Astra Starter Templates: One-Click Import of Full Website Templates Tutorial

When building a WordPress website, the biggest headache for beginners is often not the content, but building the look of the page from scratch.Astra Starter Templates offers a simple solution: import a professionally designed and structured full-site template in minutes and quickly have a blog, corporate site, portfolio or online course page.

In this article, we will show you the whole process of using the Astra Starter Templates plugin, from installation to template import, to easily build a website framework with a complete page structure, no need to write code or design skills.

I. What are Astra Starter Templates?

Astra Starter Templates is an official free plugin from Astra that offers a large number of pre-made website templates. The templates contain the following:

• Home, About, Services, Contact and other common pages
• responsiveLayout and Style Configuration
• Images, icons and placeholder content
• Supports multiplepage builder(Elementor, Gutenberg, Beaver Builder)

II. Preparation before use

Before you start importing templates, you need to complete the following actions:

• Have WordPress installed (locally or online)
• Install Astra theme and enable it

• Install common page builder plugins (recommended) Elementor or Gutenberg)

Installing the Astra Starter Templates plug-in

The plugin can be searched for and installed directly in the WordPress backend:

• In the backend menu, click Plugins > Install Plugin

• look for sth. Starter Templates

• locate the information provided by Brainstorm Force Published plugins, click install and enable

Four, a key to import the complete site template

Next go to the core process - importing the whole site template:

Step 1: Select Page Builder

The first time you open the plugin interface, you need to select the page builder you want to use, for example:

• Elementor (drag-and-drop editing support)
• Gutenberg(Lightweight native editor)

Different builders will correspond to different template styles.

Step 2: Browse the Template Library

After selecting the builder, you will enter the template selection interface. You can filter suitable templates according to website type, industry style, number of pages, etc:

• Blog(blogsite)
• Portfolio
• Business (official company website)
• Online Store

Clicking on any template opens a detailed preview showing the number of pages included and the layout style.

Step 3: Configure Imported Content

After entering the template details, click [Continue] on the left side and go to "Website constructionSettings" screen.

First of all, you will enter the guide page, which is titled "Select Features", i.e. the feature selection section. Here you can check the required feature modules according to the goal of building a website, for example:

• Page Builder
• Contact Form
• Website Emails & SMTP(mail function)
• eCommerce (e-commerce functionality with SureCart support)
• Appointment & Bookings
• Free Live Chat (website chat module)

If you don't need these functions for the time being, you can skip or keep only the basic modules (it is recommended to keep the first three).

After confirming, click the blue button at the bottom left corner of the page: [ ].Continue ]

The system goes to the next step in the basic site setup process.

Once you get to the final confirmation page, you will see a settings block titled "Okay, just one last step...".

An optional option is provided here:

• Keep existing data!
  Check this box to keep the existing content and images on the current site. If it is a new site, it can be unchecked to keep the fresh page status.

After confirming the settings, click the blue button at the bottom of the page: [ ].Submit & Build My Website]

The system will do this automatically:

• Installation of required plug-ins
• Import of page content and layout
• typeApplication with color schemes

The entire process usually takes only a few minutes, during which no manual operation is required.

Step 4: View New Site Page

Once the import is complete, click the [View Your Website] button to view the generated page structure. Contains:

• Complete Home & Section Pages

• contact pageGeneral modules, such as the About page

• All pages can be adjusted for layout and style in the builder

V. Suggested operations after importation

• Replace the default logo With the name of the site

• Replacement of sample images with text content

• Delete unused page modules

• Check the display on mobile and tablet

• Install SEO plugins (e.g. Rank Math) Auxiliary Page Setup

VI. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q1: Will template import affect the original site content?
It will not. New pages imported by the plugin will not overwrite existing content. However, it is recommended to do this in a new site to be safer.

Q2: Is Starter Templates permanently free?
Yes, the vast majority of the templates are completely free to use and are suitable for personal sites or startup projects.

Q3: Does the template support editing and personalization?
Yes, all imported pages can be modified for layout and content in Elementor or Gutenberg.

VII. Summary

Whether you are a beginnerBuild a websiteAstra Starter Templates is a great way to build websites that are visually appealing and structurally complete, whether you're a website builder who needs a quick turnaround or a site builder who needs a quick turnaround. It dramatically reduces the page building process and quickly produces visually pleasing websites with structural integrity.

Feel free to try Astra Starter Templates to build your web portal in the easiest way possible. To learn more content modification tips and style optimization solutions, stay tuned for subsequent tutorials.

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