The easiest way to build an online WordPress directory website is to install Web 2.0 Directory plugin. As well it is really easy to convert any existing site into a fully featured directory business website with the directory plugin. WordPress directory plugin for any purposes, and examples would be classifieds, events directory, cars, bikes, boats and other vehicles dealers site, restaurants, pets, real estate portal, wedding site, yellow pages, local directories, map store locator.
There are multiple options to to set up revenue generating streams and control them on your personal WordPress dashboard. You can use the plugin for both free and paid listings. The plugin allows visitors to submit new listings or even packages of listings, claim and manage existing listings using the website frontend. Moreover, it also features location based directory. Maps & map markers functionality gives users fast and easy ability to find nearby places by powerful search system.
The plugin offers tons of features. Print listing, save in bookmarks, download in PDF, SEO friendly pages, images, YouTube and Vimeo videos attachments, custom fields, custom icons, customize colors and much more customization options.
Possible revenue
- listings activation* – after successful payment the listing status becomes “active” and displays at the frontend
- listings renewal* – this feature processes directory listing renewal
- listings raise up – raise up listings to the top of all lists, those ordered by date
- listings upgrade/downgrade – charge users if they wish to make their listings featured or sticky and auto-downgrade after expiration
- listings claim* – after successful approval of claim new owner need to pay to renew the listing
* PayPal subscriptions available
WooCommerce directory plugin
With WooCommerce payments system you can:
- manage orders and products in WooCommerce dashboard
- set up additional payment gateways available as WooCommerce Extensions
- compatible with WooCommerce Subscriptions plugin
- make scheduled sales
- give users discount coupons
- manage fees and taxes for listings products
- build reports of sales
- give refunds to users
- realize lots of ideas for your business model with WooCommerce Extensions
How to use WooCommerce with directory plugin
Features of wordpress directory plugin
- Restrict ads by listings levels
- Sell packages of listings
- PayPal payment gateway including PayPal subscriptions
- Stripe payments service
- Frontend dashboard for regular users
- Invoices management
- WooCommerce payments system compatible
- Sticky and featured listings options
- Raise up directory listings – this option may be payment
- Renew expired listings – this option may be payment
- Upgrade/downgrade listings levels – this option may be payment
- 5-star ratings for listings
- Customizable content fields of different types
- Font Awesome icons for custom content fields
- Category-based content fields
- Order directory listings by rating, distance, content fields
- Powerful search by content fields
- Adapted for the Relevanssi search plugin
- Icons for categories
- Search by categories and locations
- SEO friendly – fully compatible with Yoast WordPress SEO plugin
- Locations search in radius – results displaying on map
- Multiple locations for one listing
- Google Maps and MapBox (OpenStreetMap) integrated
- Search form on a map
- Custom map markers
- Draw search area on a map
- YouTube and Vimeo videos attachments for listings
- Images AJAX uploading
- Contact listing owner form + integration with Contact Form 7 plugin
- Bookmarks functionality
- Print listing option
- Get listing in PDF option
- Adapted for reCaptcha
- Fully customizable and easy in configuration
- The plugin uses custom post types and taxonomies
- Responsive design based on Twitter Bootstrap
- Fully compatible with Visual composer and SIteOrigin page builder
- directory shortcodes, including: listings, maps, categories, locations, search box, slider
- directory widgets: search widget, categories widget, locations widget, listings widget, buttons, map, slider, sidebars widgets
- Custom Google Map and MapBox styles
- Supports RTL (Right To Left) – layout, functionality, UI widgets
- CSV import/export/bulk update with ability to import images files