diff --git a/.github/scripts/daily-report.js b/.github/scripts/daily-report.js
index 0bbf29dc..860bf0f1 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/daily-report.js
+++ b/.github/scripts/daily-report.js
@@ -101,9 +101,8 @@ function generateDailyMarkdownReport( results ) {
 	report += `- **Core Matrix**: Hello Theme × Elementor (main, latest, previous minors)\n`;
 	report += `- **Plus Matrix**: Hello Theme × Hello Plus (latest, previous patch - WordPress.org only)\n`;
 	report += `- **Version Types**: \n`;
-	report += `  - \`main\` = Latest development version from GitHub\n`;
-	report += `  - \`X.Y.Z (GA)\` = General availability release version\n`;
-	report += `  - \`latest-stable\` = Latest published version from WordPress.org\n\n`;
+	report += `  - \`main\` (Elementor) = GitHub \`main\` branch artifact → \`Elementor main (Github)\`\n`;
+	report += `  - \`X.Y.Z\` / \`latest-stable\` (Elementor) = WordPress.org GA → \`Elementor X.Y.Z (WordPress)\`\n\n`;
 
 	report += `## 🔄 Reliability Features\n\n`;
 	report += `- **WordPress Environment**: Automatic retry logic (5 attempts, 30s intervals)\n`;
@@ -114,6 +113,42 @@ function generateDailyMarkdownReport( results ) {
 	return report;
 }
 
+function formatElementorReportLabel( elementorVersion ) {
+	if ( 'main' === elementorVersion ) {
+		return 'Elementor main (Github)';
+	}
+
+	if ( 'latest-stable' === elementorVersion ) {
+		return 'Elementor latest-stable (WordPress)';
+	}
+
+	if ( /^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/.test( elementorVersion || '' ) ) {
+		return `Elementor ${ elementorVersion } (WordPress)`;
+	}
+
+	return `Elementor ${ elementorVersion }`;
+}
+
+function formatTestDisplayName( test ) {
+	const baseName = test.name || test.combination || '';
+	const elementorVersion = test.elementor_version || '';
+
+	if ( ! elementorVersion || ! test.combination?.includes( 'el' ) ) {
+		return baseName;
+	}
+
+	const elementorLabel = formatElementorReportLabel( elementorVersion );
+
+	return baseName
+		.replace( /\s*\+\s*Elementor main\b/i, ` + ${ elementorLabel }` )
+		.replace( /\s*\+\s*Elementor [\d.]+\s*\(GA\)/i, ( match ) => {
+			const versionMatch = match.match( /Elementor ([\d.]+)/ );
+			return versionMatch
+				? ` + Elementor ${ versionMatch[ 1 ] } (WordPress)`
+				: ` + ${ elementorLabel }`;
+		} );
+}
+
 /**
  * Generates a test results table
  * @param {Array} tests - Array of test results
@@ -128,8 +163,9 @@ function generateTestTable( tests ) {
 		const statusText = getStatusText( test.status, test.conclusion );
 		const duration = test.duration ? `${ test.duration }m` : '-';
 		const link = generateResultLink( test );
+		const displayName = formatTestDisplayName( test );
 
-		table += `| ${ emoji } ${ statusText } | ${ test.name || test.combination } | ${ duration } | ${ link } |\n`;
+		table += `| ${ emoji } ${ statusText } | ${ displayName } | ${ duration } | ${ link } |\n`;
 	} );
 
