Design annotations — notes and markups placed directly on a visual — have been a staple of the design world for years. Tools like Figma, InVision, and Zeplin built entire workflows around them. But when it came time to review a live WordPress or Divi website, designers and developers had to fall back on screenshots, circles drawn in Preview, and emails.
A proper Divi annotation plugin changes this. Divi Review Hub brings annotation-style commenting directly to the frontend of your live Divi site, in context, without needing a separate design tool.
What Makes a Good Divi Annotation Plugin?
Not all annotation tools are equal. For a Divi annotation plugin to be genuinely useful, it needs to do a few things well.
- Comments must attach to specific elements on the page — not just float at a coordinate that shifts when content changes.
- Non-developers must be able to use it without a WordPress login.
- It needs to show comment status so you know what is done and what still needs attention.
- It should handle threaded replies so conversations stay in one place.
- It should integrate with the tools your team already uses.
Divi Review Hub was designed with all of these requirements in mind.
How Divi Review Hub's Annotation System Works
Placing a Pin
With review mode enabled on a page, press C on your keyboard or click the + button in the Review Hub toolbar. The cursor changes to indicate comment mode. Click anywhere on the page and a comment bubble opens exactly where you clicked. Type your annotation, attach a screenshot if needed, and submit.
The pin stays in place, visible to every user who has access to review mode on that page.
Snap to Element Mode
Snap to Element is what sets Divi Review Hub apart from simple coordinate-based annotation tools. When you draw a box around a Divi module, row, or section, the annotation box automatically recalculates its position relative to that element. If the layout shifts — if the module moves because of a content update — the annotation moves with it.
This solves the classic problem of annotations drifting out of place when the design changes.
Centre Anchor Mode
For annotations that span several elements or refer to a broader section of the page, Centre Anchor mode keeps the pin anchored from its centre point. This is ideal for high-level layout feedback that is not tied to one specific module.
Managing Annotations as a Project
A good annotation tool is not just about placing notes — it is about tracking and closing them out. Divi Review Hub treats every annotation as a task.
- Statuses: Open, In Progress, Stuck, Resolved.
- Assignment: assign any comment to a specific team member.
- @Mentions: tag someone in a reply and they get an email notification.
- Auto-Archive: automatically archive resolved comments after a configurable number of days.
- HTML Report: export a full report of all comments on a page for your records.
The admin dashboard gives you a bird's-eye view of all annotations across all pages on your site — useful when you are managing several projects at once.
Guest Annotations Without a WordPress Account
Clients are not developers. Expecting them to navigate the WordPress dashboard just to leave a comment on a page draft is friction that kills the review process.
Divi Review Hub's guest access system lets you generate a secure, expiring link from the plugin dashboard. Share it with your client. They click the link and can see and place annotations immediately — no WordPress login, no account setup, nothing to install.
How It Compares to Screenshot-Based Annotation
Screenshot annotation tools (Markup.io, Pastel, BugHerd) require you to either take screenshots first or inject a layer on top of the page. They work, but they add steps and — crucially — they are disconnected from the actual live website.
Divi Review Hub works on the live site, inside the Divi frontend rendering environment, which means what you annotate is exactly what visitors see. No rendering differences, no export steps, no separate tool.
The Right Annotation Tool for Divi Users
If you build with Divi and regularly need to collect feedback from clients or team members on page layouts and content, a Divi annotation plugin is one of the highest-leverage tools you can add to your workflow. Divi Review Hub was built specifically for this environment and integrates tightly with the way Divi renders pages.