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Hi @arutha176,

I see that it has 28px font size, although I am not sure where it is coming from. Refer to this screenshot, please.

Is it possible for you to share with us the steps to replicate this, so we can try the same on our end?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,
Herman ??

Hello Herman!

Sorry for the delay! I couldn’t share the steps because I didn’t know what they were: I was finished with that page and didn’t notice anything until I opened it to share the link with a friend. Horrible surprise…

Anyway, afterwards I got a lot of errors like a “A plugin has prevented updates by disabling wp_version_check()” and call to REST API gets 403 answer.

I couldn’t find the plugin and when I try to use health check I lose connectivity completely, nothing works. And now I doubt that it is a Astra problem.

It’s getting so complicated that I believe I will have a microsoft windows moment and will try to reinstall wordpress…

I have a question: If I do that, is there a way to avoid loosing all the configurations and personalizations I did in Astra? Like exporting and importing or something similar..

thanks and best regards!

Hi @arutha176,

I tried to inspect the page again and now it looks different from the moment I inspected it. Refer to this screenshot, please. There’s no more 28px as I saw previously. And now the font size is 18px, as seen in this screenshot. Have you done something?

Regarding your question about losing the configurations, you did in Astra when you reinstall WordPress. If what you do is just reinstall WordPress without resetting it, then you shall have anything you previously had before installing WordPress. Please correct me if I am wrong, though.

However, I will still suggest you create a proper backup, just in case. As for Astra’s setting, you can export it and import it to your site just in case you need it. More on that is in this doc.

I hope it will help.

Kind regards,
Herman ??

Hi Herman!

I did something, yes! But it is a mystery anyway, because what I did shouldn’t have made any difference. I went to c-panel, file manager and opened and closed htaccess and wp-config. Didn’t change anything in both of them, just opened them to see if there was something strange or corrupted. Left c-panel, got back to the site and voilá! the sidebar was the right size! Maybe I should forget about reinstalling and look around for a wiccan or a shaman? (lol)

About reinstalling, yes, my understanding too is that I wont loose anything, but is good to have a second and more knowledgeable opinion. I’m ok about backups, my provider does them for me daily, and I just exported astra settings. Now, to gather courage to do the thing!

Last question before we close this topic. Is there a way to style the sidebar a little bit? I would like more space between the entries, or any kind of signal (like, a “-” for example) to better differentiate each entry. And I would like a vertical line that separates content and sidebar on the desktop. This kind of almost academic big texts are hard on the eyes!

thank you! best regards!

Hi @arutha176,

It was mysterious indeed. Probably it was the cache or a shaman was playing around with his superpower ??. Whatever that was, good to know it is now working as you expected.

Regarding the list style, a simple custom CSS like the following should work

.sidebar-main .wp-block-latest-posts.wp-block-latest-posts__list {
    list-style: disc;
}

Please add it to the Additional CSS field on the Customizer and you will have bullet lists, as seen in this screenshot.

Let us know if you need more help, otherwise please mark the topic as Resolved.

Kind regards,
Herman ??

Hello!

It worked! Very good!

I believe that for now I’m good with Astra,no more questions.

Thank you very much for your help!!

Stay safe and best regards!

Very pleased to know that, @arutha176.

Don’t hesitate to start a new thread if there is anything else related to Astra we can help you with.

Kind regards,
Herman ??

I ran into this same issue. It happened when customizing the Astra theme and going to Global > Blocks Editor and changing the “Core Blocks Spacing” to any setting other than Legacy.

The issue was fixed by enabling the Improved Spectra Compatibility – see steps below (also ensure your plugins and theme are updated to the latest version):
https://wpastra.com/docs/improved-spectra-compatibility/

The fix above should allow you to avoid having to add custom CSS.

Eric

Hi @ees101,

Thanks for sharing. However, your case might be different as this was happening more than five months ago. The filter in the doc you shared above, we introduced it in Astra v3.9.4, which was released recently on Nov 10, 2022.

Kind regards,
Herman ??