UnoizeStudio Documentation

UnoView Documentation

Everything you need to configure the UnoView mobile experience layer — from page transitions and Smart Navigation to swipe-back gestures, performance tools and the advanced interaction layer available in UnoView PRO.

Mobile Always FirstFree + PROWordPress 5.8+PHP 7.4+Native View Transitions
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Introduction

UnoView is a mobile experience layer for WordPress designed to make normal website navigation feel smoother and closer to a native mobile app.

It enhances the experience while preserving the normal WordPress architecture underneath it: real URLs, real pages, browser history, server rendering and your existing SEO structure.

UnoView does not convert WordPress into a SPA or replace your theme. Instead, it adds intelligent navigation, transitions, gestures and compatibility handling around the existing site.

UnoView uses the browser View Transitions API where supported and keeps a safe animated fallback available for other compatible browsers.

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Installation

  • Install the UnoView plugin through WordPress or upload the plugin package manually.
  • Activate UnoView from Plugins → Installed Plugins.
  • Open UnoView from the WordPress admin sidebar.
  • Start in the Experience tab and choose how transitions and navigation should behave.
  • Use the built-in Preview before changing the live experience.
UnoView PRO includes all core UnoView features plus Touch Experience, Interactive Page Stack, Smart Toasts and Smart Notifications.
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Core Experience

The core UnoView experience is available in both Free and PRO and contains the main navigation and transition system.

Page transitions

Page transitions control the visual change between internal WordPress pages so navigation feels smoother and more app-like on mobile.

FadeSoft opacity transition between pages.
SlideDirectional movement between destinations.
SubtleLow-intensity motion for a restrained experience.
ZoomDepth-focused scale transition.
LiftVertical elevation-inspired movement.
BlurSoft focus transition between page states.
RevealProgressive visual reveal of the destination.

Adjust Transition Duration and Transition Intensity to control how noticeable the selected effect should feel.

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Smart Navigation

Smart Navigation understands the difference between forward and back navigation instead of treating every page change in exactly the same way.

Back navigation can use

ReverseReverses the transition direction.
SubtleUses a softer back transition.
SameUses the same transition in both directions.

Speculation Rules

UnoView can prepare eligible internal pages before the visitor opens them, reducing the feeling of waiting during navigation.

On supported browsers this uses the browser Speculation Rules API. UnoView also keeps a conservative prefetch strategy for appropriate environments.

External URLs, downloads, login/admin routes and protected action URLs are automatically excluded from prefetching.
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Swipe & Scroll

Swipe-to-back

Swipe-to-back lets mobile visitors return to the previous page using a horizontal gesture.

The gesture protects interactive elements and horizontal components from accidental back navigation.

Choose one of three sensitivity levels:

Low
Balanced
High

Smart Scroll Restore

Smart Scroll Restore remembers useful scroll positions so returning to previous content feels natural instead of always jumping back to the top.

No per-page configuration is required. UnoView manages eligible browser-history restoration automatically.

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Shared Element Transitions

Shared Element Transitions visually connect matching media between the page being left and the destination page.

For example, a post thumbnail can visually flow into the larger featured image on the article page.

UnoView detects common WordPress, WooCommerce and image relationships automatically.

For custom layouts, matching source and destination elements can use the same data-unoview-shared value.
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PRO ExperiencePRO

Touch ExperiencePRO

Touch Experience adds mobile press feedback and optional haptic vibration so taps feel more immediate and native-app-like.

Touch feedbackAdds a visual press response to compatible interactions.
Haptic feedbackAdds a short vibration on supported browsers and devices.

Interactive Page StackPRO

Interactive Page Stack reveals the previous page underneath the current page while the visitor actively drags a swipe-back gesture.

The effect follows the actual gesture progress instead of simply playing a fixed animation after the swipe completes.

Interactive Page Stack works together with Swipe-to-back and includes safe fallback behavior when the previous page preview cannot be loaded.

Smart ToastsPRO

Smart Toasts provide compact app-style feedback for site actions.

  • WooCommerce add-to-cart feedback
  • Offline and online state
  • Copied actions
  • Custom triggers

Custom toast triggers can use the supported data-unoview-toast attribute.

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Smart NotificationsPRO

Smart Notifications are local app-style notifications configured and stored entirely inside WordPress.

They are displayed while visitors are actively using the site. They are not background push notifications.

Show on

Everywhere
Selected contentCan include multiple Pages, Posts and WooCommerce Products in the same notification.

Destination

Define what happens when the visitor taps the notification: None, Page, Post or Product.

Audience

Everyone
Logged in
Guests

Frequency

Once
Per session
Until dismissed
Every page

Icon and image

Choose a notification icon or replace the icon area with an image selected from the WordPress Media Library.

Display duration

Set how long the notification stays visible, from 5 to 30 seconds.

Show after

Show the notification instantly or delay it from 5 to 30 seconds.

Notification effects

Choose between Wiggle, Bounce or Pulse.

Effects can play once or loop. When looping, the repeat interval can be configured from 2 to 15 seconds.

Reduced Motion automatically disables unnecessary notification motion for visitors who request reduced animation.

Schedule

Add optional start and end dates and times using the UnoView calendar interface. Start defaults to 09:00 and End defaults to 23:59.

