What's New with Astra Pro

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.

Introducing Site Builder (formerly known as Custom Layout)

We’re excited to share that Custom Layout is evolving into Site Builder, reflecting our commitment to enhancing your website creation experience.

• Introducing Site Builder: Big news! Say hello to Site Builder, the rebranded and upgraded version of our beloved Custom Layout feature. Dive into a revamped, user-friendly interface tailored to empower your website creation process.
• WooCommerce – Product Catalog – Quick View Background option: Introducing the Quick View Background color option in WooCommerce’s Product Catalog. Customize your product displays effortlessly in any background.

Improvements:

• Custom Layout & Page Header metadata saving code improvements.
• Updated the select2 library to 4.0.13 to harden the security.

More Fixes:

• Mega Menu – Links should not be crawlable when ‘Disable Link’ option is set.
• Date-Box – Date Box stick at the corner of a post instead of the featured image which breaks blog UI.
• Mega Menu – Mega menu heading normal and hover color is not working.
• Top Border color & width not applied when mega menu width set to full width/full width stretched.

Discover Astra Pro 4.4.0: Blog Filters, Full Screen Search Modal Styles, Page-Level Background Settings, and More!

Elevate Your Blog Archive with Post Filters Using Astra!

Are you looking to enhance your blog archive and make content navigation a breeze for your visitors? Adding post filters is the key!

Why Post Filters Matter:

🚀 Simplify content discovery.
🧹 Organize your blog efficiently.
📈 Help new and returning visitors find what they need.

Exciting New Options in Header Builder – Search Element!

Enhance your website’s search functionality with these fresh options for full-screen searches:

🎨 Choose between Light or Dark search modal styles.
📝 Customize Heading Text to suit your brand.
✏️ Tailor the Description Text to engage your audience effectively.

Upgrade your Header Builder – Search Element with these powerful new features!

Unleash Your Creativity with Astra’s Page-Specific Background Settings!

Exciting news for website customization enthusiasts! Astra’s recent update (version 4.4.0) brings a game-changing feature – Page-Specific Background Settings.

In the past, you could only set one background style for the entire site and one for the content. But now, with Astra 4.4.0, you can give each page its own unique background, making it stand out from the rest.

Page-Specific Settings Overview:

🖌️ Customize backgrounds on a per-page basis.
🌐 Override global settings for site and content backgrounds.
🎨 Achieve a truly unique look for each page.

Why Astra Page-Specific Settings?

– Gain full control over your website’s aesthetics by breaking free from uniform global settings.
– Create distinct looks for different pages with ease.

New:

• Blog Pro – Blog Filter to filter categories and tags. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/post-filter/ )
• Header Builder – Search – Option to switch Light or Dark modal design for Full Screen style.
• WooCommerce – Introducing a new cart shortcode ‘astra_woo_slide_in_cart’, which adds support for a slide-in cart feature.
• Editor – Introducing Page Level Background Settings (Page Background & Content Background). ( https://wpastra.com/docs/page-level-background-settings/ )

Improvement:

• Added a new filter ‘astra_social_rel_attribute‘ to change Social Share’s “rel” attribute inside the post.

Fix:

• Blog – Social sharing icons were incorrectly linking to Twitter for all platforms.
• Header-Footer Builder – Social Icon – Text decoration typography style for labels not working.
• Custom Layout – Embed/YouTube block not working inside nested blocks.
• Sticky Header – Menu color gets overridden by normal header primary menu color.
• WPML conflicting with Profile language for translation.

Fix:

• Custom Layout – Layouts missing on the frontend for logged-out users with update v4.3.2.

Fix:

• Improved codebase for improved security. (Props – Patchstack)
• Blog – Social sharing icons were incorrectly linking to Twitter for all platforms.

New:

• Custom Layout – Option for dynamic content preview in single/archive template editor.
• Header Builder – Account – Introducing new option for Account menu expansion “Hover” or “Click”.

Improvement:

• Introducing filter ‘astra_addon_cl_ast_container_fullwidth’ to make flex based ast-container full-width to resolve edge cases like Custom Template shrinks on archive pages.

Fix:

• Header Builder – Account – PHP warning ‘Undefined variable $css_output_desktop’ while generating dynamic CSS.
• Mailchimp for WooCommerce radio select option is not clickable when Modern Input Fields is enabled.
• Custom Layout – Meta options modal’s UI adding extra space after WordPress-6.3.
• Custom Layout – Archive templates get shrink due to flex-based CSS on the ast-container wrapper.

New:

• Custom Layout – Introducing Custom Template feature.

  Earlier, using Custom Layout you were able to create a header, footer, search, and 404 page but now with the Custom Template feature extend this limit to creating single as well as archive templates.

• Introduced option to change Header logo color while sticky.

Improvement:

• Accessibility improvements for WooCommerce Pages.
• WooCommerce – HPOS Compatibility.
• WooCommerce – New Product Editor Compatibility.
• Introducing new admin notice for incompatibility of the theme.

Fix:

• Custom Layout – Spectra’s dynamic CSS-JS assets loading even though the layout is disabled from the edit list.
• Custom Layout – Layout hooked at ‘After Single Product Summary’ overlaps on the single product image and summary box.
• Custom Layout – FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING deprecated notice.
• WooCommerce – Elementor Pro’s Mini Cart Widget Conflicts With Astra Mini Cart Widget.
• Header Builder – Menu – Parsing duplicate ID error for ‘primary-site-navigation’ and ‘ast-hf-menu-x’.
• Header Builder – Account Login Popup’s UI breaking when Sticky Header is active with Hide on Scroll option.
• Header-Footer Builder – Divider elements missing from the settings when old astra-settings getting imported.
• File Generation – PHP warning while accessing cache files on some servers.
• Compatibility with WooCommerce Min/Max Quantities plugin.
• Compatibility with YITH Composite Products for Single Product Real Time Add to Cart.

Improvement:

• Compatibility with WordPress-6.3.

New:

• WooCommerce – Added Sale badge color change option for shop card modern design.

Improvement:

• Updated the license deactivation setting notification icon from admin panel.
• Loaded WP admin-bar related compatibility css only if user is logged in.
• Added a new filter ‘astra_font_line_height_unit’ to adjust the unit for line height. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/how-to-fix-the-line-height-unit-being-converted-to-em/ )
• Custom Layout – Improvised layout editor icons with better UI.
• Added font-size support till 200px in customizer typography options.

Fix:

• WooCommerce – Column setting not working on single product page for display recently viewed products.
• Mega menu icon styling is not applying on tablet/mobile.
• WooCommerce – Console error on checkout order review page.
• WooCommerce – Checkout Order Review Page Does not Appear for Mobile/Tablet when the Modern Checkout is enabled.
• Custom Layout – Edit layout Screen does not work with Beaver Builder when classic editor is active.
• Custom Layout – Embed video block not working on front end.
• Nav Menu – Mega menu not working with RTL language setup on the frontend.
• License activation link not working on admin Custom Layout & Page Headers page.
• Console warning regarding the incorrect use of element and improved compatibility with accessibility tools.
• WooCommerce – Fatal Error on Modern Checkout Page after Adding New Field with YITH WooCommerce Checkout Manager Plugin.

Improvement:

• Nav menu – Optimized number of database call to fetch megamenu item details.

Fix:

• WooCommerce – Console error from horizontal slider & vertical slider product gallery.
• LearnDash – “Enable Distraction Free Learning” option missing from the customizer General settings.
• Custom Layout – PHP code snippet with function calls throws PHP error “can not redeclare the function”.
• Single Post: Apply Custom Sizes option missing from Customizer > Blog > Single Post section.
• Single Post: Custom featured image size is not working with dynamic post banner area.
• Spectra block dynamic styles missing on auto loaded previous posts.
• WooCommerce – Enabling filter with flyout produce eventlistner error on console.
• Sidebar title font is not working for product page.
• Fixed lost password link for multilingual sites by using wp_lostpassword_url() function.
• Header Search – Placeholder text appears twice in full screen search & header cover search style.

Fix:

• Header Builder – Site Logo becomes too small for the sticky header.
• Custom Layout – Code editor strips out the code while saving and not working properly on frontend too.
• Search – Inline search box misaligned with respect it’s search icon position.

Fix:

• WooCommerce & WordPress marketplace users getting subscription notification when plugin purchased from Brainstorm Force store.

Fix:

• Backward managing cron run into infinite loop which exhausted CPU usage on server.
• PHP notice “Uncaught error array_map() requires 2nd parameter as array” while saving code editor from Custom Layout.
• PHP error “Uncaught Error: Call to a member function is_type() on string” for WooCommerce product.
• PHP error “Uncaught Error: class Astra_Notices not found” in some cases.

Fix:

• PHP error “Uncaught Error: Access to undeclared static property” for clonned header builder button’s padding.

New:

• Single Post – Social Sharing feature. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/social-sharing/ )
• WooCommerce – Introducing new add to cart trigger actions for shop and single product pages. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/introducing-new-add-to-cart-trigger-actions-for-shop-and-single-product-pages/ )
• Header Builder – Cart – Showcase featured products in the cart instead of showing it empty when no products added into it. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/showcase-featured-products-in-the-cart-instead-of-showing-it-empty-when-no-products-are-added/ )
• Header Builder – Sticky header – Blur background options for above, primary and below header. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/sticky-header-blur-background/ )
• WooCommerce – Added option to change strings for WooCommerce special pages like shop, cart, checkout, my-account.

Improvement:

• Hardened the security.
• Compatibility with PHP-8.1.
• Compatibility with WordPress-6.2.
• Single Post – Moved author info box before post navigation.
• Accessibility for header mega menu navigation.
• Button – Slider input field for sticky header’s border-radius control changed to spacing control to manage all direction sizes easily.
• Custom Layout – Provided actions support of banner title area for single post & archive.

Fix:

• Login popup issue when Sticky header with slide animation is enabled.
• Sidebar design tab in customizer does not show up when “Colors & Background” addon is disabled.
• W3 validation – Builder – Menu – Duplicate IDs for responsive devices.
• WooCommerce – Stripe Google pay button is not working on two-column checkout layout page.
• Custom Layout – Specific selection rule not working correctly if multiple specific selections added in rule engine.
• Sticky logo width option is not working with Enable Shrink Effect.
• Custom Layout – content_top and content_bottom hook’s layout misaligned on the frontend.
• WooCommerce – Quick view does not work with infinite scroll.
• Page Header showing author HTML markup on frontend on author archive page.
• Page Header – Showing PHP notice for ‘Function astra_addon_get_template was called incorrectly’ on WooCommerce single products.
• Select option hidden when dropdown to button option is active for a WooCommerce Composite Product.
• WooCommerce – Shop – Sorting Filters not working with Shop Card Design Layout 2 on Mobile View.
• Custom Layout & Page Headers admin – Edit content list posts gets overlapped with WordPress admin footer.
• Inside container spacing for single posts affecting the related posts section.
• WooCommerce – Variation Button does not work in Quick View modal.

Fix:

• Page Header showing author HTML markup on frontend on author archive page.

