Since its launch in November 2017, Starter Templates has been all about making website building easier, faster, and more efficient.
Over the years, we’ve adapted to new technologies, listened to user feedback, and evolved to meet the needs of modern website creators.
Back in the beginning, Starter Templates supported Gutenberg, Elementor, Beaver Builder, and Brizy.
It was an exciting time as we offered beautiful templates for all popular builders, making website creation accessible to the widest audience.
Starter Templates currently offers a vast collection of professionally designed templates for Elementor, Spectra and Beaver Builder.
We discontinued Brizy templates a while ago due to low demand.
We’re planning to do the same for Beaver Builder soon.
As part of our ongoing effort to stay relevant and focused on the most widely used tools, we have made a strategic decision: We will be sunsetting support for Beaver Builder templates.
Why We’re Making This Change
To provide the best experience and stay ahead of industry trends, we need to focus our resources on the platforms with the highest demand.
At the moment, that’s Elementor and Spectra.
Over time, we’ve noticed a significant shift in how our community builds websites.
While Beaver Builder is great, the Starter Templates for it are nowhere near as popular as those for Elementor and Spectra.
Our team dedicates a lot of time supporting Beaver Builder, but if nobody is using the templates, it’s not a good use of resources.
We would rather use those resources on other exciting Starter Template projects, including something awesome we have planned for later this year. We aren’t ready to announce that yet though!
What This Means for You
If you use Beaver Builder templates, there are four things you need to know:
- Beaver Builder templates will no longer be available by default.
- Existing users won’t lose access immediately. If you still rely on Beaver Builder templates, we will add a filter so you can continue using the templates for now.
- Future updates will focus on Elementor and Spectra. Our goal is to improve and expand our template offerings where they matter most.
- Eventual phase-out. While the filter will allow continued access for now, we will eventually remove Beaver Builder templates entirely.
We’ll let you know in plenty of time when we plan to sunset the templates completely so you’ll have plenty of time to adapt.
Important Note:
✅ This change affects only Beaver Builder Starter Templates.
✅ Astra will continue supporting Beaver Builder.
✅ Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder remains unaffected.
Your sites are safe — we’re here to support you!
Looking Ahead
This decision is part of our ongoing mission to make Starter Templates the best tool you can use to build exceptional websites.
We will continue to add new, advanced templates for Elementor and Spectra to help you create something to be proud of.
If you haven’t tried AI-powered template building yet, you really should.
With the AI Website Builder in Starter Templates, you can generate a full site in seconds—tailored to your needs.
This is a game-changer for both beginners and professionals looking to build high-quality websites faster.
We’re also planning to add even more design flexibility and do everything we can to make Starter Templates the ultimate website building tool.
We understand that changes like this can be an adjustment, and we appreciate the support of our community as we continue to evolve.
If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to reach out—we’re always listening.
Thank you for being part of this journey with us!
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Will this change/closure also affect “Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder”?
No, this change/closure will not affect Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder. It only applies to the Beaver Builder Starter Templates.
Okay, thanks for clarifying. Recently, Beaver Builder customers have been confused and alarmed by the BB company’s controversial announcement.
Yes, understandable! It’s quite a coincidence that our decision to drop BB templates happened around the same time as Beaver Builder’s recent announcement.
For paid subscribers will there be a way to download all the templates locally?
We’re introducing a filter that will allow you to bring back the Beaver Builder templates. This way, you’ll still be able to access and download them locally if needed.
Is there a way for us to access these templates for Beaver Builder as of today?
Yes, you can still access the legacy Beaver Builder Starter Templates using the following filter:
add_filter( 'astra_sites_enable_legacy_beaver_builder_support', '__return_true' );Thanks
It’s very sad, as I have told people how good WP Astra is and why we use the product as a company. What company do you recommend that we not go to other editors and stick with Beaver?
Hello John
I completely understand how important the Beaver Builder Starter Templates were to your workflow, and I want to clarify that we did keep Beaver Builder support ongoing for quite some time, but after careful evaluation, we had to make the tough decision to sunset it. However, we haven’t completely removed it. You can still access the legacy Beaver Builder Starter Templates using the following filter:
add_filter( 'astra_sites_enable_legacy_beaver_builder_support', '__return_true' );Adding this to your site will bring back the legacy templates, allowing you to continue with the same ecosystem you have now. Cheers!
So if we stay with Astra, do we have to replace all Beaver Builder sites over to Elementor or Spectra at some point ? Is there a plan to help people migrate without having to rebuild sites?
No, you don’t have to replace your Beaver Builder sites. Astra will continue to support Beaver Builder, so there’s no requirement to switch to Elementor or Spectra. However, we will no longer offer templates or pre-built sites for Beaver Builder.