Hello Astra Pro Users!

We’re excited to let you know about our latest update, version 4.6.4. 

We’ve listened to your feedback and made some improvements and fixes. Here’s what we did:

Accessibility Enhancement: We’ve improved the accessibility of advanced headers by removing incorrect role=”img” attributes, ensuring a more inclusive browsing experience for all users.

Live Search Fix: Browser autocomplete is now disabled when live search is enabled, preventing any potential issues with search result overlapping.

WooCommerce Fixes:

• Resolved the issue where Infinite Scroll & page weren’t functioning correctly when using an Elementor template.
• Fixed a conflict between Astra Pro addon and Essential Addon’s Product Carousel transition property, ensuring smooth integration.

White Label Fix: Addressed the problem where the Help link persisted in the theme builder despite the white label being enabled, ensuring consistent branding for users.

LifterLMS Fix: The Enable Course Meta option now functions properly with LifterLMS Blocks, providing a seamless experience for managing course metadata.

These updates aim to make your experience better. If you have questions or run into problems, feel free to reach out. 

Explore our docs to learn more about the features we offer.

Best regards,

Team Astra

Greetings everyone!

As always, we’re thrilled to announce the latest update for Astra Pro, version 4.6.3.

In version 4.6.2, a few users reported an issue where their Page Builder templates lost styling when used as mega menu content.

Here’s what’s been fixed:

This issue has been successfully addressed in the latest release. Page builder templates now retain their styling when used as mega menu content.

Make sure to update to 4.6.3 for a better experience with Mega Menu functionality.

Check out this article to learn more about our mega menus.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or encounter any issues with the update!

Best regards,

Team Astra Pro

Hey everyone!

We’re thrilled to announce the latest Astra Pro 4.6.2 update, packed with numerous bug fixes and a significant enhancement!

In this release, we’ve introduced a new option, Inherit to size, allowing you to inherit global button stylings and typographies easily.

Bug Fixes:

• Single Post – Fixed customizer options for social sharing design being dependent on the Enable Author Box option.
• Performance – Resolved slow query issues when using an excessive number of menu items.
• WooCommerce – Fixed the Related Product column setting, ensuring proper functionality for mobile devices when the up-sell product section is disabled.

We hope these updates help you use Astra Pro to create beautiful and complex websites easily.

If you face any issues, please feel free to contact us. We’re always happy to help!

Cheers!

Team Astra Pro

Hey everyone!

Exciting news – we’ve released Astra Pro 4.6.1, and it’s packed with improvements and fixes to make your website building experience even better. Check out what’s new:

Page Header – Now Better with Layout-2

Making your website look exactly the way you want is essential. We’ve made it easier by refining the Page Header. Now, the banner title area with layout-2 is even more restricted and precise.

We also fixed some important stuff:

Page Header Image Override Now Works for Single Layouts!

The Override the image with the featured image option in the Page Header wasn’t playing nice with single layouts. We’ve sorted it out. Now, it works as expected.

No More Errors!

Nobody likes errors, especially bad ones. We fixed a crucial issue where a few users got hit with errors because of an older Astra version. If you’re updating the Astra Addon, no worries – errors no longer appear.

Upgrade to Astra Pro 4.6.1 now to experience all these additions. 

Check out this article to learn more about our page headers and if you face any issues, please feel free to reach out.

We’re always here to help!

Cheers,

Astra Pro Team

This one’s huge.

Hey community! We’re so excited to bring you the Astra Pro 4.6.0 update. This update allows you to access some additional features on top of your latest Astra 4.6.0 update.

We have added some much-demanded changes, fixed small issues, and addressed some necessary feedback from you guys!

Check out these updates!

Blog Improvements: (Read More…)

• Blog – Reveal Effect: Introducing new Reveal Effect for posts appearing on the archive & search results page.
• WooCommerce: Introducing a new option for Reveal Effect for product archives.

Single Layout Improvements (Single & Author Box) (Read More…)

• Single – Author Box: Introduced new controls like Alignment, Background, Border, and Spacing for improvising the author box.
• Single – Author Box: Introduced new Section placement and social Share option support.
• Single – Post Navigation: Introducing a new badge style for a better visual appearance.
• Single Post: Moved the Author Box, and Social Sharing settings from the Single Post section to the new sub-sections under the Single Post section.
• Author Box: Introduced new filter “astra_addon_author_box_heading_tag” to change the heading tag of the author box section.
• Author Box: Introduced new filter “astra_addon_author_title_heading_tag” to change the heading tag of the author name.
• Added Customizer Section Shortcut Link to Author Box section for quick access for better user experience.

General

• Performance: Removed legacy CSS for the spacing addon & managed spacing with the new spacing options.
• WooCommerce: Added a new customization option for the color of the cart icon when the sticky header is enabled.

