Thanks Ferdy for the review. If I may put my 5 cents in...: Astra (free version) lacks a lot of things (some deal breakers for me) that Ocean WP has going for it. Astra has very limited typographic features (read: you need CSS to design almost everything), doesn't have a topbar nav option, doesn't have the option to put a shopping-cart in the menu (you need a extra plugin), doesn't have a search field option for the menu, doesn't let you change the width of the content-area (sidebar too wide) and I could go on. I understand they want to earn a buck and put those missing features in the Pro version, but the free OceanWP is much more flexible and if you pare it with a builder to create dynamic content you are set. The customizer of OceanWP can be sluggish (you can improve this by disable customizer panels) and the overall design is not my cup of tea, so again you need a page builder to make this your own.
Hi Fredy, thank you so much for this video, it's on time because I was hesitating between both themes for my new website. Now I have a clear idea. Appreciated a lot. Regards
@@JeremyThomas_Environmentarian Yes, with Elementor Pro you can create a template for the single posts and another for the category pages and then set each of them to be used as the single posts and category/archive page template on the whole website for instance. Of course these templates can match the appearance of the other single page templates you created with Elementor. You can save each template and use them on a new template, import and export...
Hi Mr. Ferdy, i´m from Venezuela, Thanks for this video, it is the first time that I see your channel on UA-cam, from this moment I will follow and observe each of your videos as much as possible, I am starting the process of doing Ecommerce for my clients and I found this great Comparative that was missing and looked for a long time ago. Happy day, I hope to learn a lot and be able to achieve and exceed the established goals. SUCCESS, we will be in contact. Kind regards to your family members and we hope to overcome COVID-19 soon. TANKS.
Your Voice is Awsm Man... I am From India And follows your every videos ... Again I am Saying to you_ Try for radio jokey, You will rock Man Love and respect from India
This is exactly what I needed. Excellent comparison. Maybe ask your viewers but I only wanted to hear the information you gave us and found the background music distracting. (I wore headphones)
Great video. I would maybe be tempted for the Astra if only for the auto resizing for smartphones. Most people these days will check the web page on their phone first and if they are interested go to a full screen computer. I would be interested in getting advice on this aspect. Thanks. I am now subscribed to your channel ready to soak up more stuff.
Greetings Ferdy, Upon attempting to load OceanWP from the (OceanWP Site), this is what I got... "The package could not be installed. No valid plugins were found. Plugin installation failed." I am not sure what to do. What do you think the problem is?
I like the design of oceanwp, I want to know if the oceanwp template pages are built with elementor or wp bakery. I only want to use gutenberg editor instead of any page builder. I tried several themes, when I change from elementor to gutenberg, the page will break.
Man. I thought I wanted Astra but now you showing what ocean wp can do with elementor and I'm liking the drag and drop and custom section for different pages BUT CAN I GET ELEMENTOR WIDGETS BY GETTING THE ELEMENTOR PLUG IN IF I GO WITH ASTRA??!
Ferdy, thanks a lot for your great tutorials - you are the best! I am just starting a new wordpress-project and have always used enfold. On your website I have seen also the pro themes divi, avada and oxygen. I am am experienced webdesigner who wants to set the site (customize) exactly like I want it, so I have no problem with coding a bit myself. Which one is your absolute pro-theme favourite at the moment? Raaasta
Great video. I'm new to both themes so that moved a bit quickly for me. Can you tell me which theme easily let's me add an affiliate disclosure automatically to each blog post? Also, the featured image in the Astra free theme doesn't seem to display the image to the full width of the box (on mobile), how do I fix this with Astra Free or OceanWP? Thank you.
Thank you for this video. Well done! I have a question please : if i use elementor with one of these themes, this changing this differences ? header background, title colors...
Hello. What is the difference of having these options like adding header bars, or contact forms etc.. in a pro theme, and between just adding a free plugin that does that? Does having these options in a pro theme better for speed? Or is it the same thing since it is adding options to my site? Thanks
Working with Elementor Pro then i go Astra Pro All the way! OceanWP gives me headache. With Astra i have better expierience because i think it makes less conflicts using the Elementor Theme builder.
