In the latest Astra 4.6.0 version, significant improvements have been made to enhance the blog archive experience.
Explore new layout options with the extended support for Grid, List, and Cover layouts through the Blog Layout feature.
You can now also benefit from new meta options, including meta divider and taxonomy styles, providing additional avenues for content customization.
Go through this document to learn about the improvements introduced to the blog archive page in Astra v4.6.0.
Enhancements to Blog Archive in Astra v4.6.0
Reveal Effect for Posts
We have added a Reveal Effect for posts appearing on the website. It is available for pro users, this effect enables users to embed a reveal effect for their posts whenever a page is loaded or refreshed.
You can find the option to enable the Reveal Effect under Blog > Blogs/Archive.
Blog Layout
We have added support for new Grid, List, and Cover blog/archive layouts.
- Grid Layout: Display posts in a neat and modern grid format.
- List Layout: Present your content in a traditional list format.
- Cover Layout: Highlight individual posts with large featured images.
Meta Options
We have added new meta options like meta divider and taxonomy styles with the free version.
Featured Image Customization
We have added new featured image customization options for blog archive for both free and pro version users.
Also, you can see the Hover effect option for the featured image.
We have improved the user interface of the archive page to provide an improved overall user experience.
Note
If you are an existing user, we strongly recommend eliminating legacy compatibilities to maximize the benefits of the overall blog improvements. To achieve this, you can incorporate the following filters into your child theme functions.php file.
add_filter( 'astra_apply_flex_based_css', '__return_true' );
add_filter( 'astra_is_header_footer_builder_active', '__return_true' );
add_filter( 'astra_v4_block_editor_compat', '__return_true' );
add_filter( 'astra_get_option_v4-4-0-backward-option', '__return_true' );
add_filter( 'astra_get_option_v4-6-0-backward-option', '__return_true' );
add_filter( 'astra_get_option_customizer-default-layout-update', '__return_true' );
add_filter( 'astra_addon_upgrade_fullscreen_search_submit_style', '__return_true' );
We hope this document has been helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.