New:

• Redesigned the entire admin area with better user experience. ( https://wpastra.com/updates/astra-4 )
• Redesigned the entire mega menu area with better user experience. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/nav-menu-module/ )
• White Label – Agency icon field for re-branding software.
• Introduced admin bar quick links for easy navigation to edit Custom Layout & Page Header posts.
• Nav Menu – Custom icon & position support for mega menu items.
• Nav Menu – Enhanced options to customize the color and the background inside the mega menu.
• Nav Menu – Introducing divider color and styles for mega menu items.

Fix:

• Sidebar design tab in customizer does not show up when Colors & Background is disabled.
• Custom Layout – Specific selection rule not working correctly if multiple specific selections added in rule engine.
• WooCommerce – Shop – Content inside filter clipping when filter accordion is enabled.
• Single post – Top-Bottom inside container spacing is not work on mobile devices.
• Header Builder – Menu – Dropdown Menu on mobile device is not scrollable when Sticky Header is activated.
• PHP error when bsf-analytics data submitted for breadcrumb-position.
• Site title and tagline not displaying on Sticky Header after uploading different logo for sticky header.
• Blog/Archive – Enable/disable for Blog title & post meta does not work for blog layout 2 & 3.
• Scroll to top trigger position gets misaligned with padded layout.
• Sticky Header – Due to assigned custom margin to header, it gets misaligned.
• WooCommerce – Product catalog filter is not showing properly on mobile devices when modern layout is active.
• When WPML Multilingual CMS plugin is active custom Page Headers are not visible/working.
• WooCommerce – Variable product is not working with quick view.
• WooCommerce – Product gallery is not working in quick view.
• WooCommerce – Getting console error on product category pages when infinite scroll pagination-type is selected.
• Header Builder – Account – Text font family not working on the frontend.
• Custom Layout – Nested custom layouts not working on the frontend.

Fix:

• WooCommerce – Variable product is not working with quick view.
• WooCommerce – Product gallery is not working in quick view.
• Custom Layout – When WPML Multilingual CMS plugin is active custom header/footers are not working. ( Props – https://wpml.org/errata/astra-pro-3-9-3-enabling-custom-layouts-blocks-loading-scripts-added-in-the-header-or-footer/ )

New:

• Header Builder – Menu – Filter to add mega menu compatibility with registered nav menus. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/mega-menu-support-for-all-builder-menus/ )
• Custom Layout – Custom action hook support added to trigger layout content or snippet on a specific location.
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Recently viewed product feature.
• WooCommerce – Checkout – Back to cart button feature.

Improvement:

• Custom Layout – Redesigned admin posts list & editor meta settings with better UI/UX.
• WooCommerce – Removed jQuery dependency from Quick View addon.
• Introduced action ‘astra_checkout_login_field_before’ to trigger custom snippet before WooCommerce checkout’s login fields.
• Introduced action ‘astra_checkout_login_field_after’ to trigger custom snippet after WooCommerce checkout’s login fields.
• Added notice to install Astra theme if plugin directly starts. (Props – https://gist.github.com/mattyza)
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Selected active variant style design updated via filter ‘astra_addon_update_wc_variant_style’.
• Page Header – Repeated target rule error notice type changed to warning notice type with disabling the trigger.

Fix:

• WooCommerce – Single Product – Payment list styling is broken inside the quick view popup.
• WooCommerce – My Account – Placeholder added if product image is not available on the order and download section.
• WooCommerce – Composite product plugin compatibility on a single product.
• WooCommerce – Updated Related and Upsell products sub-option dependency.
• WooCommerce – Border removed on single product gallery sliders.
• Custom layout content before not working with the WPML targeted pages.
• WooCommerce – Quick view console error on all pages.
• Header Builder – Menu – Megamenu container get hides when hovering in between Top Offset spacing.
• W3 validation – WooCommerce – Quick view and Checkout’s Apply Coupon text having accessibility issues.
• Fatal error ‘Uncaught TypeError in Count function’ for invalid argument issue on the frontend for cache files, in some rare cases.
• WooCommerce – Checkout – Password required when guest checkout is active.
• Header Builder – Menu – Active colour from sticky header options not applying to menu items.
• Custom Layout – Inside post/page content displays multiple times with entry content hooks used.
• WooCommerce – Remove product icon misalignment issue on the cart page with the safari browser.
• Builder – Account Element – Changed direction for submenu opening does not work for account menu. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/change-the-direction-for-submenu-opening/ )
• WooCommerce – Single Product – The product gallery looks improper when a single product layout builds using a theme builder layout and the first image large gallery option selected from the customizer setting.
• Footer Builder – Divider Element – Hide on Desktop option is not working.
• WooCommerce – Off-Canvas Sidebar Filters – Close link trigger is not crawlable due to javascript:void(0) href.
• Header Builder – Menu – Sub-menu background colour overrides the border-radius of the submenu in the customizer.

New:

• WooCommerce – Checkout – Order summary & payment box background color options.

Improvement:

• Introduced filter ‘astra_addon_override_single_product_layout’ to enable/disable vertical & horizontal slider gallery layout in case if Single Product layout built using any page builder themer.
• Action ‘astra_addon_woo_quick_view_before’ for firing before Quick View popup trigger.
• WooCommerce – Introduced new JavaScript event ‘astraInfinitePaginationLoaded’ after shop infinite pagination loaded.

Fix:

• WooCommerce – Single Product – Default variation option not working with Change Dropdown to Buttons option in variable type product.
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Gallery thumbnail slider not in sync when product variations changes.
• WooCommerce – Checkout – String ‘Customer information’ is not translatable.
• WooCommerce – Checkout – Email validation not working for non admin users when trying to login through the checkout page when the modern layout is active.
• WooCommerce – My Account – Download items UI gets messed up in modern layout.
• WooCommerce – Checkout – Login button font-size does not match with their surrounding label in modern checkout style.
• WooCommerce – Checkout – Country/Region misalignment in checkout form on single country selection when modern input style enabled.
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Misalignment with quantity updater when vertical style is applied.
• WooCommerce – Shop – Product cards box shadow not working when old header footer is active.
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Product gallery missing when single product layout build using theme builder layouts.
• WooCommerce – Removing white background color being added to minicart icon when style is selected as outline.
• WooCommerce – ‘View Cart’ secondary link is hidden when product added to that cart from the single product page.
• WooCommerce – Shop – Active filter misalignment on the frontend.
• WooCommerce – Modern Checkout layout support for Germanized for WooCommerce plugin.
• Showing deprecated function warning on frontend after installing Elementor with theme.
• Customizer range slider control not accepting decimal values for ’em’ unit.
• Need to double click for dropdown menu to open sub-menus on desktop in rare cases.
• Blog – Infinite scroll is not working with Custom Post types.
• W3 validation – aria-label attribute is missing for button in Full search style.
• Updated product columns option dependency on individual Related and Upsell enable setting.

Fix:

• Mobile menu flyout mode not working properly when old Header layout is active.
• WooCommerce – Button variation is displaying the old deleted product attributes on single product.
• WooCommerce – Shop active filter toggle not working properly due to incorrect customizer option handle.
• Theme version rollback does not work on the initial page load of Astra Options.

New:

• Redesigned the entire customizer UI for better user experience.
• WooCommerce – General – Quantity Plus Minus Button Options With Multiple Designs.
• WooCommerce – General – Modern Input skin type.
• WooCommerce – General – Ajax based quantity selector.
• WooCommerce – General – Introduced Color and background option for Sale badge.
• WooCommerce – Shop – Added new modern view option for shop style.
• WooCommerce – Shop – Introduced unique filter panel design.
• WooCommerce – Shop – Introduced sticky shop filter sidebar option.
• WooCommerce – Shop – Added accordion compatibility for WooCommerce filter widgets.
• WooCommerce – Shop – Added Flyout and Collapsible option for WooCommerce filters panel.
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Added sticky add to cart on single product.
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Product tabs heading – Product tabs heading – Added normal, hover, and active text color support.
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Added Color and Typography options for Category text.
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Added Enable/Disable Quantity Plus-Minus sign option.
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Added Option to Add Extra Product Description.
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Introduced tab style presets for product details. ( Accordion / Distributed ).
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Introduced previous-next product preview option on navigation hover.
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Payment options list in single product structure.
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Introduced sticky product summary option.
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Toggle to Convert Variation select dropdown to buttons UI on Single Product page.
• WooCommerce – Added Multistep Navigation for Cart, Checkout and Order Received pages.
• WooCommerce – Cart – Modern Cart Layout.
• WooCommerce – Cart – Sticky Cart total on scroll on WooCommerce cart page.
• WooCommerce – Checkout – Modern Layout.

Improvement:

• Single Product – Option to Show/Hide Category on WooCommerce single product page.
• Single Product – Product gallery Layout options ( First Image Large / Vertical Slider / Horizontal Slider ).
• Single Product – Product Navigation color options ( Normal & Hover ).

Fix:

• Related Products & Upsell columns not working on responsive devices.

Fix:

• Custom layout styling not loading on front-end.

Improvement:

• Moved Single Post and Page spacing option to theme.

Fix:

• Translated Taxonomies not listed under the target specific rule for Custom Layout with Polylang plugin.
• Custom Layouts – Inside post/page content displays multiple time with entry_after hooks used.
• Small space appearing between the Sticky Above and Primary header in the Beaver Builder editor.
• Primary submenus not expandable on mobile when toggle button element is not added.
• “Header Button” heading added to separate out Sticky Header options in old header.
• Accessibility – LifterLMS profile link is missing aria-label and role attribute.
• Fixed display Products from Same Category with Navigation. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/products-from-same-directed-category-with-navigation/ )

Fix:

• Improvements as per WordPress coding standards.
• Elementor page with Motion effect jerks on scroll when header is set to sticky and animation is None.
• Header – Menus – Box Shadow not applying for submenus from customizer options.
• Submenu items expanded initially in offcanvas, when Toggle Button being used for desktop header.
• Single Product Quantity not working for decimal numbers.
• Astra theme version number missing in Rollback section.

Improvement:

• Compatibility for enhancing block editor experience. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/improved-block-editor-experience/ )

Fix:

• Builder – Search – Search markup is loaded even when the search element is not added.
• WooCommerce – Grouped product – Add to Cart not appearing properly on Quick view.
• Some of the Search shortcodes are not working on the posts or pages.
• W3 validation – aria-label attribute is missing for the close icon for Trigger For Off-Canvas Sidebar on the Shop page.
• Sticky header meta option is not working on the frontend.
• Custom Layout – “Header is built using Custom Layout” notice showing in customizer even the layout’s toggle is disabled.

Fix:

• Blog – Infinite scroll is not working with Masonry Layout.

Improvement:

• Removed jQuery dependency from Blog Pro Infinite Scroll addon.
• Removed jQuery dependency from WooCommerce Infinite Scroll addon.
• Added activate UAG notice in Custom Layout editor sidebar.
• Compatibility with PHP 8.0.

