Is The Divi WordPress Theme Dying?

I love Divi too much but now Divi is so slow, to big code in pages. I think i will go try Kadence

I feel that Divi’s new take on blocks will be a game changer for them.

While there are some stiff competitors out there, Divi has the advantage of being tried and true and actually been around way longer.

I feel that there are 3 thing’s that could take Divi to a new playing field.

1. Introduce a popup/modal maker without having to rely on a 3rd party plugin.

2. More form functionality to bring it up to speed with what the others are offering.

3. Introduce a custom loop builder.

no

I'll continue to use Divi because I love working with Divi, clients love Divi sites, and I'm just not going to be led around by the nose by Google or any industry 'consensus' telling me I need to use some blocks, Gutenberg, some less capable page builder, theme… or my pages need to have some 99-100 score.. because Google says so… Google.. we're being jerked around by Google.

I've been trying to move away from Divi to building sites with the block editor and have found learning block theme development to be an absolute brick wall so far. That's really what's keeping me using Divi right now. I've built a dozen or so websites with it and I find I'm always wanting to do things Divi doesn't allow for and building on top of it and the builder REALLY doesn't like displaying pages built with the Divi Builder that are also loading even small amounts of external CSS. Plus the longer and more involved sites I've built quickly become buggy. Divi is always forgetting saying thinhs like 'failed to load your saved layouts', or the builder loads to a white screen. I have one site where the builder now crashes the browser when activated in Firefox but still works in Chrome… no idea why! I'd love to get away from Divi have really struggled to match the functionality and knowledge with Gutenberg.

AI is moving very fast and at this point, nothing is stopping it. Millions of jobs will be affected worldwide once companies embrace the use of AI. Its like movie terminator in real life.

After updating Divi elegant themes, Ive been unable to edit my website. All different and I hate it. No edits work and very confusing.

I think it is dying because it got way too complicated.

It's a so slow and sluggish builder. Sometimes it crashes and I lost my works. It's also annoying with its responsive screen devices,when you edit one, it's updating others also causing you to go back and forth typing the same thing. So many duplicating tasks.
After using it for a few months, i regret buying it.

DIVI is going to thrive after the block addon function. I've tried other themes and plugins. But I eventually found out that I love DIVI the most. And I am going to promote and educate people in China about DIVI with WP.

Divi is going down. No doubt about it. I have 6 Divi sites and I'm converting all of them to Kadence. I've had enough of this bloated theme.

Divi is not dying, but wasting your time pondering the future is.

I gave a like just for the cats…thanks

We are a Divi shop and slowdowns in growth is a natural business process and to be expected.

Jamie I am a wellness professional who has a few simple websites built on Weebly, which was fairly easy to use however hard to customize a lot without knowing any coding language.
When I paid a 1-year Divi plan a few years ago my illusion was that I can learn Divi and create a few websites for my work. I regret I did not have a budget to get e lifetime license which would be most cost-effective. It's a few years later now and I am still paying for Divi per year (deciding what to do now), and I have a love-hate relationship with Divi to be honest. I think for anyone not aiming at web design as a career or a side job, it is just way too complex and even figuring out how WP menu works took me a while (I am a photographer in the past and do video editing, so not completely non-techy, can learn some things fast, but not Divi).

So I'd like to know your opinion on whether Divi is a good choice for poeple who are not as efficient tech wise. I did build a couple of landing pages, but it took forever.
Still not giving up yet some Eastern-European colleagues recommend Tilda rather for the landing pages and some websites. Have you compared Divi to TIlda and Squarespace? Elementor is too pricey for my budget. haven't tired Squarespace and Shopify. It is expensive to have a few of the platforms, I am already paying for the hosting, Divi, Weebly. Also services of web designers are out of my budget usually.

In terms of type of websites I need various ones 1) landing pages for projects 2) a wellness website with products, info pages and a blog 3) same for astrology 4) online store for my indie jewelry brand (which is more like a hobby so not sure if Shopify would be worth it, I create designs when time allows and have been selling locally at showcases mainly but people often ask about an online store, etsy is not my thing).
5) a video project website 6) a personal website with photo-video related (portfolio, affiliate product links, rates, occasional articles).