 	return table;
@@ -184,4 +220,6 @@ module.exports = {
 	generateDailyTriggerReport,
 	generateDailyMarkdownReport,
 	sortDailyResults,
+	formatElementorReportLabel,
+	formatTestDisplayName,
 };
diff --git a/.github/scripts/download-elementor-core.sh b/.github/scripts/download-elementor-core.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..eff15410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/download-elementor-core.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH="${1:?Elementor core branch or version required}"
+TARGET_DIR="${2:-./tmp/elementor}"
+
+log_cloud_devops_token_status() {
+	echo "=== CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN verification ==="
+	if [ -z "${GITHUB_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+		echo "CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN: NOT AVAILABLE (GITHUB_TOKEN env is empty or unset)"
+		echo "install-source=none" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	echo "CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN: available (character length=${#GITHUB_TOKEN})"
+
+	local repo_http_status
+	repo_http_status=$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
+		-H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
+		-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+		"https://api.github.com/repos/elementor/elementor")
+
+	echo "GitHub API repos/elementor/elementor: HTTP ${repo_http_status}"
+
+	if [ "${repo_http_status}" != "200" ]; then
+		echo "CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN: cannot read elementor/elementor (expected HTTP 200)"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	echo "CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN: repository access OK"
+	return 0
+}
+
+write_outputs() {
+	local effective_version="$1"
+	local install_source="$2"
+	echo "effective-version=${effective_version}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+	echo "install-source=${install_source}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+}
+
+download_from_wordpress_org() {
+	local version_label="$1"
+	local download_url="$2"
+
+	echo "Downloading Elementor from WordPress.org: ${version_label}"
+	curl --location -o ./elementor-core.zip "${download_url}"
+	unzip -q ./elementor-core.zip
+	rm -rf "${TARGET_DIR}"
+	mkdir -p "$(dirname "${TARGET_DIR}")"
+	mv ./elementor "${TARGET_DIR}"
+	rm -f ./elementor-core.zip
+	echo "Elementor ${version_label} downloaded from WordPress.org"
+	write_outputs "${version_label}" "wordpress"
+}
+
+download_from_github_artifact() {
+	local branch="$1"
+
+	echo "Downloading Elementor from GitHub Actions artifact (branch: ${branch})"
+
+	if ! log_cloud_devops_token_status; then
+		echo "Missing or invalid CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN; cannot download GitHub artifacts"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	local api_url runs_json run_id arts_json first_artifact artifact_name artifact_url
+
+	api_url="https://api.github.com/repos/elementor/elementor/actions/workflows/build.yml/runs?branch=${branch}&status=success&event=push&per_page=1"
+	runs_json=$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" "${api_url}")
+
+	local runs_http_status
+	runs_http_status=$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
+		-H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
+		-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+		"${api_url}")
+	echo "GitHub API workflow runs for branch ${branch}: HTTP ${runs_http_status}"
+
+	run_id=$(echo "${runs_json}" | node -e "let s='';process.stdin.on('data',d=>s+=d).on('end',()=>{const d=JSON.parse(s);const r=(d.workflow_runs||[])[0];if(!r){process.exit(2)}console.log(r.id)})") || {
+		echo "No successful build found for branch ${branch}"
+		exit 1
+	}
+
+	echo "Latest successful build run id: ${run_id}"
+
+	arts_json=$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+		"https://api.github.com/repos/elementor/elementor/actions/runs/${run_id}/artifacts")
+
+	first_artifact=$(echo "${arts_json}" | node -e "let s='';process.stdin.on('data',d=>s+=d).on('end',()=>{const d=JSON.parse(s);const a=(d.artifacts||[])[0];if(!a){process.exit(1)}console.log(a.name+'\t'+a.archive_download_url)})")
+
+	if [ -z "${first_artifact}" ]; then
+		echo "No artifacts found for run ${run_id}"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	artifact_name=$(echo "${first_artifact}" | cut -f1)
+	artifact_url=$(echo "${first_artifact}" | cut -f2)
+	echo "Downloading artifact: ${artifact_name}"
+
+	mkdir -p ./elementor-artifact
+	curl -sSL -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+		-o "./elementor-artifact/${artifact_name}.zip" "${artifact_url}"
+
+	rm -rf "${TARGET_DIR}"
+	mkdir -p "${TARGET_DIR}"
+	unzip -q "./elementor-artifact/${artifact_name}.zip" -d "${TARGET_DIR}"
+
+	if [ -f "${TARGET_DIR}/elementor.php" ]; then
+		echo "GitHub artifact extracted successfully to ${TARGET_DIR}"
+		write_outputs "${branch}" "github"
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	echo "Invalid GitHub artifact: elementor.php not found in ${TARGET_DIR}"
+	ls -la "${TARGET_DIR}/" | head -10 || true
+	exit 1
+}
+
+rm -rf "${TARGET_DIR}" ./elementor ./elementor-core.zip ./elementor-artifact 2>/dev/null || true
+mkdir -p "$(dirname "${TARGET_DIR}")"
+
+echo "Elementor download requested: ${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH}"
+
+if [[ "${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH}" == "latest-stable" ]]; then
+	download_from_wordpress_org "latest-stable" "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elementor.latest-stable.zip"
+elif [[ "${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH}" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+	download_url="https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elementor.${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH}.zip"
+	http_status=$(curl --silent --head --location --write-out "%{http_code}" --output /dev/null "${download_url}")
+
+	if [[ "${http_status}" == "200" ]]; then
+		download_from_wordpress_org "${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH}" "${download_url}"
+	else
+		echo "Elementor version ${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH} not found on WordPress.org (HTTP ${http_status})"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+else
+	download_from_github_artifact "${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH}"
+fi
+
+echo "Elementor install complete: branch=${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH}, target=${TARGET_DIR}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-with-specific-elementor-version.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-with-specific-elementor-version.yml
index 670f3ef4..00d004c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-with-specific-elementor-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright-with-specific-elementor-version.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       hello-theme-version: ${{ steps.set-versions.outputs.hello-theme-version }}
       elementor-core-branch: ${{ steps.set-versions.outputs.elementor-core-branch }}
       elementor-version: ${{ steps.download-elementor.outputs.effective-version }}
+      elementor-install-source: ${{ steps.download-elementor.outputs.install-source }}
       hello-theme-source: ${{ steps.set-versions.outputs.hello-theme-source }}
       artifact-name: ${{ steps.set-versions.outputs.artifact-name }}
     steps:
@@ -106,40 +107,35 @@ jobs:
           PACKAGE_VERSION: ${{ steps.set-versions.outputs.hello-theme-version }}
           BUILD_SCRIPT_PATH: "npm run build:prod"
 