Fix:

• Gravity form checkbox not accessible when WooCommerce Quick View option is active.
• Accessibility – href attribute is missing in the Anchor element for Scroll to top.
• W3 validation – Removed unwanted CSS value set for content property for Quick View summary section.
• Accessibility – href attribute is missing in the Anchor element for Scroll to top.
• Navigation menu was not scrollable for the sticky header.
• Dropdown Mobile Menu – unable to open submenu on Sticky Header with Max Width – Site Layout.
• Elementor Pro popup not triggered when WooCommerce Single Product gallery layout is set to vertical.
• Scroll to top – Icon not appearing properly on responsive devices.
• Inside post/page content breaking the page when Yoast SEO and Beaver Builder plugins are active.
• Custom Layout – Inside Post Content – appearing in the sidebar.
• Builder – Language Switcher – WPML – all langauges appearing as active.

Fix:

• Fix: Custom Layout’s meta fields not saving when editor type is Code Editor.

New:

• Added feature to enable or disable specific Custom Layout. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/custom-layouts-pro/ )

Improvement:

• Added easy filtering tabs for custom layouts lists.
• Moved Custom Layout existing settings into a separate Gutenberg sidebar panel.
• Add Custom Layouts on pages/posts using shortcode feature.

Fix:

• Image field error in the CreativeWork Type.
• Removed unwanted title and desc tag present for search icon.

Improvement:

• Added compatibility for Elementor Pro v3.5.0 WooCommerce widgets.

Improvement:

• Code refactor – Some filters, functions, hooks are deprecated and replaced with astra_addon_ prefix NamingConvention. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/deprecated-astra-hooks/ )

Fix:

• W3 validation – Getting duplicate H1 tag for ‘site-title’ in case of Sticky header.
• W3 validation – CSS parse error for search icon height.
• W3 validation – Duplicate ID: ‘#ast-hf-mobile-menu’.
• W3 validation – Duplicate HTML id ‘#site-navigation’ in case of multiple menus on a single page.
• Builder – Menu – Transparent header’s submenu background color not overridden by Sticky header’s submenu background color.
• Builder – Search – Placeholder was not reflecting on frontend when changing from customizer in Search box style.
• Search input field border color was not changing when hovered on search icon for Slide Search style.
• Builder – Language Switcher – Element’s language options overlapping on one another.
• Flyout menu reoccurs when clicked on close icon for Old Header on iPhone devices.

New:

• Rollback to previous versions feature for the theme and addon.

Improvement:

• Moved heading color options to Global Colors section.

Fix:

• Backward compatibility for Content Background option with the theme.

Improvement:

• Astra menu settings button made accessible to users with ‘edit-theme-options’ capability.
• Clear asset cache of theme and addon on every new update of the addon.
• WooCommerce & EDD cart – Introducing Cart product count color option.

Fix:

• Fatal error Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function astra_get_tablet_breakpoint() in some cases.
• Fatal error Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function astra_get_tablet_breakpoint() in some cases.
• Search – Added Accessibility for Search Box style of Search Button.
• EDD – Cart count is overlapping on the submenu section.
• Builder – Account Element – Sticky header menu color not working.
• Builder – Account Element – Menu Font not working.
• Builder – Account Element – Deprecated responsive options for menu colors.
• Builder – Account Element – Login menu notice only visible when WooCommerce or Lifter LMS plugin activated.
• Sticky Header shrink option not working in new Header/Footer builder.

Improvement:

• Content background option is removed and will be available with the free Astra Theme.
• Typography options for Heading H4 to H6 are now moved to the free Astra Theme.

Fix:

• Previous & Next arrow icons not appearing for product gallery in Quick View layout.
• Compatibility with WPML plugin version 4.5.
• Console error while editing in the beaver builder editor view when “CSS File Generation” is enabled with Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder plugin.

Deprecated:

• Header Footer Widgets – Deprecated design specific sticky header options for better compatibility with WordPress 5.8. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/enable-astra-widget-design-options/ )

Fix:

• Replaced AJAX post request with simple JS request for Infinite pagination from WooCommerce & Blog Pro addon.
• Builder – Submenu & sticky header colors not working if “Header Sections” addon is deactivated from old header. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/editing-submenu-above-below-header-fix/ )
• Search – In ‘Search Box’ style search icon missing when Astra CSS icons available on site.
• Category archive title showing extra 1em space around when “Add Space Between Posts” option is disabled.
• Showing old footer copyright section on checkout page when distraction free checkout option is enabled for WooCommercce, EDD and LifterLMS.
• Stack On option for footer Social Icons not reflecting correctly as per setting in customizer.
• Search icon color is not applying to the Sticky Header Search Box style.
• Builder – WooCommerce & EDD cart – Outline cart type has transparent background. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/fix-transparent-woocommerce-cart/ )
• Page Headers and Custom Layouts for specific Pages/ Posts/ Taxonomies, etc. do not work in customizer.
• Swap Section feature not working for mobile in Old Header Footer. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/fix-swap-sections-not-working/ )

Deprecated:

• Filter ‘astra_infinite_pagination_post_type’ deprecated as AJAX request handled by simple JS request. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/restrict-search-results-post/ )

Fix:

• Fatal error on the widgets page when Learndash module is active.

Fix:

• Customizer not working due to conflict with block editor JS.

Fix:

• Fix: WooCommerce – Infinite Posts scroll event showing duplicate products in AJAX search results.

Fix:

• WooCommerce & Blog – Infinite Posts showing different taxonomy’s products on category or tag archive pages.

• Security Fix: Sanitized AJAX query_vars for Infinite Scroll actions.

Improvement:

• Added headings font-weight support to widget-title headings. (https://wpastra.com/docs/font-weight-for-widget-titles/)
• Removed jQuery dependency in Scroll To Top addon.
• Custom Layout – Added close button for multi-select selected items for Display On field.

Fix:

• Builder – Account Element – Sticky Icon Color creates color patch on sticky header active.
• Builder – WooCommerce cart – 0 Border width count removes default cart icon’s border.
• WooCommerce cart – Color option not working in old header layout.
• Megamenu – Clicking on any item causes a short gray blink on the items in other columns.
• Customizer’s font & color settings not reflecting in Gutenberg editor. (https://wpastra.com/astra-3-6/)
• ‘Page Header: Center Aligned’ layout not working for new users.
• Core Web Vitals – WooCommerce add to cart plus/minus buttons increasing CLS score.
• Sticky Header – Transition effect of headers when Shrink Effect is enabled.

Improvement:

• Improvement: Frontend optimization by reducing static CSS and loading it conditionally. (https://wpastra.com/astra-3-5/)

Fix:

• Fix: Version compare updated to v3.5.0 to support Site Title & Tagline pro color controls dependency.

With every update in our Astra 3.0 series, we’ve pushed the envelope a step further when it comes to performance and speed. The latest Astra 3.5 update is no different.

We’ve taken it a notch higher!

We constantly strive to get Astra better at speed and performance in every possible way to help our users experience the fastest websites on the web.

Astra 3.5 brings significant CSS optimization for faster frontend loading. It also comes with advanced options for the recently released related posts and responsive visibility for the site title and site tagline. 

This version also brings significant updates for accessibility, thereby dropping a major hint that your favorite Astra is getting ready for Core Web Vitals. With these improvements, Astra now becomes a 100% (jumping from 98%) accessible theme with a default layout.

Astra 3.5 is available in the beta version, where you could try out all exciting features and experience performance improvements. We invite you to test the new Astra 3.5 out. 

Together we can make it better and would like to hear from you with your feedback.

 Go ahead and download the Astra 3.5 beta version. Our Astra Pro users could refer to the article on beta updates for Astra. 

Before using the beta version, we strongly recommend using the theme and plugin in a test environment and not on a live site. This way, you can confidently play around and try out the latest features without worrying about anything going wrong on the live site.

Let’s check out all the latest and exciting new updates.

Faster Speed on Frontend With Optimized CSS

We all love designing our websites with different colors, typography, layouts, and so on. However, with more styling comes even more code. And with more code, there’s more CSS.

With Astra 3.5 onwards, no matter how many styling options you use, all the code will be served by more optimized CSS files. This gives you the fastest loading speed in the front end. And adds wings to your creativity!

This update focuses on the optimization of CSS that loads with Astra on your page.

Here is what we did to improve CSS loading:

• Conditionally Loading of CSS: What this means is that Astra will now load CSS only if the particular style is applied to the website or if an element is used on the website. The corresponding CSS will be generated based on the design options you choose in the Astra customizer. This also includes elements you use in the header footer builder and will prevent loading any extra CSS for styling that is not applied on your website.
• With page builders, load only relevant CSS: Astra will first detect the page builder on your website and then load the respective and required CSS code. 
• Wiped off some CSS: We examined every CSS applied for both the desktop and responsive views. We’ve optimized and reduced the CSS to the best possible extent.

This covers all the CSS that is applied by Astra, giving you the much-improved loading time.

Here is a result of a test that we ran using Astra’s previous and upcoming version.

Before Astra 3.5: The main CSS had a file size of 56.89 KB, and the page took 725ms to load completely.

With Astra 3.5: The CSS file size was reduced to 41.09 KB and took 666ms to load completely.

That means with Astra 3.5, your web page loads 59ms faster than before. 

What to test with the beta version?

• Keep your website design as it is.
• Install and activate the beta version for the Astra theme. If you are an Astra Pro user, activate the beta version for the plugin as well.
• Check for any website design changes with Astra 3.5 beta version. As this version brings new ways of optimizing CSS code, you must test any design changes it causes on the website.
• If you observe any change, report it to our team with a supportive explanation and screenshot. 

New Controls in Related Posts

Related posts feature was introduced with Astra 3.4. Using this feature, you can display related posts on your posts and pages from the Astra customizer. 

This option now has additional controls.

1. Custom Title and Alignment for Related Posts Section

You can set a custom string as a title to the related posts section and manage its alignment. 

What to test with the beta version? 

• Add a title and set alignment to this section. Check if it appears appropriately in the customizer preview as well as in the frontend
• Check if it works well with the responsive view 
• Check if it works well with the RTL website

2. Responsive Support to Posts Grid Column Layout

You can now manage the column numbers across all devices.

What to test with the beta version? 

• Check if it appears appropriately in the customizer preview as well as in the frontend. 
• Check if it works well with the responsive view
• Check if it works well with the RTL website

Responsive Visibility Option for Site Title and Site Tagline

This adds the new responsive option for the toggle button for the site title and site tagline for desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.

What to test with the beta version?

• No change is expected on your website if you use this option. The site title and tagline should appear as they did before and after the update.
• Test the new option ‘Display Site Title’ on responsive mode. The site title should be visible only on the selected device.
• Test for the visibility of dependent controls on ‘Display Site Title.’ They should be displayed conditionally, just as they did before.
• Test the new option for ‘Display Site Tagline’ on responsive mode. The site tagline should be visible only on the selected device.
• Test the visibility of dependent controls on  ‘Display Site Tagline.’ They should be displayed conditionally, just as they did before.
• All the above cases should also be tested with old header options (before Astra 3.0) and the new Astra header builder.

Site Title Color Option Moved to Theme From Astra Pro

The site title color option was available only with the Astra Pro addon. It is now moved to the Astra theme. 

You can find it in the logo element under the design tab.

What to test with the beta version? 

