Sticky Sidebar

With Astra, you can easily add sidebars to your posts, pages, and archives. Plus, you can make those sidebars sticky, so they stay in place as you scroll down the page.

This makes important content always easy to find while someone explores your webpages. It helps your website visitors by saving them from constantly scrolling or clicking around to find what they need.

You can go through the following sections of this document to learn more about how to add sticky sidebars to your website.

Where Can I Use Sticky Sidebar on My Website

Here are some common examples of where you can effectively use a sticky sidebar on your website:

1. Blog Posts:

• Table of Contents: You can keep a table of contents for long-form blog posts visible, allowing your website readers to easily jump to specific sections.
• Author Bio: To showcase author information and links to their social media or other articles.
• Related Posts: You can display a list of related articles to keep readers engaged and on your site longer.
• Call to Action: To promote email signup forms, webinar registrations, or other important calls to action.

2. E-commerce Stores:

• Product Filters: Keep filters for product categories, colors, sizes, or other attributes always accessible for easier product browsing.

What Are the Uses of Astra Sticky Sidebar Feature

No matter, if you’re managing a blog, an online store, or a business website, adding the Sticky Sidebar, can bring several advantages, including:

• Enhanced User Engagement: Your website users can access essential content and navigation options without needing to scroll back up, resulting in a smoother browsing experience.
• Increased Visibility: Important information, promotions, or calls to action remain visible, increasing their chances of being noticed and acted upon.
• Better Organization: A Sticky Sidebar helps keep your website tidy and well-structured, especially if you have a lot of content or links to display.

How to Add the Sticky Sidebar in Astra

Now that you know how useful a sticky sidebar can be, let’s learn how to add a sticky sidebar to your website with Astra.

We’re assuming you’ve already got the Astra theme installed on your website.

To enable sidebars in the WordPress Customizer, follow these simple steps:

• Login to the WordPress admin dashboard
• Navigate to Astra > Customize > General > Sidebar
• In the Sidebar section, look for the option labeled Enable Sticky Sidebar
• Toggle this option to “On” or “Enabled
• Then remember to save your changes.

Sticky Sidebar for the WooCommerce Shop Page

Once you enable the Sticky Sidebar globally, it will remain sticky across the website, including pages, posts, and WooCommerce. In some cases, you may need to enable it only on the WooCommerce shop page. The WooCommerce module in Astra Pro lets you customize the Product Catalog settings separately, so you can enable the Sticky Sidebar only on the WooCommerce shop page.

To do so, please make sure the WooCommerce module of Astra Pro is enabled and follow the steps shared below:

• Navigate to Customize > General > Sidebar, and disable the sticky behavior of the default sidebar.
• Next, head over to Customize > WooCommerce > Product Catalog > Shop Structure Options and enable the toggle next to “Enable Sticky Sidebar”.

• Save the changes, and the sticky sidebar will be enabled only on the WooCommerce product catalog pages.

With the above WooCommerce module feature, you can control this behavior and enable it only for the WooCommerce product catalog page. The WooCommerce module is a powerful tool that enables advanced customization of the WooCommerce shop page, single product, cart, checkout, etc. Check this doc to view more about it.

Isn’t it simple to create a sticky sidebar with Astra? We hope that this guide has been informative and valuable for your WooCommerce customizations! If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out!