Docs / Overview Feature Catalog
Every feature in Listora Free and Pro, organized by the job you are doing. One row per capability, and every row links to its own guide - if a feature has a page, it is in this table.
Tier is stated as the feature page itself states it. Free + Pro means the capability exists in Free and Pro extends it; the guide says how. Pro means it does not exist without the add-on.
Set up your directory
Feature
Tier
What it does
Guide
Installation & Activation
Free
Install the plugin and run the first-time setup.
Guide
Setup Wizard
Free
Six-step wizard that creates pages, configures the map, and optionally installs demo content.
Guide
Directory Page
Free
Place the Listing Grid and Search blocks on a page to create your main directory.
Guide
Listing Types
Free
Define a field set per kind of listing - Restaurant, Hotel, Real Estate, Job.
Guide
Listing Type Editor
Free + Pro
Edit a type's fields, icon, Schema.org mapping, and which categories and features it offers.
Guide
Listing Categories
Free + Pro
The hierarchical dimension - what a listing is .
Guide
Locations
Free + Pro
The hierarchical place dimension, Country / State / City.
Guide
Amenities & Features
Free + Pro
The curated per-type attribute set visitors filter on.
Guide
Tags
Free + Pro
The flat, open dimension. Filters search, appears as a facet, renders as chips.
Guide
Gutenberg Blocks
Free + Pro
11 layout-owning blocks in Free; Pro adds 5 more.
Guide
Template Overrides
Free
WooCommerce-style theme overrides for block and email templates.
Guide
OpenStreetMap
Free
Interactive maps with no API key required.
Guide
Google Maps
Pro
Replaces OpenStreetMap, with Places autocomplete and marker clustering.
Guide
Installing Pro
Pro
Download and activate the Listora Pro add-on.
Guide
License Management
Pro
Activate, deactivate and renew your Pro licence key.
Guide
Auto-Updates
Pro
Plugin updates delivered via your licence, no manual ZIP uploads.
Guide
White Label
Pro
Rename the plugin and admin menu to your own brand for client handoff.
Guide
Grow your listings
Feature
Tier
What it does
Guide
Frontend Submission
Free + Pro
Multi-step form so members add listings without WordPress admin access.
Guide
Photos & Video
Free + Pro
Gallery with a front-end carousel, drag-and-drop upload, and oEmbed video.
Guide
Business Hours
Free + Pro
Opening hours per day, up to three ranges, so split shifts are expressible.
Guide
Services per Listing
Free + Pro
Owners attach a service catalogue - name, price, duration - to their listing.
Guide
Duplicate Check
Free + Pro
Pre-submit check that warns when a similar listing already exists.
Guide
Draft Reminder
Free + Pro
Emails members who start a submission but do not finish it.
Guide
Business Claims
Free + Pro
Business owners claim an existing listing and take over managing it.
Guide
Listing Lifecycle
Free + Pro
Draft, pending, published, expired, deactivated - and what moves a listing between them.
Guide
Listing Renewal
Free + Pro
Owners extend an expiring listing. Credit-gated when Pro monetization is on.
Guide
Featured Listings
Free + Pro
Promote a listing into featured placement. Pro adds credit-gated rotation.
Guide
Import & Export
Free + Pro
CSV / JSON / GeoJSON plus migrators for four competitor plugins. Pro adds the visual mapper.
Guide
Google Places Import
Pro
Pull listings straight from the Google Places API, one at a time or in bulk.
Guide
Engage your visitors
Feature
Tier
What it does
Guide
Search & Filters
Free + Pro
Full-text search with facets, geo proximity, category, feature, price and rating.
Guide
Advanced Search
Pro
Filter builder over custom fields, beyond the standard facets.
Guide
Saved Searches
Pro
Members save a search and receive email alerts for new matches.
Guide
Infinite Scroll
Pro
Loads more listings as the visitor scrolls, instead of paging.
Guide
Quick View
Pro
Opens a listing summary in a modal from the grid card.
Guide
Compare Listings
Pro
Compare 2 to 4 listings side by side, in one table even across mixed types.
Guide
Reviews System
Free + Pro
1-5 star ratings, written reviews, helpful votes, reporting, owner replies.
