What is the Difference Between Hestia and Hestia PRO?

Which product version is right for me, free or PRO?

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Starter Sites Library

One of the most important differences between Hestia Free and Hestia PRO is that Hestia PRO has a Starter Sites Library, which is a great advantage. Those are templates similar to the front-page sections of the theme, however, they are built with a page builder plugin like Elementor. 

The demos were designed for a dedicated website, separated according to the plans:

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Header Options

Hestia can be easily configured, and the Header is one of the things that can be customized, with three available subpanels. Hestia Pro brings in extra features that can be used to develop more layouts, appearance enhances, fullscreen options.

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Footer Options

Hestia Pro allows the layout customization to be shown in the Footer area.

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Blog Settings

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Frontpage Sections

The Frontpage Sections panel contains the names of the sections that appear on your homepage, with a visibility option, to turn them on / off. More than that, Hestia PRO brings in the rearrangement option, which allows you to change the order of the sections with a drag and drop movement.

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Custom Layouts in Hestia PRO

Custom Layouts is one of Hestia's PRO features, which allows you to easily create custom sections that can be placed in various places of the theme, based on hooks.

Another important feature of this module is that you can make your own header/footer and replace the one from the theme. 

📝  Note: Check this guide for getting started with your own layouts.

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Shortcodes in Hestia PRO

Using the shortcodes attached to each Frontpage Section you can add any desired section.

Step 1: Add the Shortcode element. This can be done easily with drag-and-drop options

Step 2: Paste the shortcode of the desired section and this will appear in the block.

📝 Note: The theme sections are only displayed with this approach are not duplicated. On the pages where shortcodes are used, the section will have the same content as on the front page.

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WooCommerce in Hestia PRO

Features	Hestia	Hestia Pro
Store Notice
Text Will be shown site-wide.	-	Yes
Enable store notice  If enabled, it will display a banner with the above text.	-	Yes
Product Catalog
Shop page display  Choose what to display: Products / Categories / Products & Categories.	-	Yes
Category display  Choose what to display on the product category pages: Products / Subcategories / Products & Subcategories.	-	Yes
Default product sorting Select how you want the products to be sorted: Default / Popularity / Average rating / Sort by most recent / Ascendant / Descendant.	-	Yes
Products per row  Type how many products are to be displayed per row, maximum 6.	-	Yes
Rows per page  Type how many rows of products are to be displayed per page.	-	Yes
Product Images
Thumbnail cropping With three available options:  1:1 - will be cropped into a square. Custom - will be cropped to a custom aspect ratio. Uncropped - will display using the aspect ratio in which they were uploaded.	-	Yes
Checkout Page
Fields type Select the type of the fields - Optional / Hidden / Required.	-	Yes
Highlight required fields with an asterisk Enable / disable.	-	Yes
Privacy policy page Set a page from the list, add a text about the store privacy to show during the checkout.	-	Yes
Terms and conditions page  Set a page from the list, add a text for the terms checkbox that customers must accept.	-	Yes

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Translate Hestia

The frontpage of the theme can be translated into the PRO version only.

Features	Hestia	Hestia Pro
Translate Press  A dedicated article on how to use this plugin with Hestia is available on this page.	Yes	Yes
Polylang  A dedicated article on how to use this plugin with Hestia is available on this page.	Yes	Yes
Multiple Languages on the front page template	-	Yes

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Appearance Settings

Features	Hestia	Hestia Pro
General Settings Mostly settings regarding layout.	Yes	Extra Slider effect, Sidebar / Container Width
Typography Includes settings regarding font family, font size.	Yes	Extra Generic options
Colors Changing colors for different locations.	2 locations	8 extra locations
Button  Includes basic settings, like padding, border-radius.	Yes	Extra Hover effect

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Hestia Patterns

The Hestia Patterns are reusable sections created in the blocks editor of WordPress. You can easily insert them into any page/post, even in custom layouts, edit and duplicate them.

Patterns	Hestia	Hestia Pro
Call to action Ribbon section with a text and a call to action button.	Yes	Yes
Content with alternating image and text	Yes	Yes
Features Three different styles to present your features	Yes	Yes
Header Two layouts are available with a hero image.	Yes	Yes
Pricing plan columns Multiple pricing card layouts or one pricing option emphasized alongside a clean description.	Yes	Yes
Team cards Present the members of your team, including a description of them and social media buttons (optional).	Yes	Yes
Testimonial columns Include customer testimonial cards with profile pictures and star icons, or insert one full-width testimonial section.	Yes	Yes

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White Label in Hestia PRO

This is an extra feature of the Hestia PRO version. This covers the traces of user's changes over the theme or plugin.

While navigating into the  White Label panel, click on the White Label Settings button and you will be redirected to the Dashboard.

💡 Example

Click on the  Save Changes button.

Check the  Theme Details and see how the details were applied:

📍    Appearance > Themes

📝Note: For more details about it, check this doc.

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Page/Post Components

Components	Hestia	Hestia Pro
Disable Header	Yes	Yes
Disable Footer	Yes	Yes
Disable Title	-	Yes
Enable transparent header	-	Yes

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Support

Besides our infinite love and respect,  Hestia Pro users get access to regular support and updates. Make sure you check out our pricing for more details on that.

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