Description
Astro structures photography portfolios in WordPress with fullscreen pages, fullscreen accordion, Ajax loading, and portfolio templates in carousel, grid, and Masonry. It serves photographers, visual studios, and creative agencies that need to showcase large images, organize work by projects, and build pages with WPBakery, custom post types, and the theme options panel without relying on manual coding.
Main Features of Astro
- Portfolios in multiple layouts
Creates portfolio pages in carousel, grid, and Masonry. - Fullscreen images
Displays visual work with slides and fullscreen pages. - Ajax loading
Loads pages with smooth transitions, which can be disabled in the theme. - Integrated WPBakery
Adds visual elements to build pages without editing code. - Custom post types
Organizes portfolios, slides, and members in separate areas.
Benefits of Astro
- Stronger visual presentation
Images gain prominence without competing with unnecessary elements. - Simplified creation flow
Ready layouts reduce the time needed to assemble pages. - Project organization
Each work can be separated into portfolios and individual pages. - Site prepared to grow
Blogs, teams, slides, and shops can coexist within the same theme.
Who Is Astro Recommended For?
- Photographers wanting to publish photo essays, editorials, and authorial projects with highlighted images.
- Visual studios needing to organize portfolios, teams, and presentation pages all on one site.
- Creative agencies aiming to showcase campaigns, case studies, and galleries with visual navigation.
How to Download Astro
Astro is available for download here on Ultrapack. After downloading the .zip file, install it in Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload theme, select the theme package, and activate it in the WordPress dashboard.
Astro works well for projects where images need to drive navigation: authorial portfolios, studio showcases, team pages, and visual blogs. The combination of templates, options panel, integration with WooCommerce, WPML, Contact Form 7, MailChimp, and Revolution Slider allows building a consistent visual presence without abandoning the traditional WordPress structure.
Frequently asked questions
Is Astro – Photography WordPress Theme GPL-licensed?
Yes. Astro – Photography WordPress Theme is distributed under the GPL (GNU General Public License). You may legally use, modify and redistribute it on as many sites as you want.
Can I use Astro – Photography WordPress Theme on multiple sites?
Yes. You can install Astro – Photography WordPress Theme on as many sites as you want. Only automatic updates through Ultrapack Auto Updater have a limit: from 3 to 80 sites, depending on the plan.
How much does Astro – Photography WordPress Theme cost at Ultrapack?
Astro – Photography WordPress Theme costs US$2.99 as a single purchase, and it is also included in the subscription plans starting at US$12/mo (VIP I).
Does Astro – Photography WordPress Theme include updates?
Yes. The current version of Astro – Photography WordPress Theme is 5.8, published at Ultrapack on May 10, 2019. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).
Is Astro – Photography WordPress Theme scanned before publication?
Yes. Every version of Astro – Photography WordPress Theme goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.
How to install
Automatic updates: this item is updated by the Ultrapack Auto Updater. With it installed, the new version shows up in your dashboard like any other WordPress update (how to set it up).
The file on this page is the developer’s full package, with documentation, demos and plugins. Do not upload that file to WordPress. The theme comes ready inside it, as a ZIP of its own, and that is the one you upload.
- Download the file
themeforest-6364365-astro-showcasephotography-wordpress-theme.zipand extract it on your computer. - Look inside the extracted files for the file
astro.zip. - In the WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme.
- Select that file and click Install Now.
- Click Activate.
- There is nothing to zip. The ZIP inside the package is already in the format WordPress accepts.
- Uploading the whole package is the most common mistake when installing a theme: WordPress answers that no valid theme was found, and nothing is installed.
- The rest of the package belongs to the author: documentation, demo files and, in some themes, the plugins it asks for during setup.
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UAU Ready