Web 2.0 Directory plugin for WordPress

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

Our new plugin Web 2.0 Google Maps plugin for WordPress:

Please, note, that Google Maps is no longer free. You must enable billing with a credit card and have a valid API key for all of your projects. developers.google.com/maps/billing/understanding-cost-of-use

Google Maps Platform gives $200 credit monthly which gives near 28.000 map loads per month for free.
This is requirement of Google Maps service and not the plugin itself.

WordPress directory plugin conception

Levels of listings control the functionality amount of listings and their directory/classifieds conception.
Each listing may belong to different levels, some may have eternal active period, have sticky status and enabled Google Maps or OpenStreet Maps (MapBox), other may have greater number of allowed attached images or videos. It is perfect base for business model of your directory site.

Each content field belongs to the type that defines its behaviour and display. You may hide field name, select custom field icon, set field as required, manage visibility on pages. Also listings may be ordered by some fields. Note that you may assign fields for specific categories. This is important feature allows to build category-specific content fields.
For instance: there may be special ‘price’ field especially in ‘Classifieds/For sale’ category and all its subcategories, so this field will appear only in listings, those were assigned with this category.

Changelog

Version 2.2.10 - March 22, 2019
- improvement: display site logo on listings print and pdf, invoices print
- improvement: better responsiveness of listings sidebar on the map

Version 2.2.9 - March 18, 2019
- new option: checkboxes columns on single listing page
- improvement: images gallery swipe on touch screens
- improvement: double-click zoom on map enabled
- improvement: listing level name in invoice

Version 2.2.8 - March 1, 2019
- new feature: show contact form only for logged in users
- improvement: increased speed of the search by text content fields
- bug fix: remove map canvas when maps are not used on frontend pages
- bug fix: big font size on submission tables with packages
- bug fix: error on missing locations levels

Version 2.2.7 - January 4, 2019
- improvement: MapBox clusters zoom in on click
- bug fix: auto-updater downloads limit issue

Version 2.2.6 - December 18, 2018
- new feature: visible search parameters
- new feature: settings to edit Sticky and Featured listings labels
- new feature: ability to export listings status in CSV files
- improvement: listings carousel more responsive
- bug fix: disable hyphens to dashes conversion in listings search autosuggestions
- bug fix: PHP Notices on Email Notifications settings tab

Version 2.2.5 - November 29, 2018
- new feature: ability to import listings status in CSV files
- new feature: option to hide content fields from another users except admins and listing author
- bug fix: setup autocomplete javascript error

Version 2.2.4 - November 12, 2018
- new option: Number of listings columns for mobile devices
- bug fix: AJAX paginator issues

Version 2.2.3 - November 10, 2018
- new feature: MapBox Custom Map Style
- improvement: warning messages on license verification
- deprecated: Initial AJAX loading option

Version 2.2.2 - November 1, 2018
- new feature: demo data import
- bug fix: transparent categories and locations search dropdowns background

Version 2.2.1 - October 23, 2018
- new feature: ability to import CSV files with WPML translations
- new feature: ability date-time content field to set up a range of dates
- improvement: added INR and RUB currencies in the payments currencies list
- bug fix: hide decimals option of price content field

Version 2.2.0 - October 8, 2018
- new feature: MapBox (OpenStreetMap) support
- new feature: search input reset button
- improvement: added .w2dc-body CSS class
- bug fix: disable autosuggestion on search inputs
- bug fix: auto-updater new version notification

Version 2.1.8 - September 20, 2018
- improvement: "Enter a location" Google Places placeholder was removed
- bug fix: Google Maps fit bounds issue

Version 2.1.7 - September 16, 2018
- improvement: WhatsApp, Telegram and Viber sharing buttons were added
- bug fix: hidden on-row search button when address search disabled
- bug fix: map zoom level at the frontend issue
- bug fix: page header shortcode image size issue

Version 2.1.6 - September 11, 2018
- bug fix: WooCommerce Subscriptions discount coupon could not be applied
- bug fix: default maps zoom level did not work with automatic user Geolocation
- bug fix: undefined constant W2DC_DEMO warning

Version 2.1.5 - September 6, 2018
- new shortcode [webdirectory-page-header]
- improvement: map draw panel design updated
- bug fix: listing title on the single listing gallery main image
- bug fix: empty "Select marker icon" dialog with map markers PNG images
- bug fix: issue with map marker PNG image path at the categories management page
- bug fix: unnecessary creation of WooCommerce orders on listings renewal
- bug fix: strip tags in textarea content field output

