Elegant theme’s Divi builder is currently the most popular plugin page builder for WordPress. There are two different versions of Divi on the market; the Divi theme and Divi builder a plugin. If you want a WordPress theme that is highly customizable, Divi theme is for you. When you use a different theme, you will need a drag and drop builder.
The Divi builder was introduced in 2015 as a stand alone plugin and has since then evolved to one of the best page builder plugins out on the market. With the Divi builder plugin you can build websites without the need of any coding skills.
Pros
- Visual builder is amazing
- Lifetime option
- Vibrant community with very active Facebook groups
- Many, many templates
Cons
- Backend builder can be slow on poor hosting or long pages
- Shortcodes when you deactivate
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Table of Contents
The Divi Builder Drag & Drop Features
In this section of our review we are going to cover the most important features of the Divi builder plugin.
Let’s see the features and functionalities the Divi builder has to offer.
The Visual Builder Experience
The Divi Builder has both the ‘back-end Builder’ and the Front-end ‘visual builder’ interfaces. Divi builder’s best use is in the visual mode which allows front-end page building on websites. The visual builder which is it’s latest gives a revamping and amazing experience. It is not confined by the dashboard like the standard Back-end Builder.
The visual builder has more configuration and customization options. All its features and functions make content creation and design adjustments faster and easier.

Responsive Editing
Responsive editing is necessitated by the ever-increasing mobile devices in the world. A large percentage of website visitors will use smartphone and tablets instead of desktops.
The Divi builder has Native SRCSET support for all images. The Divi builder automatically makes images responsive to size adjustments.
Its Responsive editing feature allows you to make changes for any element. This will allow you to make your website looking good on any device.

46 Divi modules and 16 WooCommerce modules
Divi modules are the content building blocks used to create websites when using the Divi builder plugin. Without modules, website developers would have to use codes to build their sites. The aim of Divi is to make website development easy. Text can be added through a text module and an image with an image module.
It is much easier to use Divi builder when you have great modules. All the modules are designed to allow you to easily add specific types of content to your website.
The Divi builder comes with 46 innovative modules for the builder Recently Elegat Themes have added an additional 16 new modules for WooCommerce. Each module can be adjusted and customized to the developers’ preference. These modules can be moved by drag and drop within pages. They can also be saved for use on other sites or pages.

Tons of Column Options
Divi visual builder currently has column options and an improved column editing interface. The developer now has an endless list of column design possibilities and options. You can easily add or delete and rearrange columns on the page. The entire column structures can be changed and columns full of modules dragged to new locations. It makes page building a whole new and improved experience for every developer.

Dynamic content
Dynamic content refers to content pulled from your website’s database. Usually, dynamic content is managed via WordPress or your plugins. It can be the website’s title, description. It can even be used in custom fields created by you or your plugins. In the past, all contents of posts built with Divi were quite static. Dynamic content allows all static content to be connected to dynamic content entries.
When you click the dynamic content icon, you’ll get a full list of all available content. Then choose your desired item. Thereafter you can customize its output and connect it to the module. Whenever that content is changed, it will automatically update. It will update within the module, on the page and across the website.
With dynamic content, it is possible to generate content for an entire layout from dynamic sources. It makes the process of creating and updating blog posts simplified. Without touching the builder, you can automatically build posts
Divi Portability Import & Export
The import and export of layouts with the Divi builder are clearly one of its most valuable features. This feature is used to save and send data from one website to another. Improved versions of the builder have more portability options. This portability system provides flexibility for website development. In addition to layouts, libraries, settings, pages and modules are now portable. Thus the Divi portability system works anywhere and transfers anything. The speed and simplicity of achieving this task are quite impressive.

Global Elements & Styles
A Global library item is a Divi module; row or section that syncs between all pages it is used on. It appears exactly the same on any pages it is added to. When changed on one page, it will be updated on other pages it has been added to. This way, you don’t have to edit every single page when you want to make changes.
It is very time-consuming to keep adding the same element on several pages. You can simply make any repeated module or section on your site global. You can selectively sync individual settings for each module. Global modules are not just time savers but they also ensure consistency on your site.

Wireframe mode
Divi’s wireframe view enables prompt editing of page contents. It is easier to locate, move and modify blocks of content on this mode. It makes the visual builder more flexible to varieties of building styles. It can adapt to individual developer’s editing styles, experience and preferences.
Making transitions from visual, mobile device or wireframe view while editing your page is easy. This will come in very handy for those who prefer simple interfaces for editing pages.

