Added x and y axis titles to add_trace function #5058

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

plotly/basedatatypes.py

@@ -2028,7 +2028,14 @@ 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
@@ -2072,6 +2079,12 @@ 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
@@ -2123,17 +2136,27 @@ 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,
             secondary_ys=[secondary_y] if secondary_y is not None else None,
             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,