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Business Directory Plugin allows you to build local directories, business provider listings, Yellow-Pages style business directories, Yelp-like review

Author:	Business Directory Team (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:	4.8
WordPress version tested:	5.9.2
Plugin version:	5.18
Added to WordPress repository:	22-11-2011
Last updated:	30-01-2024
Rating, %:	92
Rated by:	459
Plugin URI:	https://businessdirectoryplugin.com
Total downloads:	1 333 215
Active installs:	10 000+
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Business Directory Plugin is the perfect solution for professionals who are looking for a simple directory website builder for WordPress! If you’re not tech savvy, no worries. You can quickly get started by installing this simple plugin. It doesn’t require any developer knowledge whatsoever on your end.

The Best Business Directory Plugin for WordPress

You’ve found the most popular, versatile, and easy to use WordPress directory plugin available. Increase interaction on your WordPress site, improve customer retention and add a generate revenue with our WordPress business directory plugin!

Our easy WordPress directory plugin allows you to take the listings you want and build a local directory, simple directory of providers, a real estate listings site, a Yellow-Pages directory, a Yelp clone with review sections, an address book directory, a book review site (like Goodreads), and much more.

Not only can you create business listings, but you can also build any other kind of listings directory. Build a team or employee directory, company directory, medical directory, and other web directory sites with our easy listing plugin.

See demo.

Need a classifieds listings site? Try Another WordPress Classifieds Plugin – AWPCP.

Get Simple Listing Solutions

Here are just a few things our community is doing to build connections, help communities, and grow traffic with our directory website builder:

Start a listing manager service for providers. (Like counselors, plumbers, electricians, house cleaning, locksmiths, therapists, wedding vendors, veterinarians, consultants, photographers, artists, authors, etc.)
Make a Yelp-clone with reviews to connect travelers to hotels, tours, local businesses, and other visitor attractions.
Help people find resources for a city or small community. (Like sporting club listings, a church directory, local farms with produce, and Chamber of Commerce.)
Advertise businesses & sell listings to the owners.
Offer listings as a membership feature.
Help students make connections to study groups and an academic staff directory.

Create an online directory to become the “go to” source of your niche. Download Business Directory Plugin for WordPress now. It’s fast, easy, and flexible.

Free WordPress Listing Plugin Features

See all WordPress listing plugin features.

Fully customizable form fields to submit listings
Upload images per listing, allow restricted numbers of images based on plan
Lots of image options: drag and drop image uploads, easy image ordering, primary image settings, thumbnail sizing and more
Accept paid or free listings with Authorize.net
Full support for recurring payments
Allow for featured/sticky listings for an upgrade fee
Widgets for Featured, Latest and Random listings, and a Search widget.
Create multiple plans, which can be assigned to categories for posting
Built in CSV import and export for easy directory listing creation
Avoid spam listings with ReCaptcha
Sorting options for categories, listings, and front-end for users to choose sort order
Users who post can edit listings without access to the WP dashboard. Our directory software is a great listing manager.
SEO Friendly using Yoast SEO, Rank Math, or All in One SEO
Quick-search and sorting bar for listings for simple directory searches
Advanced search screen with ability to show/hide fields available for search
Mobile-friendly, responsive support when installed with a responsive theme
Multilingual directories with WPML
Integrates with popular plugins like NavXT Breadcrumbs and WP-PageNavi for easy use

Professional Directory Software Add-ons

Create an easy directory with more functionality with extra add-ons.

For a detailed list of features, please visit: BusinessDirectoryPlugin.com

File Upload – Allow users to upload and manage attachments on listings. Include PDFs, text files, and images in business listings.
Restrictions – Assign features to paid or sticky listing plans to give users incentive to upgrade.
ZIP Code Search – ZIP code/postal code radius and proximity searches supporting a number of countries.
Regions – Location based listing result filtering.
Ratings and Reviews – Create reviews with connections to each listing to rate listings (with Schema.org microformat). It’s a WordPress review plugin!
Google Maps – Display the geo location of the listing for a geo directory (categories, search, details — with custom map sizes)
Discount Codes – Ability to offer discount codes based on a % or fixed amount with expirations.
Claim Listings – Post claimable listings that other users can pay (or not) to claim.
Enhanced Categories – Display images or icons with categories, with Parent-Child Categories.

Payment Gateways for Paid Listings (Premium)

Stripe Gateway – Accept paid listings with Stripe payments.
PayPal Gateway – Accept payments using PayPal.
PayFast Gateway – Accept payments using PayFast.
Authorize.net Gateway.

