Addng an image gallery to Astra

Hello @mwrmwr

Well, Astra is a theme just like others they provide the overall styling features for the content of the website and some other functionality. Currently, they don’t have such a feature.

While for the requirement of Image and other requirements, you can use Gutenberg blocks or page builders which provide such features to help you with this requirement.

I hope that clarifies.

Regards,
Suman

It clarifies, but is disappointing. I found Astra recommended in a list of WP themes for art sites, but it seems that it’s not for that at all. I’m not a professional developer and have no idea what Gutenberg blocks or page builders are.

Hello @mwrmwr

It seems they were referring to the following Starter Templates.

Here’s the link to the demos.

We have used respective plugins or page builders to achieve this requirement.

Providing various features based on users could make the theme heavier. We have heard from our users Astra works very well with Elementor page builder and doesn’t require any knowledge as a developer.

I hope that helps and answers your query.

Regards,
Suman

Thanks, but I still don’t see page builders designed for artist sites? Are there any?

Hello @mwrmwr

Yes, we do have a few Starter Sites based on Artist.

You can find them using this link.

Also, another latest addition to the demos.

And to understand the Starter Templates better we recommend going through the article on Basics and FAQs of Starter Templates.

I hope that helps.

Regards,
Suman

Thanks. I’ll check out those starter sites (now templates) and read the article.

I didn’t find any templates I liked. So I’ll stick with straight Astra and add a gallery plugin.

Perfect, @mwrmwr!

Glad to hear you are choosing the plugin way.

Do let us know if there’s anything else we can help you with. And do mark the topic as resolved.