What's New with Astra

Hello everyone,

We’re excited to announce the release of Astra v4.11.8 – a user-focused update that brings greater flexibility, accessibility enhancements, and key bug fixes to ensure a seamless experience while building your website.

This release reinforces our commitment to delivering a fast, accessible, and intuitive WordPress theme that adapts to both developers and everyday users.

What’s New ?

• Custom SVG Support in Social Icons – You can now use your own SVG code in the Social Icons widget, giving you more design control and customization flexibility.

What’s Improved ?

• Accessible Off-Canvas Navigation – We’ve improved keyboard navigation for the off-canvas menu by managing focus correctly and supporting the ESC key to close the panel. This brings us closer to full WCAG 2.1 compliance and a better experience for all users.

What’s Fixed?

• WooCommerce Mini Cart Alignment – Fixed an issue where the item count in the mini cart was misaligned, ensuring cleaner layouts.
• Customizer Taxonomy SVG Display – Resolved a bug where the remove icon for taxonomy options was showing raw SVG HTML instead of the intended icon in the Customizer.
• Dropdown Target Link Behavior – Fixed an issue where clicking on the “Dropdown Target Link” option closed the menu instead of opening its submenu.
• Cart Markup Visibility in Customizer – Prevented unintended cart HTML from displaying inside the Customizer preview before the footer area.

We recommend updating to Astra 4.11.8 to enjoy these enhancements and maintain the best performance, accessibility, and compatibility for your WordPress site.

As always, if you have any questions or need assistance, our support team is here and happy to help!

Best,
Team Astra

Hello Astra Pro users,

We’re excited to roll out the latest update – Astra Pro v4.11.6 – bringing accessibility enhancements, structural improvements, and key compatibility fixes for smoother site performance.

What’s Improved?

• Accessible Product Galleries – Improved accessibility by preventing keyboard focus on links inside hidden product gallery slides, ensuring a more user-friendly experience for assistive technology users.
• Refined Account Login Popup – Moved the Account Login Popup JavaScript from the Astra theme to the Pro Addon for more consistent and reliable behavior of the login widget.

What’s Fixed?

• CartFlows Checkout Conflict – Resolved a CSS conflict between Astra Pro and the CartFlows Instant Checkout template that affected layout on the checkout page.

We recommend updating to Astra Pro v4.11.6 to take advantage of these refinements and ensure maximum compatibility and usability across your website.

As always, if you have any questions or run into issues, our support team is here to assist!

Best,
Team Astra

Hello everyone,

We’re happy to share the release of Astra v4.11.7 – a maintenance update focused on improving the internal library and ensuring an even more stable experience for all users.

While this is a minor update, it includes a small library improvement to ensure Astra stays up to date behind the scenes.

What’s Improved ?

• NPS Survey Library Update – Updated the NPS Survey library to incorporate the latest enhancements.

We encourage you to update to Astra v4.11.7 to take advantage of these refinement and keep your site running at its best.

As always, our support team is just a click away if you have any questions or need assistance with the update.

Best,
Team Astra

Hello Astra Pro users,

We’re excited to roll out the latest update – Astra Pro v4.11.5 – featuring a performance improvement and a compatibility fix for WooCommerce variation displays.

What’s Improved?

• Optimized Dynamic CSS – Prevented WooCommerce-related CSS selectors from being included in dynamic CSS when WooCommerce is not installed or activated, resulting in cleaner code and reduced CSS output.

What’s Fixed?

• Duplicate Variation Buttons – Resolved an issue where duplicate variation buttons appeared when using the “Change Dropdown to Buttons” option alongside the Variation Swatches plugin.

We recommend updating to Astra Pro v4.11.5 to benefit from these refinements and ensure your site runs efficiently and without conflicts.

As always, if you have any questions or run into issues, our support team is here to assist!

Best,
Team Astra

Hello everyone,

We’re excited to announce the release of Astra v4.11.6 – a refinement-focused update that enhances dark mode behavior, improves accessibility, and resolves several plugin-related conflicts for a smoother site-building experience.

This release continues our mission to deliver a lightweight, accessible, and fully compatible WordPress theme for all types of users.

What’s Improved ?

• Dynamic Dark Mode Support – The live search results background now uses a dynamic color variable, improving visibility and consistency in dark mode environments.
• Landmark Roles for Widgets – Header and footer widget areas now include explicit ARIA roles, providing better landmark structure and improved navigation for assistive technologies.
• Post Type Exclusion Filter – Developers can now exclude specific post types (such as SureForms) from Astra meta key registration using a new filter, helping prevent unnecessary errors.
• Consistent Button Styling – Button styles have been unified across the editor and frontend on fresh setups, making the visual experience more consistent from design to live preview.

What’s Fixed?

