What's New with Astra

Hello Astra Pro users!

We’re excited to introduce Astra Pro 4.8.7, an update designed to enhance your website-building experience with precise improvements, essential security updates, and key fixes.

This version addresses submenu toggle issues, improves compatibility with plugins like Omnisend and Dokan, resolves blank font options in widgets, and ensures better RTL support for product sale badges. Along with these fixes, it strengthens security by upgrading the DOMPurify library, providing a safer and more reliable platform for your websites.

Improvement:

• Remove broken links from Site Builder and replace with proper links.

Security Fix

• Updated DOMPurify library to prevent potential tampering issues.

Fixes:

• Resolved submenu toggle button issue in the mobile header with Omnisend plugin active.
• Resolved a conflict with the Dokan plugin where the Customer/Vendor Registration Toggle becomes disabled.
• Showing blank font option in account widget design and general section.
• RTL compatibility issue with products sale badge on single product page.

Stay ahead with these latest improvements, enhanced security features, and bug fixes by updating to Astra Pro 4.8.7 today.

As always, if you have questions or need assistance, we’re here for you.

Best,

Team Astra Pro

Hello everyone!

We’re thrilled to announce the release of Astra 4.8.7, bringing key fixes to improve your website-building experience. This update focuses on resolving issues related to mobile headers, accessibility, fonts, and more, ensuring a smoother workflow for our users.

Fixes:

• Resolved submenu toggle button issue in the mobile header with Omnisend plugin active.
• Corrected social icon labels to ensure full text appears in the aria-label.
• Resolved an issue where the Cover block’s inner content width was not functioning correctly when the Site Layouts module was enabled.
• Inconsistent behavior for menu alignment in footer Builder when Inner Elements Layout is set to Inline.
• Resolved an issue where font options were not displaying correctly in some browsers.

Make sure to update your Astra theme to the latest version to take advantage of these fixes and enjoy a more reliable website-building experience.

For more details, check out our docs or contact us! We’re always here to help.

Thank you for your continued support and trust in Astra.

Best,

Team Astra

Hello everyone!

We’re thrilled to introduce Astra Pro 4.8.6, a new update focused on fixing key issues to make your website-building experience smoother and more reliable. Whether you’re using Site Builder layouts or working with WooCommerce products, these improvements will enhance your workflow and site design.

Fixes:

• Resolved an issue with duplicated content appearing due to Site Builder layouts.
• Inconsistent spacing in WooCommerce variation product classes by updating class name concatenation for cleaner HTML markup.

Upgrade to Astra Pro 4.8.6 today to enjoy these enhancements and maintain your website’s seamless performance!

As always, if you have any questions or need help, we’re here for you.

Best,

Team Astra Pro

Hello everyone!

We’re thrilled to share the Astra 4.8.6 update with you! This version brings essential fixes and improvements designed to refine your website-building experience. Whether it’s addressing markup issues, additional spacing in the Customizer, or enhancing translation compatibility, this update has you covered.

Fixes:

• Resolved issue where certain classes were incorrectly wrapped in double quotes in the markup due to esc_html encoding.
• Customizer – Resolved an issue where in the Astra customizer panels would get an additional spacing.
• Incorrect %astra% placeholder shown in translatable version with the TranslatePress plugin.

And that’s all for now. Upgrade to the latest Astra version 4.8.6 to access these enhancements and improve your website-building experience.

For more details, check out our docs or contact us! We’re always here to help.

Thanks for your continued support!

Best,

Team Astra

Hello Astra Pro users!

We’re excited to introduce Astra Pro 4.8.5, a release focused on improving your website experience by addressing key issues. This version includes fixes for header spacing, resolving extra white space when using tag codes in the Site Builder, and addresses undefined array key errors (“blog-grid-resp” and “blog-grid”) in rare cases. With these updates, you can enjoy a smoother, more reliable workflow and improved performance while building or customizing your website.

Fixes:

• Remove extra header white space when using tag codes in using Site Builder.
• Undefined array key “blog-grid-resp” & Undefined array key “blog-grid” from addon classes files in some rare cases.

By resolving these issues, Astra Pro 4.8.5 ensures a more polished and hassle-free experience for users like you.

Upgrade to the latest version now to benefit from these improvements!

As always, if you have questions or need assistance, we’re here for you.

Best,

Team Astra Pro

Hello everyone!

We’re excited to share the Astra 4.8.5 update with you, focusing on resolving key issues to improve your experience. This version addresses the blank screen issue on the Astra Dashboard and Site Builder for staging or multisite environments. Additionally, it resolves a fatal error related to the review count function when a product is not found.

Fixes:

• Resolved blank screen on Astra Dashboard and Site Builder on staging or multisite environments.
• Resolved fatal error for review count function when product is not found.

And that’s all for now. Upgrade to the latest Astra version 4.8.5 to benefit from these fixes and enjoy a smoother website-building experience!

For more details, check out our docs or contact us! We’re always here to help.

Thanks for your continued support!

Best,

Team Astra

Hello Astra Pro users!

We’re excited to introduce Astra Pro 4.8.4, packed with a new feature, multiple improvements, and critical fixes to enhance your website-building experience. This update brings the new Polylang option to the Language Switcher widget for dynamic URLs, improves WooCommerce functionality with better product image handling and layout adjustments, and enhances the Mega Menu with improved color and icon support.

