What's New with Astra

New:

• Added Easy Digital Downloads complete support.

Fix:

• Featured images not getting full width.
• Gutenberg embeds not responsive.

Fix:

• Gutenberg Compatibility with WP 5.0-Beta.1. A few class names are changed after Gutenberg is merged to WordPress Core, This version takes these changes into account for the Gutenberg compatibility CSS.
• Submenu CSS not correctly applied for the default menu when no navigation menu is assigned to primary menu location.

Fix:

• Removed default margin-bottom to images and iframes added in v1.5.2.

Fix:

• Page header’s CSS not being loaded correctly on the frontend.

New:

• Complete Gutenberg Support: Editor Styles, Wide and full-width support. Read the documentation.
• Font variants selection for the base typography settings. Read the documentation.
• LifterLMS – Add icons for new Membership and My Grades tabs in the student dashboard. (credits @actual-saurabh)

Improvement:

• Add new filter `astra_post_meta_separator` for changing the separator style in post meta.

Fix:

• Logo not perfectly center aligned in the mobile layout in case of stack layout.
• Mobile menu toggle being displayed in IE devices on random intervals.
• Minification plugins such as WP-Rocket, W3 Total Cache etc causing the mobile menu button to be hidden on small devices.

New:

• Complete Gutenberg Support: Editor Styles, Wide and full-width support.

Fix:

• Woocommerce – Label as Placeholder not working for Checkout Page.
• Thrive editor content being lost if two layouts are loaded on a page.
• Mobile & Sticky Logo visible together if both logo set.
• Megamenu heading CSS applying even after disabling megamenu.
• Sale doesn’t show the actual percentage for variable products.

Improvement:

• Remove link pointer animation styles. We will work on these to get better animations that can be provided from the theme.
• Add option to set border color for submenu item.

Improvement:

• Remove link pointer animation styles. We will work on these to get better animations that can be provided from the theme.
• Add option to set border color for submenu item.

New:

• Build Mega Menus from Astra Pro. [Read More].
• Use page builder templates, Widgets when building mega menus. [Check out the documentation].

Fix:

• Transition delay different for nav menu hover colors.
• Page Header logo width not working.
• Duplicate border for a full-width mega menu.
• The horizontal scroll appears for a full-width mega menu.