- How To Install the Astra Theme
- System Requirement for Astra Theme
- What Is a Child Theme and How To Install It for Astra?
- Manually Install Astra via FTP
- How to Update Astra Theme Manually?
- Automatic Beta Updates for Astra
- Astra 4.2.0-beta.1 : Migrations & Backwards Compatibility
- Know More about Astra Beta Versions? How to Download and Use?
- How to Create a Multisite Network and Use Astra Child Theme On It
- Getting Started with Astra Pro Addon Plugin
- What is Astra Pro Add on?
- How to Install Astra Pro Plugin?
- How to Get License Key of Astra Pro?
- How to Activate Astra Pro Addon License?
- Getting error – The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet?
- Why Can’t I Access Astra Pro Features After Purchasing the Pro Version?
- Do Not See License Activation Form for Astra Pro Addon Plugin?
- How to Fix “Sorry, You Are Not Allowed To Access This Page” Error In Astra Pro
- How to Manage License on Store?
- How to Renew Yearly License?
- How Do License Upgrades Work?
- How To Update Your Payment Method?
- How to Process Refund Requests?
- How to Apply For Brainstorm Force Affiliate Program? (Become Astra Affiliate)
- Frequently Asked Questions – VIP Priority Support
- How do I check my Support Ticket History?
- How To Create a Header With Astra Header Builder
- How To Create Mobile Header With Astra Header Builder
- How To Create a Footer With Astra Footer Builder
- Why Is My Logo Blurry?
- Astra – Customize the Submenu
- FAQs – Astra Header/Footer Builder
- Elements in Header/Footer Builder With Astra Theme and Astra Pro
- Add Multiple Elements in Header Footer Builder
- FAQs – Astra Header/Footer Builder – Existing Customers
- How To Manage Sidebars in Free Astra Theme
- Understanding Sidebar Style in Astra Theme: Customizing Your Sidebar’s Look
- Sticky Sidebar
- Scroll To Top
- How to Display a Breadcrumb Anywhere within a Page or Post with Shortcode?
- Find the Way With Breadcrumbs
- How to Change the “HOME” String in Breadcrumbs
- How to Switch From Existing Breadcrumb to New Trail?
- How To Add Breadcrumbs in WordPress Website with Astra
- Astra WooCommerce Mini Cart Shortcode
- WooCommerce Module Overview
- How to Design a Product Catalog Page or Shop Page Using WooCommerce Module in Astra?
- Single Product WooCommerce
- Checkout Page WooCommerce
- Colors & Background Options For WooCommerce
- Typography Options for WooCommerce
- Off-Canvas Sidebar for WooCommerce Shop Page
- Quick View for WooCommerce Products
- How to Disable EDD Inbuilt Styling?
- How to Add Download Archive Pages to the Menu When Using Astra with EDD?
- How to Add EDD Cart in Header? (Old Astra Header)
- How to Display a Mini Cart Anywhere Using Shortcode? (Astra and EDD)
- EDD – Easy Digital Downloads Module Overview
- General – EDD Module Options
- Product Archive – EDD Module Options
- Single Product – EDD Module Options
- Checkout Page – EDD Module Options
- Footer Custom Text Helper Strings
- Does Astra support Beaver Themer Plugin?
- How To Disable Right Click in WordPress
- Increasing the PHP Memory Limit of Your Website
- How To Disable Header or Footer for a Landing Page or Post
- Where Does Astra Primary Color Setting Take Effect?
- How To Adjust the Width of Your Sidebar
- How to Update the Plugin Manually from WordPress Backend?
- Recommended Settings for Elementor and the Astra Theme
- How To Translate Site Builder With WPML?
- How To Make Astra Multilingual With WPML
- How to Translate Astra Strings with WPML?
- Translating the Advanced Custom Fields with WPML
- How to Turn Astra Website Multilingual with Polylang?
- How to Translate Categories, Tags, and Astra Strings with Polylang
- How to Turn Astra Website Multilingual with TranslatePress?
- How to Translate Astra Theme / Plugins in Your Own Language using GlotPress?
- Translate Site Builder Layouts Using Polylang
- Fix for – The PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10) Error
- Host Google Fonts Locally – Performance Is the Key
- Fix for – Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION
- How to fix Fatal Error / White Screen of Death?
- Fix for- cURL error 51: SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name ‘websitedemos.net’
- ‘The preview could not be loaded’ Pop Up with Astra and Elementor
- Troubleshooting Steps ( with Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin )
- How to Deal with Update Issues in Astra Theme and Astra Pro Addon?
- Blog Featured Image Size Not Working / Error in Image Processing Library
- How to Change the Default Astra Strings
- Using Hooks in Astra
- How to Change the “Scroll To Top” Icon in Astra?
- Astra Pro WP CLI Commands
- How to Add Custom PHP Code?
- How to Disable the Loading of Astra’s Default Font File? (Astra.woff)
- Disable Featured Image on Posts, Pages, or Other Post Types
- Change Sidebar Widget Title Heading Tag
- Disable All Meta Settings of Page or Post by Default
- How to Change Website Logo Destination URL
- Remove Primary Navigation Menu with Hook
- Change the Astra Header Breakpoint Width
- How to Disable Primary Header?
