how do you upload divi layouts you buy in the market to divi5?
ChatGPT said:
Here’s the exact, simple way to upload a Divi Marketplace layout into Divi 5 — and the important warning nobody tells you:
✅ First: Divi 5 does not support .json/.divi layout imports (YET)
Divi 5 is a COMPLETE rebuild, so the old importer/exporter system is still missing.
Layouts bought from the Divi Marketplace are built for Divi 4 (Classic Builder).
👉 *You can’t directly upload marketplace layouts into Divi 5 yet.
BUT there are two real ways to use them right now.
✅ Method 1 (Official): Install Divi 4 → Import Layout → Upgrade to Divi 5
This is what Elegant Themes recommends.
Steps
- Go to Appearance → Themes → Upload Theme
- Upload Divi 4 (the stable version)
- Go to Divi → Library → Import & Export
- Upload the .json layout you bought.
- Apply the layout to a page.
- Then install Divi 5 (the beta / release version).
- Your layout will be converted automatically to Divi 5 format.
✔ Works 100%
✔ Safest way
❌ Requires installing Divi 4 first
This is the only guaranteed working method as of late 2025.
✅ Method 2 (Workaround): Build a temporary Divi 4 site → Export → Paste into Divi 5
If you don’t want to mess up your actual website:
Steps
- Spin up a temporary WordPress site on your host
(many hosts let you create a “staging site” in 1 click) - Install Divi 4
- Import the .json layout there
- Open the page → Switch to wireframe → Copy all rows/sections
- Paste them into your Divi 5 site
(Divi 5 supports copy/paste across sites)
✔ No need to downgrade your main site
✔ Clean and easy
❌ Slightly more work
❌ What doesn’t work (yet)
- Uploading a .json layout directly into Divi 5
- Using the original Divi Library importer
- Drag-and-drop .divi or .json files
- Marketplace “One-Click Install” buttons (they only work on Divi 4)
Divi has said importer/exporter is coming later in the Divi 5 roadmap, but it’s not there yet.
✅ Best Option For You (Based on all your Divi 5 work)
Since your City of Dolls and DangerGirlx sites already use Divi 5 heavily,
the safest strategy is:
Do this:
👉 Make a staging site → Install Divi 4 → Import → Copy/Paste into Divi 5
This keeps your main site clean and avoids breaking anything.
If you want, I can:
✅ Walk you through setting up a staging site on your host
OR
✅ Help you import your layout and rebuild it cleanly in Divi 5
OR
✅ Convert the layout design into custom Divi 5 sections directly for you
Just tell me what layout you bought and I’ll handle the rest.
You said:
do i relaly have to install divi 4? is there no other way?
ChatGPT said:
Short answer: Yes — for now, you must use Divi 4 somewhere (even in a temporary place) if you want to import a marketplace .json layout.
Divi 5 still has no importer. There is no hidden menu, no plugin, no workaround that brings .json files directly into Divi 5.
BUT — you do NOT need to install Divi 4 on your real site.
There are 3 completely safe alternatives that avoid touching your live site.
✅ Option 1 — Use a Staging Site (Safest & Easiest)
Create a temporary copy of your site:
Your host → Staging → 1-Click Create
Then:
- Install Divi 4 on the staging copy
- Import your .json
- Copy/paste sections into your real Divi 5 site
✔ Zero risk to your real site
✔ Only takes 5 minutes
✔ Works perfectly
✅ Option 2 — Use a LocalWP / Localhost Site (100% free)
Don’t want to touch your host?
Install LocalWP (free app).
Spin up a fake site on your computer.
Then:
- Install Divi 4
- Import the layout
- Copy the layout pieces
- Paste them into your live Divi 5 site
✔ Doesn’t touch your website at all
✔ Works easily
✅ Option 3 — Give me the file and I’ll convert it into Divi 5 sections for you
I can:
- Rebuild the layout in Divi 5 format
- Match your color palette
- Match your fonts
- Match spacing
- Turn it into clean Divi 5 modules you can paste in
You just drop in the .json you bought.
✔ No Divi 4 needed
✔ No staging needed
✔ Cleanest output
✔ Fastest for you
❌ Why there’s no direct upload
Elegant Themes confirmed this:
Divi 5 is rebuilt from scratch → the old json system doesn’t work in it.
Importer/exporter is coming later, but not available yet.
So all marketplace layouts are still Divi 4 only, and Divi 5 cannot read them.
⭐ My honest recommendation for you
Given your current site and how much customization you already did:
Use Option 3 (I rebuild it for you) or Option 1 (Staging Site)
Both avoid messing with your main site.
If you want, upload or paste the .json file you bought and I’ll convert it into a complete Divi 5 layout you can paste directly.
You said:
so if i make a testing page with divi4, i can just upload layouts there and it will appear on my other sites?
ChatGPT said:
Not automatically — but YES, you can use a Divi 4 testing page to import the layout, then copy/paste it into your Divi 5 site.
It just does not “appear” on your other sites by itself.
You will manually copy it over (super easy).
Here’s exactly how it works:
✅ How to use a Divi 4 test page to move layouts into Divi 5
This method works 100%. It’s what most Divi users do until importer/exporter returns.
1. Create ANY temporary WordPress site
- A subdomain (test.yoursite.com)
- A staging site
- Or a LocalWP site on your computer
2. Install Divi 4 on that test site
3. Upload the marketplace layout (.json)
Divi → Divi Library → Import
or
Page → Load Layout → Import
4. Open the imported layout
Let it load fully on screen.
5. RIGHT-CLICK → Copy Section / Row / Module
Divi supports:
- Copy section
- Copy row
- Copy module
- Copy entire page (via wireframe mode)
6. Go to your real Divi 5 site
Open a page → Right-click → Paste
✔ Cross-site Copy/Paste WORKS**
Divi stores the copied data in your browser’s clipboard, so you can copy on Divi 4 and paste into Divi 5 as long as it’s the same browser session.
⭐ Important Notes
❌ Layouts do NOT automatically sync or appear across sites
There is no Divi cloud sync (unless you use Divi Cloud, which still doesn’t support Divi 5 fully).
✔ You must manually copy/paste once
But it only takes seconds per section.
✔ You CAN copy the entire page at once
Wireframe mode → Right-click → Copy All → Paste into Divi 5 page.
❤️ Best Setup for You (Quick + Safe)
Since your main site is Divi 5:
👉 Make a temporary Divi 4 site
👉 Import → Copy → Paste into Divi 5
👉 Done
You don’t need to downgrade your real site.
You don’t need to reinstall Divi 4 on your main site.
You don’t need to risk anything.
If you want…
You can send me the layout you bought, and I can:
- import it
- convert it
- and give you clean Divi 5–ready sections
- so you can just paste-and-go