Divi + WordPress 5: How is it going in practice? As I write these lines, WordPress should come out tomorrow, Thursday, December 6, 2018. We should all, then, update our WordPress.
Only this major update bears his name: WordPress takes a new turn! All the experience of writing and creating pages/articles will be tested.
I hear it's for our own good...
In a previous article, I told you that Divi was compatible with Gutenberg. That's what we promised Nich Roach 31 July 2018. As a reminder, here is the video:
On July 31st, it was yesterday, but it's been a "lease" in terms of technology! The new milling WordPress 5 has been updated dozens of times since this announcement...
EDIT from Thursday 6 December at 9 p.m.
Here, WordPress has officially come out. As a result, ElegantTheme released a new version of Divi: version 3.18.
My Divi test with WordPress 5 – which dates from 24 hours ago – had been made with the version 3.17.6. Since then, experience and cohabitation has improved!
ElegantTheme fixed a few problems that I mentioned below. So I just retested with WordPress 5 and Divi 3.18... And it's rolling, as this new video shows:
But that's not all! The Visual Builder is now being implemented in the backoffice!!! A super powerful editor who switches in one click from back to front and vice versa! I didn't make a video since the following explains everything:
In addition, Divi added two new options in its settings. Now in the tab Divi > Theme Options > Creator > Advanced You will find this:
- Option Enable The Latest Divi Builder Experience : "the deactivation of this option will load the interface inherited from the Divi Builder when modifying a publication using the classic WordPress publication editor. The inherited editor lacks many features and improvements of the interface, but it can still be used if you encounter problems with the new interface ». In other words, only activate this option if necessary.
- Option Enable Classic Editor : "Use Classic Editor instead of Gutenberg / Block Editor". This means that you no longer need to install the Classic Editor plugin. This option emits the same functionality. You just have to turn it on or off.
But this is just the beginning... As explained Nick Roach in his last article from only a few hours ago (not to say a few minutes), the theme Divi and its Divi Builder will continue to evolve in the coming months.
Ah yes, last thing: it is recommended to update Divi and all your plugins before updating your site to WordPress 5 !!!
Case to follow...
Gutenberg integrates into the heart
That is the real reason for this update. This summer, when I tested Divi with Gutenberg, the latter was just a plugin. The two publishers lived together in complete serenity. An article could be created or edited either with Gutenberg or with Divi or with the classical editor. That's what I explained in my article.
Now, Gutenberg is part of WordPress 5 and you no longer have the choice of construction type on your page or item. That is, by default, when you add a new page, Gutenberg takes the hand...
Divi + WordPress 5 = construction with VISUAL BUILDER only!
Since WordPress 5 comes out tomorrow, I thought it would still be good to test Divi with WordPress 5 without installing the plugin Classic Editor (to be discussed later). Because until now, I've never tested Divi que with Gutenberg as a plugin…
To my surprise, I realized that the purple button "use Divi generator" was no longer visible from the back office.
ElegantTheme had mentioned that integration was for the moment "partial" and that it would improve in the future. But I expected better. With all the delay that took the release of this new version of WordPress, ElegantTheme should have anticipated more and been in the start-in-block... It's just my opinion.
In the next video, you will see how you should use Divi when you have done the update to WordPress 5:
As you could see in this video: you can no longer build your pages from back-office. You will then have to:
- save your page or article under construction
- preview article
- activate the Visual Builder to start build your layout
For now, this is the only way to this experience Divi + WordPress 5. And this, even by activating the display options available via the small icon at the top right (see capture below)
Classic Editor: quiet until 2021?
I was just talking about Classic Editor plugin. This allows us to have a choice. Let's say he's giving us a little respite until 2021... After that date, it will no longer be officially maintained.
In the meantime, thanks to this plugin, you can choose to create or edit a page with former editorwith the Divi Builder (back office), with the Visual Builder or with Gutenberg. It's good to have a choice, right?
If you install and activate the plugin Classic Editor, you will find by default Former WordPress Editor. In this case, you will easily find the purple button that will allow you to build your pages from the back office.
Here's the demo video:
As this video shows, once you activate the plugin Classic Editor, you will find the old functioning WordPress.
Can we create some pages with Divi and others with Gutenberg?
The answer is yes, both live in parallel. Let's say it's either one or the other (This question is often asked by my students).
If you haven't installed Classic Editoryou will not be able to use as the Visual Builder. If on the other hand you have installed the plugin, you will have all the choices available to you.
To get the various choices, you still need to activate a small option that is in the tab Setting > Writing.
For option Classic editor settings, choose then Use the new default editor and include optional links to the classic editor.
So you can choose to add a new page with the classic or default editor with Gutenberg. This video shows you this in detail:
So, ready for the update?
These little explanations may seem anodized to you if you are a confirmed WordPress user. However, if you're a beginner, I hope I've helped you see more clearly.
The future exit of WordPress 5 It's been a lot of noise lately. I had even invited bloggers and bloggers to test Gutenberg Several weeks ago! I hope you won't wake up one morning and see that everything has changed...
But anyway, don't worry, here at the official end of the support of Classic Editor, in 3 years, ElegantTheme will have made a good hundred updates and will have perfectly integrated the Divi Builder into the back office...
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