Divi 5 makes it easy to create bold, graphic sections that use shape, contrast, and composition to guide attention. In this free pack, you’ll get 8 Circular Element Designs for Divi 5 that are perfect for hero sections, landing pages, portfolio layouts, agency websites, creative studios, product highlights, …
How To Create Vertical Text Layouts With Divi 5’s Text Direction Settings
Vertical text used to require custom CSS in Divi. You either had to add a writing-mode snippet, rotate an entire module with transform settings, or fake the effect with an image. Each method worked, but each one also introduced layout issues that usually took more time to fix…
eCommerce Lead Generation: 14 Strategies That Actually Work
eCommerce lead generation is the process of capturing contact information from online shoppers before they leave your store, so you can bring them back and convert them into buyers through email, SMS, or retargeting. Most store owners treat this as an afterthought. They drive traffic, watch 97% of it…
Network-Wide Ad Blocking with Pi-hole, Unbound, and Tailscale: A Step-by-Step Guide
For years, I’ve had a Raspberry Pi sitting in my office serving both Homebridge and Plex. Though I’ d wanted to set up Pi-Hole for sometime, I’ d not taken the time do so until recently. For those unfamiliar, Pi-Hole effectively lets you take control of your home network’ s DNS…
How To Build An Email Popup In Divi 5
Email popups are one of the most direct ways to grow your subscriber list. Used well, they catch attention at the right moment, make the offer clear, and get out of the way. Building one that actually looks good and behaves the way you want is the harder…
How To Use :focus And :checked Editing In Divi 5
Interactive states can make a form feel more polished, more responsive, and easier to use. The problem is that styling those states usually means writing custom CSS, finding the right selectors, and testing everything on the front end. Divi 5 changes that with new pseudo-class editing modes for…
Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — July 2026
Running a website means a single unpatched vulnerability can take it offline, harm your reputation, or require cleanup. Most compromises begin with automated attacks exploiting known software flaws, usually reported and disclosed already. To keep you protected from these threats, we’ve compiled this month’s key security updates and…
Everything You Need To Know About Variable Fonts In Divi 5
Variable fonts have been around for years, but most page builders still treat them like static fonts. You get a font picker, a weight dropdown, and maybe an italic toggle. The deeper controls these fonts are built for never make it into the visual workflow. Those deeper controls…
SaaS Lead Generation: The Funnel-Stage Playbook
Most SaaS lead generation advice is a pile of tactics with no order to it. Start a blog, run LinkedIn ads, build a referral program, try cold email. All fine. But a tactic only works when it lands at the right point in the funnel, and SaaS has…
WPBeginner Spotlight 26: Form Analytics, More AI Tools, and Smarter SEO Monitoring
The main theme of this month’ s WordPress news is measurement. Most of what shipped in July shows you something that your site was already doing without telling you. WPForms can now show which form field people abandon, and AIOSEO can tell you the day a plugin sets your…
7 Best WordPress Themes for Bloggers in 2026 (Compared)
When you’re running a blog, the theme underneath it should do two things at once: get out of your way while you’re writing, and give you room to make the site look like yours instead of looking like a template. Starting a blog today is much different from…
Exploring Divi 5’s New Text Fill Options (Create Text Gradients & Image Masks)
Gradient and image-filled headings are everywhere now, from SaaS landing pages to bold editorial hero sections. They look polished, but they used to be awkward to build. You either copied custom CSS, saved the text as a flattened image, or rebuilt the effect every time the wording changed….
NEW! Gamified Campaigns’ Custom Win Rates + Custom Slice Counts
Let’s be honest for a second: People absolutely love to win stuff. If you need proof, just walk through any county fair or state carnival on a summer night. You’ll see grown adults—fully functioning members of society with mortgages and retirement accounts—willingly handing over twenty-dollar bills to toss…
GEO is NOT the New SEO: Key Takeaways from Our SEO & GEO Booster Webinar
TL; DR: On July 22, 2026, OceanWP hosted a live webinar featuring guest speaker Michael Sanchez (founder of Rise Peak Digital marketing agency) to discuss the evolving landscape of SEO and GEO. This article covers the key takeaways from that event, along with our team’s practical recommendations, essential SEO…
7 Knockout Grids For Divi 5 (Free Download!)
Divi 5 makes it easy to create structured layouts with strong visual rhythm and bold image placement. In this free pack, you’ll get 7 Knockout Grids for Divi 5 that are perfect for landing pages, hero sections, portfolio layouts, real estate websites, service pages, design studios, travel sections, …
How To Build Better Blog, Portfolio, And Product Grids With Aspect Ratio In Divi 5
Upload a dozen images from different sources, and your grid can start to lose its shape fast. One blog post has a wide featured image. Another uses a square crop. A product image comes from a supplier. A portfolio image is vertical because the work itself was vertical….
What’s Coming in WordPress 7.1? (Features & Screenshots)
WordPress 7.1 beta is now available for testing, and we have been running it on our test sites for the past week. The official release is scheduled for August 19, 2026, timed with WordCamp US. While WordPress 7.0 rebuilt the admin and introduced the AI Client, 7.1 turns…
The Beauty Of Divi 5’s Gradient Variables
Good design tools do more than add new settings. They change how you think about the decisions you make. Gradients are a perfect example. In older workflows, a gradient often lived wherever you built it: one section background, one button, one hero heading, one CTA. If the brand…
10 Best Variable Fonts For Web Design (Now In Divi 5)
Have you ever used a variable font before? A traditional font family gives you a fixed set of styles: maybe Light, Regular, Medium, and Bold. If you want something between Regular and Bold, you usually need another font file, and if that exact weight does not exist, you…
Everything You Need To Know About Workspaces In Divi 5
The Divi 5 Visual Builder is highly customizable. You can open and close panels, dock them to either side of the screen, float them over the canvas, resize them, group them into tabs, choose which top-bar icons appear, and switch between light and dark modes. That flexibility is…
