On this occasion, I will discuss about a good, popular and flexible wordpress theme, that is “Astra” wordpress theme.
On the official website (https://wpastra.com/) it is clear that on the front there are the words “The Most Popular Theme of All Time” and “Fastest, Lightweight, and Highly Customizable WordPress Theme” which when translated into Indonesian becomes “Tema Paling Populer Sepanjang Masa” and “theme WordPress Tercepat, Ringan, dan Sangat Dapat Disesuaikan atau fleksible”. More than 1,653,898 websites have used Astra as their wordpress website theme.
From one review on the site “https://wordpress.org/support/theme/astra/reviews/?filter=5” that the Astra wordpress theme “Light and works perfectly with WooCommerce” means that the Astra wordpress theme fully supports the WooCommerce plugin then the review is “For a couple of years I have been using Astra for my developments. Very light and fast and also works perfectly with WooCommerce. It is also very well documented and they have excellent customer service.” which means “For several years I have been using Astra for my development. It’s very light and fast and also works perfectly with WooCommerce. It is also very well documented and they have excellent customer service.”
Table of contents :
- Introduction
- Advantages
- Closing
1. INTRODUCTION
Astra is one of the most popular wordpress themes with the advantages of many features from the options in the WordPress Customizer and supports various plugins such as elementor, beaverbuilder, Woocommerce, LearnDash, Toolset, Yoast etc. and has super fast loading speed.
2. ADVANTAGES
Some of the advantages of this Astra wordpress theme are:
2.1. Efficient against time
We can use the demo site “web pixel perfect ready to use” from the starter template library of this Astra theme.
2.2. Can be customized without coding knowledge
We can change the design through various options in the WordPress Customizer. No coding knowledge is required here, so for those who can’t code, you can use the options in the WordPress Customizer for this astra theme.
2.3. Supports Page Builders
The Astra theme has us the ability to turn off page titles & sidebars. Create full-width pages with complete design freedom, so we can customize according to our needs and designs.
2.4. Light and fast wordpress theme
Super Fast Performance, Astra is built for speed. It is the most lightweight wordpress theme available in the market and offers unmatched performance.
2.5. Easy customization
Not only will our website be fast, but we will be able to make it look exactly how we want it with visual theme customization that is quick & easy to use.
2.6. Complete features and supports many plugins
This Astra wordpress theme has many excellent features such as “Layout Settings”, “Header Options”, “Colors & Typography”, “Blog & Archives” and this wordpress theme supports plugins such as elementor, beaverbuilder, Woocommerce, LearnDash, Toolset, Yoast etc.
2.7. compatible with Gutenberg
Astra was one of the first themes to be compatible with Gutenberg. Gutenberg is a WordPress editor with a Block Based User Interface (UI) concept. Over the years, this compatibility has only grown stronger. Currently, Astra offers the most complete library of free starter templates for Gutenberg, the ability to create custom layouts with the editor, and automatically manage Gutenberg block styles and spacing.
2.8. Not Using JQuery
Often times, jQuery rendering blocks get in the way of performance optimization. So this Astra theme uses Vanilla JavaScript instead. Vanilla javascript is plain Javascript without using any Third Party, Framework / Library or pure javascript, so it will speed up the rendering process so that the loading process becomes faster and lighter.
Astra has super fast loading capabilities. With default WordPress data, Astra loads it in less than half a second. this is because Astra is built for speed and is fully optimized for performance.
3. CLOSING
That’s a little review from me about the Astra wordpress theme, if you want to download the Astra wordpress theme, you can visit the official website here, and I hope this article can be useful, thank you.