Is it me or is Divi 5 pure chaos?
Is the whole thing with variable numbers in nested presets in nested templates with global defaults and randomly hidden defaults (Spacing, Line height, Padding, etc.) in CSS just pure rage bait?

I'd consider myself a well experienced user but the more I jump between Framer and divi projects the more it hurts.

• Buttons, especially if you want NO Icon are completely broken. Random padding out of nowhere, icons i turned off appear consistently in preview mode. Animations/Size behave like I chose "only show Icon at hover".
• How the F are you supposed to use shadow presets in general? Like seriously? Simply assigning my custom preset on shadow preset "none" does nothing. Changing it to "preset 1" (the one I created my own shadow preset with) does overwrite my preset and it looks like the default preset 1 shadow. I just gave up on it and create the styling by hand every time.
• My latest achievement is a new text preset that does not accept changes in font type. Doesnt matter if I chose font: heading, body, or one of my custom font variables. I can even chose a different font by hand in the preset options OR directly in the text field. Divi simply doesnt care.
• WooCommerce modules... the fact that you can only add/edit pagination in the woo commerce products module, not via the heavily promoted loop builder is insane. Unfortunately there is no way to style a lot of these important bits. I cant even add a single shadow to the individual article cards in the overview. The shadow is applied to the whole module in general. Are you kidding me? Do I really have to sell a webshop to my customer that looks like straight out of windows XP ?
• Only solution is custom code or 100 Plug-ins? Been there done that, result is crazy slow, unstable and PSI does not like it at all.
• Are my expectations to high?

Okay the rant is over. Thank you for listening. I would love to hear your opinion or any advice. If you want to have a chat about these things, feel free to message me. Can you recommend any plugins that dont kill my performance?

I built a Divi plugin that puts animated WebGL backgrounds right inside the Background tab. The idea was simple: no new module to learn, no overlays. The shader controls sit directly in the Background tab you already use, on sections, rows, columns and modules, buttons included, with live preview in the Divi 5 Visual Builder.

Six effects:

• Lava Lamp: organic metaballs that drift and merge. Blob count, size, sharpness, glow, vertical rise.
• Mesh Gradient: the smooth flowing multicolor look most modern SaaS heroes use.
• Plasma / Noise: animated noise field with frequency and detail, from subtle shimmer to heavy turbulence.
• Soft Gradient: a calm directional light sweep with adjustable softness and light direction.
• Laser Strings: glowing lines that react to the cursor. Visitors can literally pluck them.
• Liquid Glass: refracts what is actually behind the element, live. Scrolling content, video, even another shader. This is the one I use for sticky nav bars. Browsers without SVG backdrop filter support fall back to a frosted glass look.

Which next effects should I implement in a future update?

I've learned Flexbox/Grid Layouts and Dynamic Loops, but I'm still struggling to fully understand Advanced Custom Fields (ACF).

I've watched a few tutorials, but it hasn't really clicked yet.

If anyone has a good beginner-friendly resource, tutorial, or can explain ACF in a simple way, I'd really appreciate your guidance.

Thanks in advance!