by Ernie St Gelais | May 12, 2026 | Divi, Articles, Divi 5
The Gist Divi costs $89 per year, $249 one-time for the lifetime plan, or $277 per year for Divi Pro with AI, Cloud, VIP support, and Teams bundled in. Every plan includes unlimited website usage, the Divi theme, the Divi Builder plugin, Extra, Bloom, and Monarch. No...
by Ernie St Gelais | Apr 29, 2026 | Divi, Divi 5, Reviews
The Gist Divi 5 is genuinely good. The architecture rebuild cut frontend JavaScript by 84% (276 KB to 45 KB) and CSS by 94% (860 KB to 54 KB), which translates into pages that load 2-4x faster than Divi 4. The biggest win for site owners is server response time. Divi...
by Ernie St Gelais | Apr 23, 2026 | WordPress, Articles
If you want to add a custom function, a CSS tweak, or a tracking script to a WordPress site, you have two real options. Build a child theme, or install a snippets plugin. The code snippets vs child theme debate used to have one socially acceptable answer, and it was...
by Ernie St Gelais | Apr 22, 2026 | Articles, Divi, Divi 5
The Gist Divi 5 is free for any active Divi member and ships through the normal theme update path once you opt in under Divi > Dashboard > Enable Divi 5 Updates. You need Divi 4.27.6 or higher before the opt-in appears. If you want to install manually, download...
by Ernie St Gelais | Apr 17, 2026 | Articles, Divi, Divi 5
The Gist Divi 5 officially launched on February 26, 2026, after more than three years of development that started with a November 2022 announcement. The project went through five distinct public phases: Developer Alpha, Developer Beta, Public Alpha, Public Beta, and...
