Divi 5 is here. Not in some distant future, not in a limited capacity. It’s here now, it’s being used on many production sites, and it’s waiting for you to start using it.
Now, the question isn’t whether to migrate to Divi 5. It’s when. And that is in your hands until the official release.
The Public Beta phase means we’ve reached a level of stability and feature completeness that we’re genuinely confident in. This isn’t beta in the traditional sense where you’re signing up to find bugs. This is a mature, tested product that we’re making available to everyone, on your timeline, with backward compatibility that is fully in place.
Find out everything you need to know about the Public Beta below.
What The Public Beta Means For You
Public Beta is finally here. After months of rigorous testing through the Public Alpha phase, we’ve reached the milestone we’ve been working toward: Divi 5 is ready for widespread adoption!
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The five-phase release strategy was designed with this exact moment in mind. Public Beta is the final stage before Divi 5 becomes a standard theme update in the WordPress dashboard. Right now, you’re in control. You can update on your terms, test your sites in staging environments, and migrate at your own pace. This is your window to make the switch deliberately, rather than log in one day to see it has happened automatically.
Divi 5 moved from Alpha to Beta because the migration framework is ready for broader testing. Migration bugs may still exist, especially on complex or highly customized sites, so please back up your website and test the migrator on a staging copy first. If you encounter any issues, please report them, and we’ll prioritize fixes as we approach the final release.
What’s New Inside Divi 5?
If you’ve been watching from the sidelines, wondering if Divi 5 is worth the switch, here’s what you need to know:
It’s A Better Builder
We’ve added so many features to Divi 5 that it is essentially a completely upgraded builder. Everywhere you look, there’s an improvement, a new option, or a better way of doing things.
A new feature was released every 10.8 days during the Public Alpha
The first reason you should make the switch is that you are simply sitting on a treasure trove of features that will either make your website better or better help you build websites.
Flexbox and CSS Grid are first-class layout systems now, giving you precision control without custom CSS workarounds. How many past tutorials from this blog had “display: flex;” as a step? That’s not needed anymore, it’s built in!
Design Variables let you define colors, fonts, and spacing once and apply them site-wide.
The Responsive Editor with Customizable Breakpoints means you control exactly how your design adapts across devices.
Interactions bring a new way to create interactions and trigger animations without requiring custom JavaScript.
The Loop Builder handles dynamic content natively instead of forcing you into third-party solutions.
And the WooCommerce Module suite is now complete, too. Everything from Product Modules to cart and checkout functionality is now Divi 5 native. If you’ve been holding back because you were waiting on Ecommerce, that barrier is gone.
The list goes on and on and on. Dozens of features that make the switch to Divi 5 a no-brainer.
Faster, Smoother, More Reliable
The performance improvements are real and measurable. Users in the Divi Facebook group are posting PageSpeed Insights scores that took serious effort to achieve on Divi 4. Sites load faster on the front end, and thankfully, the builder responds instantly on the backend, too.
But it’s not just speed. Divi 5 solves persistent bugs that have plagued Divi 4 for years. The double-reloading issue, performance degradation on complex pages. These weren’t fixable in Divi 4’s architecture. But they are already ironed out in Divi 5.
How To Migrate Now
The migration process is straightforward, but preparation matters. Here’s the step-by-step path that works for most sites:
Step 1: Back up your site. Use your host’s backup tools, a backup plugin, or manual export — whatever gives you confidence you can restore if needed. This is non-negotiable.
Step 2: Set up a staging environment. Test the Divi 5 update there first. Most quality hosts offer one-click staging. If yours doesn’t, create a subdomain and clone your site manually. The goal is to see how your site renders and functions without risking production.
Step 3: Download and install Divi 5 on staging. Go to your Members Area, download the Divi 5 theme file, and install it. WordPress will recognize it as Divi and handle the upgrade path.
Step 4: Run the Migrator. The Migrator will scan your website and give you an overview of the content that is ready to be converted. It will also let you know if you are using third-party modules from the Divi Marketplace that aren’t prepared for Divi 5.
You can proceed with the migration even if your website uses incompatible modules, but these modules won’t be converted and will run in backward compatibility mode.
Step 5: Test critical functionality. Check your most important pages. Test forms, dynamic content, WooCommerce, and any Presets or Globals. Click through your site like a visitor would and just make sure everything is as it should be.
Step 6: If everything looks good, go ahead and push that staging site live when you are ready.
That’s it. For most sites, the migration is genuinely painless. For the rest, it either involves some minor cosmetic edits or a safe fallback until a later time.
Backward Compatibility Mode
The elephant in the room for most Divi 4 users is the migration question: Will my site break?
The short answer is no. The long answer is Backward Compatibility.
We’ve built a comprehensive backward compatibility system that acts as a bridge between Divi 4 and Divi 5 for currently unsupported modules.
All native modules and layouts should be migrated to Divi 5, but some third-party extensions may not have a Divi 5 version just yet.
If this is the case when you migrate, your existing Divi 4-only modules, layouts, and customizations don’t vanish or break. They render through the compatibility layer, ensuring your site functions exactly as before.
Is it perfect? No. Edge cases exist, especially on heavily customized sites that rely on a lot of different third-party Divi Extensions. But for the vast majority of sites, the migration is genuinely painless. We’ve tested this exhaustively through thousands of alpha users, learned from edge cases, and hardened the system considerably.
Remember, other builders on the market didn’t build for backward compatibility, but we did because your existing websites matter to you, and they matter to us.
Who Should Migrate Now (And Who Should Wait)
You’re ready for Public Beta if:
- You’re building new sites. This is the no-brainer scenario. Divi 5 is production-ready, performant, and full of tools that save you time. If you’re starting from scratch, there’s no reason to use Divi 4.
- You’re running a typical Divi 4 site with standard customizations. Since your site is straightforward, there is a limited risk of visual regression while migrating.
- You want to be in control of the process. Many managed hosting environments auto-update themes and plugins. It’s better to update now on your own terms than leave it for the big release.
Proceed with caution if:
- You’ve built heavily customized sites with lots of third-party extensions. You should definitely try it out on a staging site to see what you can learn, but it may be too early for you right now to fully port over.
Switch Over To Divi 5 Today
Start with a new site or your staging environment. Spend an hour with it. Build something. You’ll notice the speed and the new features. You might just fall in love with web design again and see why we’re eager for Divi 5 to just become Divi.
There’s no cause for worry when you are ready to make the switch. Everything is in place. Backward compatibility is working very well. Support is standing by. You’re in control when you’re ready, and we are here to help.
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