Premium Directory Themes

Transform your WP directory site the easy way with a few clicks. Our business directory templates are designed not to take over as a full WordPress theme.

Docs

Please see our Documentation and the Quick Start guide.

FAQ

What types of directories can I build?

Our directory website builder software combined with our add-on modules is the most powerful directory plugin on the market. The options are limitless. Here are a few types of directories you can create:

Business listings
Company directory
Team directory
Member directory
Staff directory / Employee directory
Hotel directory
Medical directory
Restaurant directory
Church directory
Travel review directories
Software review sites
Professional directory
Local provider listings (like a Yelp clone)
A Yellow Pages directory
Online magazine listings
Website listings
Book review sites

Can I accept paid and free listings?

Yes it can. You can do this by creating plans for 0.00 and some other paid amount at the same time.

Do you have video tutorials for building WordPress directories?

Yes we do. They can be found here.

Will this plugin work with my theme?

Our WP directory plugin will work with any well-written, WP compliant theme. Generally speaking, paid themes tend to be higher quality than free ones.

Whatever theme you pick, we recommend using the Theme Check plugin (available for free on WordPress.org) to validate a theme. The more errors and warnings you see on the theme when you run that check, the worse the theme is. You can read more about it at https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/

Can I translate my web directories?

Yes! We offer many user-provided translations under the /languages folder. It is already available in the following languages:

Spanish
French
German
Russian
Italian
Polish
Arabic
Swedish

And you can also easily translate it yourself.

Is this plugin compatible with WordPress Multisite (WPMU)?

Yes it is. However, you cannot “network activate” the plugin (as this will share the database). Activate it on only the sub sites you need it.

This can be done under Plugins -> Add New as the Administrator user. Do not “network activate” as the “super admin”.

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ChangeLog

5.18

New: Allow setting category in the [businessdirectory-featured-listings] shortcode.
Rename “Fee Plan” to “Plan” since they can be free.
Add modal confirmation for deleting a field and plan.
Add compatibility with block themes and Twenty Twenty Two theme.
Make the listing expiration date read-only if there’s an active subscription. This prevents issues since the data doesn’t update the subscription.
Fix: Images weren’t uploading during listing imports.
Fix: Only load the admin BD scripts on BD pages.
Fix: The image ordering wasn’t saving in the front-end listing form.
Fix: When creating a listing from the admin area, set the image limits based on the newly selected plan.
Fix: Don’t show the “free” label in the plans table for variable plans.
Fix: All selecting a new plan when editing a listing if the previously selected plan is disabled.
Fix: Don’t delete a removed image if it’s attached to another post type.
Fix: The default BD theme showed the listing title twice.
Fix: The default plan wasn’t showing up when enabled when used with paid plans.
Fix: The spacing between some action buttons and the listing thumbnail were too small.

5.17.1

Fix: Hide the custom order column in the plans table if not using custom ordering.
Fix: Allow manual enable/disable of default plan.
Fix: PHP warning showing on license page on some sites.

5.17

New: Simplify setting up plans. Now, there’s no free vs paid mode. If paid plans are created, a gateway needs to be set up.
Add more caching to speed up page loading.
Fix: The category wasn’t getting auto selected with only one category.
Fix: Some images weren’t uploading in the admin settings or in social fields.
Fix: Images can now be removed from a listing if it is used in another listing too.
Add more helpful info if a BD theme is missing an Activate button.

5.16.1

Fix: The message to create a page on install wasn’t updating when it was successful.
Fix: Exclude admin test fees in the stats for the plan total amount collected.
Fix: Show ‘0.00’ for free listings rather than ‘Free’.
Fix: The Divi page builder was showing errors when editing listing pages.
Remove colons and use space instead after a label in a listing. Colons can be added manually using the wpbdp_display_field_label hook if desired.
Added wpbdp_display_field_wrapper_classes hook to add extra classes to a field wrapper.
Fix: Get rid of button styling on delete link so it shows as a red link instead of a button.
Fix: Make the featured banner work better by not pushing content around. Now it overlaps the image.
Add a bit more caching and a performance lift.
Fix: If a second page is added with the businessdirectory shortcode, use the most recent page. Also, ignore a page with the shortcode if it’s in the trash.
Fix: The database upgrade wasn’t always getting marked as complete, and was running multiple times.

See changelog for all versions

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