+      - name: Verify CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN || secrets.DEVOPS_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          echo "=== CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN pre-check (core build job) ==="
+          if [ -z "${GITHUB_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            echo "CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN: NOT AVAILABLE (secrets.CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN is empty or unset)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN: secret is set (character length=${#GITHUB_TOKEN})"
+          REPO_HTTP=$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
+            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/elementor/elementor")
+          echo "GitHub API repos/elementor/elementor: HTTP ${REPO_HTTP}"
+          if [ "${REPO_HTTP}" != "200" ]; then
+            echo "CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN: failed repository access check (expected HTTP 200)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN: repository access OK"
+
       - name: Download Elementor Core
         id: download-elementor
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN || secrets.DEVOPS_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH="${{ steps.set-versions.outputs.elementor-core-branch }}"
-          echo "Downloading Elementor Core branch: ${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH}"
-
-          # Create Elementor build directory
-          mkdir -p ./tmp
-
-          if [[ "$ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH" == "latest-stable" ]]; then
-            # Download latest stable from WordPress.org
-            curl --location -o ./elementor-core.zip https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elementor.latest-stable.zip
-            unzip -q ./elementor-core.zip
-            mv ./elementor ./tmp/elementor
-            echo "Elementor latest-stable downloaded and extracted"
-            echo "effective-version=latest-stable" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          elif [[ "$ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-            # Download specific version from WordPress.org
-            curl --location -o ./elementor-core.zip "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elementor.${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH}.zip"
-            unzip -q ./elementor-core.zip
-            mv ./elementor ./tmp/elementor
-            echo "Elementor ${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH} downloaded and extracted"
-            echo "effective-version=${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            # For branches like 'main', we need GitHub artifacts
-            # This should be provided by the calling workflow
-            echo "GitHub artifacts for Elementor branches not implemented yet"
-            echo "For now, using latest-stable as fallback"
-            curl --location -o ./elementor-core.zip https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elementor.latest-stable.zip
-            unzip -q ./elementor-core.zip
-            mv ./elementor ./tmp/elementor
-            echo "Using Elementor latest-stable as fallback for branch: ${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH}"
-            echo "effective-version=latest-stable" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
+          bash ./.github/scripts/download-elementor-core.sh \
+            "${{ steps.set-versions.outputs.elementor-core-branch }}" \
+            "./tmp/elementor"
 
