Astra is a premium WordPress Theme with a free version and a Pro premium version. Naiba often uses Astra whenForeign Trade Website BuildingSome users who purchased Astra Pro themselves don't know how to activate the genuine version, so here is a tutorial to share.
Astra Pro Activation Steps
1. Install Astra Theme
Both the free and Pro versions of Astra are the same Theme, but Pro is supported via a Plugin.
We can directly search for Astra in the WordPress Admin Dashboard under Themes to install and activate it.
2. Install Astra Pro Plugin
After purchasing Astra Pro, you can obtain the Plugin download link from the official website. Generally, we recommend using Elementor-related plugins and not installing all plugins.
Only need to install: Astra Addon Plugin, Astra Premium Sites, Ultimate Elementor
We install hereastra addon pluginby going to the WordPress Admin Dashboard, Plugins, Add New, and uploading the zip file for installation.
Activate the plugin after installation.
3. Enter Astra Pro License Key
After activating the plugin, there will be a prompt asking you to activate the license (Activate), click it.
In the input box in the image above, enter the activation key for Astra Pro, then click the activate button.
After successful activation, you can use all the features of Astra Pro.
4. Install Advanced Demo Plugin
Similarly, from WordPress Plugins, Add New, upload and installastra-premium-sitesthis plugin.
(The new version of Astra Pro also includes the Spectra Pro plugin. If you use Spectra Pro, it is not recommended to install Elementor and ultimate-elementor to avoid affecting performance.)
After installation, click the activate button (Activate) as prompted, and enter the key for Premium Starter Templates to activate it.
After activation, you will see Starter Templates under the Themes menu. Click it, and the first time it will ask you to choose a builder; Elementor is recommended.
Then you will see the demo themes included with the theme. You can choose any theme to import entirely or import individual page content.
5. Install Ultimate Elementor and other plugins
The ultimate elementor plugin adds some extra advanced features to elementor. If you want your website effects to be more impressive, you can install this plugin.
The astra-portfolio plugin is an advanced portfolio plugin. Many premium themes natively support the portfolio post type, but this is not conducive to migration. Using this astra portfolio plugin means you won't have to worry about losing portfolio data when changing themes in the future.
If you don't have many products, using Portfolio for product pages or project showcase pages is a good choice.
The convertpro plugin is the type of plugin for website pop-up notifications, which can be used during promotions.
Astra Pro Update Tutorial
How to update the Astra Pro theme and related plugins?
If your server is located abroad, you can simply click update when WordPress Admin Dashboard prompts you that a new version is available.
If your server is in China, direct updates might fail due to network issues. In that case, you can download the files from your purchase list on the Astra official website and update by uploading and overwriting the files via the Admin Dashboard. Refer to:Manual Plugin Update_Method for Manually Upgrading WordPress Plugins
How to Use Astra Pro?
Through the steps above, we have installed Astra Pro and its companion plugins. However, for website building beginners, how to use them next might still be confusing. Here, Naiba recommends some beginner-friendly tips for getting started with Astra Pro.
First, to avoid having to start over after installation, we can first install a backup plugin to back up the website. Later, if you want to start fresh, you can simply restore from the current backup file without reinstalling astra pro.
We can go to the website Admin Dashboard, Plugins, Add New, search for backup, then install and activate the plugin shown in the screenshot.
From the backup plugin, we back up the website's current state and check the option to only allow manual deletion of backups.
and thenWe can now start using Astra to build our own theme.
Access Astra's pre-made templates from Starter templates under the Appearance menu.
In the interface that appears, select Elementor in the top right corner (currently, Elementor is still more suitable for beginners and has the most complete ecosystem).
Choose a pre-designed template you like, then import it.
After clicking, you can see the effect on the right; click the button on the left to import directly. You can upload the LOGO and colors midway, or skip and modify them all later.
Click the blue buttons throughout the process, keep everything else default, and wait for the import to complete.
The appearance of the above image indicates that the website template has been successfully imported.
Click the 'View Your Website' button to preview your website's effect.
If you check the website frontend and find it looks similar to the screenshot above, completely unlike the Demo, it is likely due to not setting the website homepage correctly. You can correct it by following the steps below.
How to modify the LOGO, colors, and some website settings?
On the website frontend, click the customize button.
You can see these options on the left as shown in the image above; you can click each one to explore.
If some features you want to adjust are not found, you can enable all Astra Pro features as follows:
After enabling all these features, return to the website customization interface, and you will find more setting options available.
How to modify website content?
If we want to modify the content of website pages, such as text and images, simply click to edit with Elementor.
After opening, select the area you want to modify, and the editing options will appear on the left. After making changes, update the page.
Of course, to make the webpage better align with your own ideas, you need to familiarize yourself with the Elementor builder tutorials and do some designing yourself. Simply changing text and images exactly like the demo may not achieve 100% satisfaction.
If modifications become messy, how to start over?
Just restore the previous backup.
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