HivePress

<p>HivePress is an easy-to-use, extensible, and highly customizable plugin that allows you to create any type of directory website.</p>
<p><a href="https://listinghive.hivepress.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo</a> | <a href="https://hivepress.io/themes/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=wordpress.org" rel="nofollow ugc">Themes</a> | <a href="https://hivepress.io/extensions/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=wordpress.org" rel="nofollow ugc">Extensions</a> | <a href="https://help.hivepress.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">Docs</a> | <a href="https://community.hivepress.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">Support</a></p>
<p>Whether it’s a business directory, job board, real estate, classified ads, or staff directory, HivePress is an excellent choice for it!</p>
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<p>This plugin comes with all the essential features for building a directory website to allow users easily add, manage and search listings:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Listing Categories</strong> – Add categories for different listing types.</li>
<li><strong>Custom Fields</strong> – Add custom fields to the listing form.</li>
<li><strong>Search Filters</strong> – Turn any custom field into a search filter.</li>
<li><strong>Location Search</strong> – Enable the location-based listing search.</li>
<li><strong>Ratings & Reviews</strong> – Allow users to leave reviews for listings.</li>
<li><strong>Private Messages</strong> – Allow users to send private messages.</li>
<li><strong>Favorite Listings</strong> – Allow users to keep a list of favorite listings.</li>
</ul>
<p>Crucial features like <strong>user registration</strong>, <strong>listing moderation</strong>, and <strong>captcha protection</strong> are also available by default.</p>
<p>Moreover, if you ever need to customize any of the HivePress <strong>page templates</strong> or <strong>email notifications</strong>, you can do this without coding skills using the familiar WordPress editor.</p>
<h4>Monetization Options</h4>
<p>With HivePress, you can create a business, not just a website. There are at least a few ways to monetize your directory, for example:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Paid Listings</strong> – Charge users for adding listings.</li>
<li><strong>Featured Listings</strong> – Charge users for advertising listings.</li>
<li><strong>Claim Listings</strong> – Charge companies for claiming their listings.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Free & Premium Extensions</h4>
<p>Enhance your website functionality with just a few clicks using HivePress extensions. While you can build a fully functional directory using free extensions only, <a href="https://hivepress.io/extensions/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=wordpress.org" rel="nofollow ugc">premium extensions</a> may also be useful depending on your website requirements.</p>
<h4>Niche-Specific Themes</h4>
<p>HivePress comes with a free <a href="https://hivepress.io/themes/listinghive/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=wordpress.org" rel="nofollow ugc">ListingHive</a> theme that is fully compatible with HivePress and its official extensions. Also, there are a few <a href="https://hivepress.io/themes/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=wordpress.org" rel="nofollow ugc">premium themes</a> with more tailored design and functionality for various directory and marketplace niches.</p>
<h4>Developer Features</h4>
<p>If you have at least basic coding skills, then look no further because HivePress is powered by a highly customizable and extensible <a href="https://docs.hivepress.io/developer-docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">framework</a> for directory websites:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Structured Code</strong> – We follow the WordPress coding standards, so the codebase is well-structured and readable.</li>
<li><strong>Easy Theming</strong> – Styling and overriding layouts is very intuitive due to block-based templates and BEM CSS notation.</li>
<li><strong>Hooks API</strong> – A collection of actions and filters for customizing or extending the core HivePress functionality.</li>
<li><strong>REST API</strong> – There’s an API endpoint for every action, so you can integrate HivePress with third-party platforms.</li>
<li><strong>Docs & Snippets</strong> – Never get stuck with our collection of ready-made code snippets, API references, and docs.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Support & Community</h4>
<p>HivePress is directly supported by its developers, people who know the plugin inside and out, so any issues are resolved in the optimal way possible. Join the <a href="https://community.hivepress.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">community</a> to report a bug, suggest a feature, or vote for suggestions to help us make HivePress better!</p>


HivePress – Business Directory & Classified Ads Plugin


Lots of good things to say about this theme and the team behind it. They have a wonderful support forum that is very active and responds quickly. If their support doesn't have an answer to something that is more customizable (like custom code), often other members do. I have enjoyed it so much that I am using it on a second website now. Kudos!


Lightweight, fast, easily customizable, active support forum

A simple yet powerful plugin to create a business directory, job board, real estate, classified ads, or basically any type of directory website.

WEN Solutions

<p>WP Classified is a free plugin which easily turns your WordPress site into Classified site, which allows ads posting, viewing, reviewing and rating ads. One can easily post ads, review and rate ads and use other essential features after successfully registering an account. It is highly customizable and convenient tool if you want to sell your products via ads.</p>
<h4>Frontend Submission</h4>
<p>WP Classified plugin provides form to fill up to provide information of the ads with their descriptions, images along with item details, price, categories, locations and Ad expiry date in the website. The contact information of seller with his/her name, address, phone number, Email address can also included along with the item.</p>
<h4>User Registration and Login</h4>
<p>Using the WP Classified plugin, user can register themselves and only registered user can add ads in the website after logging in. The post is checked by the admin and verified post can only be published in the website.</p>
<h4>Reviews and Ratings</h4>
<p>WP Classified plugin allows addition of users reviews and ratings on the ads. The reviews and ratings helps in the selection of ads in effective and easy manner.</p>
<h4>Customization and Flexibility</h4>
<p>WP Classified plugin is very flexible and highly customizable. There are number of hooks and filters which makes plugin really flexible from the developers point of view. There are bulk of options which adds further more flexibility in the plugin.</p>
<h4>Dedicated Support and Documentation</h4>
<p>We have an entire team of happiness engineers ready to help you. Ask your questions in the support forum, or <a href="http://wensolutions.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">contact us directly</a>. Also there are altogether 2 documentations for the plugin. One documentation is for the users which deals with basic uses and settings of the plugin <a href="http://wensolutions.com/documentation/classified-users/" rel="nofollow ugc">User Documentation</a> and next one is for the developers which deals with plugin customization and flexibility including available hooks and filters in the plugin <a href="http://wensolutions.com/documentation/classified-developers/" rel="nofollow ugc">Developer Documentation</a>.</p>


WP Classified

Turn your WordPress site into Classified site. Allow user to view ads, post ads, review and rate on ads with WP Classified.

HivePress – Business Directory & Classified Ads Plugin vs WP Classified