Guide
Multi-Criteria Reviews
Pro
Per-aspect ratings defined per listing type - Food, Service, Ambiance.
Guide
Photo Reviews
Pro
Reviewers attach images to their review.
Guide
Favorites
Free + Pro
Signed-in members save listings to a personal list.
Guide
Calendar & Events
Free + Pro
Date-based listings rendered on a calendar.
Guide
Contact Form
Free + Pro
Message a listing owner. Pro's Lead Forms supersedes it when enabled.
Guide
SEO Landing Pages
Pro
Auto-generated /type-in-location/ pages per type and location pair.
Guide
Schema.org JSON-LD
Free + Pro
Structured data per listing type, so search engines read your listings properly.
Guide
Open Graph & Twitter Cards
Free + Pro
Social preview tags on listing pages.
Guide
Breadcrumbs
Free + Pro
Trail markup on listing and archive pages.
Guide
Sitemap
Free + Pro
Listings included in the WordPress core sitemap.
Guide
Build a community
Feature
Tier
What it does
Guide
User Dashboard
Free + Pro
Frontend panel: listings, reviews, favorites, claims, credits, profile. Pro adds three tabs.
Guide
Member Blocking
Free + Pro
Members hide each other's reviews and close the contact route between them.
Guide
App Sign-In
Free + Pro
Members sign in to a connected app with the WordPress password they already have.
Guide
Lead Forms
Pro
Contact-owner form on every listing, with the enquiry recorded, not just emailed.
Guide
Needs Marketplace
Pro
Reverse directory - visitors post what they need, businesses respond.
Guide
Verification Badges
Pro
Award a verified badge to vetted listings; it renders on cards and detail pages.
Guide
BuddyPress Integration
Pro
Syncs listing actions into the BuddyPress activity stream.
Guide
Monetize your directory
Feature
Tier
What it does
Guide
Credit System
Pro
Members buy credits; credits activate listing plans. Includes the low-balance alert.
Guide
Pricing Plans
Pro
Listing tiers with duration, featured placement and perks, restrictable per listing type.
Guide
Coupons
Pro
Discount codes that cut the credit cost of a plan at submission.
Guide
Payment Webhooks
Pro
Gateway-agnostic inbound receiver for Stripe, PayPal, Paddle or a custom gateway.
Guide
Run your directory
Feature
Tier
What it does
Guide
Moderation Queue
Free + Pro
Review submitted listings with approve and reject controls.
Guide
Moderators
Pro
A role scoped to listing approval, review moderation and claims.
Guide
Audit Log
Pro
Every status transition with timestamp and actor.
Guide
Analytics
Pro
Cookie-free per-listing views and click tracking.
Guide
Email Templates
Free + Pro
16 templates in Free (15 reachable); Pro adds 15.
Guide
Email Log
Free + Pro
What was sent, to whom, and whether it left the server.
Guide
Digest Notifications
Pro
Batches notification emails into a daily digest.
Guide
Spam Protection
Free + Pro
Honeypot, keyword blacklist, URL-density cap, CAPTCHA, Akismet.
Guide
Rate Limiting
Free + Pro
Per-IP sliding-window caps on every public write path.
Guide
Coming Soon & Private Mode
Pro
Hide the directory during setup, or require login for a members-only directory.
Guide
Connect it to everything else
Feature
Tier
What it does
Guide
Automation Triggers
Free + Pro
Published catalogue of every event the directory announces, with a JSON schema per event. 25 in Free, 34 with Pro.
Guide
Outgoing Webhooks
Pro
HMAC-signed delivery of those triggers to Zapier, n8n, Make, Slack or your own service.
Guide
REST API
Free + Pro
63 endpoints in Free, 73 in Pro, one namespace.
Guide
Hooks & Filters
Free + Pro
The documented wb_listora_* extension surface.
Guide
WP-CLI
Free + Pro
Stats, reindex, import, migrate, demo seeding, and two dry-run repair commands.
Guide
Custom Fields
Free + Pro
Add your own fields to a listing type.
Guide
Capabilities
Free + Pro
The capability model behind every gate.
Guide
Privacy Tools
Free + Pro
Export and erasure wired into WordPress's own privacy requests.
Guide
Extending with Pro
Free + Pro
How Pro extends Free, and how your add-on should.
Guide
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