Grid layouts offer a structured yet flexible way to organize content, enhance the user experience, and ensure seamless responsiveness across devices. With the release of Divi 5 Public Alpha, web designers have a new toolset to create beautiful grid layouts that push creative boundaries. With a completely redesigned Visual Builder and powerful new features like Nested Rows, Advanced Units, and Module Groups, you can easily build layered, complex layouts.
In this post, we’ll showcase grid layouts you can easily build with Divi 5, from symmetrical feature grids to dynamic masonry blogs and interactive portfolio showcases. Whether you’re designing a portfolio, e-commerce store, or corporate website, these layouts will inspire you to elevate your designs and captivate your audience.
Let’s explore how Divi 5’s advanced features make these creative grid-style layouts possible.
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- 1 Key Divi 5 Features For Grid Layouts
- 2 10 Creative Grid Layout Examples In Divi 5
- 3 Tips for Creating Effective Grid Layouts in Divi 5
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- 7 Unleash Creativity With Divi 5
Key Divi 5 Features For Grid Layouts
Divi 5’s rebuilt foundation introduces features that make creating grid layouts easier than ever. These tools allow designers to create complex, visually appealing grids with precision and efficiency, all while maintaining flexibility across devices. Below, we explore the key Divi 5 features that make crafting beautiful grid layouts possible.
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Nested Rows
Divi 5’s Nested Rows feature allows you to place rows within rows, offering infinite nestability to create intricate grid structures with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. This functionality simplifies the design of multi-layered grids, giving you precise control over module placement.
Whether building a complex product showcase or a layered portfolio grid, Nexted Rows enables you to organize content more smartly, making your layouts dynamic and visually engaging.
Customizable Breakpoints
Responsive design is critical for modern websites, and Divi 5’s Customizable Breakpoints make it easy to ensure your grids look flawless on any device. You can utilize seven desktops, tablets, and mobile breakpoints, allowing grids to adapt seamlessly to various screen sizes.
Paired with Canvas Scaling, which provides real-time previews of your layouts at different breakpoints within the Visual Builder, this feature ensures your grids are optimized for responsiveness, delivering a consistent user experience across all devices.
Module Groups
Module Groups streamline the process of designing and maintaining consistent grid aesthetics. By grouping modules together, you can apply collective styling and reuse these groups across multiple pages, saving time and ensuring design consistency.
This is particularly useful for grid layouts like blog posts or product cards, where consistent design elements — such as fonts, colors, or hover effects — are essential for a cohesive look throughout your site.
Design Variables
With Design Variables, Divi 5 offers centralized management of key design elements like colors, fonts, links, typography, and more. This feature ensures uniformity across your grid layouts — and your entire website — making it easy to maintain a consistent visual identity. Styles are set in the Variable Manager and can be applied wherever you want
Need to update a color or font style? Design Variables allow you to make changes in one place, instantly applying them across all sections and pages, streamlining your workflow, and keeping your designs polished.
Advanced Units
Divi 5’s Advanced Units give you granular control over spacing and sizing with options like vw, vh, rem, and em. These units enable dynamic and responsive grid layouts that scale perfectly across devices. You can adjust padding, margins, or element sizes with the Variable Manager. Advanced Units provide the flexibility to align and precisely scale grid components, ensuring your layouts are functional and visually harmonious.
Attribute Management
Attribute Management accelerates the design process by allowing you to copy, paste, and reset attributes across design elements. This feature is paramount for applying consistent styles, such as hover effect or spacing, to multiple modules. By reducing repetitive tasks, Attribute Management lets you focus on creativity while speeding up the development of complex grid layouts.
These Divi 5 features work together to provide unparalleled flexibility and efficiency, making it easier to create stunning, responsive grid layouts that enhance user experience and elevate your web designs.