Fixes (Overall)

• Social Icons: Horizontal alignment does not work if Stack-On is selected.
• Sticky Header: Background is not blurry on iOS devices.
• Page Header: Background Image is not working on a single post.
• Nav Menu: Menu items hover color not working as expected.
• WooCommerce: Horizontal product gallery slider resizes in landscape mode for mobile devices.
• Site Builder: Header Shrink effect does not work in Site Builder header layouts.
• Site Builder: Layouts and page headers with untitled showing empty title space on the front end admin-bar menu dropdown.
• Site Builder: Issue with hooks not showing up in full width with Beaver Builder on the editor page.
• WooCommerce: Unable to login with modern checkout when the password contains some specific symbols such as ampersand.
• WooCommerce: The shop page sidebar collides when it’s moved to the top of the screen on responsive devices.
• WooCommerce: Quick view background color does not apply to the entire product details section when the sticky add to cart button is enabled.
• Nav Menu: Menu layout breaks on responsive devices due to default spacing added.
• Page Header: Getting str_contains() deprecated notice from the custom header with PHP 8.
• WooCommerce: The Off-canvas Sidebar does not close with an outside click or ESC key.
• PHP error “Uncaught Error: class FLThemeBuilderLayoutData not found” when Beaver Themer is active.
• Sticky header active menu color is not working when the submenu is added.

You need to update to Astra Pro 4.6.0 to experience these amazing new features!

We’re always working to make Astra better for you. So if you face any issues, please feel free to reach out.

You have our docs to help you out whenever you’re stuck with something.

Cheers,

Team Astra

Hey Astra Users!

With Astra Pro 4.6.0 Beta 1, We’re excited to introduce the Reveal Effect for striking post appearances and a redesigned Author Box packed with customization options, from alignment to social share support. 

But wait, there’s more! Along with this, we’ve also got some additional things in store for you!

Single–Author Box – Enhanced Controls

Redesigned Author Box with new controls like Alignment, Background, Border, and Spacing. Now you have more customization options to make your author box look just the way you want.

Single–Author Box – Section Placement and Social Share Support

Explore new possibilities with section placement and social share support for your Author Box. Share your content quickly and connect with your audience.

Reveal Effect for Archives

The Reveal Effect isn’t just limited to posts. We’ve extended it to archives like WooCommerce Shop and the Search Results page. Your entire blog experience is about to get a whole lotta better!

Single–Author Box – UI Enhancements

We’ve added new Border and spacing controls for refining the appearance of your Author Box. Your author profiles are now more visually appealing than ever.

Single–Author Box and Social Sharing Settings

To make things more organized, we’ve moved the Author Box and Social Sharing settings from the Single Post section to new sub-sections. It’s all about easy navigation and a cleaner interface.

Customizer Shortcut Link

Accessing the Author Box section is now quicker with the added Customizer section shortcut link. Your user experience just got a boost!

That’s about it!

You can always check our docs to learn more about Astra and these features.

We’re always working to make Astra better for you. So if you face any issues, please feel free to reach out.

Best regards,

Team Astra Pro

Experience enhanced flexibility with ‘vw’ unit support in customizer typography settings. Plus, enjoy greater customization with the addition of a new filter, ‘astra_fullscreen_modal_heading_tag,’ empowering you to adjust the Full-Screen search style’s heading tag according to your preferences.

• Introducing new “vw” unit support for font-sizes in customizer typography settings.

Improvements:

• Added a new filter ‘astra_fullscreen_modal_heading_tag’ to change the Full-Screen search style heading tag.

More Fixes:

• WooCommerce – Checkout – In modern checkout place order button missing a thousand separators.
• Fatal error ‘Attempt to read property taxonomy & name’ from addon cache files in some rare cases.
• Site Builder – Single templates get shrink due to flex-based CSS on the ast-container wrapper.
• WooCommerce – Product Catalog – Quick View Background option not working with Boxed layout.
• Site Builder – Custom layout appearing on the frontend if any hook action is set but the layout is not of ‘hooks’ type.

Enhancing WooCommerce integration, Astra ensures a smoother checkout experience while resolving issues like hidden form labels. The update also tackles visibility glitches, CLI errors, and menu heading color issues, promising a refined and stable site navigation.

• WooCommerce – Declared HPOS Compatibility across the plugin to avoid incompatibility notice when WooCommerce Addon Module is disabled.

More Fixes:

• WooCommerce – Checkout – Form labels get hidden for Stripe payment method.
• Mega Menu – Mega menu heading color option is not working on frontend.
• Blog Filter – Banner visibility glitch with ‘Post Filter’ and ‘Banner Layout 2’.
• PHP Fatal error ‘Uncaught TypeError: call_user_func()’ while running WP CLI commands.
• Submenu border width of old header footer builder causing site crashing issue.