• If you have Astra Pro, try to deactivate it and then test this option with the Astra theme 
• Check if it works fine in the customizer preview as well as in the frontend.
• With new header builder’s logo element.
• If you are already using this option from Astra Pro, check if it works with the Astra theme.

Enhancements for Accessibility

Astra is already an accessibility-ready theme. Improving it further, Astra 3.5 now has the following updates:

• Background and foreground colors will now have an increased contrast ratio.
• The search button of the search form is now made fully accessible. 
• Always show aria-label attributes on builder social icons for accessibility.

With these improvements, Astra is now a 100% accessible theme with a default layout.

What to test with the beta version? 

• Run any accessibility test you wish. You can use any tool you like to test accessibility.

Time to Test Astra 3.5!

We would really appreciate your help in testing this update. 

As mentioned in the beginning, you can download the Astra 3.5 beta version for the theme.

The Astra Pro users can visit your store account or refer to the article on beta updates for Astra. 

Again, we strongly recommend that you try out the beta version of the theme and plugin in a test environment only and not on a live site.

If you think you’ve found a bug, please do let us know through our support portal. 

Here are other improvement and fixes that Astra 3.5 brings –

Astra 3.5 Beta 1

Improvement:

• Builder – WooCommerce Cart & EDD Cart – Filter to change “Shopping Cart” text in responsive flyout. (https://wpastra.com/docs/update-mobile-cart-title/)
• Core Web Vital – Accessibility – always show aria-label attribute on builder social icons. (Props – https://github.com/tristanmason)
• Core Web Vital – Accessibility – Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.
• Increase max submenu width option value from 200 to 1920 same as the container.
• Added responsive control for ‘Display Site Title’ and ‘Display Site Tagline’ settings.

Fix:

• PHP error with Uncaught Error: Class ‘Astra_Icons’ not found in searchform.php when using plugin ‘LearnDash Ratings Review Feedbacks’.
• Text alignment issue for footer Widget 3 and Widget 4 when Astra Pro is deactivated.
• Removed unwanted dividers from customizer setting sections.
• Builder – WooCommerce & EDD cart – Duplicate transition CSS avoided in case normal Astra CSS icons.
• WooCommerce – “Product Categories” widget’s child elements have missing icon when Astra’s SVGs enabled.
• Footer Builder – Hide on mobile/tablet for above footer is not working on frontend.
• WooCommerce – Product’s Sale bubble appears on the header on scroll due to z-index.

Astra Pro 3.5 Beta 1

Improvement:

• Added compatibility for upcoming ‘Spectra’ plugin version 1.23.0 and above.
• Separate out options for outside item color controls in sticky header.

Fix:

• Builder – WooCommerce cart – Empty icons visible along with SVG icons in builder cart element.
• Spacing options visible in Single Post customizer section even though Spacing addon is disabled.
• Removed unwanted dividers from customizer setting sections.
• Builder – Menu – Arrow icon visible aside to Mega Menu Highlight text.
• JS console error on click of WooCommerce Off-Canvas close icon.

Thank you in advance!

New:

• Builder – WooCommerce & EDD Cart – Border width option for cart outline style. (https://wpastra.com/docs/remove-border-around-cart/)

Fix:

• WooCommerce – Grid column layout not working for upsell products.
• Builder – WooCommerce & EDD cart – double icon appearing when icon selected from Addon.

Fix:

• Fix: Fatal error Uncaught Error: Class ‘Astra_Builder_Helper not found when footer build with custom layout.

New:

• ‘Start Time’ and ‘End Time’ rules for Custom Layouts. (https://wpastra.com/docs/custom-layouts-pro/)
• ‘Responsive Visibility’ rules for Custom Layouts. (https://wpastra.com/docs/custom-layouts-pro/)

Fix:

• Remove unnecessary gap between the Mobile Header & Dropdown.
• Search element margin not working.
• Breadcrumb in the page headers show warnings on structure testing tool.
• Gutenberg Editor – Unable to edit content in editor when background styles applied to Content and Site Layout is Max-Width.
• Builder – Menu – After partial refresh megamenu’s width & left position removes in customizer.
• Enable Code Editor button misaligned in Gutenberg editor when Starter Templates plugin is active.
• Sticky Header – Below header menu hover color issue when the mega menu is enabled.
• Search Box Styling not working.

Fix:

• Previous & Next navigation icons not appearing on WooCommerce single product page.
• Close icon not appearing for WooCommerce Quick View on Shop Page.

Fix:

• Builder – Illegal offset warning for footer divider with invalid vertical size.
• Icons not appearing for WooCommerce Off-Canvas filter on Shop Page.

New:

• Builder – Introduced new element Toggle for Desktop. (https://wpastra.com/docs/toggle-button-for-desktop/)
• SVG Icons support ( deprecating astra.woff font file ) (https://wpastra.com/docs/ast-font-icons-to-svg/)

Improvement:

• Redesigned the image resize control UI in customizer for better user experience.
• Builder – Menu – Added box-shadow option for submenu container.
• Code quality improvements for better performance.
• WordPress 5.7 compatibility.
• Frontend optimization – WooCommerce – Shop Page, Single Product Page. (https://wpastra.com/docs/optimize-css-html-before-3-3/)
• Frontend optimization – EDD – Shop Page, Single Product Page.
• Frontend optimization – LifterLMS – All Courses Page.
• Frontend optimization – LearnDash – All Courses Page, Single Course Page.

Fix:

• Builder – Account Element – Added better notices for user understanding when Profile Action is set to Menu.
• Above Header and Below Header compatibility in Page Header.
• Menu container width not calculated properly when Mega Menu Width is set to Menu Container Width.
• Vertical Alignment for Above, Below, and Primary footer not working when the addon is active.
• Divider being invisible in some cases due to invalid width/height references.

Deprecated:

• Footer Divider – Deprecated the vertical layout size in percentage and added it in px.
• Header Divider – Deprecated the horizontal layout size in percentage and added it in px.

New:

• Introduced Inside Post/Page content option in Custom Layouts. (https://wpastra.com/astra-pro-3-2/)

New:

• Ability to clone and delete elements from Header/Footer Builder. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/clone-delete-hf-elements/ )
• Added new color options for Add to Cart Tray.
• Language Switcher element for Header & Footer Builder.

Improvement:

• Redesigned the entire customizer UI for better user experience. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/revamped-astra-customizer/ )
• Added design options for Builder – Toggle Menu in Sticky header.
• Builder – Search – Placeholder text and color options.
• Builder – Search – Box height, Icon color and Background color options.
• Builder – Button – Added button size options.

Fix:

• Builder – Social Icons – Added ability to show the social icons in vertical layout for mobile devices.
• Builder – Sticky Header – Social icon, label custom color & official color not working.
• Corrected position of ‘Last Menu Item’ typography controls inside ‘Primary Menu’ section.
• Builder – Menu – Megamenu container get hides when hover in between Top Offset spacing.
• Sticky Header – Page scrolls to top in customizer when user switch to responsive mode.
• Submenu colors are not working in the frontend.
• Menu font size not working with old Header.
• Sticky Header – Menu link, background and hover colors not working for old header.
• Sticky Header – Site title and tagline color not working.
• White Label – Not able to white label the theme author and theme name in footer builder.
• Added missing widget title font family option.
• Product count value in cart element not aligned.
• Custom Layouts – Removed unwanted blank CSS while using spacing option.

Fix:

• Mobile Header – Flyout Menu does not work for Sticky Header.
• Hide label description option not working in Mega Menu.

New: Header Builder

• Introducing a new visual Header Builder that gives powerful options to design advanced header designs.
• Design different layers of header with – Above Header, Primary Header, and Below Header options. 
• Get all essential header elements like Button, HTML, Widget, Social Icon, Search, Menu, etc. right inside the header builder. 
• Freedom to place elements at any location in the header with simple drag-n-drop. 
• Get full control on background and height for Above, Below, and Primary header.
• Spacing options for each element in the header.
• Dedicated options to design header for responsive devices. Get full control over the mobile header and create a different look. 
• Added Mega Menu container’s Custom Width option.
• Added Mega Menu container margin and Padding Options.
• Improved Sticky Header Options. Know more here.
  Refer to a detailed comparison of features available with Astra free and Pro. ( https://wpastra.com/astra-free-vs-pro/ )

New: Footer Builder

• Introducing a new visual Footer Builder that gives the ability to design unique footers for your website.
• Design different layers of footer with –  Above Footer, Primary Footer, and Below Footer.
• Use different essential footer elements like Copyright, Button, HTML, Widget, Social Icon, Search, Footer Menu, etc. So that you can add all the required information easily with few clicks.
• Simply drag-n-drop elements in different sections of the footer. It gives you the freedom to place elements at any location in the footer quickly.
• It provides a flexible columns-based structure where you can select column count and column layouts.
• Manage responsive layouts for the footer easily. 
• Spacing and alignment options for each element in the footer.
• Refer to a detailed comparison of features available with Astra free and Pro. ( https://wpastra.com/astra-free-vs-pro/ )

Improvement: Faster Loading Time 

With Astra 3.0 experience faster loading customizer as well as faster website  loading time in the frontend. 

Astra customizer will load faster than before so that you can design a website in less time. While Astra website will load faster in the frontend delivering a great experience for your users.

Other Improvements and Fixes:

• Improvement: Added customizer partial refresh support in a few options.
• Improvement: Custom Layouts – Added compatibility to new Custom Layouts Hooks with respect to the new Header/Footer.
• Improvement: Page Header – Added compatibility to Page Headers with respect to the new Header/Footer.
• Improvement: Overall HTML Structure improvement which includes removing blank spaces and removing unwanted HTML Tags.
• Improvement: Ability to add any number of Elements in Header and Footer using a filter from the child theme.
• Fix: Sticky Header – Shrink option issue with alignment.
• Fix: Sticky Header background color not working in some cases.
• Fix: Page Header – Display Below Header option not working.

Fix:

• ‘Enable Code Editor’ button not appearing in Custom Layout editor when no Page Builders were active & in Firefox browser.
• ‘Enable Code Editor’ & ‘Enable WordPress editor’ button text mismatch issue when classic editor plugin is active.

Fix:

• Fatal error Uncaught Error: Class 'Astra_Builder_Helper' not found with Astra theme version 3.0.0-beta.2.

New:

• Visibility options – Now user can hide a few options as per devices.
• Divider Element – Horizontal & Vertical Divider for both Header and Footer.
• WooCommerce Cart and EDD Cart Element for Header.

Improvement:

• Faster Customizer experience with respect to Design/General Tab change.
• Ability to add any number of Elements in Header and Footer using a filter from the child theme.
• Loaded animation CSS only when needed.
• Improved the UI in customizer for Footer Builder.
• Custom Layouts – Added compatibility to new Custom Layouts Hooks with respect to the new Header/Footer.
• Page Header – Added compatibility to Page Headers with respect to the new Header/Footer.
• Responsive – Added responsive compatibility to Footer Inner Column Spacing.
• Responsive – Added responsive compatibility to Social Icon Size and Social Icon Spacing.
• Responsive – Added responsive compatibility to Search Icon Color.
• Responsive – Added responsive compatibility to HTML Element related Colors.
• Responsive – Added responsive compatibility to Widget Element related Colors.
• Responsive – Added responsive compatibility to Above, Below and Primary Header height.
• Responsive – Added responsive compatibility to Footer Menu layout.
• Responsive – Added responsive compatibility to the Footer Column Layout.