10 Creative Grid Layout Examples In Divi 5
Grid layouts are a cornerstone of modern web design, and with Divi 5, building them has never been easier. Whether you’re showcasing products, portfolios, team members, or FAQs, Divi 5 is capable of building layouts that are functional and visually stunning. Let’s look at 10 examples of grid layouts you can create with Divi 5.
1. Symmetrical Feature Grid
Symmetrical feature grids offer a great way to showcase products, services, or portfolio items cleanly and organized. This grid style is perfect for highlighting structured content and is versatile in its application. They can be used for business websites, portfolios, and landing pages, offering a polished look that guides users through information effortlessly.
In the example below, we built a four-column grid to showcase an apothecary business. We can achieve a professional, polished look in minutes using nested rows, module groups, and attribute management.
2. Masonry Grid
A masonry grid is a dynamic, Pinterest-style layout that arranges blog posts, portfolio items, or even recipes of varying heights in a visually engaging, tightly packed grid. Unlike traditional grids with fixed row heights, masonry grids allow content to flow naturally, filling vertical gaps to create a seamless, organic look. This grid style is perfect for websites that prioritize visual storytelling, such as blogs, magazines, or creative portfolios. With Divi 5’s native features, creating a stylish and responsive masonry grid is intuitive and efficient.
In the example below, we combined Nested Rows and Module Groups to create a masonry grid for recipes, using Divi’s shortcuts to duplicate groups faster.
3. Interactive Portfolio Grid
An interactive portfolio grid layout provides an engaging way to showcase your work. You can incorporate lightbox popups, hover effects, buttons, and more to allow users to explore your content. This grid style is excellent for websites that aim to captivate their audience with visual work, such as photography, design, or both, while providing seamless navigation and interactivity.
With Divi 5’s advanced features, designers can create responsive, user-friendly portfolio grids that highlight creative work effectively.
4. Product Showcase Grid
A product showcase grid offers a unique way to feature your best sellers, featured products, or new products you’re introducing to the world. You can create a structured, visually appealing layout with images, titles, prices, and buttons optimized for e-commerce stores. Using a grid layout, you can create a clean, organized layout to make it easy for users to browse and make purchasing decisions.
With Divi 5, you can utilize powerful features to create responsive, brand-consistent layouts that drive engagement and conversions.
5. Team Member Grid
Team member grids allow you to showcase team profiles with images, names, roles, and social links. This grid style creates a professional and approachable presentation, making it ideal for websites highlighting their team’s expertise and personality. Team grids are perfect for corporate sites, agencies, or non-profits but can be applied on any site where you need to showcase people.
In the example below, we use a three-column grid with Nested Rows and apply Design Variables to control font size responsively.
6. Services Grid
A grid layout is a great way to showcase a company’s services. It highlights services in an organized, scannable format, making it ideal for websites that need to communicate their value propositions. Perfect for agencies, freelancers, or service-based businesses, the grid uses Divi 5’s advanced features to create responsive, engaging layouts that drive client inquiries and conversions.
In the example below, we used a four-column row, assigned a calc() formula for row spacing, and incorporated Module Groups and Nested Rows to speed up the design process.
7. Event Schedule Grid
The event schedule grid style is perfect for organizing and presenting time-sensitive information professionally and uncluttered, making it ideal for websites hosting events like conferences, workshops, or community gatherings. Divi 5’s features allow you to add dates, titles, and descriptions in a grid format, making it easy for visitors to find what they want.
The example below showcases a three-column layout with Nested Rows to display events functionally and aesthetically.
8. Pricing Table Grid
Divi 4 (and Divi 5) come with a pricing module, but it is limited to pricing, a button, and bullet points. For those looking to expand on Divi’s native functionality and build a pricing grid catered to their needs, Divi 5 provides a way to do it. You can create a pricing grid that stunningly displays your content by using Nested Rows, Module Groups, and Attribute Management.
