What's New with Astra

Improvement:

• Compatibility with the Gutenberg plugin.

Fix:

• ‘Display on Mobile Devices’ option dependency added with all the options in Section 1 & 2 of Above and Below headers.
• Submenu icons having wrong position in RTL view on responsive devices.
• MegaMenu background image option not working.
• PHP fatal error while previewing themes other than Astra in customizer when Astra Pro is activated.

New:

• Gradient color option for background control in Customizer. ( https://qa.wpastra.com/docs/new-color-controls-in-astra/ )

Improvement:

• Color, Responsive Color, Background & Responsive Background control now uses Gutenberg’s control in Customizer. ( https://qa.wpastra.com/docs/new-color-controls-in-astra/ )
• All custom controls HTML markup was loading from PHP, which is now moved to React JS for the better and optimized Customizer performance. ( https://qa.wpastra.com/astra-2-6/ )

Fix:

• Infinite scroll was loading all types of posts on the blog page.
• PHP fatal error while previewing other themes in Customizer when Astra Pro is activated.

New:

• Gradient color option for background control in Customizer. ( https://qa.wpastra.com/docs/new-color-controls-in-astra/ )
• Partial refresh for Mobile Menu Label option in the Customizer.

Improvement:

• Color, Responsive Color, Background & Responsive Background control now uses Gutenberg’s control in Customizer. ( https://qa.wpastra.com/docs/new-color-controls-in-astra/ )
• All custom controls HTML markup was loading from PHP, which is now moved to React JS for the better and optimized Customizer performance. ( https://qa.wpastra.com/astra-2-6/ )
• Use “customize_controls_enqueue_scripts” action for enqueueing Customizer script to avoid loading on all admin pages. ( Props – https://github.com/westonruter )
• Compatibility with the Gutenberg plugin.( https://qa.wpastra.com/astra-2-6/ )

Fix:

• JS Console error with PWA plugin.
• Remove the Customizer section description link when White Label is enabled.
• Partial refresh was not working for the Button text in the Customizer.
• CSS conflict with Product Search widget of WooCommerce in Firefox.
• ID mismatch JS console error in case of RTL languages while changing Hover/Active color in the Customizer.
• Extra top spacing appearing in Tablet and Mobile when the transparent header is enabled.

Improvement:

• File Generation code improvements.

Fix:

• Custom Layouts translations not working with Polylang plugin

Fix:

• Code improvements as per WordPress theme review coding standards.

Fix:

• Code improvements as per WordPress theme review coding standards.
• Incorrectly printed styles causing JS error with the PWA Plugin.
• Block pattern compatibility with WordPress 5.5.
• Gutenberg editor image alignment compatibility with WordPress 5.5.

Fix:

• WordPress 5.5 Customizer JS error related to addons.
• Mega Menu and Page Header – Color picker compatibility with WordPress 5.5.
• Up/Down arrow appearing for Page Header settings with WordPress 5.5.
• Bulk activation/deactivation of Addons misprint text for their status.

Fix:

• Code improvements as per WordPress theme review guidelines.
• Removing third-party plugins recommendation from the options page.
• RGB color not working in Customizer for WordPress 5.5.