Home / Business Applications / Creation Studio Pro / Design Controls Pro
Business Applications · Creation Studio Pro
Design Controls Pro: a consistent WordPress brand
Shape a consistent website around your brand.
Design Controls Pro brings Astra Pro’s theme-level design tools to your WordPress website. Shape the headers, navigation, page framing and publishing layouts that make individual pages feel like one considered experience.
Compare SiteHeros PlansNATIVE DESIGN STUDY · ILLUSTRATIVE
One brand. Different page purposes.
TYPE
TYPE / ACTUAL SCALE
Aa — Clear hierarchy
A considered subheading
Readable body text gives a detailed explanation room to breathe.
One readable hierarchy
Consistent headings and readable body text.
COLOR
Ink / primary text
Blue / next step
Pale / reading surface
One recognizable palette
A shared accent connects navigation and actions.
SPACE
SPACE / RELATIVE RHYTHM
8 px specimen
16 px specimen
32 px specimen
One considered rhythm
Related content stays together. Reading space stays open.
SERVICE PAGE
ILLUSTRATIVE / Service
Service
NEXT STEP
BRAND / SERVICES / RESOURCES
A clear offer
Service introduction → useful detail → next step
RESOURCE LIBRARY
ILLUSTRATIVE / Resources
Resources
NEXT STEP
BRAND / SERVICES / RESOURCES
A useful collection
Shared navigation → article collection → reading route
PROJECT STORY
ILLUSTRATIVE / Project
Project
NEXT STEP
BRAND / SERVICES / RESOURCES
Evidence with context
Client challenge → approach → supported outcome
Illustrative composition, built from editable content. This is not a product screenshot or a live website.
Illustrative brand study. Editable native type, color, spacing and layout specimens; not product screenshots.
A practical guide to Design Controls Pro
Included from Business Essential in the SiteHeros application catalog. Catalog access and the applications assigned to an Elite package are separate; your agreed package determines activation and configuration.
01 · Brand detail, across the whole website
02 · Navigation that helps people find their next step
03 · A site structure that fits your content
04 · Reusable layouts for repeatable work
05 · A more useful resource library
06 · Store presentation that supports browsing
01 / FEATURE GUIDE
Brand detail, across the whole website
Set a consistent visual direction for everyday pages as well as your homepage. Expanded color and background controls cover content areas, heading levels, menus, archives and sidebars. Typography and spacing controls help longer pages stay readable, while separate submenu and mega-menu heading styles make complex navigation easier to scan. Responsive choices let the same brand system adapt to different screens. Theme and page-editor styles should be coordinated so local overrides do not undermine the wider design.
01 / TYPE
Readable hierarchy
02 / COLOR
Consistent accents
03 / SPACE
Room to breathe
Illustrative design workflow. Every element here is native editable content.
01 / BRAND
Website identity
02 / EXPLORE
Services · Resources
03 / ACT
Contact your team
Illustrative design workflow. Every element here is native editable content.
02 / FEATURE GUIDE
Navigation that helps people find their next step
Extended header and footer elements make room for useful contact actions, utility navigation, dividers and a language-switcher element. Sticky headers can keep key navigation accessible as a visitor scrolls. Mega menus organize larger service ranges with columns, icons, images or supporting content, with width and mobile controls to suit the site. Astra already provides a basic header/footer builder and transparent-header options; the Pro tools add depth and flexibility.
03 / FEATURE GUIDE
A site structure that fits your content
Choose full-width, maximum-width, padded or fluid framing. An image-led portfolio can open up the available space, while an editorial site can keep reading areas more contained. Page headers and conditional layouts allow different sections to have an appropriate structure without rebuilding the entire site around each one.
01 / CONTEXT
The client challenge
02 / APPROACH
The work and decisions
03 / OUTCOME
The supported result
Illustrative design workflow. Every element here is native editable content.
04 / FEATURE GUIDE
Reusable layouts for repeatable work
Site Builder can define custom headers, footers, individual-post layouts, archives and a helpful 404 page. Display rules decide where a design appears; supported hooks place reusable content at relevant points. A consultancy might use one consistent case-study layout and a service-specific enquiry banner. Custom headers replace the ordinary theme header in their assigned locations, so their design is managed in that custom layout.
05 / FEATURE GUIDE
A more useful resource library
Blog layouts can present articles as grids, lists or masonry arrangements, emphasize featured posts, and show selected metadata or reading time. Author information, pagination, infinite loading and previous-post loading support different reading experiences. Choose the pattern that suits how visitors explore your content: a compact news archive may need a different approach from a library of detailed guides.
06 / FEATURE GUIDE
Store presentation that supports browsing
For a configured WooCommerce store, catalog controls and quick-view interactions help visitors explore products. Quick view can show product detail and an add-to-cart action without leaving the catalog; numbered, load-more or infinite pagination shapes how collections unfold. Products, payments, shipping, tax and store policies remain part of the commerce setup.
07 / FEATURE GUIDE
How the creation tools work together
Use Visual Builder Pro for the content inside block-editor pages, and Site Templates Pro for eligible starting designs. Design Controls Pro sets the surrounding theme structure. Explore Creation Studio Pro to compare these roles before choosing a workflow.
08 / FEATURE GUIDE
Common questions
Does it replace the theme? Astra Pro extends the Astra theme, which it requires. Can it work alongside a page editor? Yes; theme and editor styles need to be coordinated. Are premium starter designs included through this application alone? Those belong to Site Templates Pro. Does compatibility include other software licenses? Commerce and learning-platform integrations still require their own software and configuration. Modules can be enabled to match the project; administrative white-label controls do not change the customer-facing feature set.
ACCESS AND CONFIGURATION
Included from Business Essential in the SiteHeros application catalog. Catalog access and the applications assigned to an Elite package are separate; your agreed package determines activation and configuration.