Astra vs YITH WooCommerce Brands Add-On
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| Feature | Astra v4.14.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | YITH WooCommerce Brands Add-On v2.45.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 8,000+ |
| Last updated | October 15, 2026 | October 6, 2026 |
| Editions | Astra · Astra Pro ($) | YITH WooCommerce Brands Add-On · YITH WooCommerce Brands Add-On Premium ($) |
| Pros | Header and footer builder with schema markup; Compatibility layers for WooCommerce, Elementor, LearnDash and Yoast SEO; Lightweight front end and RTL and translation support | Free brand taxonomy for products; Brand shortcodes for pages and products; Elementor widget for product brands; Brand taxonomy is marked for WPML translation |
| Cons | Astra Pro add-on and premium modules are sold separately; Free theme shows Pro upgrade notices in the admin; Optional usage tracking asks for consent first | Requires WooCommerce; Deactivates itself when the premium version is active; Premium upgrade is promoted in the admin |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Header and footer builder, Schema.org markup, WooCommerce compatibility layer, Elementor compatibility layer, LearnDash compatibility layer, Google Fonts in the typography options, Pro upgrade notices | Brand taxonomy for products, Brand shortcodes, Elementor product brand widget |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Elementor, LearnDash, Yoast SEO | Elementor, WPML |
| Other | Google Fonts | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | 5.3 | 8.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | fonts.googleapis.com, api.ipify.org | support.yithemes.com, yithemes.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 2 |