• Offcanvas Menu – Transparent empty canvas visible on expanding offcanvas toggle button.
• Custom Layouts – Block editor core blocks custom spacing incorrectly applies to custom layout blocks in editor.

• Introducing new “Disable Banner Area” metabox based option to control visibility of title banner area. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/introducing-the-new-disable-banner-area-meta-based-option/ )
• Introducing new filter “astra_rank_math_theme_support” to enable/disable rank-math theme support. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/introducing-new-filter-to-enable-disable-rank-math-theme-support/ )
• Introducing new color and gradient overlay settings for background type image customizer options.

Improvement:

• Theme package size has been optimized from 9MB to under 6MB.
• Added WPML translation support for Pro Custom Layout’s Layout, Display-Exclusion rules, Users rule options.
• Introduced filter ‘astra_header_profile_gmpg_link’ to remove gmpg link from webpage for GDPR.

Fix:

• Spectra’s Tab anchor links jerks when “Smooth Scroll to ID” option enabled from customizer.
• WooCommerce – Cart – Realtime quantity updater not working on change of input box when Mix Match plugin is activated.
• Breadcrumb content text-decoration style not working for active menu link.
• WooCommerce – Cart – PHP error “can not redeclare astra_cart_position function”.
• Header Builder – Off-canvas – Getting white flash jerk when closing offcanvas toggle menu.
• WooCommerce – Pagination does not work for WooCommerce Categories without Subcategories if displaying subcategories on products.
• Double border-top applied for footer in customizer preview.

• Container – Content Boxed layout removes Spectra column or container left padding.
• Offcanvas – Due to clickable hidden area toggle buttons don’t work in RTL mode.
• Header Builder – Cart – On adding product to cart, quantity plus & minus buttons gets disappear.
• Topic tags div visible multiple times and goes into infinite loop in case of BBPress.
• Offcanvas – Builder component popup overlaps on customizer controls section.
• WooCommerce – Widget’s dropdown arrow is moving to top corner.
• Header Builder – Cart – Slide cart goes blank when Elementor Pro is active with latest version.
• get_the_excerpt() callback breaks the functionality of external plugins like BuddyPress Registration, Five Star Restaurant Reservations, Formidable Form.

• Post content shrinks on one side for the blog archive.
• Menu – CSS menu arrow icons are coming along with SVG icons.
• Menu – Submenu arrows are hidden in case of SVG icons are disabled.

• Single Post – Related Post Title Font Size is not working for responsive devices.
• PHP notice “Warning: Array to string conversion” while parsing button styling CSS.

• Accessibility options to change color and style of highlighted element. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/accessibility-controls/ )
• WooCommerce – Shop – Introducing new redirect actions on add to cart click. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/introducing-new-add-to-cart-trigger-actions-for-shop-and-single-product-pages/ )
• WooCommerce – Sortable support for payment options on single product page.
• Published, last-updated date support for post meta date field.
• Date format option for post meta date field.
• Introduced new filter ‘astra_custom_logo_attributes’ to add attributes into custom logo.

Improvement:

• Hardened the security.
• Compatibility with WordPress-6.2.
• Starter Templates admin menu nav-link removed when Whitelabel is enabled.
• Improved accessibility for header menu navigation.

Fix:

• Customizer – Typography and Button Preset options selected preset not highlighting and reset button not functioning.
• Author Info box is visible multiple times and goes into infinite loop in case of BBPress.
• W3 validation – Builder – Menu – Duplicate IDs for responsive devices.
• Block editor – Image breaking outside the entry container when left/right aligned.
• WooCommerce – Real Time Quantity Updater not working in case of shortcode used.
• WooCommerce – CSS overriding Global H2 tag font size WooCommerce pages.
• Customizer – Global buttons text and background hover color not working in customizer preview.
• Customizer – Global outline button styling not reflecting in block editor for some cases.
• Footer builder – Widgets dynamic CSS gets added multiple times on the frontend.
• WooCommerce – Error, info content messages UI breaking on the frontend.
• Builder – Off-canvas menu – Dropdown menu arrow icon is misplaced in case of toggle for desktop.
• Spectra Compatibility – Spectra spacing options for applying custom margin and padding not working.
• Content background color does not apply to Author Box in customizer preview.
• Cost Calculator Builder – compatibility range slider.
• Disable the title from Elementor setting is not working as expected.
• Footer menu alignment issue for responsive devices.
• Inside container spacing for single posts affecting the related posts section.
• PHP error ‘Uncaught TypeError: ltrim()’ for getting taxonomy term link.
• Single post title transformed to capitalize with 4.0 update.
• WooCommerce – Console throwing an event listener error when a product has only 1 item in stock.
• Customizer – Typography and Button Preset options selected preset not highlighting and reset button not functioning.
• WooCommerce – Buttons does not inherit global button styling from the theme customizer. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/global-button-styling-now-supports-woocommerce-store-buttons/ )

• Filter ‘astra_single_banner_post_meta’ for single post meta markup has been deprecated instead use ‘astra_single_post_meta’.

