Join 700,000+ users who build awesome websites with Astra

Astra is a powerful, light-weight and easy to use WordPress theme. A better still it's free.

You can download a copy of Astra through your WordPress dashboard, or from the WPAstra website:

https://wpastra.com/

Some of the benefits of Astra are:

Customize Everything Easily

Not only will your website be fast, but you will be able to make it look exactly how you want with Astra's visual theme customizer, fast & easy!

Layout Settings

In this area, one can manage layout of the website container, header, blog, archives, single pages, posts, sidebar & footer.

Header Options

Astra comes with several header layouts built-in. The Pro addon extends the possibilities and adds more features further.

Colors & Typography

Set colors & fonts easily! We understand it's important to be able to set fonts & colors that integrate with your brand.

Unparalleled Performance

No jQuery

Less than 50 KB

Astra is feather-light. It needs less than 50 KB of resources whereas most of the other WordPress themes require at least 300 KBs.

Just 0.5 seconds!

With default WordPress data, Astra loads in less than a half-second. It is built for speed and fully optimized for performance.

Largest Library of Pre-Built Websites

Take a look at these gorgeous websites made with Astra and various Page Builders. These are available for import with Astra Sites plugin.

You can use any theme you'd like when starting your new website, but Astra is a terrific option and a great place to start. The next steps in this guide will presume you're using Astra as your theme.