Hi. It's amazing and v helpful video indeed. Have 1 issue, however; after installing Astra theme in the Blog page @t when anyone is commenting on the blog, their name is not visible due to color scheme / CSS issue with this theme. Can you pls help me in this. Would greatly appreciate. -Priyanka
One note - with Astra mini agengy - you only get ONE of the two page builder extra integrations - either Elementor or Beaver Builder. you have to get full agency to get BOTH page builder plugins extra integrations I'm pretty sure
Sinds kort volg ik je en moet zeggen dat ik dit blijf doen! Geen onnodige prietpraat, uh's en irritante muziek. Kortom, een pro attitude. Groet, Nico (stadsgenoot) 😉👍
Hey Ferdy, first of all nice comparison of the two themes! I'm currently planing my first website as a hobby/sideproject but can't decide which theme to choose. I'm currently swinging between Avada and The7 but heard of some people that those multi-purpose-themes are way to bloated and I should go with a lighter theme with just a pagebuilder. OceanWP with Elementor/WPBakery was recommended to me for example. What is your take on this? Any recommendations and/or advice on which route to go? Looking forward to hearing from you :)
@@piratebasscaptain Yes, the builder is quite slow compared vs. elementor, but it's great. It's not bloated, and it can be fast AF if you use WP Rocket and Perfmatters. One of my heaviest ecommerce is A-96 in pagespeed.
Thank you so much Ferdy for this fair comparison, Personally, I think the best themes are Ocean WP and ASTRA & in less degree some others (Astral, Phlox, Enfold, Envo multipurpose...) depending on the purpose of the site. So, would you please tell us more about Astra (free theme) which is lightweighted (supports only 50 KB on frontend) and breaks up very frequently ?! If anyone have an idea about this, Please share your opinions ;) . I'll be glad to hear them.
For my first page, just for my job as Industrial Design Software teacher, would you recommend using a theme at all? Can you achieve the same results with the free version of elementor?
Great video thanks! So in your opinion for me that I'm not a web designer, I just like to make and mainline few websites for my business, which one you think is best, the Astra or OceanWP? (I would purchase the PRO Versions)
Ferdy your tutorials are great. Like to know if you have one that shows how to create a parallex slide down menu bar that appears from off screen at the top of the page when you start to scroll down.
I don't know. Why but New software has bugs. In the latest version of WooCommerce product filters don't work, in the old one they do. My recent UA-cam update has Broken Video browsing / skipping forward and back is broken.
Helpful video man. Thank you. In Oceanwp free version, you showed a floating bar that enables us to buy product or add to cart when we scroll down the page. How to do that or add that to our posts page ? How can we do that for an affiliate product ?
I have to say for woocommerce Astra is better as it performs much quicker. OceanWP really got slow after a while and the customisation options really wasn’t as elementor friendly as Astra proved to be.
Hi Ferdy, I was thinking of Ocean WP pro..QUESTION: can I have a regular Ocean WP blog theme + add a woocomerce theme from Ocean WP for just my SHOP link? If not, any way or themes that will allow this? I would like to have that option so we can have 1 website (1 domain) + an full blown SHOP theme. Is this asking too much? THANKS!!!
Ferdy, I am a complete noob and this is an excellent presentation. I have word perfect with Elementor and have had nothing but problems getting it to keep my logo settings using Astra. Are either one of these sensitive to chrome browser? Should I switch to Firefox? BTW Liked and subscribed.
First start with Astra theme than use Astra sites to make a website quickly and finally change theme of the website from Astra to ocean to getter colour header and better control on footer.
Thank you Ferdy for this video! Can you or somebody explain in detail to me - what means "Get your Money Back in 4 Years" in OceanWP? They will return me all the money - 159$ or 319$ or 519$? How does it work, or why? How they make money then?!
They don't mean you get your money back as in actually refunding you... they mean you get more bang for your buck by purchasing a higher priced package. In other words, in the long run you're better off buying an unlimited package if you plan on using the tools a lot. It's just a terminology, but I can understand if it's confusing for those where these terms aren't used.
@@Kjeld93 well astra has this free pre-built themes that has everything you need for eCommerce. You just need to tweak some settings based on what you need. Saves time and gives you what you need for FREE. Well, OceanWP is the most flexible theme for me but if you use it for eCommerce you have to start from scratch.