Fix:

• Allowed negative margin values
• Fixed the issue with Global Button hover color not being applied to Header/Footer Buttons.
• Sticky Header – Shrink option issue with alignment.
• Primary Menu – Font Weight not being applied in frontend.
• Off-Canvas – Fixed issue with Sub Menu colors, typography, and other inherited properties.
• Primary Menu – Fixed an issue with the Stack on Mobile option, not in action in some rare scenario.
• Footer – Added default Stack layout for Footer Columns.
• Toggle Button – Fixed an issue Toggle Button SVG looking odd.
• Button – Fixed an issue with mismatched EM/PX with respect to Margin.
• AMP Compatibility – Fixed an issue with Menu animation JS for AMP pages.
• Slider Control – Fixed an issue with zero value not being accepted by the Slider Control.

Improvement:

• Frontend optimization by loading WooCommerce ‘Shop Page’ pagination JS file conditionally.
• Frontend optimization by loading ‘Blog Page’ infinite pagination JS conditionally.

Fix:

• Fatal error on changing the value of some controls in Customizer – compatibility with PHP 8.0.

New: Header Builder

• Introducing a new visual Header Builder that gives a flexible and advanced header designing experience.
• It offers different layers for header – Above Header, Primary Header, and Below Header.
• You can drag-n-drop elements in different sections of the header. It gives you the freedom to place elements at any location in the header quickly.
• It offers different essential header elements like Button, HTML, Widget, Social Icon, Search, Menu, etc. So that you can add all the required information easily with few clicks.
• Get background and height options for Above, Below, and Primary header.
• Spacing options for each element in the header.
• You can design a completely different header for responsive devices with handy mobile header options.
• Refer to a detailed comparison of features available with Astra free and Pro. ( https://wpastra.com/astra-free-vs-pro/ )

New: Footer Builder

• Introducing a new visual Footer Builder that gives the ability to design unique footers for your website.
• It offers different layers for the footer – Above Footer, Primary Footer, and Below Footer.
• You can drag-n-drop elements in different sections of the footer. It gives you the freedom to place elements at any location in the footer quickly.
• It offers different essential footer elements like Copyright, Button, HTML, Widget, Social Icon, Search, Footer Menu, etc. So that you can add all the required information easily with few clicks.
• It provides a flexible columns-based structure where you can select column count and column layouts. This lets you manage the footer look easily.
• Create responsive layouts for the footer.
• Spacing and alignment options for each element in the footer.
• Refer to a detailed comparison of features available with Astra free and Pro. ( https://wpastra.com/astra-free-vs-pro/ )

Improvement: Improved Customizer

• Experience faster loading customizer. Astra customizer is now upgraded with ReactJS that gives a quick and swift customizer experience.
• For quick access and faster editing, customization options are segregated and served with two different tabs – General and Design.
• Now get a faster customizer preview than before. Header and Footer sections will be partially refreshed on any change in the customizer.

Fix:

• ‘Display on Mobile Devices’ option dependency added with all the options in Section 1 & 2 of Above and Below headers.
• Submenu icons having wrong position in RTL view on responsive devices.
• MegaMenu background image option not working.
• PHP fatal error while previewing themes other than Astra in customizer when Astra Pro is activated.

New:

• Gradient color option for background control in Customizer. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/new-color-controls-in-astra/ )

Improvement:

• Color, Responsive Color, Background & Responsive Background control now uses Gutenberg’s control in Customizer. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/new-color-controls-in-astra/ )
• All custom controls HTML markup was loading from PHP, which is now moved to React JS for the better and optimized Customizer performance. ( https://wpastra.com/astra-2-6/ )

Fix:

• Infinite scroll was loading all types of posts on the blog page.
• PHP fatal error while previewing other themes in Customizer when Astra Pro is activated.

Improvement:

• File Generation code improvements.

Fix:

• Custom Layouts translations not working with Polylang plugin

Fix:

• WordPress 5.5 Customizer JS error related to addons.
• Mega Menu and Page Header – Color picker compatibility with WordPress 5.5.
• Up/Down arrow appearing for Page Header settings with WordPress 5.5.
• Bulk activation/deactivation of Addons misprint text for their status.

Fix:

• Fix: Megamenu – Hide label / description & Hide link options not working.

Fix:

• Child Theme – Template directory does not exist warning when the theme name is White Labelled.

Improvement:

• Introducing filters – ‘astra_post_minute_of_reading_text’ & ‘astra_post_minutes_of_reading_text’. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/modify-read-time-text/ )
• Read Time meta support in single post.

Fix:

• WordPress default widget blocks not working in Custom Layout.
• Some Spectra not working in Custom Layout.
• Adding Different Logo checkbox dependency on Retina Logo option in Page Header.
• Spectra v1.14.11 Blocks not working in Custom Layout.
• Sale Badge UI fix for WooCommerce products.
• Adding Header Layout dependency on ‘Display on Mobile devices’ option in customizer for Above and Below Headers.
• Media breakpoint for tablet appearing on website as a text due to HTML Cache.

New:

• Gutenberg support in Custom Layouts. ( https://wpastra.com/custom-layouts-with-gutenberg/ )
• Page Header submenu color options. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/page-headers-overview/ )

Improvement:

• Dashboard menus now appear without reloading the page on activating addon.
• Gutenberg editor improvements.
• Hardened the security of plugin.

Fix:

• Filter to fix Custom Layouts built with Beaver Builder not rendering in some cases. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/custom-layouts-rendering-issue/ )
• Transparent header bottom border is not working on mobile and tablet.
• LifterLMS compatibility JS file not loading.
• Full-Screen menu style visibility problem when both Above & Below header menus are merged.
• Masonry blog layout not working.
• Warnings on activating plugin on fresh website.
• Plugin icon missing from Updates page.

New:

• White Label non-personal data tracking setting. ( https://store.brainstormforce.com/usage-tracking/ )

Fix:

• Gutenberg editor Full Width layout background color not working for new post.
• Gutenberg editor Headings color and typography not working.

New:

• Filter to change default breakpoint of tablet & mobile devices. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/set-update-breakpoints-tablet-mobile-in-astra/ )

Improvement:

• Background color/image responsive param. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/how-to-add-background-images-to-various-sections-on-site/ )
• Theme minimum version notice is now dismissible.

Fix:

• Brizy white label compatibility.
• Tablet colors not working when menu breakpoint increased above 768px. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/set-update-breakpoints-tablet-mobile-in-astra/ )
• ‘Inherit’ font family for UABB Default Button not working.
• Error while updating the plugin in some cases.

Fix:

• WordPress 5.4 compatibility with Gutenberg Editor.
• Mega Menu settings button appearing twice on menu page with WordPress 5.4.

Improvement:

• Added compatibility of ‘Display on Mobile’ option with all ‘Section’ options with Above and Below Header.
• Added support for file generation option to work in individual sites on multisite setup.

Fix:

• Student Gravatar customizer option missing in Learndash 3.0 template.
• Updated Iris library for Color Picker.
• Undefined url and path PHP notice in some cases.
• PHP warnings for undefined notice in Spacing Addon.
• Transparent header jittery issue with animation on mobile.
• Footer widget line height round off issue.
• Line height round off issue in WooCommerce product title on single product and product archive page.

Fix:

• Astra Addon minimum version notice appearing in some cases even after Astra Addon is updated.

Fix:

• Custom Layouts built with Thrive and Divi not working.

New:

• Page Header – responsive option to enable parallax effect on responsive devices. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/parallax-page-header/ )

Improvement:

• Hardened the security of plugin.
• Compatibility with latest WordPress PHP_CodeSniffer rules.
• Added Fallback for database migration for some edge cases and when CRON is disabled.

Fix:

• Submenu disappears on safari in case of No Toggle menu style.
• Above and Below header menu toggle color not working in customizer.
• Theme minimum version update notice.
• Astra Pro License white label constant not working. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/white-label-constants-to-change-strings-permanently/ )
• Quick View Plus Minus not working on Single Product page. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/disable-plus-minus-buttons/ )
• Uncanny LearnDash Toolkit – Mega Menu admin conflict.
• Console JS warning for function AstraToggleMenu().
• Fatal error Sales Price if variation product does not exist.
• Duplicate search with sticky header.

Fix :

• Important Security Update : Update Now!

A security researcher privately reported a bug about a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Our team immediately took action, and provided the required patch within 2 hours, releasing the update on the same day after thorough validation.

Users don’t need to panic. We haven’t heard of any exploit attempts using this vulnerability. However, we strongly recommend all our users to update Astra Pro as soon as possible.

We take security very seriously and put in continuous efforts to keep our products safe, secure and reliable.

Astra Pro version 2.2.5 has no known security vulnerabilities. And it is recommended that you update it now!

Fix :

• Possible recursion in the update functions.

Fix :

• Error on plugins page on sites where curl extension is not enabled.

Improvement :

• Update Brainstorm Updater to v1.23.2.

Fix:

• Error on plugins page with sites having WP version < 5.3.
• Custom Layout content render issue.

New:

• Added button and heading compatibility with Page Builders ( https://wpastra.com/astra-2-2/ ).

Fix:

• Page header background image accessibility issue.
• Theme minimum version notice appearing even when theme is updated.
• Sale badge price not working for variable product.
• Post title not appearing issue with ToolSet Plugin.
• Megamenu admin RTL CSS fixes.
• Page Header admin RTL CSS fixes.
• WooCommerce plus minus button conflict with Convert Pro plugin.
• Custom layout do not display correct language version of layout with WPML.

Fix:

• Undefined function PHP error occurs when theme functions are not loaded in a few scenarios.
• Too few argument PHP warning in comment section.

Improvement:

• Filter Hook astra_single_featured_image_post_types to apply Featured Image Size to pages also.
• Filter Hooks to Disable Schema. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/disable-schema-markup/ ).
• Filter Hook to disable WooCommerce quantity buttons. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/disable-plus-minus-buttons/ )
• Filter Hooks astra_advanced_header_layout_1_title_tag, astra_advanced_header_layout_2_title_tag to change the HTML tag of the Advance Header title.

Fix:

• Added AMP prefix to CSS files for AMP specific pages.
• Mega Menu not closing on mouse out.
• Fatal error on AMP pages when a theme from AMPforWP Plugin is activated.
• Scroll to top background color and hover color not working.
• hidden CSS class renamed to ast-hidden class due to conflict with third party plugins.
• Compatibility with WordPress 5.3.
• Product Sorting not working when Infinite Scroll is enabled for WooCommerce Products.
• Single Post Inside Spacing option not working for Author info box.

Improvement:

• WooCommerce Product Gutenberg blocks compatibility.
• Custom Layouts and Page Headers menu will be visible only to users with edit_theme_options capability

Fix:

• Submenu closes on page scroll for android devices.
• Wrong WooCommerce product variation added to cart when more than one add to cart form is displayed on page.
• WP Bakery shortcodes not working when Auto Load Previous Posts option is enabled from the customizer for the single blog.
• WooCommerce header cart icon options live preview not working in the customizer.
• Full Width sticky header not working when Header Button selected in Last Menu Item.