Draft and Publish

Use Save draft while building or reviewing a notification. Use Publish notification when it is ready to become eligible according to its configured rules.

Notification edits are saved inside the Notifications interface and do not depend on the global UnoView Save Changes button.

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Behavior

Smart Link Handling

Smart Link Handling applies a central navigation policy so UnoView enhances normal internal links while leaving actions that need native browser or WordPress behavior untouched.

UnoView automatically bypasses:

  • External URLs
  • Downloads
  • New-context links
  • Admin and login actions
  • Anchors
  • Protected WooCommerce actions

Navigation Exclusions

Exclude specific same-site routes from selected UnoView behavior. Rules can bypass Entire UnoView, Transitions, Prefetch or Swipe.

The * wildcard can be used where appropriate.

Excluded selectors

Add CSS selectors for custom components that should keep their original interaction behavior, such as sliders or complex interactive widgets.

Exclude administrators

Prevent normal UnoView frontend effects from affecting administrators while they work on the site.

Navigation Debug can still be intentionally enabled while troubleshooting.
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Performance & Resilience

Navigation Recovery

Navigation Recovery protects the interface from becoming stuck when a navigation is cancelled, blocked or fails before temporary transition state has been cleared.

It is designed to work automatically and normally requires no manual tuning.

Animated fallback

Provides a graceful transition path when the preferred native transition capability is not available.

Reduced Motion

UnoView respects the visitor's operating-system prefers-reduced-motion accessibility preference. Compatible animations and notification effects are automatically suppressed or simplified when requested.

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Compatibility

UnoDock

UnoView includes dedicated compatibility handling for UnoDock.

UnoDock remains visually persistent while page content transitions around it. UnoView also keeps browser history coherent while excluding UnoDock itself from transition, touch, prefetch and haptic effects.

Elementor and WooCommerce

UnoView protects common Elementor widgets and WooCommerce interactions that should not be treated as ordinary navigation links. Menus, product actions, galleries and AJAX interactions should be tested on mobile after major navigation changes.

Form plugins

Compatibility handling is included for common form interactions from:

  • Contact Form 7
  • WPForms
  • Gravity Forms
  • Fluent Forms
  • Ninja Forms
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Preview & Tools

Interactive Preview

Preview important UnoView experience settings without first saving them or navigating the live website.

The Preview includes sample: Home, Explore, Article and Saved.

Compare transition type, duration, intensity, direction and supported touch settings before saving.

Navigation Debug

Navigation Debug shows technical information about current UnoView decisions, including:

  • Direction
  • Transition effect
  • Link policy
  • Prefetching
  • Recovery
  • Compatibility
  • Destination
  • UnoDock bypass state

Enable it only while troubleshooting and disable it when testing is complete.

Clear UnoView cache

Clears temporary UnoView cached state after meaningful navigation or compatibility changes.

Clearing the UnoView cache does not reset your settings.

Reset to default

Restores UnoView settings to their default configuration. This should only be used when you intentionally want to discard the current UnoView configuration.

License and account state are not reset when restoring UnoView defaults.

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Free vs PRO

FeatureFreePro
Core navigation experience
Seven page transitions
Smart Navigation
Speculation Rules / smart prefetching
Swipe-to-back
Smart Scroll Restore
Shared Element Transitions
Smart Link Handling
Navigation Exclusions
Navigation Recovery
Animated fallback
Reduced Motion support
Interactive Preview
Navigation Debug
UnoDock compatibility
WooCommerce & Elementor compatibility
Common form-plugin compatibility
Touch Experience–
Haptic feedback–
Interactive Page Stack–
Smart Toasts–
Smart Notifications–
Notification targeting & audience–
Notification scheduling & frequency–
Notification images & motion effects–

Go deeper with UnoView PRO

Add Touch Experience, Interactive Page Stack, Smart Toasts and the complete Smart Notifications system to the UnoView core experience.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does UnoView turn WordPress into a SPA?

No. UnoView preserves normal WordPress pages, URLs, server rendering, browser history and SEO structure.

Does UnoView require the View Transitions API?

No. UnoView uses native View Transitions where available and can use an animated fallback on browsers that do not support the preferred capability.

Does UnoView work with UnoDock?

Yes. UnoView has dedicated UnoDock compatibility handling so the dock remains visually persistent while page content transitions around it.

Are Smart Notifications push notifications?

No. Smart Notifications are local notifications shown while visitors are actively using eligible pages on the website.

Can Smart Notifications target specific pages or products?

Yes. A notification can appear everywhere or on selected Pages, Posts and WooCommerce Products.

Does haptic feedback work on every phone?

No. Vibration depends on browser and device support. Unsupported devices simply skip the vibration while keeping the rest of the UnoView interaction intact.

Does UnoView respect Reduced Motion?

Yes. UnoView automatically suppresses or simplifies compatible motion when the visitor requests reduced animation through their device settings.

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Support

If you experience an issue with UnoView, include as much context as possible when contacting support.

  • WordPress version
  • PHP version
  • UnoView edition and version
  • Browser and device
  • The navigation path where the issue occurs
  • Whether Navigation Debug reports anything unusual

UnoizeStudio Support

Get help directly from the UnoizeStudio team for any UnoView issue, Free or PRO.

Contact support →

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