Struggling to find
the perfect theme for your new website?
You’re not alone.
There are countless options out there to choose from, each with their own strengths and weaknesses to consider.
You can look at flexible themes like the Total theme if you want something that’s as diverse and varied as your business.
Or perhaps you want something that’s more tailored to your needs for WooCommerce integration and online selling, like the Flatsome theme?
Often, the best way to figure out exactly what you need, is
to see the best tools in action. That’s why we’ve put together a new list of
sites already using the Astra theme to claim their piece of the web.
Astra works with various page builders like Elementor (see our review), allowing developers to create immersive sites for clients that are absolutely packed with functionality.
Read on to see some of our favorite Astra examples for
yourself.
What is the Astra Theme?
The Astra Theme is one of the most popular items available from the WordPress theme directory.
Designed to give you everything you need to design a stunning websites, the Astra theme was created by Brainstorm Force, using Vanilla JavaScript that prevents problems with jQuery tech.
Aside from optimized code and quick loading performance
(capable of launching pages in less than half of a second!), Astra also
requires less than 50KB of resources from your WordPress site. That makes it
one of the most lightweight themes on the market today.
Astra has more than 100,000 active installs, a 5-start rating from countless users, and endless fantastic features to explore, such as:
…the list goes on.
Keen to know more?
Let’s check out those examples.
01. Dream & Co
Featuring custom
fonts throughout, social media widgets, and a responsive page design, Dream
& Co uses the Astra WordPress theme to demonstrate a luxury travel website.
The navigation bar comes with impressive slide-in animations, which are
mimicked in various content boxes as you scroll down the page.
02. Darting Basketball Academy
The Darting
Basketball Academy has used a video background on its website to capture the
attention of customers. There’s also a consistent color scheme used throughout
every page, to remind you of the image behind the brand. The Astra theme footer
also includes links to the Academy’s social pages.
03. KBSCI
The KBSCI website is
a stunning example of the Astra theme in action. In-depth control over the
modular layout of the website means that it’s easy to scroll through the home
page and find the information you need. The sticky header also means that you
can always have access to the navigation bar as you scroll.
04. Dana Osborne
The Dana Osborne
website is an elegant example of the Astra WordPress theme. This wedding
invitation focused company uses a fixed header and navigation bar on every
screen, as well custom blocks to organize a fully-featured home page. As you
scroll, you’ll find social media widgets from Pinterest, contact buttons, and
more.
05. The Old Mill
The Old Mill is a
stunning website, equipped with a convenient background slider at the top of
the page, introducing visitors to awards, recipes, and more. The specialized
font throughout the website is reminiscent of the company’s logo. This site
also takes advantage of Astra’s fixed header option.
06. Kuumbwa Jazz
The Kuumbwa Jazz
website leverages the grid-based content layout from Astra to help users
conveniently scroll through a selection of upcoming events. There’s an “instant
scroll to top” button at the footer of the page as you browse, which makes it
much easier to jump from one part of the website to another.
07. Somos Wir
The Somos Wir
website is brimming with personality, from a colorful filter over the header
image on the page, to a friendly font. The most exciting part of this website
are the unique animations that pop up when you scroll over certain content
blocks on the home page.
08. Colorado SBDC
The Colorado SBDC
website is another example of a website using the boxed layout of the WordPress
Astra theme to make finding content easy. There’s also a map widget included on
the website to help you find your nearest location for a consultation.
09. The Foxes Photography
As a photography
website, it makes sense that The Foxes brand would have full images as their
website background. However, the scrolling gallery is genuinely stunning. The
transparent header offered by the WordPress Astra theme just makes the images
even more compelling.
10. Broil King
This multi-lingual website is an excellent example of how the Astra
Theme works perfectly with WooCommerce to encourage sales. The custom spacing
throughout the site makes it easier to find information fast. What’s more, the
fixed header and footer give you access to both navigation and a live chat
feature too.
11. Bacon Scouts
The Bacon Scouts website is
brimming with personal touches, thanks to the Astra theme, including a
consistent logo on every page, and a fixed navigation bar. Custom colors and
fonts have been used throughout to highlight the brand’s unique image. There’s
also a handy footer where you can find out more about the company.
12. Camper Boys
The great thing
about the Camper Boys website, is that it has it’s own search function embedded
into the home page. You can instantly find out where rentable camper vans are
available for your chosen dates. There’s even a video in the background of the
website to let you know what you’re signing up for.
13. Torgeson Electric
Torgeson Electric
uses the compelling text animation features included with the WordPress Astra
theme to highlight some of it’s unique selling points on the home page. There’s
also a 24/7 button included on the fixed header which users can click to contact
the company immediately.
14. Ik Ben on Betaalbaar
The best thing about
this website from Denmark, is the way that it’s used the infinite scrolling
features of the WordPress Astra theme to tell a story. The eye-catching design
is incredible for convincing customers to convert and sign the company’s petition. There’s
even unique animations throughout to make the site more engaging.
15. Gearing Rackner & McGrath
A legal website with
plenty of character, GRM uses the Astra theme to highlight the trustworthiness
of the business. The side-scrolling font makes the website more engaging, while
the way that the site has been designed constantly draws attention to the USPs
of the brand. Animated CTA buttons really drive action too.
16. Duke Richards
Overlaid blocks on
the Duke Richards Interior website create an attractive experience as you
scroll through the pages. The fixed header includes an always-available
navigation bar, while the footer comes with chat features integrated through
WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and more. Interestingly, the header only shows on
mobile devices.
17. Cricket Media
Cricket Media uses
the blog-style layout from the Astra WordPress theme to create a friendly
website that encourages reading. The custom colors throughout match the
website’s logo exactly and the fixed footer allows users to jump straight back
to the head of the page instantly.
