Sometimes some people don't understand the differences between Divi and Divi Builder and this may lead to confusion between you and your client (or between the site's creator and the user), especially if the conversation takes place remotely. It is important to distinguish between these two products offered by the ElegantThemes platform.
In this article, we will see exactly what are the differences between Divi and Divi Builder.
1 – What is the Divi Theme?
As its name indicates, the theme Divi is simply a WordPress theme that allows you to benefit from a design that is unique to it.
This theme offers appearance options that generally affect the Header (header) site with menu and logo) and Footer of the website (footer and widgets area), not to mention the Sidebar containing your Widgets and The appearance of your blog page.
Unlike most themes purchased on ThemeForest, for example, the theme Divi ns. Most of the time, these premium themes are delivered and optimized for Visual Composer.
The Divi theme comes with its own page builder (page builder) called DIVI BUILDER.
The particularity of the Divi theme is that the Divi Builder is natively embedded in the theme files. In other words, if you Install Divi theme and that you activate, you do not need to add a page builder, or even the Divi Builder since it is already active in the theme.
You need to understand this shade: no need to install the Divi Builder if you use the Divi Theme.
Read also this article to discover all the assets of the theme Divi : 10 reasons to choose the Divi Theme
2 - What is the Divi Builder?
You understand, the Divi Builder is a plugin. It is an extension that allows to build complex and original layouts, something that does not allow WordPress, for the moment.
The Divi Builder is simply a Page Builder – or Page Builder – in the same line as Visual Composer, Elementor, Beaver Builder, SiteOrigin and j!
As the Divi Builder is an extension, this means that you can install in any WordPress site, regardless of the WordPress theme used. It's compatible.
Like any page builder, once installed and enabled, you will see a purple button to activate the builder and start your layouts.
When you don't need it, you can decide not to activate and use it. classic WordPress editor. It's that simple.
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3 – Example of integration of the Divi Builder on the theme Twenty Seventeen
We just saw it, the Divi Builder is compatible with all WordPress themes... YES, BUT...
Indeed, this extension is compatible and will work But you may have some surprises.
Since each theme is different, each developer coded his/her theme in a way that is unique to him/her, in order to get the right design.
Only, there, when you use the Divi Builder, this replaces only the main page, i.e. the portion allocated to the WordPress editor. The one where you write your content.
Anything that is outside the classical content is not editable via the Divi Builder. This makes sense since this part is managed by the theme. Then you will have to use Theme Builder to act on other parts of the site.
It is therefore possible that you have to inspect the code and make some CSS modifications so that the Divi Builder is perfectly based in the design of your theme.
Sometimes, a few small optimizations are enough, I gave you a video example:
4 - What are the advantages of the Divi Builder?
Although it may have its weaknesses, the Divi Builder is a page builder with many advantages over its competitors:
- It shall be maintained: I mean that this plugin is the favorite and strength of ElegantThemes, so it is continually updated, up to several times a week!
- It evolves and improves with each update: Many features are added to each MAJ
- It is very well thought out: everything is thought so that the user is not lost. I see it in my trainings, I have Elementor and Divi Builder tested in parallel and it's the same speech every time: the Divi Builder is much easier to take in hand and much more UX.
- It can be used in both FRONT and BACK: You can build your layouts from the back office but also from the visitors side. It's very easy.
- He's boarding a lot of layouts. Recently, the Divi Builder allows you to download incredible layouts in 1 click.
- It's not expensive: the Divi Builder is included in the license ofElegantThemes but you can only buy the plugin. In addition, the license gives you the right to use on an unlimited number of sites.
Also read: Layouts are downloadable from the Divi Builder
5 - Recap: the differences between Divi and Divi Builder
To summarize, the differences between Divi and Divi Builder are simple:
- Divi is a theme while the Divi Builder is a plugin
- Divi is usable on any WordPress site – the Divi Buider is usable on any WordPress theme
- Divi takes care of the general design of the site while the Divi Builder takes care of the design of the page or article
Most of you already knew the differences between Divi and Divi Builder but I too often saw comments on Facebook forums and groups about this... Now you can't confuse them anymore!
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