FIGMA TO DIVI

How to Convert a Figma Design to Divi (Guide)

By Serkan Ulas · August 10, 2026

Converting a Figma design to Divi is one of my most requested jobs, and the difference between a good conversion and a bad one isn't how it looks on launch day — it's whether the site stays fast, responsive and editable months later. A design rebuilt with dozens of one-off module styles looks fine at first but becomes a maintenance headache. Here's the exact workflow I follow to turn a Figma file into a clean Divi build.

Audit the Figma file before touching Divi

Before I build anything, I go through the Figma file and pull out the design system the designer used — even when they didn't formalise it. Specifically, I document:

• Type scale — every heading and body size, weight and line-height used across the design.
• Colour tokens — primary, secondary, accent, text and background colours, ideally with their hex values.
• Spacing system — the recurring padding and margin values (most designs use a consistent 8px grid).
• Breakpoints — how the layout is meant to reflow on tablet and mobile.

Pulling these out first means I can set them once in Divi's global settings instead of styling module by module — which is exactly what keeps the build clean, consistent and editable.

Set global presets before laying out pages

This is the step that separates a professional conversion from a fragile one. Divi's Theme Customizer and global presets control colours, fonts and default module styling across the whole site. Configuring them to match your Figma tokens up front means every element you build inherits the right styling automatically. Here's the order I work in:

• In the Theme Customizer, set the base typography and body styles to match the Figma type scale.
• Save the design's palette as global colours so buttons, headings and links pull from it site-wide.
• Create global presets for your core modules (buttons, headings, text) that match the design's spacing and style.

Skip this and you end up with dozens of one-off module styles that slow the site down and make it painful for your team to edit later.

Build each section with rows and modules

With the foundation set, I translate each Figma section into a Divi section with the correct row and column structure, then place the modules inside. The key is matching the design's actual grid rather than eyeballing it:

• One Figma section = one Divi section, with the row and column layout that matches the design.
• Reuse global presets instead of styling each module individually — so a later change to a colour or spacing value updates everywhere at once.
• Keep the structure clean and named sensibly so the project stays readable and easy to hand over.

This is what produces a genuinely pixel-perfect result across every screen size — not just a version that happens to look right on the screen I built it on.

Test responsiveness on real breakpoints

A conversion isn't finished when it looks right shrunk down in a browser window. Rushed Figma-to-Divi conversions almost always fall apart on mobile — the desktop looks perfect but the phone view is a mess. Before I hand anything over, I check:

• Real breakpoints — tablet and mobile match the Figma responsive designs, using Divi's per-device controls.
• Tap targets — buttons and links are big enough and spaced properly for thumbs.
• Overflow and reflow — nothing spills off-screen or stacks awkwardly at any width.
• Real devices — I test on an actual phone, not only the browser's device emulator.

Hand it over editable

The final step most freelancers skip: leaving the site in a state your team can actually maintain. Clean section structure, sensible naming, and styling driven by global presets mean updating the site later doesn't require a developer every single time. That's the difference between a conversion you paid for once and one that keeps costing you — and it's why a manual, developer-led build beats an automated plugin conversion every time.