Commands

The commands you'll actually type while building a Divi Extension.

Scaffolding

# Run inside wp-content/plugins/ to scaffold a new extension
npx create-divi-extension

The CLI will prompt for:

• Plugin name (human-readable, e.g. "Simple Header Pack")
• Plugin slug (kebab-case, e.g. "simple-header-pack")
• Author info

Inside the extension plugin folder

# Install dependencies (run once after scaffolding)
yarn install

# Start the dev watcher — recompiles JSX on save
yarn start

# Production build
yarn build

# Package the plugin as a .zip ready for distribution
yarn zip

Translation maintenance (release-time)

# Regenerate translation .pot file (requires gettext installed)
yarn po

Docker (for the local WordPress environment)

# Bring up the official Divi development environment
docker-compose up -d

# Stop the environment
docker-compose down

# Tail container logs
docker-compose logs -f

Cross-references

• The dev environment expects NodeJS LTS, Yarn, and gettext — see Divi Development Environment.
• The yarn start watcher is required before you'll see JSX changes in the visual builder.