Divi 5 Update #3: What to Expect When Updating to the Public Alpha

[@erixxu3260]

Wish more Divi 5 Best Practice tutorial come out, benefit for many learners, thanks. 😊👍

[@LucasHanyok]

I wonder if you just need to empty the static cache in the Divi theme options. I've often run into styling problems just even updating the Divi 4 theme, then I just resave in the Theme Builder, empty the static cache, and all the styles work. I have a couple sites dependent on your plugins so I'm excited to see you all involved and active with Divi 5. Thanks for putting this out there!

[@MortenVestergaard1]

Probably because the header and footer are made using the Theme Builder and they are still working on that. Nick said in a recent video that the Divi 4 API will load if it detects modules using the Divi 4 API - so it's basically still Divi 4 running on those pages . And that's probably the reason it still looks good.

[@Madevcom]

Thanks for the report guys ! Just a question (important!) : if we check "theme auto-update" button, can it cause issues you talked about ? I heard from Elegant Theme that there are a kind of "functions" to check compatibilities in back-office first, before showing the change in the front office. So, is it better yo uncheck that auto-update box in theme part or not according to new update functionality?

[@DiviEngine]

Hey there @Madevcom! Don't quite me on this, but I suspect that your sites running Divi 4.XX will not auto-update to the Divi 5 Public Alpha. When Divi 5 officially releases, we will have more answers on the features to help for a smooth transition from Divi 4 to 5. Don't worry, we will have a few more dev letters before that happens and explore these with you!

[@Madevcom]

@@DiviEngine Thanks !