WordPress directory plugin · Pro add-on

Requires free Listora

Run a business directorya restaurant directorya real estate listings sitea niche job boardan event directorya classifieds marketplacea service provider directory Turn your WordPress directory into a business. Charge for listings. Capture leads. Run a team.

Listora Pro adds the business-model layer on top of free Listora: credit-based listing plans, contact-owner lead forms, Google Maps with Places autocomplete, saved-search email alerts, photo reviews, per-listing analytics, verification badges, moderator team, white-label, and the reverse Needs Marketplace where visitors post needs and businesses respond.

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EarlyBird 30% off auto-applied. Personal $69 $48.30/year. Lifetime $199 $139.30 once.

30-day money-back · Lockstep updates with free Listora · Annual or lifetime, three tiers

  • 13 Pro capabilities unlocked on every tier
  • $48 Personal year one with EarlyBird (normally $69)
  • 30% launch discount, auto-applied at checkout

What Listora Pro unlocks

Five monetisation and team mechanics Listora Pro adds on top of free.

Pro is the business-model layer. The carousel below cycles through the five mechanics that turn a free Listora directory into a revenue line.

Listing plans priced in credits

Free

0 credits

Basic listing for 30 days

Premium

120 credits

Homepage rotation, 365 days

Buyer purchases a credit pack

50 credits$49
150 credits + 20 bonus$129
500 credits + 100 bonus$349

Webhook receiver: Stripe, PayPal, Paddle, or custom

Contact Owner form on every listing

NameMira Patel
Emailmira@example.com
Phone+1 718 555 0142
MessageAvailable for a 7pm reservation Saturday?
12 leads this week 38 profile views 7 phone clicks 31% conversion

Places autocomplete · Google Maps API

425 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231, USA
425 Henry Street, Manhattan, NY 10001, USA
425 Henry Lane, Queens, NY 11385, USA

Saved search · daily digest

"Italian restaurants in Brooklyn under $$$, rated 4+"

3 new matches this morning. Next digest tomorrow 9 AM.

Moderator queue · scoped role

Luca's Trattoria Pending review → Asha
Hudson Supply Co. Verified ✓ → Jonah
Heirloom Ceramics Approved → Asha

Audit log

Asha approved "Heirloom Ceramics" · 14m ago

Jonah awarded Verified badge to "Hudson Supply Co." · 23m ago

Asha rejected spam claim on "Lilia" · 1h ago

White-label admin · client sees your brand

Your Agency

  • Directory
  • Listings
  • Submissions
  • Plans
  • Analytics
  • Settings

Your support · your domain

Client signs in. Sees your brand. Never sees Listora or Wbcom.

  • Plugin name renamed
  • Admin menu labels swapped
  • Update notices route through your licence
  • Settings screen carries your logo

Ten listing-type packs out of the box

One WordPress directory plugin. Six common directory shapes.

Each listing type ships with the right fields for its vertical. Pick one, import the demo, replace demo entries with real listings. Under an hour to launch. Hotel, healthcare, and education packs also ship; ten listing types total.

  • Business directory

    Yellow-pages style local directory. Owners claim, members review, you monetise featured slots. Schema.org LocalBusiness on every listing.

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  • Restaurant directory

    Cuisine, price band, hours, dietary tags, booking link, photo galleries. Schema.org Restaurant so listings render in Google with stars and prices.

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  • Real estate listings

    Price, beds, baths, square footage, agent contact, map view. Save searches (Pro), follow agents, new-listing alerts.

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  • Niche job board

    Remote, healthcare, freelance, tech, hospitality boards. Employer profiles, applications, salary band filters, location radius.

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  • Event directory

    Conferences, meetups, workshops, gigs. Date filters, recurring events, venue + map, RSVP counts. Schema.org Event in search.

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  • Classifieds + services

    Buy and sell classifieds plus service-provider directories. Photo upload, location, category, price, auto-expire, lead forms (Pro).

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Free vs Pro · clear boundary

What is in free Listora vs what Pro adds on top.

Every capability below. Free covers the public, searchable, member-submitted directory. Pro adds the business-model layer (credits, leads, Google Maps, saved searches, analytics, verification, moderators, white-label, Needs Marketplace). Pro requires the free Listora plugin installed.