The Divi Role Editor
The role editor is a feature used for enabling and disabling permission settings for user roles. It gives the developer the power to control what a WordPress account user can view. Giving users full access to the dashboard may have its consequences. A good number of clients are not familiar with WordPress. They may ruin the design or the website as a whole leaving it to the developer to fix.
The Divi Role Editor has a very easy-to-use interface. There are usually five different roles on WordPress to choose from. The administrator role gives unlimited access and complete control over the site. This role should be disabled in order to protect the site’s themes, plugins and core files.
The ‘editor’ role is a better option for the client. It gives access to edit pages, posts, comments, links, tags and categories. The user cannot access the site’s themes, core files and plugins. The third role is the ‘author’; authors can only access personal posts. The ‘contributor’ can write access and edit but not publish posts. The ‘subscriber’ can only receive updates, read and comment on posts.
After assigning a role, you can define the capabilities and access of the roles. You can also control what types of settings they are allowed to edit. The client will have just the tools required to edit contents.

The Divi Builder Helper With +70 Videos
The Divi builder comes with a help system to assist users. This system consists of over 70 instructional videos. The instructions videos cover a wide range of topics. For almost any issue you encounter, there is a help system. It is a unique system that allows you to watch and follow along while building. You can resize or relocate, pause, turn off and on the video while building. It makes website building a worthwhile experience, especially for newbies.
Multiselect and Bulk Editing
The ‘multi select’ and bulk editing features give speed and efficiency to developers. It allows multiple items to be selected at once. You can select as many items as possible to perform a single action. These bulk actions include drag, drop, cut, copy, delete and paste. The items can come from different rows, columns, modules and sections within a page. You can even perform a bulk edit on a collection of dissimilar items. This feature saves designers the time spent on repetitive and tedious tasks. It is also easy to execute; you hold down the shift key then select the items within the page. Once you select, you can edit the entire collection of items.

Divi Color Manager and Magic Color Suggestions
Divi comes with a new interface that makes it easy to manage colours on your site. All the colours are expanded into their own colour schemes on the colour-scope. Each row consists of unique colour schemes built from colours in your palette.
The colour manager is designed to boost the designer’s creativity. This powerful functionality will also save time and ensure design consistency. It gives quick access to a customizable colour palette for creating desired colour schemes. This colour system is very efficient in many ways:
Access to Recently Used Colors
There is a ‘Recent Colours’ tab system that saves all the recent colours used. It keeps track of all colours designers use. In case you cannot recall the colours used previously, you can always find them. As you explore different ideas, the colours you recently used can be accessed with just a click.
Colour Suggestions
Selecting colours can be quite difficult, time and energy-consuming for designers. To make the designers’ job easier, the Divi builder gives amazing colour suggestions. It uses saved and recently used colours to provide colour suggestions. The colour algorithm works with the principles of colour combinations. The system is automated to find colours that complement the ones in use. These suggestions are displayed in the colour pallet for easy access.

Email Opt-in Provider Support
Divi comes with an email opt-in module for visitors to subscribe to your mailing list. This module supports about 20 popular email marketing providers. Thus, you can build your list from so many platforms. The module is also flexible to accommodate your creative custom designs. You can create custom fields and build segmented lists of subscribers. This module allows you to use a spam protection third party service.
Contact Form Builder
There is a built-in contact forms module for building simple or complex contact forms. The module consists of features such as dropdowns, checkboxes and radio buttons. The contact form comes with field validation rules and conditional logic. Contact forms can be customized to suit the nature of the information required.