@@rightpadding Thanks for your fast reply. And what about speed? I don't think OceanWP is really fast. And now I have read many articles claiming astra is faster. Which is a big plus for SEO of course
@@Kjeld93 hmmmmmmmmm well that is quite a broad question though. Because both themes are well updated. So i think for me its a 50 50. But honestly different sites are composed of different contents, some has more pictures some has more videos. Even choosing the web host is one key factor for speed. So in bottom line, both themes are great, they are both well updated and fast and so it really depends on your site content(in general) and all other factors if you want to tackle speed. :)
![Hestia Vs Oceanwp Vs Astra: Most Popular WordPress Themes [2019]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Eavgz_CM7jM/mqdefault.jpg)
Thanks Ferdy for the review. If I may put my 5 cents in...: Astra (free version) lacks a lot of things (some deal breakers for me) that Ocean WP has going for it. Astra has very limited typographic features (read: you need CSS to design almost everything), doesn't have a topbar nav option, doesn't have the option to put a shopping-cart in the menu (you need a extra plugin), doesn't have a search field option for the menu, doesn't let you change the width of the content-area (sidebar too wide) and I could go on. I understand they want to earn a buck and put those missing features in the Pro version, but the free OceanWP is much more flexible and if you pare it with a builder to create dynamic content you are set. The customizer of OceanWP can be sluggish (you can improve this by disable customizer panels) and the overall design is not my cup of tea, so again you need a page builder to make this your own.
Im verry happy with astra and elementor no matter what is better depent what type site you need ,looking to build
Very Spot mate! agree with you 100%
@@adeus6206 not necessarily, I'm using ad it match perfectly
@@intech7863 astra is way faster and light weight compared to oceanwp
if you are doing it for a customer website you should always buy the full active theme. this would fix what you are talking about.
Nobody more detailed and instructive than a Dutchie 🙂
Hi Fredy, thank you so much for this video, it's on time because I was hesitating between both themes for my new website. Now I have a clear idea. Appreciated a lot. Regards
Thank you Fredy, using OceanWP Pro Elementor Pro, I need to get back to doing. You have inspired me to do that, thank you.
Thank you for making all these videos, so useful and has helped me a ton with building my website, total newbie!
This is a great comparison of both Astra and Ocean WP! I'm often asked by clients and those starting out differences between these themes.
I don't know..
you've promised. And you've over-delivered :) Thanks once more for another awesome video
This is great Ferdy. I still like to do everything through Elementor PRO but this was a very well done walk-through.
The most pleasing voice for tutorials out there
Thank you for that huge compliment!
Great video, very helpful. Very hard to decide which one to get. Thanks!
I tried both. I feel OceanWP is more customizable and flexible to change when you apply it in the middle of work
i also like oceanwp, is it a slow theme
With Elementor Pro a lot of the basic pro elements of these themes really don't matter. With a blank canvas and Elementor you are basically set.
Can you customize the blog post and category pages? AS in create a template that will match the other Elementor themed pages?
@@JeremyThomas_Environmentarian Yes, with Elementor Pro you can create a template for the single posts and another for the category pages and then set each of them to be used as the single posts and category/archive page template on the whole website for instance. Of course these templates can match the appearance of the other single page templates you created with Elementor. You can save each template and use them on a new template, import and export...
Hi Mr. Ferdy, i´m from Venezuela, Thanks for this video, it is the first time that I see your channel on UA-cam, from this moment I will follow and observe each of your videos as much as possible, I am starting the process of doing Ecommerce for my clients and I found this great Comparative that was missing and looked for a long time ago. Happy day, I hope to learn a lot and be able to achieve and exceed the established goals. SUCCESS, we will be in contact. Kind regards to your family members and we hope to overcome COVID-19 soon. TANKS.
Both are excellent, currently we're using Oceans Wp Pro and like it very much, it was a toss up between the two. Can't go wrong with either.
I always like your ur videos before watching cause I know you are going to bring it
Your Voice is Awsm Man...
I am From India And follows your every videos ...
Again I am Saying to you_ Try for radio jokey, You will rock Man
Love and respect from India
Really?
