Moving from Divi 4 to Divi 5: what actually changes, what breaks, and how to plan a migration that does not surprise you.
The Divi 5 release date was February 26, 2026. That’s the day Elegant Themes removed the beta label and pushed Divi 5 as the default production version for all members. If you’ve been waiting to hear “it’s officially out” before making any migration plans, this is your green light.
Divi is both a WordPress theme and a standalone plugin, and that’s exactly where the confusion starts. Elegant Themes sells two separate products under the Divi name: the Divi Theme (a full WordPress theme with the visual builder integrated) and the Divi Builder Plugin (a standalone page builder that works with any WordPress theme). Both are included in every Elegant Themes membership, so you never have to buy them separately.
Divi 5 launched in February and I have been moving client sites across ever since. The upgrade is worth doing, but pushing the button on a production site and hoping for the best is how people get hurt. Every site I migrated had at least one thing that needed fixing.
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