Import Divi 5 Design Variables from Any Style Guide

How to set up Divi 5 Design Variables in about 2 minutes using an AI-generated JSON import file.

In this walkthrough, I show the full process from start to finish: starting with a style guide, using a free open-source Claude Skill to convert it into a Divi 5-compatible JSON file, then importing that file directly into the Visual Builder's Variable Manager. Colors, fonts, spacing, border radii, layout widths, links — all populated instantly, no manual entry required.

Why does this matter? Divi 5 modules inherit from Theme Customizer globals and Design Variables. If you set those up BEFORE you start building pages, roughly 80% of your text styling works automatically. Skip that step and you're overriding Divi's defaults on every single element. This shortcut gets you there in seconds instead of clicks.

What's covered in the video:
00:00 - The Elegant Themes Divi 5 Design System blog post
00:15 - The Design System Setup playbook on the Divi Docs Project
00:45 - Logging into the WordPress admin and opening the Visual Builder
01:00 - Opening the Variable Manager and using Import & Export
01:15 - Importing the JSON file
01:30 - Reviewing the imported variables (Numbers, Colors, Fonts, Links)

Resources:
Design System Setup Playbook (full step-by-step guide):
https://16wells.github.io/divi-docs/playbooks/design-system-setup/
Divi Docs Project (community-maintained Divi 5 technical documentation):
https://16wells.github.io/divi-docs/
Style Guide to Divi Variables Claude Skill (free, open source):
https://github.com/16wells/divi-styleguide-variables
Divi Docs GitHub repo (PRs welcome):
https://github.com/16wells/divi-docs

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