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Astra 2.0 WordPress Theme: Beta Testers Wanted
Last week, Brainstorm Force announced the beta version of the Astra 2.0 WordPress theme. The upcoming new version includes a cleaner and faster customizer. As of August 19, the all new Astra theme is now available!
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Astra 2.0 Beta
Now they are looking for beta testers. Join the beta and help them test the all-new Customizer that offers a faster loading speed as well as a better user interface and experience.
Check out the changes and improvements:
- Merged all customization options under one hood
- Reduced PHP calls to boost customizer performance
- Combined Google font loading requests
- Live preview is now faster
The results are really impressive. Compared to version 1.0, Astra 2.0 reduced the customizer loading time by up to 60.71%. Please note that the beta version will be available for both Astra Theme and Astra Pro.
Astra is a lightweight, free WordPress theme built for page builders such as Beaver Builder, Divi, and Elementor. The last one recently introduced a free starter theme.
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PS: Astra 2.1 comes with cleaner HTML and makes it quite easy for browsers to cache CSS which means an improvement in load time and speed.
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