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How to Download and Install the Divi 5 Public Alpha
How to Download and Install the Divi 5 Public Alpha

Learn how to download Divi 5 Public Alpha and explore the latest features and improvements in this early preview version.

Updated over a week ago

The Divi 5 Public Alpha offers users an exclusive first look at our latest performance enhancements, along with a completely redesigned interface for the popular Visual Builder, delivering a faster and more intuitive experience.

This article will guide you through the steps to download Divi 5 Public Alpha and get started with this exciting new version.

⚠️ Important Notes:

  • We do not recommend using Divi 5 Public Alpha on a live production site. Instead, test it in a staging environment or on a local host installation. As Divi 5 is still under active development, you may experience bugs and incomplete features.

  • During the Public Alpha Phase, third-party products from the Divi Marketplace and some Divi 4 features, like WooCommerce modules, won't be fully supported.

  • Unsupported modules migrated with the Divi 5 Migrator System will run in compatibility mode, reducing performance on pages that use these modules or third-party plugins.

Download Divi 5 Public Alpha

  1. Scroll down and click on the Download Divi 5 Public Alpha button

  2. Save the zip file to your computer.

Note: If you're using a Mac with Safari, your zip files will automatically be unzipped. To avoid this, you'll need to adjust your Safari Preferences. Please check How to Fix Issues with Downloading ZIP Files in Safari article for more details.

Install Divi 5 Public Alpha

  1. Log in to your WordPress website

  2. Go to Appearance → Themes

    WordPress Install a new WordPress theme

  3. Click on the Add New Theme button (located at the top)

    WordPress Add New Theme

  4. Click on the Upload Theme button

    WordPress Upload the zip file

  5. Click on Choose File and choose the .zip file downloaded in the previous step

    WordPress - Choose the Zip file

  6. Click on Install Now button

    Install Divi 5 Public Alpha

  7. Click on Activate option

    Activate Divi 5 Public Alpha

⚠️ Important Note: If on your website, you have third-party Marketplace plugins installed, for which their respective authors decided to opt-out of the Divi 5 Public Alpha when activating the Divi 5 Public Alpha theme, you will get the following message:

Divi 5 Public Alpha - Unsupported plugin

To be able to activate the Divi 5 Public Alpha, please deactivate the mentioned plugin(s).

What's next?

Depending on your website content, you can use Divi 5 Public Alpha and create your first page using the new Builder Interface, or if you have installed it on an existing Divi 4 website, migrate your Divi 4 content to the new Divi 5 Framework.

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