- Add Title attribute to Header Background Image as a Substitute for Alt Text
- How to Change HTML tag for Site Title and Tagline?
- How to Change the Heading Tag for the Page/Post Titles?
- How to Change the “Search Results For” String
- Change Placeholder for Search Box (Old Astra Header)
- How to Change Previous and Next Link Text from a Single Blog Post?
- How to Remove Featured Image Link on Archive Page?
- Filter to Remove Link From Featured Images on Blog Page
- Blog Featured Image Size Not Working / Error in Image Processing Library
- Filters to Support CPTs for Blog Meta and Single Blog Meta
- How To Change Navigation Links Text for a Blog Archive?
- How to Display the Post Category as a Related Posts Title?
- Change “Leave A Comment” title tag
- Customizing Social Profile Links for Individual Authors in Single Posts
- Change Woocommerce Out of Stock Text
- How to Disable Product Quantity (Plus-Minus) Buttons?
- How to Modify/Change the Quick View text?
- Filter to Add Global Button Settings Support for WooCommerce Buttons
- Change the “Shopping Cart” Text for WooCommerce & EDD Mobile Header Cart
- Fix Woocommerce Cart Becoming Transparent With Header Builder
- Restrict Search Results to WooCommerce Products Only
- How To Hide Quantity Number When the Woocommerce Cart Is Empty?
- Remove Astra Customization for WooCommerce
- How to Add Custom CSS Code Without Editing Theme Files?
- How to Highlight a Certain Menu Item?
- How to Design Bullets & Lists?
- Dim Content on Menu Hover
- How to add custom CSS and JavaScript to Astra theme
- How To add Custom CSS for Specific Pages
- Mobile Breakpoint Causes Issues with Transparent Header Menu Color
- How to Create Custom CSS using Inspect Element Tool?
- Display Coupon Field on Checkout & Cart Pages
- Fix Swap Sections Not Working on Mobile (Old Astra Header)
- How to Remove Google Fonts Suggestions in Astra Theme?
- Remove default stretched block layout spacing
- How to Change the Logo on Specific Pages?
- How to remove horizontal & vertical gallery layouts from a single product page?
- Introducing New Filter to Enable/Disable Rank-Math Theme Support
- Enable/Disable YouTube videos from Astra admin dashboard
- How to Fix the Line Height Unit being converted to “EM”?
- How to Change WordPress Post labels to Projects
How to Add New Languages to Astra Language Switcher
By default, Astra’s Language Switcher does not include all possible languages. For example, Swahili is not available out of the box. To make it easier for users to add unsupported languages, we’ve introduced a filter — astra_language_switcher_additional_languages — that allows you to register any custom language (like Swahili, Sanskrit, etc.).
Add Custom Languages via Filter
You can add the following code to your child theme’s functions.php file or through a custom code plugin (such as Code Snippets).
/**
* Add custom languages (Swahili and Sanskrit) to Astra's Language Switcher.
*
* This filter allows you to register additional languages in Astra's Language Switcher.
* Each language entry includes:
* - label : Display name of the language.
* - value : Language code used internally.
* - flag : Inline SVG icon representing the language flag.
*
* @param array $languages Existing list of languages.
* @return array Updated list of languages including Swahili and Sanskrit.
*/
add_filter(
'astra_language_switcher_additional_languages',
function ( $languages ) {
// Add Swahili language option.
$languages[] = array(
'label' => 'Swahili', // Display name for the language.
'value' => 'sw', // Language code (used internally).
'flag' => '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 640 480"><path fill="#007fff" d="M0 0h640v480H0z"/><path fill="#fcd116" d="M0 0h640v160H0z"/><path fill="#000" d="M0 320h640v160H0z"/></svg>', // SVG flag icon for Swahili.
);
// Add Sanskrit language option.
$languages[] = array(
'label' => 'Sanskrit', // Display name for the language.
'value' => 'sn', // Language code (used internally).
'flag' => '<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 512.001 512.001" xml:space="preserve"><path fill="#FAB446" d="M512,200.093H0V97.104c0-4.875,3.953-8.828,8.828-8.828h494.345c4.875,0,8.828,3.953,8.828,8.828L512,200.093z"/><path fill="#73AF00" d="M503.172,423.725H8.828c-4.875,0-8.828-3.953-8.828-8.828V311.909h512v102.988C512,419.773,508.047,423.725,503.172,423.725z"/><rect y="200.091" fill="#F5F5F5" width="512" height="111.81"/><g><path fill="#41479B" d="M256,303.449c-26.164,0-47.448-21.284-47.448-47.448s21.284-47.448,47.448-47.448s47.448,21.284,47.448,47.448S282.164,303.449,256,303.449z"/><circle fill="#41479B" cx="256" cy="256.001" r="5.379"/></g><circle fill="#F5F5F5" cx="256" cy="256.001" r="7.256"/><circle fill="#41479B" cx="256" cy="256.001" r="4.351"/></svg>', // SVG flag icon for Sanskrit.
);
return $languages;
}
);
How to Add This Code to Your Site (refer here)
Once you’ve added this customization, visit your website’s header or footer area where the Language Switcher is placed. You’ll notice that the newly added languages — Swahili and Sanskrit — now appear in the language dropdown along with their respective flag icons.
Note: This feature is applicable from Astra Addon v4.11.12 and above.
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