Version 2.1.4 - July 20, 2018
- improvement: alt attribute was added for listings images
- bug fix: submission page issue when one only one level selected

Version 2.1.3 - June 29, 2018
- bug fix: missing google maps issue

Version 2.1.2 - June 28, 2018
- bug fix: price search range slider with step 1
- bug fix: missing google maps issue

Version 2.1.1 - June 26, 2018
- bug fix: initial installation issue

Version 2.1.0 - June 26, 2018
- improvement: auto-updater functionality
- improvement: 'Show only on directory pages' option for all directory widgets
- bug fix: listing logo hover effect in Safari
- bug fix: returned enctype=multipart/form-data on frontend submission forms
- bug fix: search by text and textarea content fields in keywords listings duplicates when random sorting

Version 2.0.16 - May 17, 2018
- improvement: categories/locations search dropboxes readonly input - touch screen devices will not call keyboard on click
- bug fix: SQL errors on selectboxes/checkboxes search field

Version 2.0.15 - May 16, 2018
- new feature: listings autosuggestions by search keywords
- new feature: search keywords examples

Version 2.0.14 - May 5, 2018
- bug fix: error on CSV update with images

Version 2.0.13 - May 2, 2018
- bug fix: listings packages application

Version 2.0.12 - April 28, 2018
- new feature: 3 grid views for categories and locations
- new feature: price search range slider graduated scale
- improvement: better compatibility with woocommerce subscriptions plugin
- bug fix: errors on woocommerce cart page

Version 2.0.11 - April 6, 2018
- new feature: select list, checkboxes and radio buttons search fields items counter. On the search form shows the number of listings per item (in brackets).
- new feature: search by text and textarea content fields in keywords search field instead of own search field
- improvement: search by locations taxonomy entered manually in address search field
- bug fix: search button inactive on a separate page with search form
- bug fix: Internet Explorer images uploader bug

Version 2.0.10 - March 24, 2018
- bug fix: listing title is missing on excerpt pages
- bug fix: checkboxes content field responsive issue

Version 2.0.9 - March 17, 2018
- improvement: search by keywords, categories and tags functionality
- improvement: some themes and plugins can load our shortcodes at the admin part, breaking some important functionality, workaround was added
- improvement: CSS styles and layout markup

Version 2.0.8 - March 15, 2018
- new setting: choose how to display listing title - on logo or outside listing logo
- improvement: display items of checkboxes content fields in 3 columns
- improvement: display all items of checkboxes content fields with checked/unchecked marks
- improvement: currency symbol position setting and ability to hide decimals in price content fields
- improvement: WooCommerce subscriptions copy subscription meta from initial order
- bug fix: RTL jQuery UI slider
- bug fix: permanent page refresh in Safari
- bug fix: sticky scroll search form comboboxes drop-down menus

Version 2.0.7 - February 27, 2018
- improvement: suspend expired listings function calls only by scheduled events
- bug fix: categories table RTL layout
- bug fix: map marker info window on touchscreens did not open 

Version 2.0.6 - February 24, 2018
- bug fix: Visual Composer broken output in some components settings 

Version 2.0.5 - February 21, 2018
- bug fix: address search autocomplete menu combobox
- bug fix: keywords search issue
- bug fix: post categories blank page

Version 2.0.4 - February 20, 2018
- bug fix: map moved randomly on 'On map' button click

Version 2.0.3 - February 19, 2018
- bug fix: server Google API key setting was returned

Version 2.0.2 - February 16, 2018
- CSS styles fixes

Version 2.0.1 - February 15, 2018
- improvement: settings framework styles files path was refactored
- bug fix: inactive comments and contact form tabs on listings

Version 2.0.0 - February 15, 2018
- full redesign & SASS files included
- new feature: sell packages of listings (WooCommerce is not required now)
- new feature: auto-change level after expiration
- new feature: 7 new widgets: buttons, categories table, locations table, listings, map, slider, listings levels
- new feature: categories and locations dropdowns menus on a search form
- new feature: search and listings panel on maps
- new feature: search by keywords in categories
- new feature: new frontend images uploader
- new feature: add featured images for categories and locations items
- new feature: compatible with Page Builder by SiteOrigin
- improvement: compatible with Contact Form 7 plugin version 5.0
- new setting: hide choose level page
- new setting: primary color
- new setting: secondary color
- deprecated: categories and locations table colors customization settings
- bug fix: map zoom and drag & drop problem
- bug fix: listing activation before payment
- bug fix: expiration date unavailable to be modified