What's New with Astra

New:

• A CSS file will be loaded for dynamic style generated according to options set in the customizer, earlier inline CSS was loading on the page.
• New filter `astra_load_dynamic_css_inline` to disable/enable loading of inline CSS.
• Filter to modify widgets title HTML from Above and Below widget area.

Improvement:

• New plus-minus buttons for Product quantity input on WooCommerce cart and single product page.

Fix:

• Scroll of the page stops working after the closing menu when the sticky header is used on the mobile device.
• Horizontal Scroll getting added to the responsive layout when Footer Bar padding is set to 0.
• Shortcodes not working in custom layouts built with Brizy page builder.
• Header cover search not working on android tablet devices.
• License activation link from plugins page not working when WHITE LABEL is enabled.
• Sticky Header site tagline color not working with Sticky Header animations.
• Advanced Header site tagline color not working.

New:

• Introduce filter astra_get_pro_url.
• New filter astra_single_post_comment_time_enabled to disable post comment time on single blog page.

Improvement:

• Redesign admin notices as per WordPress standards.

Fix:

• Broken menu style on iOS safari browsers for version 11 or lower.
• JavaScript conflict with WP Google maps plugin.
• Drag scrollbar not working inside sections in the customizer.
• Search bar not working on android tablet devices.  
• Font weights not displaying in the customizer for fonts added from Custom Adobe Fonts plugin.
• Removed extra padding that was being applied to all the Gutenberg blocks.
• SVG logo not working for mobile devices.
• Transparent Header menu background color not working on tablet devices.

Fix:

• JavaScript error causing customizer to not load for a few users due to conflict with some third-party plugins.
• Do not load accessibility fix for skip link in AMP endpoint as it is included in the amphtml (props @amedina)
• Rename function astra_is_emp_endpoint() to astra_is_amp_endpoint() and deprecate astra_is_emp_endpoint() to fix the typo in the function name.

• New improved customizer experience is now much faster than before with over 5x speed improvements in customizer loading times.
• Improved the categorization of all the customizer settings to reduce navigating through multiple sections when setting up the website.
• Introduced customizer popup param to hide/categorize customizer settings and reduce overall required scrolling.

Many more fixes and improvements –

• Improvement: Remove unnecessary role attribute from HTML.
• Improvement: SVG for Below and Above Header layouts.
• Improvement: Crossbrowser compatibility for customizer UI.
• Improvement: Optimized number of queries executed on admin pages.
• Improvement: Live preview for controls.
• Improvement: Optimized logic for generating settings group control data.
• Fix: WooCommerce shop page cannot take fullwidth stretch layout when using Elementor/Beaver Builder page builder.
• Fix: Prevent PHP warning in the customizer for PHP 7.1.
• Fix: Infinite Scroll not working on WooCommerce Subcategory pages.
• Fix: Fonts from custom font plugin not appearing in fonts list in the customizer.
• Fix: Group popup not closing in customizer for the WooCommerce product catalog section.
• Fix: Section title does not stick in the customizer.

Also, check the changelog for Astra Theme version 2.0.0

• New improved customizer experience is now much faster than before with over 5x speed improvements in customizer loading times.
• Improved the categorization of all the customizer settings to reduce navigating through multiple sections when setting up the website.
• Introduced customizer popup param to hide/categorize customizer settings and reduce overall required scrolling.

Many more fixes and improvements –

• Improvement: Loading combined CSS and JS file for params in the customizer.
• Improvement: Remove unnecessary role attribute from HTML.
• Improvement: Crossbrowser compatibility for customizer UI.
• Improvement: Optimized number of queries executed on admin pages.
• Improvement: Live preview for controls.
• Improvement: Optimized logic for generating settings group control data.
• Fix: WooCommerce shop page cannot take fullwidth stretch layout when using Elementor/Beaver Builder page builder.
• Fix: Prevent PHP warning in the customizer for PHP 7.1.
• Fix: Infinite Scroll not working on WooCommerce Subcategory pages.
• Fix: Fonts from custom font plugin not appearing in fonts list in the customizer.
• Fix: Group popup not closing in customizer for the WooCommerce product catalog section.
• Fix: Section title does not stick in the customizer.
• Fix: RTL fixes for customizer options.

Improvement:

• Updated Brainstorm Force updater to the latest version.

Improvement:

• Improved logic that is used to save the values of options inside the new popups, Earlier all the values of options inside the popup were combined and stored in JSON objects now all the values inside the popup are stored separately similar to Astra Version 1.X.X. This removes the requirement of the Database Upgrade routine when updating from Version 1.X to 2.X
• Changed the images used in the customizer options such as Header Layouts etc. to new lightweight SVGs.
• Updated minor UI tweaks for all the customizer controls to unify the design across all the options.

Fix:

• Purge Nginx Helper’s cache when Astra Addon’s CSS/JS files are refreshed.
• Enqueue BB Layout’s CSS in to avoid FOUC.

Improvement:

• Improved logic that is used to save the values of options inside the new popups, Earlier all the values of options inside the popup were combined and stored in JSON objects now all the values inside the popup are stored separately similar to Astra Version 1.X.X. This simplifies the upgrade process when users update to Version 2.x.x.
• Changed the images used in the customizer options such as Header Layouts etc. to new lightweight SVGs.
• Updated minor UI tweaks for all the customizer controls to unify the design across all the options.

Improvement:

• Option Labels in the customizer
• Layout design images