A better question is, Is WordPress dying? Gutenberg is trying to overlay js (React) on top of PHP and it's a mess. Double coding essentially if you really want to do something out of the box with your site. Someone who uses Gutenberg blocks in the editor can't get dynamic content. The content always stays the same. At least Divi gives access to dynamic. WordPress is just trying to sprinkle powdered sugar on a, ahem… I've stayed with the old template file system in my dev biz while learning about blocks. I open blocks to my customers according to their needs and tell WordPress not to show them what they don't so they don't mess up the design or get overloaded by too many choices. My two cents.

The stats shared for DIVI, also spread across other competitor tools (e.g. Elementor, etc.) equally. In addition to tools and frameworks, Elegant Themes has approached its core business from Website-Builders, resellers and affiliate programs. What Elegant Themes excels at is consistency, which is not matched by the rest of industry.

The simple truth is that the normal path for DIVI's future is via continuous improvement (like anyone else), which they are clearly great at, and continue to prove since their start.

So, regardless of market trends loyalty will remain stable. Value added features (DIVI Cloud. DIVI Teams, DIVI VIP support, etc.) has and will continue to cement the partner community relationship.

Elegant Themes 2023-2024 upcoming improvements, their commitment to API's, and a new back-end realignment will seal the deal for any future competition or at least the ones that actually think they want or would like to be competitors of DIVI. There is a new trend of moving WP core installs into Cloud-Providers, resulting in operational value added qualities and features that are unheard off in blogging and the list goes on! DIVI amplify's the value added feature for websites.

There is no going back for DIVI's future, it's just not going to happen. DIVI is here to stay! The ultimate test will reflects on ALL the operational & working live websites online today, and of course in the most part being the best of breed.😉

Their "major" upgrades screwed everything up with this platform. It once was nice a few years ago, but now it's just buggy, slow, and no longer my choice to build with. There's always a problem. ALWAYS!

5.0 will be a great thing once it comes 😀

I guess it is a good thing – I tried to use Divi and hated it because it was so sludgy compared to Gutenberg. Hard to imagine what it can do that FSE cannot do, but we'll see.

The key is AI. It will be all easier. Who knows what direction this will go in the next 2 years. So – nice idea this video. But in 1 year we will see more. If not in 1 year – then in 2 years for sure.

another question. Are pagebuilders dying? I think not but it will make no sense anymore to use them, because of AI. But we will see. Developers can develop easier and faster. So it should get cheaper. All right?

I think DIVI works like a charm and will continue to run for a long time. I do see a general move AWAY from WordPress however when people prefer purpose-built things like Webinaring software, Marketing CRMs, or software that fits their business better than a general Blog/Website. I would think that DIVI WILL somewhat successfully co-exist with Gutenberg. Personally I think the weakest thing in WordPress is security from hackers.

I use Divi in many client sites, I like It ❤️ I Hope they stay around in the WP scene.

I watched video of 4 mins and never saw answer to question in the title of the video. Thanks.

They're going to use React! That will fix everything! OK

There's always a guy in every field that makes this video. Is this the death of… (Insert thing here). No, Divi isn't dead, dying, or anything of the sort. You're just attempting to get clicks. By the way, things people design would last longer if you weren't planting this BS in people's heads.

It's a little optimistic to think the Gutenberg experience is going to rival the Divi interface, flexibility and capability any time soon for people who choose the page builder method. Gutenberg still seems very limited and particularly lacking when it comes to front end preview.

I think the title of this video is too strong and the porpose is just to create buzz and audience. No, the Divi Ecosystem has so many passionate developers involved in it that's impossible to die any soon. There are tons of third party plug-ins that makes Divi a complete web dev suite like Divi Supreme, Divi Engine, DiviFlash etc. I'm a proof that Divi is slow for BEGINNERS who DON’T KNOW how to optimize the tool. I believe that Divi will be as fast as the newbies Breakadence and Zion but of course much more powerful thanks to its Ecosystem and solid foundation. Anyways, the web market is huge and there are options for everyone. One thing is for sure, Divi has millions of supporters, several communities, haters and lovers and entire organizations self-sustainable making money out of it.

Very good work!