Rebuilding a Divi Blog with Custom Shortcodes: A Field Report

219 · Vicente G. Reyes · June 20, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
Summary
This post details the author's process of redesigning a blog within the Rev6 fitness platform using custom shortcodes in a WordPress Divi setup. It recounts architectural decisions, bugs faced, including a CSS grid issue, and lessons learned during the development and staging-to-live migration. The post emphasizes avoiding common pitfalls with page builders, managing database changes during migrations, and the impact of caching on styling.