Astra Child Theme

A starter child theme for Astra Child Theme.

This child theme is based on object oriented. In this child theme we created usefull files to develop a new website from scratch.

Basic Folder structure

├── ...
├── assets
│   ├── css
│     ├── style.css                             # You can add extra style.
│   ├── images                                  # You can upload images.
│     ├── wpgenius_logo.png
│   ├── js
│     ├── custom.js                             # You can add extra javascript.
├── includes
│   ├──Modules
│     ├── uae-modules.php                       # Activate UAE modules.
│   ├──post-types
│     ├── testimonial.php                       # Create a new post type.
│   ├── widgets
│     ├── widget-testimonial.php                # Create a new widget.
│   ├── widgets-elementor
│     ├── widget-testimonial.php                # Create a new elementor widget.
│   ├── admin-actions.php                       # Add admin related actions.
│   ├── ajax-actions.php                        # Add ajax related actions.
│   ├── cleanup-action.php                      # Add wordpress or other cleaning related actions.
│   ├── security-actions.php                    # Add security related action.
│   ├── seo-actions.php                         # Add seo related action.
│   ├── theme-actions.php                       # Add theme related action.
│   ├── theme-functions.php                     # Add theme functions.
│   ├── theme-settings.php                      # Add theme settings.
│   ├── user-actions.php                        # Add user related action.
│   ├── widget-elementor.php                    # Add or remove elementor files from here
│   ├── woo-actions.php                         # Add woocommerce related action.
├── funtion.php                                 # You can include new files here.
├── screenshot.png                              # Show screenshot image to the child theme.
├── style.css                                   # Add custom css.
│   └── ...
└── ...

Steps to register a new post type.

Create a 'post-type name'.php file into the includes/post-type/. you can copy the code from testimonial.php. after that copy your post type name or file name and add it into the $post_types array located in theme-action.php

		private $post_types = array(
			'testimonial',
		);

Steps to register a new Elementor widget.

Create a new file as widget-'widget name'.php into the includes/widgets-elementor/. You can copy basic structure of elementor widget code from includes/widgets-elementor/widget-testimonial.php after that add file path in register_widget function located in widgets-elementor.php

public function register_widgets() {
		// register widget here
		require_once __DIR__ . '/widgets-elementor/widget-testimonial.php';
		\Elementor\Plugin::instance()->widgets_manager->register_widget_type( new \Elementor\WPG_Elementor_Testimonial_Widget() );
	}

Use of admin-actions.php

In this file you can add admin related actions.

• Disable Gutenberg on the back end.
• Disable Gutenberg for widgets.
• Allow SVG uploads.
• Remove comments support for all post types. Remove comment menu, widget from admin.
• Add duplicate button to post/page list of actions.
• White label admin footer.
• Lowercase Filenames for Uploads.
• Redirect any user trying to access comments page.
• Remove comments metabox from dashboard.
• Disable support for comments and trackbacks in post types.
• Remove comments page in menu.
• Remove comments links from admin bar.
• Add duplication post link in action links to the admin.
• Handle the custom action when clicking the button we added above.

ajax-action.php

In this file you can add Ajax related actions.

cleanup-action.php

This file use for to clean wordpress dashboard or other this as follows.

• Remove unwanted JS & CSS from front end.
  • Remove Gutenberg Block Library CSS from loading on the frontend.
• Remove all dashboard widgets from admin panel.
• Remove Slider Revolution Meta Generator Tag.
• Disable the emojis in WordPress.
• Disable all embeds in WordPress.
  • Remove the REST API endpoint.
  • Turn off oEmbed auto discovery.
  • Don't filter oEmbed results.
  • Remove oEmbed discovery links.
  • Remove all embeds rewrite rules.
  • Remove filter of the oEmbed result before any HTTP requests are made.
• Remove oEmbed-specific JavaScript from the front-end and back-end.
• Disable RSS FEEDS.
• Clean WordPress admin.

security-action.php

This file use for wordpress security actions.

• Remove WordPress Meta Generator Tag.
• Disable XMLRPC.
• Remove link to the Really Simple Discovery service endpoint.
• Disable wlwmanifest link.
• Close comments on the front-end and Hide existing comments.
• Disable Comment Form Website URL.
• Disable pings on the front end.
• Disable core auto-updates.
• Disable auto-updates for plugins.
• Disable auto-updates for themes.
• Disable auto-update emails for core.
• Disable auto-update emails for plugins.
• Disable auto-update emails for themes.

seo-actions.php

This file use for SEO related actions.

• Disable Attachment Pages.
• Disable Attachment Pages.
• Add filter to remove Query Strings From Static Files.
• Split Query Strings From urls.

theme-action.php

This file use for Theme related actions

• Enqueue stylesheet file on front end.
  • We will not use default stylesheet file. Only write CSS to style.css file under assets/css folder.
• Includes post type files. Check if file exist or not and then include it.
• Includes widget files. Check if file exist or not and then include it.
• Register elementor widgets by creating instance of class WPGenius_Elementor_Widgets.
• Register elementor widgets by creating instance of class WPGenius_Elementor_Widgets.

theme-configurator.php

In this file we create an wpcli command as easy_setup.

• Register new wp cli command as easy_setup.
• Activate astra addon options, UAE options, change white lables of asta theme and While activate child theme.

theme-functions.php

In this file you can includes theme files.

theme-settings.php

In this file we create a sub page under the astra named as settings. In this file we write a simple setting class. By using this class you can easyly make a setting.

theme-shortcodes.php

In this file you can registers a new custom shortcodes.

user-actions.php

This file use for user related actions.

• Remove application password settings from user profile.
• Remove Login Shake Animation.
• Hide Login Errors in WordPress. Add custom login error message.

widgets-elementor.php

This file use for to create a new elementor widgets.

woo-actions.php

This file use for WooCommerce related actions.

function.php

In this file we include only theme-functions.php and decleare some function as follows.

• DISABLE_COMMENTS - Disable comments from comments. Removes comments menu from admin. Default : true
• DISABLE_EMOJI - Disable the emojis in WordPress from backend & front end. Default : true
• DISABLE_OEMBED - Disable all embeds in WordPress. Default : true
• DISABLE_FEEDS - Disable RSS FEEDS. Default : true
• DISABLE_ATTACHMENT_PAGES - Disable Attachment Pages. Default : true
• DISABLE_AUTOMATIC_UPDATES - Disable automatic updates : false
• DISABLE_AUTOMATIC_UPDATE_EMAIL - Disable automatic updates email. Default : false
• REMOVE_QUERY_STRINGS - Remove Query Strings From Static Files. Default : true
• ENABLE_DUPLICATE_POST - Enable option to duplicate posts : true
• STRICY_ADMIN_MODE - Strict admin mode. : true
• WHITE_LABEL_ADMIN_FOOTER - White label admin footer. : true

style.css

You can add theme related css here.