Capability Listora Free · 10 caps Listora Pro Free + 14 extra · 24 total
10 pre-built listing types (business, restaurant, real estate, hotel, job, event, classified, healthcare, education, place)
11 Gutenberg blocks (grid, search, map, detail, reviews, submission, dashboard, categories, featured, calendar, card)
Frontend submission with photo upload, location picker, duplicate-check, draft reminder Plan picker + paid submission tiers
Business claims (owners take over an existing listing) Verification badge on approval
Reviews: 5-star, helpful votes, owner replies, reporting flow Multi-criteria scores + photo reviews
Full-text search with category, location, distance, rating, amenity filters Saved searches + advanced field builder + infinite scroll
OpenStreetMap (no API key, no per-view charges)
Google Maps with Places autocomplete + marker clustering Pro only
Schema.org JSON-LD on every listing (LocalBusiness, Restaurant, RealEstateListing, Event, LodgingBusiness, MedicalBusiness)
39 REST endpoints for headless apps and custom integrations
One-click migration from BDP, Directorist, GeoDirectory, ListingPro
Credit-based pricing plans (Free / Featured / Premium / Sponsored) Pro only
Coupons (discount codes reduce credit cost of a listing plan) Pro only
Webhook payment receiver (Stripe, PayPal, Paddle, custom) Pro only
Contact Owner lead forms on every listing detail page Pro only
Saved searches with daily email digest of new matches Pro only
Per-listing analytics: views + click tracking (phone, website, email, directions) Pro only
Verification badges (vet listings, badge on cards + detail) Pro only
Moderator role (scoped to approval, reviews, claims) with audit log Pro only
White-label admin: hide every Listora reference under your brand Pro only
Coming Soon mode + Private mode (members-only directory) Pro only
Needs Marketplace: visitors post needs, businesses respond Pro only
Compare listings side-by-side (2 to 4) Pro only
SEO landing pages auto-generated per type-in-location Pro only

Free is a complete directory plugin. Many sites run it indefinitely. Move to Pro when you start charging for listings or capturing leads

Coming from another directory plugin?

One-click migration from the four big WordPress directory plugins.

Listora ships built-in migrators for Business Directory Plugin, Directorist, GeoDirectory, and ListingPro. The migrator reads the source plugin database tables and post data directly, transfers listings + categories + custom fields + images, and preserves URLs so Google rankings survive. Settings to Import/Export to Migrate has one-click importers for each. Sites with under a thousand listings take minutes; larger sites run through Action Scheduler in the background.

  • From Business Directory Plugin (BDP)

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    Listora

    Reads BDP custom database tables and form-fields table. Transfers listings, categories, tags, custom field values, images. URLs preserved so Google rankings survive.

  • From Directorist

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    Listora

    Directorist sells 10+ paid extensions to match what Listora ships free. Migrator reads Directorist post types and meta, maps to Listora listing types, preserves images.

  • From GeoDirectory

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    Listora

    GeoDirectory pricing is per-CPT add-on plus per-feature add-on. Listora migrator maps GeoDirectory CPTs to Listora listing types and brings over locations + custom fields.

  • From ListingPro

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    Listora

    ListingPro is theme-locked (its features only run inside the ListingPro theme). Migrator decouples your directory from the theme so you can move to any theme.

Not sure if you need Pro yet?

Free Listora is the complete directory plugin. Start there.

Free covers 10 listing types, 11 Gutenberg blocks, reviews, claims, frontend submission, OpenStreetMap, search with filters, 39 REST endpoints, and four one-click competitor migrators. Many directories ship on free indefinitely. Upgrade to Pro when you start charging for listings or capturing leads.

EarlyBird Launch discount: 30% off every Pro tier, auto-applied at checkout. Free Listora is always free.

Free, Personal, Agency

Pick free Listora or grab Pro at 30% off the launch price.

Free is the complete directory plugin for any public site. Pro adds the business-model layer (credits, leads, Google Maps, saved searches, analytics, verification, white-label). The EarlyBird coupon takes 30% off every Pro tier and is auto-applied on the buy buttons below. Annual or lifetime, three site-count tiers.