Fix:

• Post save action not working for users not having theme edit capability.
• Errors few users facing with WooCommerce product add to cart and checkout processing.

New:

• A CSS file will be loaded for dynamic style generated according to options set in the customizer, earlier inline CSS was loading on the page.
• New filter `astra_load_dynamic_css_inline` to disable/enable loading of inline CSS.
• Filter to modify widgets title HTML from Above and Below widget area.

Improvement:

• New plus-minus buttons for Product quantity input on WooCommerce cart and single product page.

Fix:

• Scroll of the page stops working after the closing menu when the sticky header is used on the mobile device.
• Horizontal Scroll getting added to the responsive layout when Footer Bar padding is set to 0.
• Shortcodes not working in custom layouts built with Brizy page builder.
• Header cover search not working on android tablet devices.
• License activation link from plugins page not working when WHITE LABEL is enabled.
• Sticky Header site tagline color not working with Sticky Header animations.
• Advanced Header site tagline color not working.

• New improved customizer experience is now much faster than before with over 5x speed improvements in customizer loading times.
• Improved the categorization of all the customizer settings to reduce navigating through multiple sections when setting up the website.
• Introduced customizer popup param to hide/categorize customizer settings and reduce overall required scrolling.

Many more fixes and improvements –

• Improvement: Remove unnecessary role attribute from HTML.
• Improvement: SVG for Below and Above Header layouts.
• Improvement: Crossbrowser compatibility for customizer UI.
• Improvement: Optimized number of queries executed on admin pages.
• Improvement: Live preview for controls.
• Improvement: Optimized logic for generating settings group control data.
• Fix: WooCommerce shop page cannot take fullwidth stretch layout when using Elementor/Beaver Builder page builder.
• Fix: Prevent PHP warning in the customizer for PHP 7.1.
• Fix: Infinite Scroll not working on WooCommerce Subcategory pages.
• Fix: Fonts from custom font plugin not appearing in fonts list in the customizer.
• Fix: Group popup not closing in customizer for the WooCommerce product catalog section.
• Fix: Section title does not stick in the customizer.

Also, check the changelog for Astra Theme version 2.0.0

Improvement:

• Updated Brainstorm Force updater to the latest version.

Improvement:

• Improved logic that is used to save the values of options inside the new popups, Earlier all the values of options inside the popup were combined and stored in JSON objects now all the values inside the popup are stored separately similar to Astra Version 1.X.X. This removes the requirement of the Database Upgrade routine when updating from Version 1.X to 2.X
• Changed the images used in the customizer options such as Header Layouts etc. to new lightweight SVGs.
• Updated minor UI tweaks for all the customizer controls to unify the design across all the options.

Fix:

• Purge Nginx Helper’s cache when Astra Addon’s CSS/JS files are refreshed.
• Enqueue BB Layout’s CSS in to avoid FOUC.

Improvement:

• Option Labels in the customizer
• Layout design images

Improvement:

• Primary menu and submenu options displayed in the individual group.
• Close option group popup on outside click.

Fix:

• Heading typography not inheriting content typography.
• Font Variant option for base typography not working.
• Menu link/text color is not working in the below header on iPad and mobile devices.
• Background color for the menu is not working on mobile for sticky header.

Improvement:

• Live Preview for heading and body font family option without page refresh.

Fix:

• Primary header spacing options not working on tablet devices.
• The sub-menu background color is not working for a full-screen menu style.
• Menu and sub-menu background color for full-screen style are not getting inherited on tablet and mobile devices.
• Menu background color live preview is not working for the flyout menu style.
• Transparent header Menu Background color and link color options are not working.
• Close Button position misplaced when the above header merged with the primary header.

Fix:

• Delay in Navigation Menu appearance.
• Infinite Scroll not working inside Archive Product Widget of Elementor.

Improvement:

• Live preview for Typography options.

Fix:

• Responsive Background color not working when the background image is used in the desktop device only.
• Background Overlay Color value not inherited on Tablet and Mobile Device for Transparent Header.
• Submenu spacing responsive value not working for Above and Below Header.
• Active colors are not working on the iPad device for the submenu from the primary header.
• Submenu background color not inherited for sticky-header when used with a flyout menu.
• Responsive Menu Color options are not working for Transparent Header.
• Toggle Button color is not working when Below Header merged with Primary Header.
• Content section colors are not working on the mobile device for the Above Header.

New:

• Color options for LearnDash 3.0 template. ( See Doc )

Improvement:

• Deprecated layout, typography options for LearnDash 3.0 template.

Fix:

• Sticky header not working with Mega Menu enabled.

Fix:

• Duplicate menu labels appearing in Primary Header when Sticky header is enabled.

New:

• Disable Execution of PHP Code in Custom Layouts using constant ‘ASTRA_ADVANCED_HOOKS_DISABLE_PHP’

Fix:

• The sticky header menu color not working when the menu color is set from Advance Header.
• Mega Menu improper width on page load.
• Sticky header menu color not working when menu color is set from Advance Header.

Fix:

• Breadcrumb deprecated notice appearing on the page header.
• Hide changelog only when whitelabel is enabled.
• Brizy compatibility fix.
• Transparent notice appearing in the color option of Customizer even when Transparent Header was disabled.
• Redirect to cart page on successful add to cart if the option is selected from WooCommerce settings.
• Scroll not smooth on mobile when masonry effect enabled for blog posts.
• WCAG 2.0 Search icon link accessibility fix.
• Remove usage of get_woocommerce_term_meta() which is deprecated in WooCommerce 3.6.0.
• Vertical Gallery scroll appearing even when 3 products added in the single product page.
• BB Editor changes not getting saved when Mobile Header addon is active.

Fix:

• Fix: Breadcrumb shortcode not working.
  
• Fix: When hash link clicked inside merged menu, the menu was not closing.

New:

• Shortcode ‘
  ‘ – https://wpastra.com/docs/display-breadcrumb-with-shortcode/

Fix:

• Custom Layouts – Hook name not being displayed in the admin area when editing the custom layout.

New:

• New: Native AMP support from Astra Theme and Astra Pro. Read more about here

Improvements:

• Improvements: Accessibility – Keyboard navigation not working for menu in the sticky header.
• Improvements: Above Header & Below header text/html preview.

Fix:

• Fix: WooCommerce – Invalid Product notice issue.
• Fix: Lightbox issue with custom layout(Image size issue).
• Fix: Gutenberg – container color does not work on pages freshly created.
• Fix: Infinite scroll issue with product catalog option of WooCommerce.

New:

• Whitelabel – Allow white label strings to be updated using PHP constants. (See Doc)

Improvement:

• Whitelabel – Replace wpastra.com links in customizer with white-labeled links.
• Whitelabel – Replace plugin strings on the updates page.
• Whitelabel – Replace Theme strings on the Themes page and update notification.
• Whitelabel – Replace the theme page slug to white-labeled theme name.
• Improve accessibility of Mega menu, Make sure the mega menus can be accessed by using tab navigation.

Fix:

• Fix: Above header mobile menu getting incorrect width.
• Fix: Divi builder not working on archive pages with custom layouts.
• Fix: Toggle for menu does not work when sticky header animation is enabled.
• Fix: Custom Layout hooks created for WooCommerce actions showing 404 pages when trying to edit them.

Fix:

• Mega menu color picker not working.
• When Hooks from WooCommerce are selected in Custom Layouts elementor editor cannot be opened.
• ubmenu is displayed in column layouts even if the mega menu is not enabled in a few cases.

New:

• New: Filter to allow modifying WooCommerce product navigation – Documentation

Fix:

• Fix: Horizontal scroll added on the sticky header when flyout menu is used.
• Fix: Whitel label not updating the Theme name from Customizer Screen.
• Fix: Headings colors not working in the Block Editor.
• Fix: WooCommerce Quick View not arrows not working in RTL mode.

Fix:

• Deprecated function warning from Elementor’s method \Elementor\Post_CSS_File

New:

• Added stick add to cart option to stick the Add to Cart in the Quick View popup.

Improvement:

• Quick View – Update close icon position to be outside the popup.
• Quick View – Remove unnecessary scroll bars visible when the description is not too long.
• Quick View – Gallery scrolling two images at once.
• Quick View – Overall improvement in the logic for Quick View to fix bugs reported by users on support channels.
• Whitelabel – ‘ in the Whitelabel title breaks the actual title.
• Whitelabel – modify strings in the update popup for the plugin.
• Whitelabel – Permanently hide white label screen using a constant. Read about
• Whitelabel – Hide beta updates block when the white label is enabled.
• Whitelabel – Update missing string changes in Astra mega menu settings.
• Whitelabel – Update permalink for Custom Layouts in white label.
• Whitelabel – Hide actions in custom layouts addon when the white label is enabled.

Fix

• Block Editor – content color/background color does not work.
• In full-screen mobile menu submenu icon alignment missing.
• List Astra free plugins from Astra Options page.
• Outside custom menu item padding does not work.
• Suggestion – White Label feature.
• Z-index issue with header in a padded layout.

Fix:

• PHP Error not allowing Custom Layouts to be edited when a custom action is selected.

Fix:

• Hide Beta updates option for white labeled sites.
• Sticky header CSS being applied to Primary Header.
• Page Headers: HTML markup being displayed in page header on author archive pages.
• Sticky header shrink adding incorrect padding to the custom menu item.
• Shop pagination does not work on product categories when “subcategories” is selected to be displayed on the shop.

Improvement:

• Introduced actions and filters in Advanced Headers templates to make them extensible.

Fix:

• Blog Pro: Datebox goes out of the container when single column layout is used for blog archive.
• Sticky header displaying transparent header colors on focus.
• Lifter LMS header profile link alignment not center aligned.
• Page header logo not displayed on mobile devices.

Fix:

• PHP Notice in the transparent header dynamic CSS.

New:

• Custom Button Options for the Sticky header.

Fix:

• JavaScript error on WooCommerce checkout pages when using with CartFlows.
• EDD cart in header displaying HTML markup.
• Remove Extra Astra font family being loaded from Astra Pro.

New:

• Introduced Easy Digital Downloads Addon.

Fix:

• Mega Menu + no toggle style not working correctly on mobile.
• Elementor Pro options are not applied to the imported templates.
• Background Overlay Color for the transparent header for responsive devices.
• Header Cover search does not work correctly in actual responsive devices.
• The padded layout cannot set to full width.
• Mega menu hide label option hides it’s submenu content.
• Remove featured image padding and space inside padding not working correctly together with padding option.

Fix:

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

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.

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.

New:

• Link for product title in WooCommerce quick view.

Fix:

• Submenu border not working.
• Menu sortable not working.
• Full-width mega menu not working.
• Top border getting applied to all the four sides of submenu container.
• 100% Width not getting applied for the Mega Menu in IE10.
• Horizontal scroll on the page when the Mega Menu is enabled.
• WooCommerce product Quick view accepts order value more than stock value.
• Center header layout with custom header breaks on IE11.
• Mega Menu content width not getting applied in IE11.

