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 ## Unreleased
 
+### Added
+- Add support for converting matplotlib polar plots to plotly polar subplots in `mpl_to_plotly`, including theta direction and rotation and background, grid, and frame colors [[#5771](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/5771)], with thanks to @robertoffmoura for the contribution!
+
 ### Fixed
 - Fix `mpl_to_plotly` tick marker mirroring, axis positioning, and trace visibility for twinned and overlaid subplots (such as `twinx` and `twiny`) [[#5310](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/5310)], with thanks to @robertoffmoura for the contribution!
 - Fix concurrent first access to lazily initialized graph object properties, which could raise `ValueError("Invalid value")` [[#5691](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/5691)], with thanks to @hb1915 for the contribution!