For example, you can create a three-column layout that provides pricing, features, and multiple buttons without having to conform to the limitations of the built-in pricing module. You can tweak responsive settings for smaller screens and then create an Option Group Preset for 50% width columns, ensuring your columns line up perfectly on tablet and mobile.
9. FAQ Accordion Grid
Having an FAQ section on your website can help users access a list of frequently asked questions, giving them a better idea of what you offer. This grid style combines the clarity of a grid with the interactivity of accordion modules, making it ideal for websites that need to provide concise, accessible information. Perfect for support pages, help centers, or informational sites, the FAQ grid leverages Divi 5’s robust features to create responsive, engaging layouts that enhance user experience.
In this example, we used Nested Rows to create an engaging FAQ section with informational videos and Q&A to provide users with the relevant information they need to make an informed decision.
10. Image Gallery Grid
A gallery grid with a lightbox popup is a visually striking way to showcase photography, portfolio examples, or other images. This grid style is perfect for showcasing visual storytelling, making it ideal for websites that prioritize stunning imagery, like art galleries, travel blogs, or photography. With Divi 5, designers can create responsive, engaging gallery grids that captivate.
In the example below, we use a simple four-column layout to showcase images. For an added touch, we enabled lightbox on the images and added a social sharing module at the bottom right corner of each photo.
Tips for Creating Effective Grid Layouts in Divi 5
Thanks to Divi 5’s powerful, flexible features, building effective grid layouts is easier than ever. Whether you’re building a feature grid or a dynamic image gallery with overlay elements, these tips will help you maximize Divi 5’s capabilities to create responsive, cohesive, and efficient designs that boost your website’s user experience.
1. Leverage Nested Rows
Divi 5’s Nested Rows feature creates complex, multi-layered grid structures. You can organize content by nesting rows within rows, such as placing images and text within a single grid cell for precise alignment. Nested Rows are perfect for building layouts like portfolio grids or event schedules, giving you the flexibility to design creative, structured grids.
2. Optimize For Responsiveness
Using Canvas Scaling and Customizable Breakpoints, you can ensure your grids look flawless on every device. Test layouts within the Visual Builder in real time to preview how they adapt across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. You can adjust column widths, spacing, or font sizes at specific breakpoints to maintain usability and visual appeal. With Divi 5’s Customizable Breakpoints, you can ensure a seamless experience for all users, from large screens to smartphones.
3. Use Module Groups For Efficiency
Module Groups in Divi 5 can streamline your workflow by grouping similar grid elements, such as product cards or team member profiles. You can simultaneously apply consistent styling — fonts, colors, hover effects, etc. — to multiple modules and reuse them across pages. This is a time-saver for maintaining uniformity in grids like pricing tables or FAQs, reducing repetitive edits, and ensuring a polished look.
4. Maintain Consistency With Design Variables
Use Design Variables to centralize control over colors, fonts, spacing, links, and more. By defining these elements in one place, you can update styles globally, perfect for keeping service grids or gallery layouts visually harmonious.
5. Experiment With Advanced Units
Enhance your grids’ flexibility by using Advanced Units like vh, vw, rem, calc(), or clamp() for dynamic spacing and sizing. These units allow your grid elements to scale fluidly based on viewport size or font settings, ensuring responsiveness and visual balance.
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Unleash Creativity With Divi 5
Divi 5‘s suite of features, from Nested Rows to Attribute Management, allows designers to easily build versatile, responsive, and visually stunning grid layouts. Divi 5 provides unparalleled flexibility, precision, and efficiency to create any grid layout, from feature grids to interactive portfolios. Whether you’re building an e-commerce website, an about page, or an FAQ section, Divi 5’s modern interface and enhanced capabilities make bringing your creative vision to life simple.
Are you ready to explore the possibilities? Dive into the Divi 5 Public Alpha to experiment with creating your grid layouts. As previously mentioned, Divi 5 is suitable for new websites, but we don’t recommend using it on existing sites, at least not yet.
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