Fix

• Enable Mega Menu option not visible in popup.
• Megamenu not working correctly in sticky header “hide when scrolling down” option is selected.
• A custom menu item is not center aligned when using submenu below header filter.
• PHP Notice due to link pointer style CSS not loaded in correct WordPress action.
• WooCommerce – External/Affiliate product issue with Ajax Add to Cart.
• Background image displayed twice for the fullwidth mega menu.
• Highlighted label should be center aligned

Improvement:

• Updated design of the navigation menu settings popup.

Fix:

• Elementor does not work if `no-toggle` menu style is selected and the section 1/section 2 is not set for Header Sections.
• Sale bubble styling is not working with woocommerce shortcode.
• Mobile menu submenu icon alignment is missing when we set the label to the main menu in mobile devices.

New:

• Added widget support for Mega Menu.

Improvement:

• Primary Submenu, Header Sections Submenu border option moved from Colors and Backgrounds to Layout section.

Fix:

• Space Outside Body given in % for top not working with Sticky Header.

New:

• Submenu Container Animations for menus in Above header and below header.

Improvement

• Navigation menu admin UI code refactoring to improve the speed of the admin UI. For this, the TinyMCE in the mega menu settings popup had to be replaced with a simple TextArea.
• Slightly Updated design of the Highlight Label.

Fix:

• Nav menu spacing added from customizer should apply to the spacing for the Custom Text/Shortcodes added in mega menu.
• Label text & background color not working.
• WooCommerce shortcodes having extra paddings when added in the mega menu.

New:

• Convert menu item into heading option for Mega Menu.
• Spacing, Typography, Color options for the mega menu headings.

Improvement:

• Categorized the admin options for the mega menu in WP Admin -> Menus.

Fix:

• Color options compatibility with Mega Menu.

New: Nev Menu / Mega menus Addon. Help us test this new upcoming addon in Astra Pro.

• Fullwidth menu with background images

• Mega menu – Content Width menu

• Mega Menu – Menu Container width

• Custom menu Labels

• Add Shortcodes in menu content

• Use Page builder templates in menu content

• Multiple Pointer Animations and more to come

This is a beta version. You can enable automatic beta updates from Astra Pro. Read more.

Fix:

• Hide notice displayed for activating the license for Astra Theme.
• Sticky header mobile and tablet colors not working when the transparent header is enabled.

New:

• Support for automatic beta updates for Astra Pro and Astra Theme. Read more about here.

Fix:

• Header Cover search when the main header menu is opened would cover header and menu together. Now it only covers the header.
• Flyout menu not taking full window height on some mobile devices.
• Target rules in custom layouts and page headers not displaying post types without taxonomies.

Astra Pro v1.5.0 is now released. Check the changelog of v1.5.0-beta.1 for a complete list of changes in this version.

New:

• Search styles – Header Cover, Full Screen, Search Box, Slide Search

• New shortcode
  Search for:

  Search
  so that the search styles can be used in the headers created using page builders. Read doc here
• Blog Pro – Image size control for blog archive and single post

Fix:

• Transparent Header makes the search bar transparent.
• Font size and line height for h2 not working.
• Mobile flyout Menu Hiding on Safari iOS when sticky header is activated.
• Brizy page builder not working when creating layouts in custom layouts addon.

Fix:

• Correctly sanitize the font-weight control in the Astra Customizer.

Fix:

• Transparent Header logo not being displayed.
• Sticky header colors not working when page header is used on a page.

Fix:

• Sticky header options are hidden in customizer when above and below headers are not used.

Fix:

• PHP warning in customizer when all add-ons are deactivated.

Improvement:

• If a menu item that is clicked has a #link, the menu will automatically be closed.

Fix:

• Transparent header menu and submenu colors not applied for menus in above header and below the header.
• Increased z-index of the sticky header so that it does not go under any other page elements.
• Sticky header background color not being applied when the sticky header is enabled using page meta only.

Fix:

• PHP Fatal error in LearnDadh distraction-free learning mode.

New:

• Color options for Sticky Above, Below and Primary Header.
• Color options for transparent header are now responsive.
• Submenu color options for transparent headers.
• Shortcodes for LifterLMS and LearnDash profile link – [astra_lifterlms_profile_link] and [astra_learndash_profile_link] respectively.

Improvement:

• Add alpha color picker for all the color options in the customizer.

Fix:

• Flyout menu navigation overflowing outside the flyout container.
• Inline logo and the title does not work if the custom menu item is set to be outside.
• Excerpt length from Elementor Pro’s widgets not working due to filter in Astra.

New:

• Mobile Headers add-on. Check out the changelog of 1.4.0-beta for all the new changes.

Fixed:

• Below header merge menu adds different colors for both the menus.
• Scrollbar visible for no toggle menu style when last menu item has submenus.
• The Fullscreen menu, not center aligned in below header.
• Desktop logo width is not inherited on the mobile logo is mobile logo does not have any width.

New:

• Option to hide custom menu item on a mobile device.
• Background image option for menu background.
• A separator control in Customizer to differentiate desktop and mobile header settings in a section.

Improvement:

• Default paddings for above and below headers. Improved spacings in between header sections.
• Display a notice in customizer header section if the header is built using custom layouts addon.

• Improved transition for the flyout and fullscreen styles.
• Spacing between the menu item and dropdown icon for all mobile menu styles.
• Mobile header layouts now work on breakpoint width instead of static 544px width.

Fixed:

• Flyout menu is not loading in full screen when we set sticky.
• Half border added to a custom menu item on a mobile.
• Background color and image param are not working for the sticky header in responsive options.
• Swap positions do not work in stack layout.
• When the menu is disabled, flyout goes full width.
• No toggle style overflows outside the screen.
• Sticky + Transparent is not working.
• Dropdown menu width shrunk in stack layout.
• Custom Layout missing all the columns like Display Rules, Author.
• Fullscreen menu not correctly center aligned.
• Primary menu border not working for the no-toggle style.
• Priority 0 is not being set from Custom Layout.
• WooCommerce infinite scroll — products appear on shop/category page even if only show categories is selected.
• WooCommerce Checkout form label as placeholder not working for a few checkout fields.
• WooCommerce Quick View popup on a smaller screen does not display product title
• Lifter LMS – Header goes full width when content is set to full width and LifterLMS Distraction Free Learning is enabled.

New:

• Mobile menu style – “No Toggle”
• Mobile Header support for Above Header and Below Header.
• Introduced responsive params for colors, background, slider etc to allow reducing duplicate settings.

• Merge Desktop header and mobile header settings to reduce the number of separate settings in the customizer So that you don’t have to navigate in multiple sections to design headers.
• Spacing options for single blog post layout.
• Improve UX for multiple Logos in Customizer. Add logos for transparent/sticky/mobile etc only when you want to have a different logo than the default.

Fixed:

• Fine Tune close icon position in the flyout menu.
• Astra Header doe snot work correctly in IE11
• Custom Layouts 404 page does not display background image to the body
• Custom Layouts & Thrive Page builder not allowing correct content to be modified.
• Toggle button content is not center align in above header.
• Primary menu by default open in some cases.
• Use plugins_url to fetch correct assets URL instead of custom building the URLs.

New:

• Added option to swap sections in above and below the header.

Improvement:

• Border for Mobile Header improved with Top, Right, Bottom & Left border option.
• Default flyout menu alignment updated to the Left.
• Make default flyout width 70% for below 544px width devices.

Fix:

• Sticky header menu scroll issue.
• All flyout menu is not loading in full screen when we set sticky.
• Thrive architect editor conflict in customizer for custom layout.
• Background property for the body not working with 404 page designed using the custom layout.
• Featured image is not visible for infinite scroll with Page Header addon.
• The logo cannot be changed from page header until a logo is added in the customizer.

Fix:

• Masonry effect not working in Blog Pro.

New:

• Introduced Display on Mobile option for Above and Below Header.
• Mobile Header options added for Above and Below Header.

Improvement:

• Add Astra Pro fields in the LifterLMS Course builder.
• Quick View gallery now support image variation images.
• Headers created using custom layouts work correctly with transparent headers.
• Target Rule now allows targeting WooCommerce shop page.
• Target Rule now allows targeting all the posts inside a taxonomy/term.
• Added newly introduced actions in Custom Layouts addon.
• Updated logic for Ajax add to cart to add better support for third-party WooCommercce plugins.
• Set default background color for page headers with 0.5 so that the background image is visible by default.
• Custom Layouts addon now supports Divi Builder.
• Change read time string to be grammatically correct.

Fix:

• Page Headers not displayed correctly when in the customizer.
• Ajax add-to-cart not displaying variation names in some cases.
• Custom Layouts + Thrive Page builder fixes.
• When WooCommerce cart is used in header layout 2. The menu is misaligned on safari 10
• Sticky header is not working as expected with the padded layout.
• Quick View popup adds space for the header, above-header.
• Enable cursor for the Quick View background.

Fix:

• Custom layout not saving values for “Sticky: Desktop + Mobile”.
• Background color not working for the sticky header.
• Background color not working on blog layouts and blog grid layouts.
• Added a default value for link color for below header section.
• Background param not saving when color is set to empty.
• WP CLI commands to activate the license not working on a fresh site.

Fix:

• Above header navigation JS error.
• Above header background color not working.

New:

• Added support for LearnDash LMS from Astra Theme.
• Background images options for `Header`, `Above Header`, `Below Header`, `Sidebar`, `Content`.

Fix:

• `Ajax add to cart` not adding products to cart for Composite Products and WooCommerce Booking plugins. Ajax add to cart will be by default disabled on these product types.
• Blog Pro – Excerpt word count of `0` was not working.

Improvement:

• Improve UX on white label screen so that it’s more clear on how to get back the white label screen when it is hidden.

Fix:

• Some of the Links on the welcome page sidebar were not removed even though white label settings were enabled.
• Multiple Custom layouts loaded on the same page causing second layouts to not load its CSS when using Thrive Architect for building the Custom Layouts.
• Incorrect content height applied to the quick view content area.
• Transparent Header navigation colors should be applied only for the desktop view. This fixes issue where transparent header on mobile would add same background color and text color which made texts non-readable.

Improvement:

• Updated the latest Translations.
• The welcome page URLs can now be updated from White Label.

Fixed:

• PHP Warning appearing in Custom Layout addon when saving a layout.
• PHP warning appearing on some sites when white label settings are not found.

• New: 404 layout support in Custom Layouts addon.
• Improvement: Moved the links for `Custom Layouts`and `Page Headers` add-ons under Appearance. So one less click to get to the required settings.
• Improvement: Support for gtag.js for the infinite scroll for tracking Google Analytics page views.
• Fixed: Quick View not loading the description completely.
• Fixed: Correctly send only the base URL to Google Analytics when tracking page views on the infinite scroll on single post view.
• Fixed: CSS from custom hooks addon being loaded as a separate file is not combined with rest of the Astra Pro’s CSS.

Updated Learnndash branch with the latest stable release.

The best theme for LearnDash gets better with Astra Pro in  ???

Download the beta version from your account on our store and try the beta version. Documentation will be added shortly.

Astra Pro v1.2.0 is finally here ?

