439 - Why We're Sticking with Divi 5 with Ania Romańska

When Divi came onto the scene and introduced the visual builder (in 2016), it became THE most popular visual builder for WordPress.

But now, it’s a decade later, and what was revolutionary back then isn’t cutting it in 2026.

Divi has been in a transition over the last couple of years since the announcement of Divi 5, which was a complete, modern rebuild.

Many others and I, who were early adopters (I started using it in September 2024), have had to show patience, persistence, and perseverance through the many updates, bug fixes, UX and builder changes. Many Divi designers didn’t last through the transition and abandoned the Divi ship for other WordPress page builder alternatives…, but like me, many Divi designers have grown to embrace and even love the new Divi 5 experience, for many reasons.

One of those designers is my good friend Ania Romanska with Divi Lover.

In this episode, we dug into our experience with transitioning from Divi 4 to Divi 5, what we love about it, what we’re excited about, and what we’re still frustrated with/hoping they address soon.

And speaking of Ania, she is one of THE BEST Divi designers I know and has a real knack for not only designing websites, but creating a “Design System” that you can replicate and build on site after site after site after site, making website builds faster, more efficient, and more fun.

She’s hosting the next Divi 5 Design System Workshop Sept 7th-9th, 2026!

The value you get for only $97 is absolutely wild, but as a listener of the show, you can use my code JOSHHALL at checkout for 30% OFF! Only $67 to learn how to master Divi 5 with a complete, workable design system that you can use over and over again.

Head to joshhall.co/workshop to secure your seat

Again, use coupon code JOSHHALL at checkout for 30% off.

P.S. I’ll be there learning right beside you because I’m taking this workshop as well as promoting it! I know Divi 5 pretty well but have not kept up with the recent updates so I’m excited to learn from someone who may know Divi 5 better than anyone I know.

Head to the show notes to get all links and resources we mentioned, along with a full transcription of this episode at joshhall.co/439

Join the → 2026 Divi 5 Design System Workshop by Ania with Divi Lover

Use code JOSHHALL for 30% OFF! (only $67 with discount)

Runs Mon Sep 7 - Wed Sep 9

I'll be there learning from Ania as well! See you there,

Josh