Listora

Free forever

Free

Use on as many sites as you want

  • 10 pre-built listing types
  • 11 Gutenberg blocks
  • Reviews + claims + frontend submission
  • OpenStreetMap (no API key)
  • Full-text search + filters
  • 39 REST endpoints
  • 4 one-click competitor migrators
  • Community support on GitHub
Download free

Listora Pro

Agency

$199 $139.3 /year

or lifetime $499 $349.3 once

Unlimited sites annual · 3 sites lifetime

  • Everything in Pro Personal
  • Unlimited client sites (annual)
  • White-label admin and plugin name
  • Senior engineer on Slack for emergencies
  • Free migration of your first client
  • Priority release-candidate access
  • Quarterly review with the engineer who built it
  • Resell at your own rate
Get Agency (30% off)

Need 5 sites and not 1 or unlimited? Listora Pro Developer: $99 $69.3/year with EarlyBird, Up to 5 sites.

Before you install

Ten questions WordPress directory builders ask about Listora.

  1. 01

    What is Listora?

    A free WordPress directory plugin. Build a business directory, restaurant directory, real estate listings site, niche job board, event directory, or classifieds marketplace. Free ships 10 listing types, 11 Gutenberg blocks, reviews, claims, frontend submission, full search, OpenStreetMap, schema markup, 39 REST endpoints, and one-click migration from Business Directory Plugin, Directorist, GeoDirectory, and ListingPro.

  2. 02

    Is Listora a complete business directory plugin in the free version?

    Yes. Free covers a public, searchable, member-submitted directory: 10 listing types, reviews and ratings, business claims, frontend submission, search with category and location filters, OpenStreetMap, schema markup, 39 REST endpoints, four competitor migrators. Many directories run on free indefinitely. Pro is for directories that monetise listings, capture leads, or run as a team.

  3. 03

    Best WordPress business directory plugin?

    Free Listora covers business directories on par with the paid tiers of Business Directory Plugin Pro, Directorist Pro, and GeoDirectory. Free alternatives like Connections Business Directory cover fewer features (single listing type, no claims, no reviews, no frontend submission). The bigger paid plugins gate features behind per-feature add-ons; Listora ships them in free.

  4. 04

    WordPress directory plugin with maps?

    Yes. Free ships OpenStreetMap with category-coloured pins, cluster markers, hover preview cards, click-to-zoom. No API key, no per-view charges. Pro adds Google Maps with Places autocomplete in the submission form.

  5. 05

    Frontend submission for member-added listings?

    Yes, in free. Multi-step submission with photo upload, location picker, opening hours, categories, custom fields per listing type. Duplicate-check warns before submit. Draft reminder email if abandoned. Manual review queue, optional auto-publish, plan-based paid submission in Pro.

  6. 06

    Migrate from Business Directory Plugin, Directorist, GeoDirectory, or ListingPro?

    Yes. Settings to Import/Export to Migrate has one-click importers for all four. The migrator reads source plugin tables and post data directly, transfers listings + categories + tags + custom fields + images. URLs preserved so Google rankings survive. Sites under 1,000 listings take minutes; larger sites run through Action Scheduler in the background.

  7. 07

    How do credits and pricing plans work?

    Pro adds Pricing Plans (Free / Featured / Premium / Sponsored tiers priced in credits). Buyers purchase credit packs via your payment gateway (Stripe, PayPal, Paddle, or custom). The Pro webhook receiver verifies payment and tops up balance. Buyers spend credits to activate plans at submission. Coupons reduce credit cost. Audit log on every transaction.

  8. 08

    How is Listora different from GeoDirectory or Directorist?

    Built on Gutenberg blocks and the Interactivity API rather than shortcodes and jQuery. Free Listora ships 10 listing types where GeoDirectory and Directorist gate listing-type packs behind paid add-ons. Listora Pro covers credits and plans, lead forms, analytics, Google Maps, photo reviews, verification, and white-label in one Pro package. Migrate-in-one-click from any of them ships in free.

  9. 09

    Do I need free Listora installed for Listora Pro?

    Yes. Pro is an add-on that requires free Listora to be installed and activated. Both ship in lockstep versions (Pro 1.0.5 requires Free 1.0.5 or higher). WordPress 6.5+ blocks Pro activation until Free is installed.

  10. 10

    Is there a money-back guarantee?

    Yes. Pro has a 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. Free Listora is free forever. Pro requires the free Listora plugin installed; updates ship in lockstep version numbers. Lifetime tiers stay cheaper than two years of the annual subscription.

Turn your directory into a business this quarter.

Listora Pro adds the business-model layer: credit-based plans, lead forms, Google Maps, saved searches, analytics, verification, white-label. Annual or lifetime, three site-count tiers.

Prefer to read first? Read the Listora documentation

30-day money-back · Lockstep updates with free Listora · Three site-count tiers