       - name: Upload core build artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -157,9 +153,15 @@ jobs:
           echo "| Component       | Version                    | Source               |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "|-----------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "| Hello Theme     | ${{ env.HELLO_THEME_VERSION }} (${{ env.HELLO_THEME_INPUT }}) | ${{ env.HELLO_THEME_SOURCE_TYPE }} |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "| Elementor Core  | ${{ steps.download-elementor.outputs.effective-version }} | WordPress.org/GitHub |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          ELEMENTOR_SOURCE="${{ steps.download-elementor.outputs.install-source }}"
+          if [ "${ELEMENTOR_SOURCE}" = "github" ]; then
+            ELEMENTOR_SOURCE_LABEL="GitHub artifact"
+          else
+            ELEMENTOR_SOURCE_LABEL="WordPress.org"
+          fi
+          echo "| Elementor Core  | ${{ steps.download-elementor.outputs.effective-version }} | ${ELEMENTOR_SOURCE_LABEL} |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "**Strategy:** GitHub source for Hello Theme (always built), WordPress.org for Elementor versions" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "**Strategy:** GitHub source for Hello Theme; Elementor from WordPress.org (GA) or GitHub artifacts (branches)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
 
   core-playwright-tests:
     name: Hello Theme + Elementor Tests
@@ -285,64 +287,20 @@ jobs:
           name: ${{ needs.build-core-components.outputs.artifact-name }}
           path: ./
 
-      - name: Debug and fix artifacts structure
+      - name: Verify Elementor build artifacts
         run: |
-          echo "=== ARTIFACT DEBUG & FIX ==="
-          echo "Current directory contents:"
-          ls -la ./
-          echo ""
-
-          # Ensure tmp directory exists
-          mkdir -p ./tmp
-
-          echo "Checking for Elementor artifacts:"
-          if [ -d "./tmp/elementor" ]; then
-            echo "Elementor directory found in tmp"
-            echo "Contents of ./tmp/elementor/ (first 10):"
-            ls -la ./tmp/elementor/ | head -10
-            
-            # Verify Elementor plugin file
-            if [ -f "./tmp/elementor/elementor.php" ]; then
-              echo "Elementor plugin file verified"
-            else
-              echo "Missing elementor.php - attempting to fix"
-              # Try to find and move Elementor from other locations
-              if [ -d "./elementor" ]; then
-                echo "Found Elementor in root, moving to tmp"
-                mv "./elementor" "./tmp/elementor"
-              else
-                echo "Downloading Elementor latest-stable as fallback"
-                curl --location -o ./elementor-fallback.zip https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elementor.latest-stable.zip
-                unzip -q ./elementor-fallback.zip
-                mv ./elementor ./tmp/elementor
-                echo "Elementor fallback installed"
-              fi
-            fi
-          else
-            echo "No Elementor directory - creating fallback"
-            # Check for loose Elementor files and move them
-            if [ -d "./elementor" ]; then
-              echo "Found Elementor in root, moving to tmp"
-              mv "./elementor" "./tmp/elementor"
-            else
-              echo "Downloading Elementor latest-stable as fallback"
-              curl --location -o ./elementor-fallback.zip https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elementor.latest-stable.zip
-              unzip -q ./elementor-fallback.zip
-              mv ./elementor ./tmp/elementor
-              echo "Elementor fallback installed"
-            fi
+          echo "=== Elementor artifact verification ==="
+          if [ -d "./elementor" ] && [ ! -d "./tmp/elementor" ]; then
+            mkdir -p ./tmp
+            mv "./elementor" "./tmp/elementor"
+            echo "Moved Elementor from workspace root to ./tmp/elementor"
           fi
-
-          echo ""
-          echo "Final verification:"
-          echo "tmp directory contents:"
-          ls -la ./tmp/
-          if [ -f "./tmp/elementor/elementor.php" ]; then
-            echo "Elementor is ready at ./tmp/elementor/"
-          else
-            echo "Elementor setup failed"
+          if [ ! -f "./tmp/elementor/elementor.php" ]; then
+            echo "Elementor plugin missing at ./tmp/elementor/elementor.php"
+            ls -la ./tmp/ 2>/dev/null || true
             exit 1
           fi
+          echo "Elementor plugin verified at ./tmp/elementor/"
 
