# What changed in hvplot

> 15 changes in hvplot 0.12 to 0.13 from its official release notes, upgrade guides and advisories: 2 breaking, 3 deprecations, 1 new APIs and options. Each one cited. Sources checked 2026-11-10. HTML: https://unstale.sh/pypi/hvplot/

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## hvplot 0.13

### Breaking changes

- Drops support for Python 3.10 and adds support for Python 3.15. (0.13.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/releases/tag/v0.13.0)

### Deprecations

- Deprecates support for the intake data source. (0.13.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/releases/tag/v0.13.0), [docs](https://hvplot.holoviz.org/en/docs/latest/ref/data_libraries.html)
- Deprecates the internal sample_data module; use the newer sampledata module instead. (0.13.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/releases/tag/v0.13.0)
- Deprecates support for the streamz data source. (0.13.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/releases/tag/v0.13.0), [docs](https://hvplot.holoviz.org/en/docs/latest/ref/data_libraries.html)

### New APIs and options

- Adds experimental support for plotting Xugrid-based unstructured grids as trimeshes. (0.13.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/releases/tag/v0.13.0)

### Fixes and other changes

- Fixes handling of area plots when using stacked and y2. (0.13.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/releases/tag/v0.13.0)
- Adds support for Polars 2.0. (0.13.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/releases/tag/v0.13.0)
- Fixes magnitude scaling for vectorfield plots. (0.13.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/releases/tag/v0.13.0)

## hvplot 0.12

### Breaking changes

- When tiles=True, xlim and ylim are automatically converted to Web Mercator. (0.12.2) — [release notes](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/releases/tag/v0.12.2)

### Behavior and default changes

- When there are only two columns, y is automatically used as the default text kwarg. (0.12.2) — [release notes](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/releases/tag/v0.12.2)

### Fixes and other changes

- Compatibility is provided with the latest versions of DuckDB. (0.12.2) — [release notes](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/releases/tag/v0.12.2)
- Handling of hv.dim expressions in size and color parameters is fixed. (0.12.2) — [release notes](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/releases/tag/v0.12.2)
- Compatibility is provided with the upcoming Pandas 3.0. (0.12.2) — [release notes](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/releases/tag/v0.12.2)
- The release ensures compatibility with Python 3.14. (0.12.2) — [release notes](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/releases/tag/v0.12.2)
- Internal style columns _color and _size are excluded from tooltips. (0.12.2) — [release notes](https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/releases/tag/v0.12.2)