Divi Popup Studio: Turn Divi Sections and Rows Into Lightbox Popups
Divi Popup Studio is a WordPress plugin built for Divi websites. It lets site owners turn existing Divi sections and rows into lightbox-style popups without rebuilding the content in a separate popup editor.
The goal is simple: design your content normally in Divi, then decide whether that section or row should appear in the page layout or open as a popup.
This keeps the workflow familiar for Divi users while adding flexible popup behavior for announcements, newsletter forms, calls to action, promotions, lead magnets, and more.
What Is New In Version 0.2.21?
The latest working update adds two important controls:
- Cookie-based display frequency
- A layout option that can keep the original Section or Row visible on the page
The display frequency control now supports:
- Every trigger
- One time
- Once per day
- Once per week
- Once per month
These limits use browser cookies, making it easier to avoid showing the same popup too often to the same visitor.
The new Keep In Page Layout option gives you more flexibility. You can still use the original behavior, where the popup-enabled Section or Row is removed from the normal frontend layout and shown only as a popup. Or, you can keep the Section or Row in its original page position while also showing a popup copy when its trigger fires.
This is especially helpful when the same content should be available both inline and as a timed or triggered reminder.
What The Plugin Does
Divi Popup Studio currently provides:
- Add popup behavior to Divi Sections and Rows
- Preserve Divi-rendered styling and formatting
- Use page load, time delay, scroll distance, exit intent, or manual selector triggers
- Set display frequency with cookies
- Choose whether popup content stays in the page layout or appears only in the popup
- Customize the overlay tint with RGBA color support
- Choose transition styles such as fade, slide, bounce, flip, and spin
- Use simple easing options like ease-in, ease-out, and ease-in-out
- Add popup shadow and rounded corners
- Keep Divi image and gallery lightboxes above Popup Studio overlays
- Display popups above headers, footers, and other site elements
Display Frequency Options
The plugin can control how often a visitor sees a popup:
- Every trigger: The popup can appear whenever its trigger fires.
- One time: The popup appears once for that visitor.
- Once per day: The popup can appear again after one day.
- Once per week: The popup can appear again after one week.
- Once per month: The popup can appear again after about one month.
These controls are useful when balancing visibility with visitor experience. For example, an important announcement might appear once per day, while a newsletter signup might only need to appear one time.
Requirements
WordPress 6.0+
PHP 7.4+
Divi Theme or Divi Builder
A page or layout built with Divi Sections and Rows
Installation Instructions
- Download the plugin package.
- Upload the plugin folder through the WordPress plugin installer.
- Activate Divi Popup Studio.
- Go to Settings > Divi Popup Studio.
- Set your global popup defaults.
- Open a page in the Divi Visual Builder.
- Open a Section or Row settings panel.
- Go to Content > Pop-up Studio Settings.
- Enable Use as Popup.
- Choose the trigger and display options.
- Save the page and test it on the frontend.
Best Use Cases
Divi Popup Studio works especially well for:
- Newsletter signup forms
- Special announcements
- Lead capture sections
- Promotional offers
- Event reminders
- Contact forms
- Download offers
- Exit-intent messages
- Timed calls to action
- Scroll-based content prompts
FAQ
Does this work with existing Divi designs?
Yes. The plugin uses Divi’s rendered Section or Row output, so the popup keeps the styling already applied in Divi.
Can a popup appear only once?
Yes. Version 0.2.21 includes cookie-based frequency options, including one-time display.
Can a popup appear once per day, week, or month?
Yes. The frequency setting supports once per day, once per week, and once per month.
Can the Section or Row stay visible on the page?
Yes. Enable Keep In Page Layout to leave the original Section or Row in place while also using it as popup content.
Can I open a popup from a button?
Yes. Use the manual selector trigger and assign the matching class or selector to a button or link.
Will Divi gallery or image lightboxes work inside Popup Studio popups?
Yes. Popup Studio is designed so Divi image and gallery lightboxes can appear above the Popup Studio overlay.