Additionally, we’ve resolved key issues, such as layout conflicts with BBPress forums, video rendering in Site Builder, and gallery updates for WooCommerce product variations.

New:

• Header Builder – Added Polylang option type to the Language Switcher widget for dynamic URLs.

Improvements:

• Mega Menu – Enhanced support for uploaded Image and SVG icons, allowing them to inherit color settings seamlessly.
• Added responsive column layout option for the blog archive page.
• Improved product image display case on the “My Account > Orders” page to ensure correct images for variable products and updates even after order edits.
• Added unique CSS class for each product variation button based on term slug or option value to allow independent styling.
• Increase the specificity of Mega Menu colors to avoid inconsistency.
• WooCommerce – Enhanced form field alignment when using the `Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce` plugin with Astra’s Modern Checkout.
• Moved the product image hover effect to the WooCommerce Addon from the theme.
• WooCommerce – Display the product thumbnail image on catalog pages instead of the original image when the “Swap Image” option is enabled for Product Image Hover Style.

Fixes:

• Resolved a conflict with the Login Logout Menu plugin that triggered a warning on the admin menu page.
• Resolved issue where on single post autoload embeded video not appearing.
• BBPress forum layout appears squeezed when Astra Pro is activated.
• Site Builder – Vimeo embed not rendering frames when used with the Site Builder.
• Resolved issue where ‘Load More’ button on product archive page became unclickable after multiple AJAX requests.
• WooCommerce – Product Variation with buttons not updating the gallery image correctly.
• Performance delays and errors due to Outdated Image Processing Library.

Upgrade now to take advantage of these updates and ensure a smoother, more reliable website experience!

As always, if you have questions or need assistance, we’re here for you.

Best,

Team Astra Pro

Hello everyone!

We’re thrilled to share the Astra 4.8.4 update, designed to enhance your website-building experience with a new feature, critical improvements, and essential fixes.

This version introduces a new control for displaying total product review counts on archive pages, ensuring a better WooCommerce experience.

Additionally, we’ve addressed compatibility with WordPress 6.7, improved web font handling to prevent CORS issues, and resolved several styling and functionality bugs, including alignment issues, shortcode formatting, and typography consistency.

New:

• Introduce a new control to display the product total review count on the product archive page.

Improvements:

• Added filters to allow toggling between URLs and local paths for webfont loading to resolve CORS issues.
• Enabled support for reordering of opened meta and structure elements within the customizer.
• Conversion of ‘px’ to ‘rem’ is now working for responsive devices heading as well.
• WooCommerce – Display the product thumbnail image on catalog pages instead of the original image when the “Swap Image” option is enabled for Product Image Hover Style.
• Compatibility with WordPress 6.7.

Fixes:

• Gravity forms select2 fields stylings overridden by theme style.
• Alignment issue of Spectra boxed container with Astra.
• String Translations not working correctly for Astra Customizer settings.
• Featured image not displaying on the shop page with Layout 2, while it works on product category archives.
• Ensure global typography body text color is applied to paragraphs within the cover block.
• Resolved an issue where header rows post meta settings were causing the header to disappear.
• Resolved conflict with Starter Templates buttons group bottom spacing.
• Infinite loop when `Load Google Fonts Locally` option is enabled.
• Resolved style inconsistencies on category archive pages when no posts/items are present.
• Resolved issue where shortcodes were wrapped in unnecessary <p> tags, ensuring proper formatting in HTML widget content.
• Resolved issue causing warnings in Astra when WPML is active.

And that’s all for now. Upgrade to the latest Astra version 4.8.4 to access these enhancements and improve your website-building experience.

For more details, check out our docs or contact us! We’re always here to help.

Thanks for your continued support!

Best,

Team Astra

Hello Astra Pro users!

We’re excited to introduce the Astra Pro 4.8.3 update, packed with valuable enhancements and critical fixes to improve your experience. This version includes a new option to disable the quantity updater in the WooCommerce mini cart for greater flexibility.

We’ve also added Brazilian Portuguese support for the Language Switcher in the Header Builder and provided a new filter hook for advanced customization in the Site Builder.

Additionally, this update addresses several issues, including image display problems in product galleries, backend editor width compatibility for Beaver Builder/Elementor, and Polylang plugin compatibility with the search widget. We’ve also resolved a rare fatal error related to JSON decoding, ensuring smoother site performance.

New:

• Added option to disable quantity updater from WooCommerce mini cart.

Improvements:

• Site Builder – Added a filter hook ‘astra_exclude_wrapper_hooks’ to allow excluding the wrapper for specific hooks in site builder content.
• Header Builder – Language Switcher – Added Brazilian Portuguese language option.

Fixes:

• Solved image display issue in variation product gallery by matching image URLs more accurately.
• Site Builder: Editor width issue in the backend with Beaver Builder/Elementor for some hooks.
• Search widget incompatibility with Polylang plugin.
• Fatal error ‘”Uncaught Error: json_decode()’ from addon classes files in some rare cases.

Upgrade now to take advantage of these updates and enhance your website functionality!

As always, if you have questions or need assistance, we’re here for you.

Best,

Team Astra Pro