Some of the Highlights of v1.2.0

• Introduced Spacing Addon. Check out the documentation for the Spacing Addon.
• Introduced LifterLMS Addon. Check out the documentation for LifterLMS Addon.
• Added Typography and Color options for WooCommerce.
• New shortcode [astra_woo_mini_cart] to display cart icon anywhere you want. Check out the documentation for the shortcode

Be sure check out the changelogs of all the beta versions of v1.2.0 for the complete list of changes.

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where too many cache files were being created on some of the hosting providers.
• Move Site layout options into Container Layout.
• Woocommerce Single Product Ajax add to cart is activated then related products and upsells not able to add to the cart.
• Display Author only for the post, not for any custom post type.
• Corrected the global translations directory to be – `wp-content/languages/plugin/<translation-file>`. Earlier this global directory was `wp-content/languages/<translation-file>` Which differed from what we are recommending in the translation documentation – https://wpastra.com/docs/how-to-translate/

New:

• Now you can add responsive width for the Transparent Header & Sticky Header Logo.
• Added WooCommerce General typography and color options.
• Cart in the menu can be used on Above Header as well as Below Header.
• New shortcode [astra_woo_mini_cart] to display cart icon anywhere you want.

Improvement:

• Renamed Action astra_woo_quick_view_product_summary and deprecate astra_woo_qv_product_summary action.
• Added Thrive architect support for Custom Layout.
• Site Layout options moved to Container section.

Fixed:

• Blog Pagination not working with Woocommerce addon.
• Quick view not working for infinite pagination.
• The quick view modal position below when Sticky Header activated.
• Display Author only for post, not for any custom post type
• Affiliate single product ajax add to cart not redirecting to the affiliate URL.
• Custom Menu Item for Page Headers HTML markup being not rendered to the front end.
• Quick View loader not working in the WooCommerce shortcode.

New:

• Blog Pro spacing option added.
• Blog Pagination spacing option added.

Improvement:

• Added top, bottom spacing for menu & Submenu for Primary Header, Above Header and below Header.

New:

• Improved the Spacing param to allow selecting unit from px, em, %.
• Added spacing options for Site Identity.

Improvement:

• Updated the UI of the spacing param.

New:

• LifterLMS Addon.
• Spacing Addon.
• Option to separate menu on mobile, This allows displaying the top header/ below header menu on their place even on mobile.

Improvement:

• WPML Compatibility for Custom Layouts addon.
• Updated compatibility with the navigation menu plugins.

New:

• WooCommerce Designer Addon.
• Override the custom menu item from Page Headers.
• New action astra_footer_inside_container_top to the footer.
• New action astra_footer_inside_container_bottom to the footer.
• Header content fullwidth not working with Sticky Header.

New

• More Options to Customize Cart in Menu.

• Option to retrieve the checkout form fields even if the page is accidentally reloaded.

Fix

• ‘Use Labels as Placeholders’ now supports all the custom checkout fields as well.
• Quick View displays the gallery arrows even if it does not exist on the product.
• Changed off canvas close icon position to be in the Off-Canvas.

New:

• Option to use Labels as placeholders

• Display The Quick View when clicked on product image

Improvement:

• Custom Content width at checkout will be applied only to the checkout form.
• Improved the shadow for the shop grid.
• Add Ajax support for ‘Add to Cart’ button in Quick View.
• Updated the style for the Quick View Loader.
• Add max height to the gallery thumbnails in Vertical Gallery
• Overall Improvements for the UI elements.

New

Off Canvas Filtering

Brand new List Style

Hover Effects for images

Grid box shadow

Quick View

Horizontal / Vertical Gallery

Ajax Add to cart on single product page

Product Navigation

Two Step Checkout

Distraction Free Checkout

Fix:

• When featured image overlay is used in a page header it disables the featured image from search results page.
• Custom Layouts – Wrapper closing issue with PHP snippet.
• Page Header & Transparent Header on mobile causing content to be pushed above.
• Customizer Preview fatal error for WordPress 4.9 and older version.

New:

• Support for the WordPress code editor when using code editor in Custom Layouts.
• Custom Layouts – Added support for WooCommerce Hooks when using hook.

Fixed:

• Correctly display white label plugin name in missing places.
• Page header featured image overlay all the featured images on the pages.
• Add missing closing <span> in the scroll to top markup.
• Blog Pro masonry grid not aligned correctly on Safari.
• Header markup duplicating even if the sticky header is not enabled.
• Blog pro infinite scroll not working after more than 10 posts.

Fixed:

• The logo being cropped in customizer preview.

Fixed:

• Blog Pro: Ajax request forbidden issue.
• Some SVG logos were not being displayed.
• Transparent Header – Not working on the static blog page.
• Transparent Header – Force Disable on Archive Pages; renamed to Force Disable on Special Pages; and added to Archive, Search, 404 Page.

New:

• Blog Pro addon – This module adds more options in the customizer for the blog layouts.
• Site Layouts addon – Adds Box, Fluid, Padded layouts to add more design possibilities to your websites.

New

• Added a button to regenerate the cache generated by Astra Pro.
• Custom Layouts – Allow footers to be made sticky.

Enhancement

• Header Sections – Header Sections menu support added if a primary menu is disabled for responsive devices.
• Page Headers – Custom Primary Menu option is available whether Merge Page Header with Site Header is selected or not.

Improvement

• Page Headers – Transparent Header renamed to Merge Page Header with Site Header.

Fixed

• Header Sections – If the primary menu is hidden the below header menu was also hidden.
• Transparent Header – Logo width not applied to the customizer preview.
• Sticky Header – Sticky Header opacity not working when header’s background color with opacity applied.
• Page Headers – Logo width option was not working.

New

• Transparent Header Addon
• Now design Header & Footer directly from Custom Layouts Addon (Formerly Advanced Hooks Addon)

Improvement

• Improvement: Renamed Advanced Headers Addon to Page Headers.
• Improvement: Renamed Advanced Hooks Addon Custom Layouts.
• Improvement: Custom Layouts – Automatically enabled Beaver Builder and Elementor.
• Improvement: Header Sections – Background Color picker with opacity option added in the Customizer.

Fixed

• Page Headers – Allow Template to be overridden from the child theme.
• Page Headers – Page content text overlap on page headers.
• Sticky Header – Fade animation effect is not applied to top bar.
• Typography – Font Family for Headings was inherited from the body, now it will be correctly inherited from Heading Font Family.
• White Label – Theme’s welcome page, site footer’s author name, author URI missing from the white label.
• Removed category word on custom post-types category archive in page headers.

Fix :

• Advanced Hooks – Shortcode not working inside the content.

New :

• Header Sections – Sticky Header support added for Below Header Section.

Improvement:

• All Background Color picker with opacity option added in the Customizer.

Improvement:

• An Improved white-label support which allows white labeling all the free plugins created for Astra.

Fix:

• Advanced Hooks adding wrapper <div> for the hooks added outside the <body> tag, This will allow adding scripts etc in the <head> tags.
• Sticky headers will take text colors from the main header settings in the customizer. Earlier when the advanced header was used on a page the sticky header would take color settings from the advanced header.

New

• Added white label support.

Improvement

• Escape all the SQL queries used in Target Rules.
• Advanced Headers – Display rules added to the advanced headers listing page.

Improvement:

• Header or Primary menu background color applied to mobile menu background color.

Fixed:

• SVG logos cannot be cropped hence this will fall back to resizing the logo with CSS when using an SVG logo.
• Target Rules not working on the Archive pages.

New:

• Introduced: Header Sections Addon. Read Announcement Post →
• Advanced Hooks – Ace code editor for PHP Snippet.
• Advanced Headers – Retina logo option.
• Advanced Headers – Logo width option.
• Scroll to Top – Hide on mobile option.
• Sticky Header – Enable on mobile.
• Sticky Header – Logo width option.

Improvement:

• Advanced Headers – Optimized target rules.
• Advanced Hooks – Optimized target rules.
• Advanced Hooks – Live preview in page builder.

Fixed:

• Typography blog post archive.

New:

• Sticky Header – New appear animation styles fade and slide.
• Sticky Header – Options enable sticky header on mobile
• Sticky Header – Options to set different logo for sticky header
• Typography Addon – Button typography options.

Improvement:

• astra_addon_activated` action hook added, it triggered after activation of any astra addon.
• astra_addon_deactivated` action hook added, it triggered after deactivation of any astra addon.
• Advanced Hooks – Action hook’s description updated with actual hook name.
• Sticky Header – Shrink header functionality.
• Updated Brainstorm Updater to latest version.

Fixed:

• Scroll to Top icon visible if masthead is exist and scroll height is more than masthead.
• Tooltip not working on Advanced hooks.

New

• New : Introduced new Blocks addon – Add content conditionally in the various hook areas of the theme.

Bug Fix

• Fixed: Scroll to Top offsetHeight not found if there is no header element on the site.

Bug Fix

• Fixed: Handled PHP notice when Advanced Headers settings saved.
• Fixed: Handled PHP notice for Custom Primary Menu.
• Fixed: Advanced Headers tabs design conflicts with other plugin.

Enhancement

• Improvement: Updated location setting this will be a breaking change, but design will not effect.

New

• New: Subtitles (https://wordpress.org/plugins/subtitles/) plugin compatibility with Advanced Headers.

Enhancement

• Improvement: Transparent Header support added in Advanced Headers.
• Improvement: Sticky Header background color option added in Advanced Headers.
• Improvement: Custom Primary Menu option added Advanced Headers.

New

• New: Introduced new Advanced headers addon – Make your header layouts look more appealing and sexy!.

Enhancement

• Improvement: Renamed Advanced Footer to Footer Widgets.

New

• New: Added function astra_get_template() to override addon templates from child theme.

Enhancement

• Improvement: Primary navigation background option added.
• Improvement: Archive summary typography support.

bug Fix

• Fixed: Call to undefined function astra_get_option()

Enhancement

• Improvement: Menu Navigation background color option added in Colors & Background.
• Improvement: Position for Scroll to Top option added.
• Improvement: Archive Summary Font Family, Font Weight, Text Transform and Line Height option added in Typography.
• Improvement: Slider implemented for line heights controls.

New

• New: Added shrink option for sticky primary header.
• New: Position for ‘Scroll to Top’ option added.

Enhancement

• Improvement: Added theme customizer preview js dependency for addons customizer preview js.
• Improvement: Used astra_get_option() to set default customizer options instead of representative Astra_Theme_Options::defaults().
• Improvement: Moved ‘Scroll to Top’ section from panel ‘miscellaneous’.
• Improvement: Moved ‘Scroll to Top’ section from panel ‘panel-miscellaneous’.
• Improvement: Used astra_get_option() to set default customizer options instead of representative Astra_Theme_Options::defaults().

Bug fixes

• Fixed: Removed unnecessary theme CSS dependencies.
• Fixed: Scroll to top js issue fixed for all browser.
• Fixed: Added typography support for fallback menu.
• Fixed: Fallback submenu color, sticky header customizer order updated
• Fixed: Fallback submenu color support added.
• Fixed: Removed filter which is used to combine the addon files.

• Initial Release