Extensions
Extensions are modular features you manage from Unyson+ → Extensions. Install only what a project needs.
Every active extension can enqueue its own CSS and JavaScript, and a browser has to download, parse and run all of it before the page is fully interactive — whether or not a visitor ever touches that feature. This is why several extensions here ship off by default: a lean site that turns on only what it uses loads faster than one running every feature "just in case". web.dev: Reduce JavaScript payloads with code splitting
Available extensions
The In manager? column shows whether an extension appears on the Unyson+ → Extensions page (where you activate and deactivate it yourself):
- Yes — listed on the Extensions page; toggle it on/off there. A few ship off by default (noted below) so lean sites don't load a runtime they don't use.
- Auto — not listed; it's foundational and is activated automatically (always on).
- Dependency — not listed; it's switched on automatically when an extension that relies on it is activated.
| Extension | What it does | In manager? |
|---|---|---|
| Page Builder | Visual drag & drop page building with shortcodes. → docs | Yes |
| WordPress Shortcodes | Insert Unyson+ shortcodes in any editor. → docs | Yes |
| Live Page Editor | Edit builder pages on the live front end. → docs | Yes |
| Site Converter | Import an AI-generated / captured website into WordPress. → docs | Yes |
| Site Migration | Move a whole site (DB, uploads, themes, plugins) to another install in resumable background slices. → docs | Yes |
| Template Library | A browsable catalog of premade section / page templates, downloaded on demand into uploads. | Yes |
| Custom Fields | ACF-style custom fields builder. → docs | Yes |
| Post Types & Taxonomies | Register CPTs and taxonomies from the admin. → docs | Yes |
| Portfolio | A fully-featured portfolio module. → docs | Yes |
| Sidebars | Add multiple/dynamic sidebars per page. → docs | Yes |
| Breadcrumbs | Drop-in breadcrumb navigation. → docs | Yes |
| SEO | Dynamic titles & descriptions, sharing cards, structured data, XML sitemaps, and reports on what visitors could not find. → docs | Yes |
| Security | Login throttling, two-factor sign-in, XML-RPC and header hardening, a custom login address, and Site Health checks — each measure off until you switch it on. → docs | Yes — off by default |
| Forms | Drag & drop contact form builder. → docs | Yes |
| Short Links | Branded short links on your own domain (301 / 302 / 307 / 308) with click reports, categories, import / export and an API with signed webhooks. → docs | Yes — off by default |
| Newsletter / Subscriber CRM | Stores and manages people who sign up through the [newsletter] element — subscribers, lists, tags, segments, CSV import/export. Being renamed and grown into the CRM. | Yes |
| Mega Menu | Multi-column dropdown mega menus. → docs | Yes |
| Mailer (hidden) | Global email settings + send service used by Forms / Newsletter. → docs | Dependency |
| Asset Optimizer | Combine enqueued assets to cut HTTP requests. → docs | Yes |
| Snippets | Save and embed reusable builder content. → docs | Yes |
| WooCommerce | Storefront elements + theme integration. → docs | Yes |
| POS Sync (in design) | Keeps the store in step with sales rung up on a physical till — any POS, any cart. → docs | Not yet released |
| Visitor Insights (in development) | Self-hosted, privacy-first visitor analytics — traffic, click / scroll / attention heatmaps, and reach for every builder section. → docs · roadmap | Not yet released |
| Animation Engine | WebGL objects, scroll/hover/cursor/text motion and page-transition modules. → docs | Yes — off by default |
| Animated Icons | Adds an "Animated" tab to the icon picker (Lottie, Rive, animated SVG, GIF/APNG/WebP). | Yes — off by default |
| Chat | A floating multi-channel contact button (WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, SMS, Email…). | Yes — off by default |
| AI Assistant (beta) | Lets AI build and edit pages through safe, undoable actions; a builder chat panel, MCP setup and a Chat AI channel are on the roadmap. → docs | Yes — off by default |
| Gutenberg Blocks | Exposes Unyson+ elements as native, server-rendered Gutenberg blocks. → docs | Yes |
| Elementor | 64 Unyson+ elements as native Elementor widgets, edited in Elementor's side panel — including free replacements for Elementor Pro and WooCommerce widgets. → docs | Yes |
| Shortcodes (hidden) | The shortcodes framework that powers the page builder. → docs | Auto |
| Blog (hidden) | Relabels Posts as "Blog" across the admin and front end. → docs | Auto |
| Update (hidden) | GitHub-based auto-updates for the plugin, theme and extensions. → docs | Auto |
| Builder (hidden) | The base builder option type to build custom builders on. → docs | Dependency |
:::note Theme Builder Divi-style global headers, bodies and footers (with conditional assignment) aren't a separate toggle — they're part of the Page Builder + Snippets extensions. → Theme Builder docs :::
Installing & updating
Each extension lives in its own GitHub repository under the Unyson+ org and updates straight from its default branch — no releases required. When a new version is pushed, the Updates page in WordPress offers it automatically.
Developer note
Extensions live in framework/extensions/. See
Creating Extensions for how to build your own,
Option types for how options and shortcodes are
built, and the per-area AGENTS.md files in the plugin source for recipes.