• Beaver Themer Quantity Conflict – Resolved a conflict where quantity update buttons in WooCommerce were not functioning properly when used with Beaver Themer.
• WPForms Dark Mode Styling – Fixed an issue where WPForms styling incorrectly applied dark mode CSS when the File Generation option was enabled, ensuring clean and consistent styling.
• WooPack Off-Canvas Cart Layout Conflict – Addressed a layout issue caused by the WooPack Off-Canvas Cart module overlapping with the Beaver Themer header, restoring proper structure and usability.

We recommend updating to Astra 4.11.6 to take advantage of these improvements and ensure maximum compatibility, performance, and accessibility for your website.

As always, if you have any questions or need assistance, our support team is here and happy to help!

Best,
Team Astra

Hello Astra Pro users,

We’re excited to roll out the latest update – Astra Pro v4.11.4 – featuring key fixes to improve the cart experience, page header UI, and compatibility with popular page builders like Elementor.

What’s Fixed?

• Add to Cart Functionality – Resolved an issue where products were not added to the cart when using Astra Pro’s add to cart options.
• Page Header Dropdown UI – Fixed a visual inconsistency where the selected Primary Menu was not properly highlighted in the dropdown selector.
• Elementor WooCommerce Form Sync – Addressed a syncing issue on the My Account page when using Elementor’s WooCommerce Pages widget alongside Astra’s modern login/registration layout.

We recommend updating to Astra Pro v4.11.4 to ensure your site benefits from these important fixes and delivers a seamless user experience.

As always, if you have any questions or run into issues, our support team is here to assist!

Best,
Team Astra

Hello everyone,

We’re happy to announce the release of Astra v4.11.5 – a minor update that ensures smooth compatibility and a consistent experience for all users.

While this version doesn’t introduce new features or fixes, it includes an important update to the package to support Astra UTM links on wp.org. This update ensures that everything remains in perfect sync for users exploring Astra through various platforms.

What’s Included?

• Updated Package for Astra UTM Links – This version includes an updated package to ensure compatibility with Astra UTM links on wp.org, providing a seamless experience for users browsing and installing the theme.

We recommend updating to Astra 4.11.5 to stay aligned with the latest improvements and maintain platform compatibility.

As always, if you have any questions or need assistance, our friendly support team is here to help!

Best,
Team Astra

Hello Astra Pro users,

We’re excited to introduce the latest update – Astra Pro v4.11.3 – focused on accessibility improvements and key fixes to enhance usability, navigation behavior, and layout consistency across your site.

What’s Improved ?

• Accessible Infinite Scroll Pagination – Enhanced accessibility and semantics by using proper interactive elements for the “Load More” trigger and enabling full keyboard navigation, making your content more inclusive and easier to browse.

What’s Fixed?

• Mobile Menu Anchor Link Behavior – Fixed an issue where the mobile menu didn’t close properly when clicking anchor links (#) during fade/slide sticky header animations.
• Modern Cart Overlap Issue – Resolved a layout bug where the Modern Cart overlapped with the sidebar when enabled.
• Variable Products Add to Cart Bug – Fixed an issue that prevented variable products from being added to the cart when multiple “Add to Cart” instances were present on a page.

We recommend updating to Astra Pro v4.11.3 to enjoy these improvements and maintain a smooth, accessible experience for your visitors.

As always, if you encounter any issues or have questions, our support team is here to help!

Best,
Team Astra

Hello everyone,

We’re excited to announce the release of Astra v4.11.4 – a usability-focused update that brings accessibility enhancements, improved behavior for sticky headers, and a round of key bug fixes to keep your workflow smooth and efficient.

This version reflects our ongoing commitment to building a more accessible and intuitive design experience for everyone.

What’s New?

• Improved Anchor Link Behavior – Smooth scrolling to anchor links has been improved across pages to ensure content is no longer hidden behind sticky headers, making for a more consistent user experience.
• Enhanced Accessibility – The Cart flyout navigation and WooCommerce product gallery image slider are now fully keyboard accessible, complete with clear focus indicators to support better navigation for all users.
• Focusable Post Elements – Featured images, category/tag links, and post filter buttons now include proper keyboard focus styles for enhanced accessibility and usability.

What’s Fixed?

• Breadcrumb Warning Resolved – Fixed a PHP warning in the breadcrumb trail by adding proper checks for post type rewrite rules and slug access.
• WooCommerce Tooltip Icon Alignment – Corrected the position of tooltip icons in the WooCommerce Customizer settings for cleaner layout and clarity.
• Footer Layout Toggle Issue – Fixed an issue where the footer row layout change button was not updating the preview properly in the Customizer.

We highly recommend updating to Astra 4.11.4 to take advantage of these enhancements and ensure your site stays reliable, accessible, and up to date.

As always, if you have any questions or run into issues, our support team is just a message away and happy to help!

Best,
Team Astra