# Live Copy Paste — User Guide

Copy any Divi 5 section from one website and paste it into another website's Visual Builder with a single keyboard shortcut. Media (images, videos) are automatically imported to the destination site.

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## Two Ways to Copy

### 1. Copy from the Visual Builder (VB → VB)

1. Open the Visual Builder on the **source** site
2. Right-click the section, row, or module you want to copy
3. Click **Copy Section** (or press **Cmd+C** / **Ctrl+C**)
4. Switch to the Visual Builder on the **destination** site
5. Hover over (or click) the section/row/module where you want to paste
6. Press **Cmd+V** / **Ctrl+V**
7. Done — the element appears with all styling and media intact

### 2. Copy from the Frontend (Live Copy Button → VB)

Site owners can enable a **Live Copy** button on published sections so visitors or teammates can grab layouts without opening the builder:

1. Visit the **source** site's frontend (no builder needed)
2. Hover over a section that has Live Copy enabled — a **Copy** button appears
3. Click the button — the section data is copied to your clipboard
4. Switch to the Visual Builder on the **destination** site
5. Hover over (or click) where you want to paste
6. Press **Cmd+V** / **Ctrl+V**
7. Done

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## Enabling the Live Copy Button (for site owners)

1. Open the page in the Visual Builder
2. Click the **Section** you want to make copyable
3. Open **Settings > Advanced**
4. Find **Live Copy** and set **Enable** to **On**
5. Save the page
6. The copy button now appears on the frontend for that section

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## What Gets Transferred

| Included                             | Not Included                                                  |
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| All module settings & content        | Plugin-specific modules not installed on the destination site  |
| Colors, fonts, spacing, effects      | Global Styles / Presets (pasted as inline values)             |
| Images, videos, documents            | Dynamic content links                                         |
| Responsive settings (tablet, phone)  | Form submissions or database data                             |
| Rows, columns, nested modules        |                                                               |

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## Requirements

- **Divi 5** with the Visual Builder on both source and destination sites
- **Divi Essential** plugin installed on both sites
- A modern browser (Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox)
- The browser must allow clipboard access — if prompted, click **Allow**

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## Troubleshooting

| Problem                                      | Solution                                                                                                                      |
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Cmd+V does nothing**                       | Make sure you're hovering over or have clicked a section/row/module in the Visual Builder before pressing Cmd+V               |
| **"Please hover over a section..." alert**   | Click on any existing section in the builder first, then press Cmd+V again                                                    |
| **Clipboard permission denied**              | Your browser blocked clipboard access. Look for a clipboard icon in the address bar and click **Allow**                       |
| **Images show as broken**                    | The destination site couldn't download the images from the source. Check that the source site is publicly accessible          |
| **Copy button doesn't appear on frontend**   | Verify that **Live Copy > Enable** is set to **On** in the section's Advanced settings                                       |
| **Some styles look different after paste**   | Global Styles and Presets are site-specific. The pasted element uses inline values which may differ from the destination theme |
| **Module shows as unsupported**              | The source section uses a module that isn't installed on the destination site. Install the same plugin on both sites           |

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## Keyboard Shortcuts

| Action | Mac         | Windows/Linux |
|--------|-------------|---------------|
| Copy   | **Cmd + C** | **Ctrl + C**  |
| Paste  | **Cmd + V** | **Ctrl + V**  |

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## Privacy & Security

- Copied data travels through your **browser clipboard only** — no data is sent to any third-party server
- Media files are downloaded directly from the source site to the destination site's WordPress media library
- Only users with **edit access** on the destination site can paste and import media
- Remote URLs are validated before download to prevent security issues