Proofreading and approving a website is not just about catching typos. It is about ensuring every element on every page looks right, says the right thing, and behaves as expected. It is a collaborative process that involves the developer, the designer, the copywriter, the client, and sometimes the whole stakeholder group.
For most Divi agencies, this process still happens via email and screenshots. It does not have to. A proper website proofing tool for WordPress brings all of that collaboration directly onto the live page.
What Is Website Proofing?
Website proofing is the process of reviewing a page at or near completion to identify and document issues before it goes live. It is broader than just proofreading text — it includes layout accuracy, link testing, responsive behaviour, brand consistency, and overall quality assessment.
Effective website proofing requires precise, contextual feedback. "The heading on the homepage" is not good enough. "The H1 on the hero, which reads 'Welcome to Our Site' in the staging build" is what actually gets work done quickly.
How Divi Review Hub Works as a Website Proofing Tool
Live Page Proofing
Divi Review Hub enables review mode directly on your live Divi pages. Reviewers see the real page — real fonts, real images, real layout — and pin their feedback directly onto the elements they are commenting on. No screenshots, no proxies, no rendering differences.
This is the fundamental advantage of a live proofing tool: what you review is exactly what your visitor will see.
Multi-Reviewer Support
Multiple reviewers can work through the same page simultaneously. A copywriter can pin text corrections while a designer flags layout issues and a client marks content they want changed. All three sets of annotations are visible to all reviewers on the page.
The admin dashboard aggregates all of these across every page on the site, filterable by reviewer, status, and page.
Proofing Without a WordPress Login
Not every stakeholder in the proofing process needs a WordPress account. Copywriters reviewing final copy, clients checking brand consistency, legal teams scanning disclaimer text — none of these roles require backend access.
Divi Review Hub's guest access system handles this. Generate a link, set an expiry, share it. The recipient clicks the link and is immediately in review mode on the page. They can place comments and reply to threads. Their annotations appear alongside the team's in the admin dashboard.
The Proofing Workflow from Start to Finish
- Enable review mode on the page to be proofed from the admin.
- Share the page URL with team members (who have WordPress logins) and guest links with external reviewers.
- All reviewers annotate the page over the agreed proofing window.
- The developer receives email notifications for each new comment.
- Comments are triaged in the admin — assigned, prioritised, and actioned.
- The developer marks each comment In Progress and then Resolved as changes are made.
- Reviewers revisit the page through their links and confirm changes.
- When all comments are Resolved, the proofing cycle is complete.
- Export the HTML report as the official record of the proofing session.
- Disable review mode before the page goes live to external visitors.
Proofing Across Multiple Pages
Most websites have more than one page that needs proofing. Divi Review Hub lets you enable review mode on any number of pages independently. The admin dashboard shows all comments across all pages in one view, so the project manager can track the proofing status of the entire site without opening each page individually.
The Task Board view — a Kanban-style display of all comments by status — is particularly useful here, giving a single at-a-glance view of how much proofing work remains across the whole project.
Why Divi-Specific Proofing Matters
Generic website proofing tools do not always play well with Divi. Divi's visual builder outputs a specific DOM structure that some overlay-based proofing tools misinterpret. Comments get attached to wrapper elements instead of the actual content element. Layouts render differently in the proofing layer than they do on the real page.
Divi Review Hub was built inside the Divi environment. It understands how Divi structures its output and positions annotations relative to Divi's own element hierarchy. The result is annotations that stay accurate through layout updates in a way that generic tools cannot match.
From Chaos to Clarity
Website proofing does not have to be a chaotic, multi-channel, email-heavy process. With the right website proofing tool built into your WordPress install, it can be structured, trackable, and satisfying — a clear progression from rough draft to approved and live.
Divi Review Hub is that tool for Divi sites.