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Category: Themes

Last Updated: 31 January 2025

Are you in the market for an online casino WordPress theme to make your website shine? With so many options available, choosing the right one can be a daunting task.

Fear not, for we've done the legwork and compiled a list of the top casino WordPress themes to help you craft an online gambling haven that's both visually captivating and functionally impeccable.

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Category: Themes

Last Updated: 16 December 2023

The WordPress theme market is constantly evolving, and Elegant Themes is working hard to keep up.

First, we had Divi 3 and the raft of improvements it brought. We then had Divi 4 that brought us the Divi theme builder.

We also had Divi AI, which is one of the best versions of AI website building around right now.

Now we are eagerly awaiting Divi 5.

Thanks to some releases from Elegant Themes, we know a little about what’s coming.

Let’s have a quick look at the key features, design capabilities, performance, and overall user experience we can expect from Divi 5.

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Key Features of Divi 5

Divi 5 brings a slew of new features to the table, enhancing the already powerful Divi Builder.

Here are some features we’re looking forward to:

1. Theme builder: Divi 5 introduces a fully-fledged theme builder. It looks like it will allow us to create custom headers, footers, category templates, and more. This extends the theme's flexibility beyond just individual page design.
2. Dynamic content: A major highlight will be the ability to insert dynamic content elements into designs, such as post titles, custom fields, and author information. This dynamic approach simplifies the creation of dynamic templates and reduces the need for coding.
3. No more shortcodes: Shortcodes have been part of building websites since forever. Divi 5 plans to do away with them. It is switching to JSON and will use a system like how WordPress works with data. Legacy shortcodes will still be supported for a while though.
4. Global defaults: Divi 5 will allow you to set global design defaults for elements. It will enhance design consistency and speed up the development process.
5. WooCommerce integration: For eCommerce websites, Divi 5 will offer WooCommerce integration with specialized modules for product displays, carts, and checkout pages.
6. Multi-select and bulk editing: The addition of multi-select and bulk editing capabilities should streamline the process of editing and styling multiple elements simultaneously.
7. Changes to how Divi manages APIs: Divi 5 apparently plans to introduce a new API system that allows third parties to use them when creating plugins and apps.

Let’s look at other improvements we can expect in Divi 5.

Design capabilities

Divi 5 continues its tradition of empowering designers with a powerful visual editor. The Visual Builder remains intuitive and user-friendly, even for those with minimal technical experience.

The introduction of dynamic content elements should enhance the design possibilities and reduce the need for external plugins.

Performance

One concern often associated with powerful page builders is performance. Divi 5 takes steps to address this by implementing clean code output and optimized loading routines.

It also plans to ‘clean up years of technical debt’.

“We are recreating Divi’s backend framework, cleaning up years of technical debt, changing Divi’s storage format and improving its rendering mechanism,” Elegant Themes CEO Nick Roach said. “This new version of Divi will be able to processes design settings much more quickly.”

User experience

Divi's user experience is a mixed bag. On one hand, its interface is remarkably user-friendly and accessible, making it suitable for beginners.

The installation and setup process, guided tours and extensive documentation make it easy to get started.

On the other hand, some advanced features may require a learning curve, particularly for those who haven't used Divi before. Users familiar with previous versions might also need some time to adapt to the new workflows introduced in Divi 5.

Divi 4 is great, but there’s a definite learning curve. That’s especially true if you’re used to working with Elementor or another page builder.

Block based

We all know WordPress is shifting to full site editing and block based themes are becoming more common.

Elegant Themes was to keep up with those changes and will be transitioning into a block theme.

“On the block theme front, as a part of Divi 5.0, we are also transitioning into a Block Based theme, and since Divi 5.0 is actually internally built using the same ‘packages’ that Gutenberg itself is composed of, Divi 5.0 has a lot of compatibility built in from the core,” Elegant Themes developer Josh Ronk said.

“We are working diligently to push Divi 5.0 for maximum Gutenberg block compatibility, with the goal being that you would be able to use Gutenberg blocks inside of your Divi built pages, and then apply all of the Divi design options you love to the otherwise plain Gutenberg blocks you have installed.

This means you won’t have to choose between Divi or Gutenberg, and rather you get Divi AND Gutenberg.”

Divi will remain backwards compatible for as long as possible but will eventually shift one way or another.

As WordPress is moving towards FSE and block themes, it’s likely that Divi will too.

“Divi 5.0 will use React and it will leverage more of the native Gutenberg packages,” Roach said. “At some point we hope that Divi and Gutenberg will work in harmony. We don’t want to fight against the direction that WordPress is heading.”

When will Divi 5 be ready?

Now the million dollar question, when will Divi 5 be ready to use?

According to Elegant Themes, they have been working on the update for over a year and are still some way off completion.

It’s in development beta right now and has public alpha and beta to go before an official release.

If we were to guess, we would expect to see public alpha before the end of 2023, with beta and release early 2024.

An update this fundamental cannot be rushed and we would guess that the developers will really want to get this “Foundation Update” right.

We would guess they would want the release to be close to Divi’s 10^th birthday but cannot imagine them releasing it until they are fully confident of its stability.

