Astra Theme detailed Review: Is It The Best WordPress Theme?

With an impressive distinction, Astra is the most popular non-default WordPress theme of all time. It is the first and only non-default theme with over 1 million active installs on WordPress.org, with a perfect 5-star rating out of about 5,000 user reviews.
Having said all that – a lot of people love Astra. And – spoiler alert – I’m one of them, so this will be an overall positive Astra theme review, although I’ll highlight some areas where the other themes are slightly better.
To help you understand why I and many others love Astra, I’m going to split this review into two parts.
First, I’ll look at seven areas where Astra stands out from the competition. These areas are:
- Lightweight performance
- Multipurpose design
- Over 150 importable homepages
- Detailed WordPress Customizer Controls
- Compatibility with other WordPress plugins
- Powerful custom layout
- capabilities for advanced users