One of the easiest ways to fix the “The link you followed has expired” error is by moving Divi.zip to the theme folder on your local machine. 

Steps:

  1. Install Divi.zip from https://www.elegantthemes.com/ on your machine
  2. Move the Divi.zip to your local Theme folder. In my case, it is the following path

My user > Site > YourwebsiteFolder > wp-content > themes 

  1. Unzip Divi folder
  2. Navigate to your theme.php on your localhost (Appearance > Themes.    (http://localhost:8888/YourWebsiteDirName/wp-admin/themes.php
  3.  Activate Divi theme in your WordPress
  4. Happy customizing your Divi theme