Fix:

• get_option database call increase page loads for fetching theme options.
• exclude_from_search query parameter removed from get_post_types list to get CPTs under Customizer > Custom Post Types section, case of CartFlows Step custom post type.
• Archive – Title area 2 – Archive type title gets added as prefix on archive pages.
• Text transformed to ‘capitalize’ for single post titles & archive titles after 4.0.0.
• Single Post – “Read Time” option missing from metadata.
• Comment form fields should be stack on responsive devices.
• iframe breaks out of parent container on responsive devices.
• UI glitch typography input box control on Firefox browser.
• Multiple times fetching custom post types list callback executes for dynamic customizer.
• Theme preview showing title area on the banner section for the homepage.
• Importing wp-starter-content template on fresh setup overriding the existing site title.
• Dynamic customizer – Single-archive section titles and taxonomy meta names getting by its slug name instead of title.
• Admin dashboard’s Site Identity quick setting link redirecting to Header Builder > Logo section instead of redirecting to Site Identity section.

• Introducing filter ‘astra_dynamic_get_post_types_query_args’ for getting post types list to load further dynamic sections in customizer.

Fix:

• Header Builder – Visibility control options missing from header sections & respective element sections.
• Header Builder – Header or the elements on the frontend gets hide directly if previously back in past it got disabled temporary.
• Header Builder – Account – PHP error E_PARSE gives syntax error for customizer configurations.
• Smooth scroll to ID – Navigation hash link which redirect to other page’s section is not clickable.
• Archive type title gets added as prefix on archive pages.

• Redesigned the entire admin area with better user experience. ( https://wpastra.com/updates/astra-4 )
• Narrow Width Container layout for Single Posts, Blogs/Archives & Pages. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/narrow-width-container-layout/ )
• Introduced Smooth scroll to ID option for smooth scrolling to section ID on one page site navigation.
• Added elegant starter-content theme support for wordpress.org preview & for fresh setup. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/replicating-the-screenshot/ )
• Added text decoration and text transform options to each customizer typography settings.
• Dynamic content layout & sidebar layout support added for all custom post types. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/how-to-use-dynamic-customizer-from-astra-4-0/ )
• Dynamic single & archive banner title area support for all custom post types. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/how-to-use-dynamic-customizer-from-astra-4-0/ )

Improvement:

• Moved Scroll to Top pro extension from addon to theme. ( https://wpastra.com/docs/scroll-to-top-pro/ )
• Redesigned customizer typography control’s UI for better experience.
• Customizer typography & color defaults updated to get better UI experience for fresh setup.
• Introduced new filter ‘astra_global_color_palette’ to extend default color palette settings.
• Block Editor – Editor experience improved in relation with the frontend.
• Responsive toggle selection customizer options replaced with new multi-selector control for better experience.
• Performance related customizer options moved to new admin dashboard under Settings tab.

Fix:

• Customizer’s responsive font-size control UI is misaligned.
• Off-canvas – Full screen – Mobile Menu gets very long scroll when Elementor plugin is activated.
• Full Width/Contained layout Layout is showing extra padding above in the Transparent Header.
• Block editor – Getting “wp.data.select( ‘core/editor’ )getBlocks()” console warning in editor as being deprecated in WordPress version 5.3.
• Block editor – Button background color gets overridden by core styles for Legacy block editor setup.
• Elementor Global button style overrides theme’s submenu button style.
• Getting console error in customizer when trying to update footer columns.
• Block editor – Color gradient angle input field not visible in the block settings.
• Block editor – Content background gets explicitly set to white in responsive view.
• WooCommerce – Sticky add to cart is not working on old header footer.
• Margin applying for the last child ‘li’ tag inside widget section.
• Block editor – Button background color gets overridden by core styles for the Legacy block editor setup.
• Customizer – Content background color reflections not working in customizer preview.

• WooCommerce Cart – “Cart Page” click action introduced to redirect the user to the cart page.

Improvement:

• Added Spectra plugin compatibility for a better experience.
• WooCommerce Cart – Moved border width option for cart icon from the addon to theme.
• WooCommerce – Clear button is aligned on top for WooCommerce active filter widget when the “Chips” option is enabled.
• WooCommerce – Single Product – Edit shortcut link assigned to sticky add to cart for easy navigation in respective customizer section.
• WooCommerce – Added product images for tablet users on the cart page.
• To have an elegant fresh setup UI, updated the customizer sidebar layout by default to No-Sidebar.
• WooCommerce Cart – Responsive slider option to adjust Slide-in Cart width for Desktop, Tablet, & Mobile devices.

Fix:

• WooCommerce – Content background colour not working in the customizer preview.
• WooCommerce – Shop – Sale badge text is misaligned on the front end.
• WooCommerce – Custom image and icon support for payment section.
• WooCommerce – Payment list styling is broken inside quick view.
• Block Editor – Astra Meta settings do not save when the Custom Fields option is enabled from the preferences.
• Two search buttons are visible on the empty archive search result page.
• Disabled Astra meta setting for the Blog page, which does not work from meta box, as it acts like an archive page on the frontend.
• Megamenu spacing conflicts with the primary menu top offset option on mobile devices.
• WooCommerce – Cart icon size is not working on the starter template site.
• Top border showing up for related post section on a single post when Boxed & Content Boxed layout is active.
• Editor – External toggle controls reverse their direction due to the theme’s CSS.
• Block editor – Getting console error for reading properties of undefined for getEditedPostAttribute.