diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index ad65d4df..812c871e 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "PlotlyJS"
 uuid = "f0f68f2c-4968-5e81-91da-67840de0976a"
 authors = ["Spencer Lyon <spencerlyon2@gmail.com>"]
-version = "0.18.5"
+version = "0.18.6"
 
 [deps]
 Base64 = "2a0f44e3-6c83-55bd-87e4-b1978d98bd5f"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ WebIO = "0f1e0344-ec1d-5b48-a673-e5cf874b6c29"
 Blink = "0.12"
 JSExpr = "0.5, 1"
 JSON = "0.20, 0.21"
-PlotlyBase = "0.8.9"
+PlotlyBase = "0.8.15"
 Reexport = "0.2, 1"
 Requires = "1.0"
 WebIO = "0.8"
diff --git a/src/PlotlyJS.jl b/src/PlotlyJS.jl
index 541f1c6b..9d3e514e 100644
--- a/src/PlotlyJS.jl
+++ b/src/PlotlyJS.jl
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ using Blink
 using Pkg.Artifacts
 using Requires
 
-export plot, dataset, list_datasets, make_subplots, savefig
+export plot, dataset, list_datasets, make_subplots, savefig, mgrid
 
 # globals for this package
 const _pkg_root = dirname(dirname(@__FILE__))
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ for (k, v) in vcat(PlotlyBase._layout_obj_updaters, PlotlyBase._layout_vector_up
     end
 end
 
-for k in [:add_hrect!, :add_hline!, :add_vrect!, :add_vline!]
+for k in [:add_hrect!, :add_hline!, :add_vrect!, :add_vline!, :add_shape!, :add_layout_image!]
     @eval function PlotlyBase.$(k)(p::SyncPlot, args...;kwargs...)
         $(k)(p.plot, args...; kwargs...)
         send_command(p.scope, :react, p.plot.data, p.plot.layout)
diff --git a/src/display.jl b/src/display.jl
index a67c0ac8..c74e629e 100644
--- a/src/display.jl
+++ b/src/display.jl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ end
 function Base.show(io::IO, mm::MIME"text/html", p::SyncPlot)
     # if we are rendering docs -- short circuit and display html
     if get_renderer() == DOCS
-        return show(io, mm, p.plot, full_html=false, include_plotlyjs="require-loaded")
+        return show(io, mm, p.plot, full_html=false, include_plotlyjs="require-loaded", include_mathjax=false)
     end
     show(io, mm, p.scope)
 end
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ end
 
 function add_trace!(p::SyncPlot, trace::GenericTrace; kw...)
     add_trace!(p.plot, trace; kw...)
-    send_command(p.scope, :addTraces, trace)
+    send_command(p.scope, :react, p.plot.data, p.plot.layout)
 end
 
 
diff --git a/src/util.jl b/src/util.jl
index 0f7a16f8..d17a5281 100644
--- a/src/util.jl
+++ b/src/util.jl
@@ -14,3 +14,18 @@ function PlotlyBase.add_recession_bands!(p::SyncPlot; kwargs...)
     relayout!(p, shapes=new_shapes)
     new_shapes
 end
+
+function mgrid(arrays...)
+    lengths = collect(length.(arrays))
+    uno = ones(Int, length(arrays))
+    out = []
+    for i in 1:length(arrays)
+       repeats = copy(lengths)
+       repeats[i] = 1
+
+       shape = copy(uno)
+       shape[i] = lengths[i]
+       push!(out, reshape(arrays[i], shape...) .* ones(repeats...))
+    end
+    out
+end