       - name: Extract Hello Theme build
         uses: ./.github/actions/extract-hello-theme-zip
@@ -542,64 +500,20 @@ jobs:
           name: ${{ needs.build-core-components.outputs.artifact-name }}
           path: ./
 
-      - name: Debug and fix artifacts structure
+      - name: Verify Elementor build artifacts
         run: |
-          echo "=== ARTIFACT DEBUG & FIX ==="
-          echo "Current directory contents:"
-          ls -la ./
-          echo ""
-
-          # Ensure tmp directory exists
-          mkdir -p ./tmp
-
-          echo "Checking for Elementor artifacts:"
-          if [ -d "./tmp/elementor" ]; then
-            echo "Elementor directory found in tmp"
-            echo "Contents of ./tmp/elementor/ (first 10):"
-            ls -la ./tmp/elementor/ | head -10
-            
-            # Verify Elementor plugin file
-            if [ -f "./tmp/elementor/elementor.php" ]; then
-              echo "Elementor plugin file verified"
-            else
-              echo "Missing elementor.php - attempting to fix"
-              # Try to find and move Elementor from other locations
-              if [ -d "./elementor" ]; then
-                echo "Found Elementor in root, moving to tmp"
-                mv "./elementor" "./tmp/elementor"
-              else
-                echo "Downloading Elementor latest-stable as fallback"
-                curl --location -o ./elementor-fallback.zip https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elementor.latest-stable.zip
-                unzip -q ./elementor-fallback.zip
-                mv ./elementor ./tmp/elementor
-                echo "Elementor fallback installed"
-              fi
-            fi
-          else
-            echo "No Elementor directory - creating fallback"
-            # Check for loose Elementor files and move them
-            if [ -d "./elementor" ]; then
-              echo "Found Elementor in root, moving to tmp"
-              mv "./elementor" "./tmp/elementor"
-            else
-              echo "Downloading Elementor latest-stable as fallback"
-              curl --location -o ./elementor-fallback.zip https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elementor.latest-stable.zip
-              unzip -q ./elementor-fallback.zip
-              mv ./elementor ./tmp/elementor
-              echo "Elementor fallback installed"
-            fi
+          echo "=== Elementor artifact verification ==="
+          if [ -d "./elementor" ] && [ ! -d "./tmp/elementor" ]; then
+            mkdir -p ./tmp
+            mv "./elementor" "./tmp/elementor"
+            echo "Moved Elementor from workspace root to ./tmp/elementor"
           fi
-
-          echo ""
-          echo "Final verification:"
-          echo "tmp directory contents:"
-          ls -la ./tmp/
-          if [ -f "./tmp/elementor/elementor.php" ]; then
-            echo "Elementor is ready at ./tmp/elementor/"
-          else
-            echo "Elementor setup failed"
+          if [ ! -f "./tmp/elementor/elementor.php" ]; then
+            echo "Elementor plugin missing at ./tmp/elementor/elementor.php"
+            ls -la ./tmp/ 2>/dev/null || true
             exit 1
           fi
+          echo "Elementor plugin verified at ./tmp/elementor/"
 
