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Installation

Unyson+ ships as a normal WordPress plugin plus an optional parent theme.

Requirements​

Unyson+ runs on any standard WordPress host. You'll need:

  • WordPress — a currently supported version.
  • PHP 7.4 or newer (PHP 8.1–8.2 recommended).
  • MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+.
  • The usual PHP extensions (normally already enabled): zip, curl, mysqli, gd, mbstring, dom, openssl.

Many shared hosts ship conservative defaults — a 2 MB upload_max_filesize is common — that are too small to upload the plugin, media, or a backup archive. Raise them to:

upload_max_filesize = 128M
post_max_size = 128M
max_execution_time = 300
max_input_time = 300
memory_limit = 256M
max_input_vars = 3000

On cPanel, set these in MultiPHP INI Editor (select your domain first), or add them to a .user.ini file in your site root (LiteSpeed's lsphp reads it; allow a few minutes to apply). The largest file you can upload is min(upload_max_filesize, post_max_size), so raise both.

Why max_input_vars matters

The page builder and Theme Settings forms can post many fields in a single save. If max_input_vars is too low, PHP silently drops the extra fields and part of your layout or settings won't save. 3000 gives comfortable headroom.

If backups stall on a LiteSpeed server, see the Backup & Demo Content troubleshooting notes.

1. Install the plugin​

  1. Download the latest Unyson+ plugin from the plugin repository.
  2. In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin and upload the ZIP, or copy the unysonplus folder into wp-content/plugins/.
  3. Activate Unyson+ from the Plugins menu.
Keep the folder name

Install the plugin into a folder named unysonplus. The GitHub auto-updater and the theme both reference that folder name.

  1. Download Unyson+ Theme from the theme repository.
  2. Go to Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme and upload the ZIP.
  3. Activate it. The child theme, Unyson+ Theme Child, is a good starting point for customizations.

3. Activate extensions​

Open Unyson+ → Extensions. Active extensions appear at the top; available ones can be downloaded with one click. See Extensions for the full list.

Automatic updates​

Once installed, Unyson+ checks GitHub for new versions and offers updates from the WordPress dashboard — no manual re-uploads needed for routine updates.

Bootstrapping a very old install

A site running a much older build may not yet have the updater pointing at the current repository. In that case, upload the current plugin once manually; after that, updates are automatic.