Polestar has built-in support for the plugins below. Each section says what the theme adds or how to switch the plugin on.
Page Builder by SiteOrigin
Polestar was built for Page Builder by SiteOrigin. The theme adds two prebuilt layouts, Home and One Pager, and a Posts Slider template for the Post Loop widget. See Polestar Demo Home Page and Blog Posts Slider.
SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle
The SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle adds widgets for Page Builder and for the theme widget areas.
WooCommerce
Polestar styles WooCommerce pages. It adds a mini cart, Quick View, Add to Cart buttons, a shop sidebar and gallery options. All of them are free. See WooCommerce settings.
Breadcrumbs
Polestar shows breadcrumbs from Breadcrumb NavXT, Yoast SEO and Rank Math. See Breadcrumbs.
Jetpack Featured Content
The blog posts slider uses Jetpack Featured Content. See Blog Posts Slider.
Jetpack Infinite Scroll
Polestar supports Jetpack Infinite Scroll, including on search results and WooCommerce shop pages.
Related Posts
Polestar has its own related posts section. It switches to Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) when that plugin is active. See Blog settings for the YARPP setup.
Max Mega Menu
Max Mega Menu makes Polestar hide its header search icon, mini cart and mobile menu button. To align the mega menu panel with the theme, follow these steps.
- Go to Mega MenuMenu Themes and edit the theme you use.
- Open the Mega Menus section and find Panel Width.
- Enter
.polestar-containerin both Outer Width and Inner Width. - Save the theme.
UberMenu
Polestar has light support for UberMenu. As with Max Mega Menu, Polestar hides its header search icon and mini cart when UberMenu is active.