What's New with Astra

New:

• Block editor – Padding presets for container blocks. (https://wpastra.com/docs/improved-block-editor-experience/)

Improvement:

• Default sidebar layout is improved.
• Moved Single Post and Page spacing option to theme from addon

Fix:

• Block editor – Bottom margin is not set as per customizer setting for Paragraph block.
• Table block not aligned centrally for Legacy block editor setup.
• Sticky header – Offcanvas menu do not close when header menu link is set to #target.
• Blog Achieve layout 2 and layout 3 broken between 769px to 921px.
• Image block not aligned centrally for Legacy block editor setup.
• Block editor and frontend layout mismatch for Row block.
• Primary submenus not expandable on mobile when toggle button element is not added.
• PHP Notice – Array to string conversion on widget.php page.
• ul & ol list items overlap on previous alignleft WordPress block.
• Logo markup loading on the frontend without added logo in Site Identity.
• Mobile/tablet menu not able to close when #target_id link is used.

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.

Fix:

• Improvements as per WordPress coding standards.
• Compatibility with WordPress 6.0 – Image block not aligned center when Legacy option set from the Block Editor.
• Header – Account – Login popup not opening on mobile/tablet.
• The theme’s responsive styles not loading with the responsive preview option in the block editor.
• Off-Canvas – button type is missing for the close button inside the Flyout header type.
• W3 validation – Parse error for background-color CSS property.
• W3 validation – aria-label attribute is missing for related posts link.
• W3 validation – Role attribute is missing for Account element link.
• Line height decimal not appearing in the Global typography section.
• Gutenberg editor – Layout settings are not visible for Group block.

Fix:

• Users updating from v3.7.8 in some edge cases facing resource allocation error.
• Global Typography Body and Headings font family preview changes not appearing in the customizer.
• Beaver Builder page content width not working properly with block editor CSS compatibility.
• W3 validation – Role attribute is missing for Account element link.

New:

• Enhanced block editor experience. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/improved-block-editor-experience/ )

Improvement:

• Font variant customizer control’s HTML markup was loading from PHP, which is now moved to React JS for the better and optimized customizer performance.

Fix:

• Customizer’s typography section loading slowly.
• Block editor – Layout settings are not visible for Group block.
• Elementor Pro – WooCommerce Checkout Form’s shipping details not look appropriate in editor mode as it looks on the frontend.
• Search element not displaying in Mobile Offcanvas.
• Offcanvas Shopping cart closes automatically on mobile when scrolled.

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.

Fix:

• WooCommerce – Grid layout not working properly with Products Archive shortcode.
• Toggle menu not collapsible on below IOS 13 version.
• Compatibility with WordPress 5.9.2 – Customizer block editor color More Settings getting oval shape around palette.