Programmatic SEO Pages

Pro feature. Available in Listora Pro.

Availability: Pro only. Requires Listora Pro. Auto-generate hundreds of long-tail SEO landing pages like /restaurants-in-mumbai/ or /hotels-in-london/ from your existing listings - fully indexed by Google, with proper meta tags, Schema.org markup, and a sitemap entry. Each page is a real WordPress URL backed by a filtered listing grid, not a JavaScript-only view.

SEO Pages - auto-generated city/type landing page on the modernized 1.0.5 UI

What it is

Most directory sites lose the entire "long-tail search" segment - people who Google "plumbers in Manchester" land on a competitor's dedicated city page, not a generic search-result URL. Programmatic SEO Pages closes that gap.

When enabled, Listora Pro:

  • Registers rewrite rules that turn URL patterns like /{type}-in-{location}/ (configurable) into real WordPress routes that resolve server-side.
  • Renders a filtered listing grid inside your active theme (since 1.1.0) - each page loads through the theme's header, footer, and layout instead of a bare standalone template, so generated pages match the rest of your site.
  • Emits meta tags, page titles, descriptions, Open Graph + Twitter Card markup matched to the page's combination - every page is uniquely titled and crawlable. When a known SEO plugin (Yoast SEO or Rank Math) is active, the head meta and schema defer to it so nothing is double-injected.
  • Outputs JSON-LD structured data (ItemList + BreadcrumbList) so Google understands the page as a directory listing, not a generic article.
  • Registers a sitemap provider through wp_register_sitemap_provider() so Google discovers every generated page automatically - works with WP core sitemaps + Yoast SEO + Rank Math.
  • Emits paginated rel="prev" / rel="next" links that honour the active search filters, so multi-page result sets are crawled correctly.
  • Integrates with Yoast / Rank Math title + description filters so existing SEO workflows keep working.

Why this matters: directory plugins that don't ship this leave thousands of long-tail searches on the table. With it on, the same 500 listings produce hundreds of indexed landing pages.

How you use it

As a site owner - enable + configure

  1. Enable the feature: WordPress admin → Listora → Settings → Features → toggle Programmatic SEO Pages to on. (It is on by default.)
  2. Configure the URL pattern: Settings → SEO Pages tab. Choose the URL shape - common patterns:
  • /{type}-in-{location}/ → /hotels-in-london/
  • /{location}/{type}/ → /london/hotels/
  • /find/{type}/{location}/ → /find/hotels/london/
  1. Flush rewrite rules: WordPress admin → Settings → Permalinks → click Save. (One-time, required after any URL-pattern change.)
  2. Set page-title + meta-description templates with the placeholders {type}, {location}, {count}, {site_name}. Example:
  • Title: Best {type} in {location} ({count} listed) - {site_name}
  • Description: Browse {count} {type} in {location}. Read reviews, get directions, contact owners directly.
  1. Save settings. Every type × location combination is now a live URL.

As a marketer - verify discoverability

  • Visit one of the generated URLs in an incognito window - confirm the page renders the right listings + title.
  • View page source - confirm the <title>, <meta name="description">, Open Graph tags, and JSON-LD ItemList are present.
  • Check https://yoursite.com/wp-sitemap.xml (or your SEO plugin's sitemap) - generated pages appear automatically.
  • Submit the sitemap to Google Search Console; pages typically begin getting impressions within 1-2 weeks.

Settings & options

Setting Location Default Notes
Feature toggle Settings → Features → Programmatic SEO Pages On Required for the rest to take effect.
URL pattern Settings → SEO Pages → URL Pattern /{type}-in-{location}/ Permalinks must be flushed after changing.
Title template Settings → SEO Pages → Title Template (placeholder) Supports {type}, {location}, {count}, {site_name}.
Description template Settings → SEO Pages → Description Template (placeholder) Same placeholders.
Sitemap provider (auto) On Registers with WP core, Yoast, Rank Math automatically.

Hook filters available for developers:

  • wb_listora_pro_seo_pages_title - override the <title> per page.
  • wb_listora_pro_seo_pages_description - override the meta description.
  • wb_listora_pro_seo_pages_schema - modify the JSON-LD payload.

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