18.
Smart Chameleon
Smart Chameleon
makes the most of the fast loading times and lightweight performance of the
Astra WordPress theme to add a bunch of fun animations to their site. There’s
dynamic text, animated content blocks, and more.
19. Hijab Printing
Headers are one of
the most compelling features that the Astra theme has to offer, and this
website takes full advantage of that fact. The header changes from a block of
brand color to transparent as you scroll through the page.
20. Baker Roofing
The Baker Roofing
website embeds a video into the top of the page, to provide information fast.
There’s a custom chat app in the fixed footer, and a Mega navigation bar from
Astra, which expands to show plenty of useful information.
21. Cheri Bustos
Cheri Bustos is a
color-packed website using the WordPress Astra theme. It comes with a custom
search bar widget that users can access to find the nearest location where they
can get involved. There’s also a fixed navigation bar that includes a donate button so that customers can convert at any moment.
22. Naturtint
The Naturtint
website introduces women to natural hair dying options. There’s custom font
used throughout, and an animated slider on the home page where you can read
reviews from other happy customers. We love the way color is used throughout
this website to really highlight the unique nature of the brand.
23. Bhuka Tours
The Bhuka Tours
website introduces visitors to the fun and unique experiences that their tours
can offer with a scrolling slider at the top of the homepage. The fixed header
and footer stay with you as you move through the website, offering WhatsApp
communication and navigation. There’s also a unique navigation bar just for
mobile devices.
24. Easy Themepacks
On the Easy
Themepacks website, you’ll see a great example of how you can use the fluid
layouts on the WordPress Astra theme to add animated sliders to various points
of your pages at once. The built-in social media widgets and contact bar are a
nice touch for the company to encourage engagement.
25. Australian Cosmetic Institute
Using the Astra
theme, the Australian Cosmetic Institute has been able to show off its unique
personality in style, with unique animations in a custom homepage slider.
They’ve also added their own brand colors to every aspect of the site, from shopping buttons,
to live chat widgets.
26. No Sleepless Nights
No Sleepless Nights
is a website that claims to help people get a better night’s rest. Rather than
using many of the advanced features of the Astra theme, this site has focused
on creating a very easy-to-use site experience for both mobiles and desktops. The
fonts are responsive, and there’s a search feature in the navigation bar.
27. Florida College
Florida College is
an education-focused website with plenty of great features designed to improve
user experience. The site uses content blocks to help users access information
quickly about their educational options. There’s also a search bar so you can
seek out specific pieces of data. We were particularly impressed by the use of
the Astra mega menu.
28. Quince Media
The Quince Media
website instantly grabs attention with a dynamic animation that loads as soon
as you click on the home page. While other themes would struggle with this
animation, the Astra theme can load it quickly and efficiently, without a
problem. You also get the benefit of a transparent pinned header too.
29. Anaplan
Anaplan also takes
advantage of how lightweight and fast the Astra WordPress theme is, with an
instant-loading video at the top of their homepage. There’s a compliance footer
that allows you to accept cookies for the website, and a header that becomes
transparent as you scroll through the page.
30. Router Hosting
The Router Hosting
website is a simple but effective example of the Astra theme in action. Hover
animations that highlight individual segments of content when you move your
cursor over them increase engagement, while animated statistics and numbers
catch the eye as you scroll.
31. Biocanina.com
This multilingual
website has taken advantage of Astra’s access to numerous Google fonts, with
responsive typography that works on every device. The well-spaced containers of
content make browsing a breeze, and the slider on the home page is excellent
too.
32. SweCandy
The SweCandy website
leverages the containerized layout of the WordPress Astra theme to ensure that
there’s plenty of white space on the page. The sticky header at the top of the
page also comes with a dynamic sidebar that changes to let you know how much you’ve
got in your basket. This site also comes with it’s own live chat function for customer support.
33. Jimmy’s Meals
Jimmy’s Meals uses
custom popups to immediately grab the customer’s attention. The sticky header
at the top of the page includes an email button that customers can use to
connect with the site owners in a single click.
34. Actofit
Actofit’s website
also takes advantage of the communication headers available from the WordPress
Astra theme. Users can click on a support email, telephone number, or a
multitude of social media pages to get in touch.
35. BrandBoom
Brand Boom’s website
comes with a membership plugin included so that the website owner can get
people signed up to their email list as quickly as possible. The company has also
used the WordPress Astra theme to create a bespoke blog.
36. Modo Payments
Modo Payment’s
website stands out with a compelling animated illustration on their home page.
The font and images dynamically change to suit the device that you’re browsing
from, and animations follow you as you scroll through the page, thanks to Astra
theme’s handy integrations.
37. Choquiero
The Choqueiro
chocolate website uses a dynamic navigation bar that’s responsive to the kind
of device that you’re using. There are also handy “Shop” CTA buttons throughout
the homepage to convince customers to start browsing.
38.
Inkster Prints
The Inkster Prints
website is a simple example of the Astra theme , combing custom colors and
fonts with animated buttons throughout the site. The global design frame for
this website means that customers get the same experience on every page.
39. No Limit Buzz
No Limit Buzz uses
an animated text portion on the top of their website home page to attract
attention and demonstrate the company’s unique selling points. That combined
with a custom layout that’s used on every page helps this site to stand out.
40. Blue Moon
Finally, Blue Moon
is a creative insight into the possibilities of the Astra Theme. Animated font
helps to introduce you to the website if you load it from a desktop.
Additionally, there are social media widgets embedded straight into the home
screen.
Wrapping Up
The Astra theme is
an easy-to-use and lightweight way to transform your website.
As you can see from
all of the examples included above, this fantastic site is packed full of
versatility – ideal for a wide range of companies.
What’s your favorite example of the Astra theme in action?
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