What's New with Astra

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/ )

Improvement:

• Rendered Addon dependent toggle code conditionally and removed unwanted code.
• Changed the screen reader text tag from ‘h2’ to ‘span’ for better SEO.

Fix:

• Changing Off-canvas flyout close button color not reflecting on frontend.
• Broken layout WooCommerce Shop/Archive page on mobile view when using elementor template or Product archive widget.
• Next and Previous pagination button is not aligned with page numbers for mobile view.
• Added dynamic breakpoint support for the responsive view of the sidebar and main content.
• Heading color h1-h6 of customizer not working in the Gutenberg editor.
• Global headings font family not working in the Gutenberg editor.
• Footer Builder – Widgets – Right margin space not working. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/fix-footer-widget-right-margin/ )
• Search icon color is not applying to the Standard and Transparent Header Search Box style.
• Removed the spacing applied for the menu items in the customizer section.
• Builder – WooCommerce & EDD cart – Cart and Checkout buttons not visible when multiple products added to cart flyout.
• Builder – Social Icons – Tiktok icon not appearing in customizer and on frontend.
• ‘Disable Footer’ option is missing in Page meta settings for new Header Footer builder.
• Removed ‘Disable Footer Widgets’ option in Page meta settings for new Header Footer builder.
• Sidebar block editor width changes on the widgets page.
• Off-canvas menu closes on scrolling on mobile devices.
• Customizer builder section not scrollable when multiple elements dropped in builder area.
• Theme’s default margin space of OL tag apply to Elementor’s TOC widget. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/remove-spacing-elementor-toc/ )
• Menu dropdown icons showing at incorrect position in RTL languages.
• “Search” string in Search Form is not translatable.
• Transparent header showing border even if it is not set from customizer in FireFox browser.

Fix:

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

Fix:

• Installing Starter Templates plugin notice’s “Get Started” button not working.

Fix:

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

Improvement:

• Compatibility with WordPress 5.8.
• Added default styling for – Site Logo, Site Tagline, Login/out and Search blocks.
• Widget Element – block editor and design section added.
• Theme support added for Rank Math plugin – breadcrumbs module.

Fix:

• Customizer not working due to conflict with block editor JS.
• Alignment of title and content in the editor.
• WP 5.8 UI conflict with extra control spacing and section title font in the customizer.
• Widget page block editor width not appearing properly.
• Headers showing border even though its not set from customizer in FireFox browser.

Improvement:

• Introducing content links underline option.

Fix:

• Improvement: Global button default padding values updated.
• Fix: Global button padding settings not working for Gutenberg buttons. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/apply-default-button-padding/ )