Demfilz Business Directory

Description

Demfilz Business Directory turns any WordPress site into a full local or niche directory.

Listings

• A dedicated Listings post type with its own categories, locations and tags.
• Rich listing details: phone, website, street address, opening hours, price range, year established, business number, social profiles, a video link and a photo gallery.
• Featured and Verified badges, view counters and optional listing expiry.
• Structured data: every listing prints LocalBusiness JSON-LD (with opening hours and review ratings) for search engines.

Browsing

• [dbdir_directory] renders a searchable, filterable, paginated listing grid: keyword search, category and location filters, and sorting by featured, newest, name or rating.
• Grid and list layouts: pick a default (or set layout="list" on the shortcode) and visitors can switch with the grid / list toggle.
• [dbdir_categories], [dbdir_locations] and [dbdir_featured] build category, location and featured showcases.
• Four widgets: directory search, categories, featured listings and recent listings.
• A « Get directions » link on each listing points to Google Maps or OpenStreetMap (your choice, links only, nothing is embedded).

Front-end submissions

• [dbdir_submit] lets visitors or logged-in users (your choice) submit listings, with an optional main image upload.
• New submissions can be held for review or published immediately.
• [dbdir_dashboard] gives owners a dashboard: their listings, statuses, views, ratings and recent enquiries, with front-end editing.
• Every public form is protected by a nonce, a honeypot and rate limiting.

Reviews, enquiries and claims

• Visitors can leave star ratings and reviews (one per email per listing), with optional moderation.
• An enquiry form on each listing relays messages to the business by email; the address is never shown publicly. Enquiries are also stored in the admin.
• Logged-in users can claim unclaimed listings; approving a claim transfers ownership and awards the Verified badge.

Admin tools

• Enquiries and Claims screens under the Directory menu.
• CSV export of every listing and CSV import (with automatic category, location and tag creation).
• Flags, rating, views and expiry columns on the listings screen.
• A daily task unpublishes expired listings and emails their owners.

External services

This plugin does not connect to any external service. No data leaves your site. The optional « Get directions » link is a plain link the visitor may click; nothing is loaded from Google or OpenStreetMap by your pages.