Premium Templates, EMCP Agent Skill, and an upgrade banner
A second wave of Pro features layered on top of v1.7.0's Premium Prompts.
New
- Premium Templates library for Pro subscribers — apply ready-made Elementor designs to a new draft page in one click, or import them into Elementor's Saved Templates library where they're insertable from any page's "Add Template" picker. Auto-synced from
https://emcp.msrbuilds.com/api/emcp/templates.jsonwith the same 24h cache pattern as Prompts. Category filter pills + per-card thumbnails. Accepts Elementor's native template export shape (content+page_settings). - EMCP Agent Skill download for Pro subscribers — a pre-written Anthropic Agent Skill that teaches Claude (and any compatible AI client) exactly how to build, edit, and style Elementor pages through the MCP tools. New Skills admin tab with one-click
emcp-skills.zipdownload and per-client install guides for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Antigravity plus a universal fallback. Skill folder is bundled in the premium build only. - Global "Upgrade to Pro" admin banner on non-EMCP admin screens for non-Pro sites. Flat-indigo gradient with feature highlights and a custom dismiss button. Dismissal persists indefinitely per user via user-meta.
- "Read the Docs" header button in the EMCP Tools admin pointing at https://emcp.msrbuilds.com/docs. "Upgrade to Pro" header button hidden for sites with an active Pro license.
- "50+ more templates on the way" inline notice on the Templates tab so Pro users know the library is actively expanding.
Changed
- Prompts tab hides the bundled 5 sample prompts when a Pro user has the premium library loaded — the 50+ premium prompts already include the samples, so showing both was duplication. Fallback to samples still kicks in if a Pro user's bundle fetch fails (network blip, sync error).
- Stats-bar prompt count reflects the active premium library — Pro sites with a synced bundle see the real number (e.g. 50) instead of the 5 bundled samples.
- All in-plugin "Upgrade to Pro" links now point at the external website pricing page (
https://emcp.msrbuilds.com/pricing) and open in a new tab. Users get the full plan comparison + FAQ instead of the Freemius in-admin pricing iframe. - Admin menu — added Templates and Skills submenus between Prompts and Changelog.
- Reverted the Freemius pricing-screen wrapper — the pricing iframe renders with its native Freemius styling again.
Fixed
- Premium prompts and templates transient caches are scrubbed on uninstall.
- Upgrade-banner dismissal user-meta is scrubbed on uninstall (across every user).
Distribution
Two zips per the existing two-build pipeline:
- `elementor-mcp-1.7.1.zip` (free, attached to this release) — does NOT include the `skills/` folder or the `.emcp-pro` marker.
- `emcp-pro-1.7.1.zip` (premium) — uploaded to Freemius, includes the full `skills/emcp-skills/` folder for the Skills tab download flow and the `.emcp-pro` marker so Freemius labels paying customers' installs as "Pro version".
Upgrade notes
Pro users on existing 1.7.0 installs will get the new Templates and Skills tabs after the auto-update. The Prompts admin will collapse to show only the premium library (the 5 bundled samples are now redundant). Click Sync Library on the Templates tab to fetch the initial templates bundle.