Thanks man, totally unbiased review..ur tutorials are amazing
Thank you :)
Which one I go, astra free theme + elementor pro or astra pro theme + elementor free version? Your recommendation is much appreciated.
I prefer Hello Elementor or Astra with Elementor Pro
This is exactly what I needed. Excellent comparison. Maybe ask your viewers but I only wanted to hear the information you gave us and found the background music distracting. (I wore headphones)
Great video.
I would maybe be tempted for the Astra if only for the auto resizing for smartphones.
Most people these days will check the web page on their phone first and if they are interested go to a full screen computer. I would be interested in getting advice on this aspect.
Thanks. I am now subscribed to your channel ready to soak up more stuff.
Wich one do you prefere?
Great comparison !! Pls suggest options for making a Real estate website where anyone can register, post and view Properties. Thanks 😊
Greetings Ferdy, Upon attempting to load OceanWP from the (OceanWP Site), this is what I got...
"The package could not be installed. No valid plugins were found.
Plugin installation failed." I am not sure what to do. What do you think the problem is?
I like the design of oceanwp, I want to know if the oceanwp template pages are built with elementor or wp bakery.
I only want to use gutenberg editor instead of any page builder. I tried several themes, when I change from elementor to gutenberg, the page will break.
Man. I thought I wanted Astra but now you showing what ocean wp can do with elementor and I'm liking the drag and drop and custom section for different pages
BUT CAN I GET ELEMENTOR WIDGETS BY GETTING THE ELEMENTOR PLUG IN IF I GO WITH ASTRA??!
an awesome channel with an awesome guy, great video ferdy
This is a wonderful review. Now I see Oceanwp can be better for me. Because of the elements and widgets.
Hey Ferdy, between the two which one do you prefer for personal and professional use?
رجل عظيم , جزاك الله كل خير
Thank you very much Ferdy!
Great video for a beginner like me, bought avada because of the design buti will change to ocean wp
Ferdy, thanks a lot for your great tutorials - you are the best! I am just starting a new wordpress-project and have always used enfold. On your website I have seen also the pro themes divi, avada and oxygen. I am am experienced webdesigner who wants to set the site (customize) exactly like I want it, so I have no problem with coding a bit myself. Which one is your absolute pro-theme favourite at the moment? Raaasta
Excellent content! Found you today and subscribed immediately!
Hi Ferdy. I like the video. Any updated version of this tutorial?Thank you!
Great video. I'm new to both themes so that moved a bit quickly for me. Can you tell me which theme easily let's me add an affiliate disclosure automatically to each blog post? Also, the featured image in the Astra free theme doesn't seem to display the image to the full width of the box (on mobile), how do I fix this with Astra Free or OceanWP? Thank you.
Thank you for this video. Well done! I have a question please : if i use elementor with one of these themes, this changing this differences ? header background, title colors...
Hey ferdy. Now you look like a doctor while wearing those glasses bro.😅
Amazing videos as always❤
Hello. What is the difference of having these options like adding header bars, or contact forms etc.. in a pro theme, and between just adding a free plugin that does that? Does having these options in a pro theme better for speed? Or is it the same thing since it is adding options to my site? Thanks
Thank you Ferdy for your videos! Which Pro Version Astra Pro or OceanWP Pro do you prefer today? I appreciate your opinon, thank you!
I watched the entire video and I missed the part where you say which one you like best. Great Comparison.
That is up to the viewer. I like the free version of OceanWP. I prefer the Pro version of Astra. :)
Thanks Ferdy!
Working with Elementor Pro then i go Astra Pro All the way! OceanWP gives me headache. With Astra i have better expierience because i think it makes less conflicts using the Elementor Theme builder.
Hi Ferdy, what theme would you recommend for video production site?The main future will be video in portfolio and as a background video...
The Blocksy theme.
thanks for sharing your wizard skills with us!
good luck with the baby!
Hi. It's amazing and v helpful video indeed.
Have 1 issue, however; after installing Astra theme in the Blog page @t when anyone is commenting on the blog, their name is not visible due to color scheme / CSS issue with this theme.
Can you pls help me in this. Would greatly appreciate.
-Priyanka
Thanks for this excellent guide!
