We were asked whether these white label settings can be hidden permanently. Especially agencies who serve many clients would not want them to know that the plugin or theme used to build their website is a third party white labeled plugin.

Therefore, we’ve introduced a method that will allow you to White Label the Astra and hide the White Label settings – and keep them hidden, no matter what activity the user performs with the plugin or on the website. This means that you can white label the Astra permanently from the wp-config.php file and these settings will not be changed from the WordPress dashboard settings.

To achieve the above scenario we have added a White Label Constants to Astra. Along with Astra theme and Astra Pro plugin, you get contact for Astra related plugins as well.

Below is the list for the White Label Settings and their respective White Label Constants

# Astra Theme and Astra Pro Plugin

# Starter Templates plugin or Astra Premium Sites plugin (available with Astra Essential Bundle and Growth Bundle)

# Lightweight Sidebar Manager Plugin

# Astra Hooks Plugin

# Custom Fonts Plugin

# Adobe Fonts (Custom Typekit Fonts)

How to use White Label Constants?

Step 1 – Open and edit the wp-config.php file.
Step 2 –  Find the line /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ and add White Label Constants code just before this line.
Step  3 – Below is the sample code for the White Label Constants. You can update the strings as per your requirement.

define( 'AST_WL_ASTRA_AGENCY_AUTHOR', 'Agency Author' );
define( 'AST_WL_ASTRA_AGENCY_AUTHOR_URL', 'www.your-website-url.com' );
define( 'AST_WL_ASTRA_AGENCY_LICENCE', 'www.your-get-licence-url.com' );
define( 'AST_WL_ASTRA_NAME', 'Fastest WP Theme' );
define( 'AST_WL_ASTRA_DESCRIPTION', 'WordPress theme' );
define( 'AST_WL_ASTRA_SCREENSHOT', 'www.your-theme-screenshot-url.com' );            
define( 'AST_WL_ASTRA_PRO_NAME', 'Pro Addon' );         
define( 'AST_WL_ASTRA_PRO_DESCRIPTION', 'Pro Addon extends the features of theme' );
define( 'AST_WL_ASTRA_SITES_NAME', 'Ready Sites' );       
define( 'AST_WL_ASTRA_SITES_DESCRIPTION', 'Library of Ready sites' );
define( 'AST_WL_BSF_LW_SB_NAME', 'Custom Sidebar Manager' );      
define( 'AST_WL_BSF_LW_SB_DESCRIPTION', 'Manage your Sidebar' );    
define( 'AST_WL_ASTRA_HOOKS_NAME', 'Hooks for theme' );           
define( 'AST_WL_ASTRA_HOOKS_DESCRIPTION', 'Use hooks to put custom code' ); 
define( 'AST_WL_BSF_CUSTOM_FONTS_NAME', 'My Custom Fonts' ); 
define( 'AST_WL_BSF_CUSTOM_FONTS_DESCRIPTION', 'Add custom fonts' ); 
define( 'AST_WL_CUSTOM_TYPEKIT_FONTS_NAME', 'My fonts' ); 
define( 'AST_WL_CUSTOM_TYPEKIT_FONTS_DESCRIPTION', 'Add custom typekit font' ); 

Normally, the white label settings can be hidden by checking the respective box on the settings page. But, if your customer deactivates & activates the plugin then those settings are visible again.

To avoid this and for adding extra security layer you can hide the White Label settings completely by declaring below constant in the wp-config.php file at the root of your WordPress installation.

define( 'WP_ASTRA_WHITE_LABEL', true );

Once this is done, the White label settings will be hidden forever.

If we remove the mentions of Astra from the code, even WordPress will not understand that the Astra theme is being used and so it will not detect any updates we release in the future.

However, there are some plugins that take a different approach and can help you white label WordPress itself completely. Hide My WP Ghost plugin is an example of this. If you need to white label your website completely, you can consider similar plugins.

This is a premium feature available with Astra Pro Addon plugin. To use these Pro features, you need to have the Astra theme along with the Astra Pro Addon installed on your website.

What is White Label branding?

White label Branding is the ability to rename and present a product or a plugin as your own. This helps you hide the actual identity of the theme and plugins used and lets you use your brand name instead.

Astra Pro comes with an option for white label branding. You can change almost every field to prove that the product is yours and you are the whole and sole developer who has worked on a website.

In order to edit the Astra Pro white label settings, you will need to click on “Astra Options” under Appearance, then click white label settings option and add all necessary details in the fields given.

Following is an image of how you can fill the details:

Save your settings.

If you have installed Starter Templates plugin or Astra Premium Sites plugin (available with Astra Essential Bundle or Growth Bundle), you can see options for these plugins as well.

Save your settings.

If you are using the following plugins/options with Astra, you would see options to while label them as shown in above screenshot.

• Astra Hooks
• Custom Fonts
• Custom Typekit Fonts
• Lightweight Sidebar Manager

Later, if you wish to hide these settings from your client or anyone who would be accessing the backend of a website, you can simply opt to hide these settings by enabling the checkbox for Enable White Label as seen below.

Save your Settings.

Note: If you wish to see these (White Label) settings again after hiding them, you can do so by reactivating (deactivate, then activate again) the plugin from the plugins page.

Want to see where this all will be displayed?

We have a few images for you to understand all the places where all your white label settings will be seen.

This is where the Astra Pro Plugin Name, Agency Author name,  Agency Author URL and the Plugin Description will be replaced.

The following image shows the replaced Theme name.

Related:

Does White Label Feature Make Changes in the Code?