What's New with Astra

New:

• Filter `astra_site_title_tag` to change the HTML tag of the site title.

Improvement:

• Improve RTL support for customizer controls.

Fix:

• Correct template part not being loaded for plugins that change the default WordPress template hierarchy. This fixes compatibility with plugins bbPress, LearnPress, PeepSo Core etc.
• Background param color does not save then value when it is empty.
• Learndash – Added the same icon of the LearnDash course status to the Course Navigation widget.
• Learndash – Use theme color instead of link color for table’s heading, icons, progress bar.

Fix:

• Above header navigation JS error.
• Above header background color not working.

New:

• Added support for LearnDash LMS from Astra Theme.
• Background images options for `Header`, `Above Header`, `Below Header`, `Sidebar`, `Content`.

Fix:

• `Ajax add to cart` not adding products to cart for Composite Products and WooCommerce Booking plugins. Ajax add to cart will be by default disabled on these product types.
• Blog Pro – Excerpt word count of `0` was not working.

New:

• Added support for LearnDash LMS from Astra Theme.
• Introduced option to set the background image for `body`, `Footer Widgets`, `Footer Area`. More background image options added from Astra Pro.

Improvement:

• Merge the footer widget background options into the new background image settings.
• Merge the small footer background options into the new background image settings.
• Improvement in LifterLMS profile & Lesson styling.
• Improvement in LifterLMS Certificate widget styling.

Fix:

• Some of the google fonts missing all the weight options in the customizer options.

Fix:

• Fixes fatal error if using an older version of Elementor on the site.

New:

• Added Elementor pro 2.0 Support. This also fixes the problem some users were facing related to unusual margins below header when trying out Elementor Pro 2.0 Beta versions. Read the blog post here.
• Introduced new actions and filters for Blog Archive / Single Post template.

Improvement:

• Modify the read more tag style which added from content editor.

Fixed:

• Few of the Google fonts were not rendered correctly.
• Product search widget button text having more padding and causing the text to fall on two lines.
• WooCommerce composite products plugin conflict on Single Product Page.
• Footer current year does not render correctly for a few languages.

Improvement:

• Improve UX on white label screen so that it’s more clear on how to get back the white label screen when it is hidden.

Fix:

• Some of the Links on the welcome page sidebar were not removed even though white label settings were enabled.
• Multiple Custom layouts loaded on the same page causing second layouts to not load its CSS when using Thrive Architect for building the Custom Layouts.
• Incorrect content height applied to the quick view content area.
• Transparent Header navigation colors should be applied only for the desktop view. This fixes issue where transparent header on mobile would add same background color and text color which made texts non-readable.

New:

• Recommended Cloudways as recommended hosting from Astra Options page.

  Note – If you have Astra Pro Addon — removing the all external links from Astra Options page is possible with the White Label module.

Fixed:

• Single product variations fields added from the third party plugin not align properly.
• Font size set in customizer for the body is not being applied correctly for tablet/mobile.

Improvement:

• Updated the latest Translations.
• The welcome page URLs can now be updated from White Label.

Fixed:

• PHP Warning appearing in Custom Layout addon when saving a layout.
• PHP warning appearing on some sites when white label settings are not found.