Split Testing
Divi comes with a function that allows split testing to evaluate your website. This function is known as Divi Leads. Visitors are used to validate the content and design of the website. You can use Divi Leads to broadcast different versions of your site to different visitors. Divi Leads is a built-in conversion tracking system. It tells how effective each tested variant is. You can test varying colours, headlines or layout using this method. It gives an insight into how the website is in accomplishing the owner’s goals. With this method, you can figure out the effect of each change you make on your site. It tells you whether a change will improve or reduce your conversion rate.
Undo, Redo, & Revisions
Every action you perform while building in the Divi builder is saved into your editing history. You can undo, redo and make revisions with ease. Divi automatically saves your progress when you are working. It works like a digital sketchbook where you can flip forward and backwards. You can make comparisons between changes and navigate through with ease and speed.
Save, Import & Export Elements
Divi comes with layout designs which include modules, rows, sections and pages. However, you are not restricted to using just these pre-made layouts. You can create and save your layouts on the Divi library. These layouts can be easily accessed, edited or re-used on any page on your site. You can also import layouts shared or sold by others into your Divi library. The layouts you created and saved can be exported to other websites.
Translated into 32 Languages
Divi is a global platform that recognizes the needs of non-English speaking users. Hence, Divi has been professionally translated into 32 languages. These the front-end elements, interface, form fields and descriptions. This benefits not just owners and developers but also the website’s visitors. The right to left RTL language support can be enabled on the WordPress dashboard. This changes both the interface and front-end elements to the desired language.
Divi Theme Builder 4.0
The Divi builder version 4.0 comes with a brand new theme builder. It is a fully-featured system for building website templates. With this, you can create your desired website structure. You can edit the headers, footers or any part of the Divi theme.
You can assign your customized template designs to specific parts of your website. It could be blog posts, category pages or your entire website template design. You just create the template and assign it as you desire. There are so many design possibilities that you can make with the theme builder. Here is a list of a few:

Custom Header & Footer Builder
With Divi, you are not restricted to the standard headers and footers. Divi gives you full control of these using its builder and modules. The current Divi 4.0 update gives you more layout options, more control over its elements and design. You can create custom headers and footers for individual parts of the website. You can also create a global header and footer that affects the whole website.

Site-Wide Post & Product Templates
With Divi’s Theme Builder, you can create site-wide posts and product templates. These post and templates will change the structure of posts across your website. You don’t need to code Child Themes to modify your theme’s structure. Everything can be designed in the builder. Posts can be displayed automatically using Divi’s Dynamic Content system.
Custom Category Page
The Theme Builder can also be used to create custom index page designs. This includes custom category feeds. It provides complete control over your website’s category designs. You can use the Divi blog module and its design settings to customize those post feeds.
Other Custom Pages
You can use the theme builder to create custom templates for absolutely anything: Search results, archives, tags, homepages, 404 pages and more. Since you have complete control, you can create your desired structures.
Hundreds of design options
With the Divi builder you have access to amazing design options.
Fonts & Text Styling
Typography is an indispensable part of website designing. It sets the tone of professionalism in the mind of readers. It improves user experience and can influence the success of your website. Thankfully, Divi lets you enjoy a full range of text and font options. There are over eight hundred fonts and a thousand weights and styles. You can pick from these hundreds of web fonts or upload your own. Customization of text sizes, spacing and line-height are possible. You can control all standard text elements like anchor links, lists and block quotes.

Divi Hover Effects
Using Divi’s hover options, you can create all kinds of stunning hover effects. You can carry out very interesting and creative experiments with your hover effects.
The hover options has a unique and amazing interface for designing and customization. Customizing a module’s design on hover is really easy. Enable the river options by clicking the icon above the desired design. Thereafter, you switch to the hover tab to modify and preview the design.

Shape Dividers
Divi’s shape divider is a feature that you can use to give your website a unique flair. It gives you the option of adding custom shapes and effects to your website. They can be used as transitions between blocks of content on your pages. You can achieve this by placing them above or below sections on your pages.
There are twenty-six shapes to choose from. Each of these can be resized, flipped, combined or repeated. You can get creative in designing perfect shapes to add beauty to your website. Divi’s shape dividers are very easy to use and customize.

Border Options
Divi makes it easy to manage border options. For all modules, rows and sections you can use the new border options interface. It is a very simple and intuitive UI. You can customize your border colour, size and style. Each edge can be adjusted individually to suit your taste.

Animations
Good animations can lure users to engage on your website and give life to your page. Animations on Divi have seven different styles. They include; Fade Slide, Bounce, Zoom, Flip, Fold and Roll. Each different animation style creates a unique effect for different types of content. Each style can be highly customized using advanced animation controls. You can make your animations fast and snappy or slow and subtle. You can add and combine animations to any elements on your website. The right speed, intensity and timing can make your page come alive.

Drop Shadows
Every module, row and section in the Divi Builder has a full set of box shadow options. Creating and customizing these shadows is very easy to do in the Visual Builder. You can control the shadows’ colour, position, blur, strength and build inset and outset shadows.

