What's New with Astra

Fix:

• Elementor – Theme Builder archive page contents are not aligned center.
• Elementor – Elementor editor panel switches back to the main panel while using the responsive view.

Fix:

• Builder – Illegal offset warning for footer divider with invalid vertical size.
• Icons not appearing for WooCommerce Off-Canvas filter on Shop Page.

Fix:

• Transparent Header disappears if we add Widget 2 element.
• Builder – Multiple headers visible on frontend.
• Builder – Menu – not able to hover and click on submenu.
• Blog Archive – Layout 1 and Layout 2 are not working for existing users when addon activated.

Fix:

• WooCommerce Shop page – on Mobile Grid single column was appearing when two columns were set from the customizer setting for existing users.
• Fatal error on sites due to incorrect migration flag.

New:

• Builder – Introduced new element Toggle for Desktop. (https://spectra-test.wpastra.com/docs/toggle-button-for-desktop/)
• SVG Icons support ( deprecating astra.woff font file ) (https://spectra-test.wpastra.com/docs/ast-font-icons-to-svg/)

Improvement:

• Redesigned the image resize control UI in customizer for better user experience.
• Builder – Menu – Added box-shadow option for submenu container.
• Code quality improvements for better performance.
• WordPress 5.7 compatibility.
• Frontend optimization – WooCommerce – Shop Page, Single Product Page. (https://spectra-test.wpastra.com/docs/optimize-css-html-before-3-3/)
• Frontend optimization – EDD – Shop Page, Single Product Page.
• Frontend optimization – LifterLMS – All Courses Page.
• Frontend optimization – LearnDash – All Courses Page, Single Course Page.

Fix:

• Builder – Account Element – Added better notices for user understanding when Profile Action is set to Menu.
• Above Header and Below Header compatibility in Page Header.
• Menu container width not calculated properly when Mega Menu Width is set to Menu Container Width.
• Vertical Alignment for Above, Below, and Primary footer not working when the addon is active.
• Divider being invisible in some cases due to invalid width/height references.

Deprecated:

• Footer Divider – Deprecated the vertical layout size in percentage and added it in px.
• Header Divider – Deprecated the horizontal layout size in percentage and added it in px.

New:

• Transparent Header – WooCommerce Cart & EDD Cart icon color options.
• Builder – Off-Canvas – Added spacing option for Off-Canvas.
• SVG Icons support ( deprecating astra.woff font file ) (https://spectra-test.wpastra.com/docs/ast-font-icons-to-svg/)

Improvement:

• Builder – Mobile Menu – Renamed Mobile Menu to Off-Canvas Menu.
• Builder – Added instructive message in the builder side panel when builder layout does not have any element in use.
• Replaced responsive number control with a responsive slider control for Base Font Size in Typography section.
• Gutenberg Editor – Block patterns compatibility. (https://spectra-test.wpastra.com/docs/fix-spacing-gb-blocks/)
• Compatibility with WordPress 5.7.
• Code quality improvements for better performance.
• Load minified customizer preview files for better performance.
• Frontend optimization – Comments, Pagination, Single Page, Single Post, Archive Page. (https://spectra-test.wpastra.com/docs/optimize-css-html-before-3-3/)
• Frontend optimization – WooCommerce – Shop Page, Single Product Page.
• Frontend optimization – EDD – Shop Page, Single Product Page.
• Frontend optimization – LifterLMS – All Courses Page.
• Frontend optimization – LearnDash – All Courses Page, Single Course Page.

Fix:

• White Label – White-labeled the Astra Header Footer setting notice.
• WooCommerce – Single Product page – Save review form fields cookies consent is misaligned.
• Builder – Off-Canvas – Close submenu toggle icon not changing in Mobile Menu element when the submenu is in the expanded state.
• Builder – Header – Frontend grid layout overlaps on the content section when multiple elements added in the same header layout.
• Builder – Footer – Customizer’s 2nd column stack layout SVG is missing in footer layouts for responsive devices.
• Builder – Footer – Responsive control for layouts gets hidden with the click of WordPress default responsive controls.
• Block Editor – Code Block spacing CSS tweaks when it is left aligned.

New:

• Introduced Inside Post/Page content option in Custom Layouts. (https://spectra-test.wpastra.com/astra-pro-3-2/)

New:

• Support for the Web Stories plugin by Google – Showcase your website content as web stories on the top of the header.

Fix:

• Transparent Header – Submenu background alpha not working for the old header.

Fix:

• Customizer not working due to fatal error in Color Group control for some edge cases.
• Header getting hidden in a rare case on some first loads in chrome due to miscalculated browser window width.
• Showing multiple menu locations on the menu admin page.
• Transparent Header – Submenu color not working for the older header.
• Transparent Header – Submenu background color not working for the older header.