       - name: Extract Hello Theme build
         uses: ./.github/actions/extract-hello-theme-zip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-with-specific-hello-plus-version.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-with-specific-hello-plus-version.yml
index 6866b739..6d04190e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-with-specific-hello-plus-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright-with-specific-hello-plus-version.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ on:
         description: "Provide @tag or a keyword"
         required: false
         type: string
+    secrets:
+      CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN:
+        required: true
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && format('pr-{0}', github.event.pull_request.number) || format('plus-{0}-{1}', github.run_id, github.event.inputs.hello_plus_version || github.ref) }}
@@ -116,33 +119,35 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
+      - name: Verify CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN || secrets.DEVOPS_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          echo "=== CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN pre-check (plus build job) ==="
+          if [ -z "${GITHUB_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            echo "CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN: NOT AVAILABLE (secrets.CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN is empty or unset)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN: secret is set (character length=${#GITHUB_TOKEN})"
+          REPO_HTTP=$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
+            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/elementor/elementor")
+          echo "GitHub API repos/elementor/elementor: HTTP ${REPO_HTTP}"
+          if [ "${REPO_HTTP}" != "200" ]; then
+            echo "CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN: failed repository access check (expected HTTP 200)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN: repository access OK"
+
       - name: Download Elementor Core
         id: download-elementor
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN || secrets.DEVOPS_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH="${{ steps.set-versions.outputs.elementor-core-branch }}"
-          echo "Downloading Elementor Core: ${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH}"
-
-          mkdir -p ./tmp
-
-          if [[ "$ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH" == "latest-stable" ]]; then
-            curl --location -o ./elementor-core.zip https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elementor.latest-stable.zip
-            unzip -q ./elementor-core.zip
-            mv ./elementor ./tmp/elementor
-            echo "Elementor latest-stable downloaded and extracted"
-            echo "effective-version=latest-stable" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          elif [[ "$ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-            curl --location -o ./elementor-core.zip "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elementor.${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH}.zip"
-            unzip -q ./elementor-core.zip
-            mv ./elementor ./tmp/elementor
-            echo "Elementor ${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH} downloaded and extracted"
-            echo "effective-version=${ELEMENTOR_CORE_BRANCH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "GitHub artifacts for Elementor branches not implemented; using latest-stable"
-            curl --location -o ./elementor-core.zip https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elementor.latest-stable.zip
-            unzip -q ./elementor-core.zip
-            mv ./elementor ./tmp/elementor
-            echo "effective-version=latest-stable" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
+          bash ./.github/scripts/download-elementor-core.sh \
+            "${{ steps.set-versions.outputs.elementor-core-branch }}" \
+            "./tmp/elementor"
 
       - name: Upload plus build artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -162,9 +167,15 @@ jobs:
           echo "|-----------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "| Hello Theme     | ${{ steps.set-versions.outputs.hello-theme-version }} (${{ steps.set-versions.outputs.hello-theme-input }}) | github (checkout ref) |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "| Hello Plus      | ${{ steps.set-versions.outputs.hello-plus-version }} | WordPress.org        |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "| Elementor Core  | ${{ steps.download-elementor.outputs.effective-version }} | WordPress.org        |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          ELEMENTOR_SOURCE="${{ steps.download-elementor.outputs.install-source }}"
+          if [ "${ELEMENTOR_SOURCE}" = "github" ]; then
+            ELEMENTOR_SOURCE_LABEL="GitHub artifact"
+          else
+            ELEMENTOR_SOURCE_LABEL="WordPress.org"
+          fi
+          echo "| Elementor Core  | ${{ steps.download-elementor.outputs.effective-version }} | ${ELEMENTOR_SOURCE_LABEL} |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "**Strategy:** Same Hello Theme build ref as Core matrix; WordPress.org for Hello Plus and Elementor" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "**Strategy:** Same Hello Theme build ref as Core matrix; Hello Plus from WordPress.org; Elementor from WordPress.org or GitHub artifacts" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
 
   plus-playwright-tests:
     name: Hello Theme + Hello Plus Tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
index 9bb0bff9..3046fc56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install npm dependencies
         run: npm ci
         env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN }}
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN:${{ secrets.CLOUD_DEVOPS_TOKEN || secrets.DEVOPS_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Build plugin
         run: npm run build:prod