What's New with Astra

Hello Astra Pro users,

We’re excited to introduce Astra Pro v4.10.0 – a feature-rich update that brings a powerful new widget, key accessibility improvements, and essential fixes to refine your website-building experience.

What’s New?

• Color Switcher Widget – The new Color Switcher widget in the Header Builder allows visitors to toggle between two color palettes, including Dark Mode support. Learn more in this help document.

What’s Improved?

• WordPress 6.8 Compatibility – Astra Pro is now compatible with the upcoming WordPress 6.8 release.
• Enhanced Accessibility – Improved keyboard navigation, screen reader announcements, and ARIA attributes for post filters to support all users.
• Smarter Custom Field Handling – Dynamically detects custom fields during add-to-cart requests for better WooCommerce support.
• Refined Layout Styling – Adjusted top margin on the modern My Account layout for better alignment with transparent headers.

What’s Fixed?

• Customizer Divider Widget Error – Fixed an issue where a CSS generation error occurred due to missing object or type checks in the Divider widget.

We recommend updating to Astra Pro 4.10.0 to take advantage of these new features and improvements. As always, our support team is just a message away if you need assistance!

Best,
Team Astra

Hello everyone,

We’re back with Astra v4.10.0 – a focused update that brings improvements to performance, accessibility, and compatibility.

This release fine-tunes the Dark Color Palette for smoother integration with Astra Pro’s new Color Switcher widget and ensures Astra is ready for the WordPress 6.8 release.

What’s Improved?

• Optimized Dark Color Palette – Enhanced implementation for seamless integration with the Color Switcher widget introduced in Astra Pro.
• Cleaner Markup – Removed unnecessary screen reader text from the post navigation template for improved accessibility and cleaner HTML.
• WordPress 6.8 Compatibility – Astra is now compatible with WordPress 6.8.

We recommend updating to Astra 4.10.0 to take advantage of these improvements and ensure continued compatibility with the latest WordPress features.

As always, if you have any questions, our support team is here to help!

Best,
Team Astra

Hello everyone,

We’re happy to roll out Astra v4.9.2 – a focused update that brings accessibility improvements and key fixes for a better, more reliable website experience.

What’s Improved?

• Enhanced Accessibility – Added aria-label with post title to linked featured images for better accessibility.

What’s Fixed?

• Prevented the old Header widget area from displaying after enabling the new Header Builder.
• Resolved a conflict between Astra column setting and Elementor Loop Builder which caused shop archive breakage.

We recommend updating your Astra theme to version 4.9.2 to take advantage of these improvements. Staying up to date ensures you get the best performance, compatibility, and user experience.

As always, if you have any questions or need support, feel free to reach out — we’re here to help!

Best

Team Astra

Hello Astra Pro users,

We’re excited to bring you Astra Pro v4.9.2, introducing improvement to product navigation sorting, and an important bug fix for a better experience.

What’s Improved?

• Alphabetical Sorting for Product Navigation – We’ve added the astra_woo_product_navigation_sort_args filter, allowing custom sorting for next/previous product navigation. Learn more here.

What’s Fixed?

• Fixed an issue where Banner Layout 2 was displaying incorrectly on Single/Archive pages when Site Builder Templates were applied.

To take advantage of the above improvement and fix, we highly recommend updating your Astra Pro plugin to version 4.9.2. Keeping Astra Pro updated ensures that you get the latest features, bug fixes, and full compatibility with the Astra theme.

If you have any questions or need assistance, our support team is always here to help. Feel free to reach out!

Best,
Team Astra

Hello everyone,

We’re excited to release Astra v4.9.1, focused on improving accessibility, ensuring better compatibility, and fixing key issues for a smoother website experience.

What’s Improved?

• Enhanced Accessibility – Added aria-hidden attributes to decorative navigation arrows, making Astra more accessible.
• Elementor Compatibility – Replaced a deprecated Elementor class with its updated version for improved compatibility.

What’s Fixed?

• Fixed the placement of the eye icon on the WooCommerce My Account page.
• Fixed an issue where customizer heading color options were not applied inside the block editor.
• Fixed an issue where the page didn’t scroll to the cart after adding a cross-sell product.
• Fixed an issue where LearnDash quiz labels were not visible.
• Fixed an issue where clicking on the submenu navigation arrow redirected to a page instead of opening the submenu on certain tablets.
• Fixed an issue where the desktop menu did not display correctly when changing orientation on certain tablets.

