From 2e30f28b13371fc8065889c29c766ca200b6198b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mia Patrikios <118705616+mpatrikios@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 19:23:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Added x and y axis titles to add_trace function

---
 plotly/basedatatypes.py | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plotly/basedatatypes.py b/plotly/basedatatypes.py
index a3044f6763a..c6fd7156e46 100644
--- a/plotly/basedatatypes.py
+++ b/plotly/basedatatypes.py
@@ -2006,7 +2006,14 @@ def _validate_rows_cols(name, n, vals):
             BaseFigure._raise_invalid_rows_cols(name=name, n=n, invalid=vals)
 
     def add_trace(
-        self, trace, row=None, col=None, secondary_y=None, exclude_empty_subplots=False
+    self,
+    trace,
+    row=None,
+    col=None,
+    secondary_y=None,
+    exclude_empty_subplots=False,
+    xaxis_title=None,
+    yaxis_title=None,
     ):
         """
         Add a trace to the figure
@@ -2050,6 +2057,12 @@ def add_trace(
         exclude_empty_subplots: boolean
             If True, the trace will not be added to subplots that don't already
             have traces.
+        x_axis_title: str or None (default None)
+            The title of the x-axis for the subplot at the specified row and
+            col. 
+        y_axis_title: str or None (default None)
+            The title of the y-axis for the subplot at the specified row and
+            col.
         Returns
         -------
         BaseFigure
@@ -2101,10 +2114,12 @@ def add_trace(
                     col=c,
                     secondary_y=secondary_y,
                     exclude_empty_subplots=exclude_empty_subplots,
+                    xaxis_title=xaxis_title,
+                    yaxis_title=yaxis_title,
                 )
             return self
-
-        return self.add_traces(
+        
+        result = self.add_traces(
             data=[trace],
             rows=[row] if row is not None else None,
             cols=[col] if col is not None else None,
@@ -2112,6 +2127,14 @@ def add_trace(
             exclude_empty_subplots=exclude_empty_subplots,
         )
 
+        if row is not None and col is not None:
+            if xaxis_title is not None:
+                self.update_xaxes(title_text=xaxis_title, row=row, col=col)
+            if yaxis_title is not None:
+                self.update_yaxes(title_text=yaxis_title, row=row, col=col)
+            
+        return result
+
     def add_traces(
         self,
         data,

From 02ccd1dbeb22163a6c5c50f55d3579401c246421 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mia Patrikios <118705616+mpatrikios@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 19:48:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update CHANGELOG.md

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 89da1e55f17..e7b4841da09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Fixed
 - Fix third-party widget display issues in v6 [[#5102]https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/5102]
 
+### Added
+- Added `xaxis_title` and `yaxis_title` parameters to `add_trace()` method for more concise subplot creation
+
 ## [6.0.1] - 2025-03-14
 
 ### Updated