Using Linkilo with Divi

How Divi content gets scanned

Unlike Elementor, Divi keeps the page text inside the normal post content — wrapped in Divi shortcodes like [et_pb_section] and [et_pb_text]. Linkilo:

1. Reads the post content as usual.
2. Strips the Divi shortcodes during scanning so the keyword extractor sees clean text.
3. Keeps the shortcodes in place when it writes a link back, preserving your layout.

Divi marks a page it built with a hidden setting (_et_pb_use_builder). Linkilo uses that to recognise Divi pages and to coordinate its save with Divi’s save — see below.

The Divi save-order issue (and how Linkilo handles it)

Divi has its own front-end builder save process. When you click Update in Divi’s builder, both Divi and any plugin that touches the post content are racing to write to the same database row.

Without coordination, you get this scenario:

1. You click Update in Divi.
2. Linkilo writes a suggested link into the post content.
3. Divi finishes its own save and overwrites the content — wiping the link Linkilo just added.

Linkilo hooks into Divi’s save-verification step, waits for Divi’s save to complete first, then runs its link insertion. The link survives.

You don’t have to configure anything — this protection is automatic whenever Divi is detected.

Where the suggestion box appears

Same approach as Elementor: Divi’s visual builder is its own UI surface and doesn’t accept third-party boxes inside the builder canvas.

To see Linkilo’s suggestions for a Divi page:

1. From the WordPress admin, open the page in the standard WordPress editor rather than with the Divi Builder.
2. The standard edit screen loads with the post content as Divi shortcodes.
3. Find the Linkilo AI Suggestions box on the edit screen and click Get AI Suggestions (or Get Legacy Suggestions).
4. Click Apply Link, Reject, or use Customize Anchor Text as usual.

When you switch back to the Divi Builder, the links Linkilo added are already in the text modules. You can also apply suggestions for Divi pages from the site-wide queue at Linkilo → Linking → AI Suggestions.

How “Apply” works on a Divi page

When you apply a suggestion:

1. Linkilo finds the source sentence in the text of an [et_pb_text] (or similar) module.
2. Wraps the anchor with a link.
3. Writes the modified module back into the post content.

If Divi’s builder is currently open in another browser tab, Linkilo’s coordination makes sure the Divi save fires first, then Linkilo’s. Otherwise the standard insertion path is used.

Troubleshooting

My link disappeared after I edited the page in Divi

You likely hit the save-race scenario and the coordination didn’t catch it (rare, but possible if a third plugin is also writing to the post content). Re-apply the suggestion from Linkilo → Linking → AI Suggestions (Open Last Queue brings back the last session), then don’t re-edit the page in Divi’s builder for a few seconds while the save completes.

Linkilo doesn’t see my Divi page

Confirm the page actually has Divi content and has been saved at least once from the builder. New blank pages without any Divi modules have nothing for Linkilo to scan. Also check that the page’s post type is ticked under Linkilo → Settings → General → Scan these post types.

A suggestion has the wrong “section” context

Linkilo identifies the surrounding sentence to pick a healthy insertion point. With Divi, that sentence may span what looks like multiple modules in the visual builder but is actually one [et_pb_text] block in the source. If a suggestion lands somewhere strange in the visual layout, use Customize Anchor Text (in the post box) or Edit (on the AI Suggestions page) to choose a different anchor inside the same module.

See also

• Using Linkilo with Elementor
• Using Linkilo with Gutenberg
• Using Linkilo with the Classic Editor
• Does it work with page builders? (overview)

Last reviewed for Linkilo 3.0.0 (October 2026).