What is Divi?

Divi is the popular Wordpress theme for good reason. Divi offers excellent theme options as well as a full drag-and-drop builder. With Divi, your Wordpress website will not require any coding or prior knowledge of website design.

Our Rating

4.85

4.85/5
Templates
4.4/5
Integrations
5/5
Pricing
4.3/5
Ease of Use
4.8/5
SEO (Rank on Google)
4.7/5

Top Features

  • Versatile – Great for any website
  • Excellent desktop, mobile, and tablet website options
  •  Extremely easy to use
  • Quickly copy/extend styles to similar modules
  • Easily add blogs or legal pages with templates
  • Robust design with wireframe editor option

DIVI CHECKLIST

At Santrel Media, we aim to help you make the most of digital marketing and make decisions with confidence.  To make this possible, many of our featured programs are from our partners.  This does not influence our evaluations.  Learn more

At Santrel Media, we aim to help you make the most of digital marketing and make decisions with confidence.  To make this possible, many of our featured programs are from our partners.  This does not influence our evaluations.  Learn more

1. GET A WORDPRESS HOST

  • First, go to https://santrelmedia.com/hostgator (OR CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW)
  •  Choose a domain
  • Create username and password – DO NOT FORGET THESE!

2. INSTALL WORDPRESS

  • Remove unwanted plugins
  • Remove sample pages
  • Remove sample posts
  • Name website
  • Ensure permalink settings are correct

3. GET DIVI

  • Purchase either 1 year or lifetime license
  • Download DIVI.zip file
  • In WordPress, go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme
  • Upload Divi.zip
  • Click “Activate”

4. CREATE A HOMEPAGE

  • FIRST – from dashboard, click Add New > Page
  • Click “Edit with Divi”
  • You will be given three options, I recommend building from scratch first
  • Add a section
    • Add a row within the section
    • Choose number of columns
    • Add a module to the column
    • Edit the module (click on gear icon)
      • There are countless modules to choose from, check out the video for more details
  • Populate this page
  • Make this your homepage
    • From desktop, go to Appearance >  Customize
    • Navigate to Homepage settings, make it a static page, and select the page you made with Divi. This will become your homepage

5. Create A Page from Template

  • FIRST – from dashboard, click Add New > Page
  • Click “Edit with Divi”
  • You will be given three options, select the template option
  • Ensure you are signed into Divi with the correct API Key
  • Choose a template, and import
  • Edit with the same tools as the page built from scratch

6. Optimize Your Header & Menus

  • From the wordpress dashboard, go to Appearance > Menus
  • Select pages, posts, links, and categories, select “Add to Menu”
  • Drag menu items up/down to rearrange, drag to the right to make sub-items
  • Upload your logo to Divi settings
  • Change header settings, color, and overall style

7. Optimize for Mobile & Tablets

  • First, view website in tablet view and mobile view
  • Take note of modules and sections that do not display properly
  • Edit sections with issues
    • Change font size, style, colors, etc.
  •  – OR – hide problem sections on different devices

8. Create Blog Posts

  • From wordpress dashboard, go to Add New > Posts
  • Name your post, add excerpt, add featured image, etc.
  • Click Edit with Divi
  • Create your blog post with the same tools as the page builder

THE NEXT STEPS:

SEO & KEYWORD RESEARCH

  • Create an account with SEMRush
  • Click on Keyword Research > Tools
  • Type in potential targeted keywords or short phrases to determine traffic volumes and difficulty
  • Use these keywords to write relevant blog articles
  • Use the SEMRush SEO tools to improve your website so your blogs rank in Google!

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