So what do you think of Flatsome for WooCommerce? Lot of good about it and it's a lot cheaper just 59 dollars that's all.
One note - with Astra mini agengy - you only get ONE of the two page builder extra integrations - either Elementor or Beaver Builder. you have to get full agency to get BOTH page builder plugins extra integrations I'm pretty sure
Sinds kort volg ik je en moet zeggen dat ik dit blijf doen! Geen onnodige prietpraat, uh's en irritante muziek. Kortom, een pro attitude. Groet, Nico (stadsgenoot) 😉👍
Did you see that OceanWP forum is silent by 4 weeks? 7 pages of questions, bugs etc... and nobody answer... Is OceanWP dead??
Hey Ferdy, first of all nice comparison of the two themes!
I'm currently planing my first website as a hobby/sideproject but can't decide which theme to choose. I'm currently swinging between Avada and The7 but heard of some people that those multi-purpose-themes are way to bloated and I should go with a lighter theme with just a pagebuilder. OceanWP with Elementor/WPBakery was recommended to me for example.
What is your take on this? Any recommendations and/or advice on which route to go?
Looking forward to hearing from you :)
Flatsome is the best!!! Its all you need...
Thanks for letting us know! I will try it out soon. I hear good stories about it.
Flatsome is beautiful, but just for e-commerce. For the rest... Astra + Elementor.
@@piratebasscaptain Yes, the builder is quite slow compared vs. elementor, but it's great. It's not bloated, and it can be fast AF if you use WP Rocket and Perfmatters. One of my heaviest ecommerce is A-96 in pagespeed.
Thank you so much Ferdy for this fair comparison,
Personally, I think the best themes are Ocean WP and ASTRA & in less degree some others (Astral, Phlox, Enfold, Envo multipurpose...) depending on the purpose of the site.
So, would you please tell us more about Astra (free theme) which is lightweighted (supports only 50 KB on frontend) and breaks up very frequently ?!
If anyone have an idea about this, Please share your opinions ;) . I'll be glad to hear them.
Ferdy thanks for your information.. Please review about the fastest theme in wordpress..
For my first page, just for my job as Industrial Design Software teacher, would you recommend using a theme at all? Can you achieve the same results with the free version of elementor?
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Yes!!! Thank you 😊
Excellent video! Thanks!
You are welcome!
So which is the best paid theme that is compatible with Elementor? Jupiter X or Astra Pro?
Thanks dear.👍
Great video thanks! So in your opinion for me that I'm not a web designer, I just like to make and mainline few websites for my business, which one you think is best, the Astra or OceanWP? (I would purchase the PRO Versions)
If you go for Pro I would go for Astra. Since you can use it on unlimited websites.
Ferdy your tutorials are great. Like to know if you have one that shows how to create a parallex slide down menu bar that appears from off screen at the top of the page when you start to scroll down.
Very helpful tutorial Thanks
Ciao Ferdy, congratulations, v/tut very helpful... Question: what you think about Generate Press?
How can I change the 'Ocean WP Parent Theme" into a child theme for my purchased parent theme?
Hey Ferdy, can astra have a login pop up? like Ocean WP i didn't see that options
I don't know. Why but New software has bugs. In the latest version of WooCommerce product filters don't work, in the old one they do.
My recent UA-cam update has Broken Video browsing / skipping forward and back is broken.
Helpful video man. Thank you. In Oceanwp free version, you showed a floating bar that enables us to buy product or add to cart when we scroll down the page. How to do that or add that to our posts page ? How can we do that for an affiliate product ?
Hey tanay
Even I m facing same issue with affiliate website. Can u give me some tips if u have sorted out
@@reshmamohammed8780 Just install Stick anything anywhere plugin and stick the element you want to by inserting the CSS class of that element.
Great job Ferdy
Thank you Tim!
An Awesome Channel. Thank you Ferdy. Aloha
This was a GREAT comparison. Thank you
Great word ferdy۔۔ looking at the video the winner is ocean wp
Please create tutorial on latest version of oceanwp and elementor 🙏
I have to say for woocommerce Astra is better as it performs much quicker. OceanWP really got slow after a while and the customisation options really wasn’t as elementor friendly as Astra proved to be.