As always, keep an eye on CollectiveRay for the latest news on Divi and a review of Divi 5 as soon as it’s released into the wild!

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Written by: David Attard

Category: Themes

Last Updated: 16 December 2023

AI is everywhere right now. Hardly a day goes by without a new headline mentioning AI or promoting a new product that uses it.

One standout product that leverages the power of AI is Divi.

Known for being one of the most popular WordPress themes out there, and a firm favourite of us here at CollectiveRay, Divi is joining the AI revolution with Divi AI.

What is Divi AI? What can it do? What value does it add and how will it change working with Divi?

This review will seek to answer all those questions.

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Written by: David Attard

Category: Themes

Last Updated: 26 December 2023

Many people have been asking us for an elegant themes coupon code, so we are happy to announce that now you can get a divi discount or elegant themes coupon code! This blog post will explain how to do just that. We'll show you where to find the best divi discount codes and elegant themes coupons out there, as well as what they are good for.

Plus, we'll give you some tips on how to use these offers at checkout!

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Category: Themes

Last Updated: 22 July 2024

The Divi theme by Elegant Themes is one of the most influential products on the market. Which is why people look for Divi theme examples in live projects, so that they can see what the results can be like!

Designed to deliver a total web design experience to people of all skill levels, not just web designers, the Divi WordPress theme is easy to use, yet incredibly powerful.

That’s a winning combination, no wonder that Divi is the most popular WordPress theme out there!

With continual updates to make it faster and easier to work with, Divi is kept current and kept popular. All the more reason to try it.

If you’re still on the fence about the Divi theme or are wondering if it’s worth the investment, this post should help.

Rather than write the usual Divi review, we’re going to showcase some of the best Divi WordPress themes available right now and how they appear on real life websites.

Each is available with the premium version while some will be available with the free version too.

All make an excellent template for you to use on your next project.

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Written by: David Attard

Category: Themes

Last Updated: 24 July 2024

Divi vs Astra - which one is best? These are two of the most popular WordPress themes in the world.

According to BuiltWith [1], Astra is used by 2 725 347 websites while Divi is used by 2 226 103. They are currently the top two WordPress themes in the world!

It’s no wonder why people often compare Divi vs Astra. We also use these two themes are paprt of our inventory of themes and we find that both are packed with features that allow anyone to build professional-looking websites with ease. In this article, I'm going to compare and highlight Astra and Divi’s most important features and discuss how they differ in approach to building sites.

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Category: Themes

Last Updated: 23 April 2024

So you can't decide between Astra vs OceanWP, right? We don't blame you!

Astra and OceanWP are two of the most popular WordPress themes on the market. At the time of writing, Astra boasts over 2 400 000 active installs while OceanWP has over 700 000.

Both boast thousands of 5-star reviews, which further proves how good they both are.

Their premium versions are also among the best of the best. Both have extensive customization options allowing anyone to design their website the way they want without writing a single line of code.

WooCommerce support is top-notch and the page builder integration they offer is of a high standard. You can’t go wrong with either.

While they’re both great, there are some key differences between the two. These differences can heavily influence your final choice.

The aim of this comparison between Astra vs OceanWP is to walk you through those key differences so you can pick the perfect theme for your needs.

Let’s get started!

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Category: Themes

Last Updated: 22 July 2024

Divi child themes are the ideal way to make the most of the power and creativity that Divi provides without impacting the theme in any way.

Child themes are unique to WordPress and were designed specifically to allow anyone to customize their website in any way they please without breaking their existing theme (and more essentially its updatability). It’s a logical and seamless process once you understand it and offers huge potential to those who try it.

This page will walk you through every aspect of Divi child themes. From what they are and what they can do to creating your own child theme.

We will also cover when to use and not to use a child theme and we will showcase some of the best Divi child themes you can buy and where to buy them if you want to get a head start.

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Written by: David Attard

Category: Themes

Last Updated: 21 June 2023

Astra and GeneratePress are two of the best premium WordPress themes right now. If you’re looking for the best bang for the buck, you can not really go wrong with either of these themes. But if you had to compare GeneratePress vs Astra, which one comes out on top?

That's what this article is all about.

We'll take a deep dive into both of these themes and find out how they compare to each other in various aspects that are important to you as a user of one of these two themes.

Both of them offer everything you need to build a beautiful, functional website, however, they have a few differences that can greatly affect your final choice.

We've used both of them extensively so we understand the important differences between these two.

This Astra vs GeneratePress article aims to help you understand those differences so you can make an informed decision.

Let’s get started!

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Written by: David Attard

Category: Themes

Last Updated: 23 April 2024

Today, we are going to review Bridge, a premium creative multipurpose WordPress theme developed by Qode Interactive available in ThemeForest.

It is currently one of the best selling and most popular themes in the ThemeForest marketplace. In fact, it’s the best selling theme under the creative category, with over 208 520 sales since its release.

It flaunts a solid 4.76 stars out of 5 based on over 6 800 ratings.

So, in this review, we’re going to take a deep dive into the Bridge theme and see what all the fuss is about. How did it achieve such numbers? Is it really that good?

Let’s find out!