Text Shadows
Adding great text shadows to your page is now simpler than ever. Thanks to the shadow that can be applied to any text element with a single click. It has five pre-designed text-shadow styles that work great with any text size. These styles are perfect starting points for further customizations. The current text shadows interface works with all modules.

Transform Controls & Effects
The Transforms interface has been built to allow for visual control over your design. With Transform controls, you can adjust the appearance of any module, row or section. This is easily done using a combination of settings. Divi visual controls describe each transformation in an attractive way. You can watch elements transform right before your eyes on the page. This feature is made more perfect by the tons of design possibilities available.

Filters & Effects
Divi has a full range of colours, filters, effects and blend modes for website building. These can be applied to any image, modules, rows or sections. There are Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Contrast, Invert, Blur, Opacity and Sepia controls. These controls allow you to quickly adjust the appearance of any element.

Background Options
The sections, rows, columns and modules on Divi have background options. These background options come in four tabs: Color, Image, Gradient and Video. Within each tab, you can enable the background style. Relevant settings for particular styles can be configured in the tabs. Every option related to background images is inside the background image tab. This is same for the other tabs.

Advanced Code Editing
Developers who use custom CSS and custom code in Divi will find this feature exciting. Using your CSS rules, every part of every module can be customized. The custom code can be added to various parts of the website.
It features rich syntax highlighting that makes it much easier to read and understand codes. Everything you write will be colour coded and formatted automatically. Also, all lines will be numbered for your reference. The advanced code editor makes writing and editing of codes much easier.
WooBuilder for WooCommerce
The WooCommerce Builder consists of modules that can be used to customize product pages. It can also be used to build product listing on your website. Enabling Divi Builder on a WooCommerce product automatically transforms the standard product template. The template is transformed into a collection of customizable WooCommerce modules.
16 WooCommerce Modules
The Divi builder has 16 Modules for WooCommerce that allow you to create and control any WooCommerce element. You can decide what shows up on your product listings and move things around. You can even mix WooCommerce modules with standard Divi modules to create anything. These modules come with the full range of the countless Divi design settings.
100+ Full Website Packs
Divi Builder has over a 100+ website packs that you can browse through and import onto your page. Divi layouts are organized into complete website packs. Each pack has 7 to 8 individually-designed pages suited for each particular type of website. These packs are designed in a unique and cohesive style that can be modified to meet your needs.
Every Divi user has instant access to countless world-class designs. These designs are on a variety of subjects inside the Divi Builder. All you need to do is import the design and add your content.

Quick Access to Premade Layouts
All of Divi’s amazing layout packs can now be browsed and searched within the builder. You can simply click on your desired category for a list of relevant layout packs. Thereafter, you click on any pack to view all of the page layouts it includes. Once you find a layout that you want to use, it can be imported directly onto your page. That is the page where the design and content can be easily customized.
Premium Divi Child Themes
There are many Divi developers in the communiti that build custom Divi child themes. A child themes is a customized design with more functions and pages. These design can be bought from several marketplace such as our own Divi marketplace.
Things That Could Be Better
Backend builder can be slow on long pages
Compared to other page builders, the backend of the Divi builder can be quite slow. This occurs when it is used in a poor hosting environment and or on long pages. It may affect your workflow. However, if you have a decent hosting, this should not be an issue for you.
Shortcodes When You Deactivate
Divi Builder is a shortcode based builder. As long as the Divi builder is active, these shortcodes will be replaced with your intended layout. Unfortunately, Divi’s custom shortcodes do not transfer to other page builders like Elementor, BeaverBuilder or WPBakery. In other words, it’s a pain switching away from Divi to another page builder. If you plan to use only Divi, this is not a problem. However, if you want to switch to another page builder, you’ll have to build the website from scratch.
Divi Builder Pricing
With all these attractive features, how much does Divi really cost? Elegant Themes offers you two pricing packages. You can spring for the $89/year package or go with the $249 one-time payment. All packages come with Divi, Extra, Bloom, Monarch and product updates. Stellar support, hundreds of website packs and unlimited website usage are also part of the pack.

Final Thoughts
Divi Builder is a truly flexible tool that can be used to create any type of website with WordPress. Its years of existence have witnessed so many thoughtful improvements. Divi Builder gets more attractive with each new update.
The Divi builder is my to go page builder for manny years.