Interesting. I tried Ocean WP for a client site redesign and was amazed by how fast the site is now. And that site has lots of graphics.
I am confused even after seeing the video,I am a normal simple blogger,which free version will be the best?
Thought I had subscribed.... I did now : ) Great stuff here
Hi Ferdy, I was thinking of Ocean WP pro..QUESTION: can I have a regular Ocean WP blog theme + add a woocomerce theme from Ocean WP for just my SHOP link? If not, any way or themes that will allow this? I would like to have that option so we can have 1 website (1 domain) + an full blown SHOP theme. Is this asking too much? THANKS!!!
try doing this with a subdomain
Thanks a lot, Ferdy! It seems Ocean Theme is a bit better.
Great!!!, Do you have a nonprofit charity theme for example animal shelter and adoption? If you dont, can you make a video about it?
very nice，thanks~!
Fantastic vlog thanks a lot :)
Ferdy, I am a complete noob and this is an excellent presentation. I have word perfect with Elementor and have had nothing but problems getting it to keep my logo settings using Astra. Are either one of these sensitive to chrome browser? Should I switch to Firefox?
BTW Liked and subscribed.
First start with Astra theme than use Astra sites to make a website quickly and finally change theme of the website from Astra to ocean to getter colour header and better control on footer.
Hi Ferdy. I just watched this video that date's 2018 and it seems you were more excited about Astra Pro than Ocean Pro... Is it stil the case today?
Yes, it is still the case 😊
@ferdy korpershoek - Is it possible to build themes that can be sold on themeforest? if not what software needed to build theme to sell it? Thanks
Hi Zakir, yes, that is possible. You can use Dreamweaver.
Could you make a video about all your Google extensions?
Yes! Good one!!
What of those both theme is better for web store?
In ocean wp How we can add multiple images in one section?
With astra allso you can change header backgrounds color my friend 😁
Hello
I think ocean wp theme support RTL and Astra theme not
what you think ?
I don't know.
Thank you Ferdy for this video! Can you or somebody explain in detail to me - what means "Get your Money Back in 4 Years" in OceanWP? They will return me all the money - 159$ or 319$ or 519$? How does it work, or why? How they make money then?!
They don't mean you get your money back as in actually refunding you... they mean you get more bang for your buck by purchasing a higher priced package. In other words, in the long run you're better off buying an unlimited package if you plan on using the tools a lot. It's just a terminology, but I can understand if it's confusing for those where these terms aren't used.
Whics site`s perfomance is better?
hello..I am new in website development from wordpress .
Should i need to provide footer credit on free theme of ocean wp?
Hi Nabin, you can do whatever you please 😊
@@ferdycom Thank you...
could you please make video on slider revolution wp plugin, about to use it?
Does someone know how to change the header colour of your individual blog pages? they are grey now.
I don't know astra but Oceanwp always best
okay,got it
Used both, OceanWP for general sites and blogsites while Astra is for eCommerce.
Do you feel astra is better for ecommerce? Is that what you are saying. If so.. why?
@@Kjeld93 well astra has this free pre-built themes that has everything you need for eCommerce. You just need to tweak some settings based on what you need. Saves time and gives you what you need for FREE. Well, OceanWP is the most flexible theme for me but if you use it for eCommerce you have to start from scratch.
@@rightpadding Thanks for your fast reply. And what about speed? I don't think OceanWP is really fast. And now I have read many articles claiming astra is faster. Which is a big plus for SEO of course
@@Kjeld93 hmmmmmmmmm well that is quite a broad question though. Because both themes are well updated. So i think for me its a 50 50. But honestly different sites are composed of different contents, some has more pictures some has more videos. Even choosing the web host is one key factor for speed. So in bottom line, both themes are great, they are both well updated and fast and so it really depends on your site content(in general) and all other factors if you want to tackle speed. :)
@@rightpadding agree im using astra and astra sites its awesome
Great Video Thanks Bro from india
Hi do a video on Ocean wp vs Kadence theme
I want to build an astra woocomerce site but the ready made websites for commerce arent very good. There isnt many optimized for wooo.
Well, then you can make one yourself 😊
@@ferdycom Oh noo, i too stupid ☹
@@ferdycom i try to change global text color but it not working