Install and Activate UiChemy
Install and activate the UiChemy plugin on your WordPress site, free and Pro.
Installing UiChemy takes two minutes. If you're using it with Elementor, install Elementor first, UiChemy registers the Composer widget on top of Elementor, so Elementor needs to be active before you activate UiChemy. If you're using Gutenberg (WordPress's built-in editor) or Bricks Builder instead, you can skip straight to Step 2.
Step 1: Install Elementor (If You're Using It)
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin.
- Search for Elementor.
- Click Install Now on the Elementor listing, then click Activate.
If Elementor is already installed and active, or you're building with Gutenberg or Bricks instead, skip to Step 2.
Step 2: Install UiChemy
Go to wordpress.org/plugins/uichemy to download UiChemy, or install it straight from your dashboard:
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin.
- Search for UiChemy.
- Click Install Now on the listing, then click Activate.
From a ZIP file (manual install):
- Download the UiChemy
.zipfile from your account or from the source you received it. - In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin.
- Click Choose File, select the
.zip, then click Install Now. - Click Activate Plugin.
Installing and activating UiChemy, then opening the Composer widget in Elementor
Here you can see the flow using Elementor. If you're on Gutenberg or Bricks instead, the steps are the same, only the builder you open the Composer widget in changes.
Step 3: Confirm Activation
After activation, two things confirm UiChemy is running:
- UiChemy appears in the WordPress admin menu. Look for the UiChemy menu item in your left sidebar. It contains: Theme Builder, Performance, Form Submissions, Settings, and (if Pro) Role Manager, White Label, and Global Style.
- The Composer widget appears in your builder. In Elementor, search for "Composer" in the widget panel. In Gutenberg, search for "Composer" in the block inserter. In Bricks, look for it in the elements panel. It should appear in whichever builder you have active.
If the Composer widget does not appear, verify that your builder (Elementor, Gutenberg, or Bricks) is active and try deactivating and reactivating UiChemy.
Installing UiChemy Pro
UiChemy Pro is a second plugin that extends the free version, it never replaces it.
- In your WordPress admin, open UiChemy.
- At the bottom of the UiChemy sidebar, find the UiChemy Pro Plugin card:
- Click Install & Activate if Pro isn't on your site yet.
- Click Activate if the card says "It's already installed on this site, it just needs switching on."
- A confirmation appears at the bottom right: "UiChemy Pro installed and activated" or "UiChemy Pro activated", followed by "Version [x.x.x] is ready. Pro features are unlocked on this site."
Once Pro is active, its features are unlocked immediately. Role Manager and White Label lose their crown icons and open their real settings right away.
What Appears After Activation
After installing and activating UiChemy (free), you will see the following in your WordPress admin:
| Menu item | What it does |
|---|---|
| UiChemy (main) | Dashboard and plugin overview |
| Theme Builder | Create headers, footers, and page templates. See Theme Builder |
| Performance | Speed up pages built with Composer widgets: critical CSS, unused and third-party script handling, lazy-loaded images, and trimming Elementor assets. See Performance |
| Form Submissions | View and export form submissions from Composer widgets. See Form Submissions |
| Role Manager | Requires Pro to configure, on Free it shows a crown icon and an upgrade screen instead. See Role Manager |
| White Label | Requires Pro to configure, on Free it shows a crown icon and an upgrade screen instead. See White Label |
| Settings | Plugin settings and feature toggles. See General Settings |
Role Manager and White Label are already visible in the sidebar on Free, marked with a crown icon, clicking either one shows an upgrade screen rather than the real settings. See Role Manager Overview.
With UiChemy Pro active, one additional item appears that isn't in the sidebar at all on Free:
| Menu item | What it does |
|---|---|
| Global Style | Define site-wide CSS variables, typography, and layout utilities |
Use Cases
- Setting up UiChemy on a brand-new WordPress site, install your builder first, then UiChemy.
- Adding UiChemy to an existing Elementor site that already has content and other plugins.
- Rolling Free and Pro out across an agency's client sites, the same two-plugin install repeated per site.