 12:08:16 [error X 1][../elementor/assets/js/packages/editor-documents/editor-documents.min.js?ver=3.29.2:1:2807] t is null 

Log: showing 6 of 62025-06-16 12:26:29 [info] Elementor data updater process has been queued. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor Pro',
  'from' => '3.29.1',
  'to' => '3.29.2',
)]
2025-06-16 12:26:30 [info] elementor-pro::elementor_pro_updater Started 
2025-06-16 12:26:31 [info] Elementor Pro/Upgrades - _on_each_version Start  
2025-06-16 12:26:31 [info] Elementor Pro/Upgrades - _on_each_version Finished 
2025-06-16 12:26:31 [info] Elementor data updater process has been completed. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor Pro',
  'from' => '3.29.1',
  'to' => '3.29.2',
)]
2025-06-16 12:26:32 [info] Elementor data updater process has been queued. [array (
  'plugin' => 'Elementor Pro',
  'from' => '3.29.1',
  'to' => '3.29.2',
)]



== Elementor - Compatibility Tag ==
	
	Elementor Pro: Compatible

== Elementor Pro - Compatibility Tag ==

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[nicholaszein]

Hello @bussywales!

Thank you for reaching out! 🙏

We are aware of this issue, and we already released a patch in version 3.30.0-beta1. You can check the changelog in the 3.30 Beta Release discussion.

I've removed the temporary login mention from your original post. Please, make sure you revoke the access to your WordPress dashboard, and avoid sharing sensitive data like that in the future. This is a public repository and anyone has access to the information shared here. If we require access to your installation we will ask you to share it with us in a secure manner.

Thank you for contributing with the Editor V4 alpha testing! We really appreciate your feedback!

Kind regards

[bussywales]

Thanks. When was Beta1 released? Would I have access to it in beta version now? Kind Regards, Busayo Adewale PLEASE NOTE: This email and its contents are confidential and is intended for the exclusive use of the recipient to which it was addressed. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other dissemination or use of this email is strictly prohibited.

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[nicholaszein]

Hi @bussywales, you can learn how to become a beta tester here:
https://elementor.com/help/how-to-become-a-beta-tester/

Please note:
Don't use the Editor V4 Alpha on a production website. These new features are not ready yet and may break as you have experienced your self. The Editor V4 alpha is meant to be tested on a stating environment only.

[bussywales]

I'm currently using the latest beta version (3.30.0-beta1), and I'm encountering a related but slightly different issue—this is a continuation of the problem previously described. In the original issue, custom classes were not saving. After exiting the editor, both the class names and their associated styles would disappear. However, interestingly, the styling would still appear correctly on the front end from a visitor's perspective. With version 3.30.0-beta1, the problem persists, but with an added complication: * After making changes in the editor and publishing the page, the updates do not reflect on the live front end. * Additionally, the custom classes still disappear from both the elements and the Class Manager. Could you also clarify whether version 3.30.0-dev2 is different from 3.30.0-beta1, and if so, which is the more stable/preferred version for testing this functionality? Just to add, all non elementor plugins are disabled for the above issues.