To take advantage of these improvements, we highly recommend updating your Astra theme to version 4.9.1. Keeping Astra updated ensures that you get the latest features, bug fixes, and a seamless experience.

If you have any questions or need assistance, our support team is always here to help. Feel free to reach out!

Best

Team Astra

Hello Astra Pro users,

We wanted to inform you that a critical error introduced in the previous version (v4.9.0) has now been successfully resolved.

If you were experiencing any issues related to this update, we recommend updating Astra Pro to the latest version to ensure everything runs smoothly on your website.

If you have any questions, concerns, or need any assistance during the update process, our support team is always available to help. Please feel free to reach out, and we’ll be more than happy to assist you.

Team Astra

Hello Astra Pro users,

We’re excited to introduce Astra Pro v4.9.0, bringing full compatibility with Astra’s new Dark Color Palette (Beta) and important bug fixes to enhance your experience.

This update ensures that Astra Pro works seamlessly with the latest improvements in the Astra theme, offering you a smoother and more efficient website-building process.

What’s New?

• Dark Color Palette Compatibility (Beta) – Astra’s new color palette now works with Astra Pro features. To know more about Dark Color Palette, you refer to this help document.

What’s Fixed?

• Fixed an issue where responsive blog post spacing was not applied correctly.
• Fixed a problem where the Social Widget alignment option didn’t work when using the Stack option.
• Gracefully handled astra_get_post_type undefined function error caused by theme and addon version mismatch.

To take advantage of these improvements, we highly recommend updating your Astra Pro plugin to version 4.9.0. Keeping Astra Pro updated ensures that you get the latest features, bug fixes, and full compatibility with the Astra theme.

If you have any questions or need assistance, our support team is always here to help. Feel free to reach out, and we’ll be happy to assist you!

Best,

Team Astra

Hello everyone,

We’re excited to introduce Astra 4.9.0! This update brings a brand-new feature, improvements to Smooth Scrolling, and important fixes to enhance your website-building experience.

This update introduces a Dark Color Palette (Beta), significant improvements to Smooth Scrolling, and various bug fixes to ensure a smoother and more polished user experience.

What’s New?

• Dark Color Palette (Beta) – Added a new color palette in Astra’s Global Color Palettes section perfect for dark-themed designs. To know more about Dark Color Palette, you refer to this help document.

What’s Improved?

• Smooth Scroll to ID – Now supports a dynamic sticky offset for sticky headers and includes slide and fade animations for a better scrolling experience.

What’s Fixed?

• Fixed an issue with the Submenu link font size changes.
• Fixed a problem where color settings were not reflecting in the Off-Canvas menu on desktop.

We highly recommend updating your Astra theme to version 4.9.0 to take advantage of these new feature and improvement. Keeping your theme up to date ensures optimal performance, security, and compatibility with the latest WordPress versions.

Thank you for being a valued Astra user! We appreciate your feedback and look forward to bringing you more exciting updates in the future.

Best,

Team Astra

Hello Astra Pro users,

We’re excited to roll out Astra Pro v4.8.14, an update focused on WooCommerce enhancements, checkout improvements, and key UI fixes to ensure a seamless experience for your website visitors.

This release resolves issues affecting product galleries, checkout layouts, search icons, and Theme Builder custom layouts, making your site more visually consistent and user-friendly.

What’s Fixed?

• Resolved an issue where product gallery thumbnails appeared blurry by ensuring the correct image size is used.
• Resolved a UI issue where the “Re-enter New Password” field was displaying incorrectly.
• Resolved a CSS conflict where the Stripe Checkout payment button affected the Astra Modern Checkout layout.
• WooCommerce – Resolved UI issue in Astra Pro’s Quick View feature where landscape images distorted the layout for variable products.
• Resolved an issue where the WooCommerce Product Variation Switcher displayed the featured image instead of the selected variation’s image in Astra Pro’s Gallery Layouts.
• Resolved an issue causing double search icons to appear for some existing users.
• Resolved an issue where custom layouts created using Theme Builder did not render on empty category archives.
• Resolved an issue where extra field data on single product page was not being submitted when adding the product to the cart.

We recommend updating to Astra Pro v4.8.14 today for a smoother and more reliable experience!

If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out—we’re always here to help!

Best,
Team Astra