Best WordPress Directory Plugin
Easily create a WordPress product catalog. The WordPress Product Directory Plugin from CreativeMinds allows you to build a user-friendly curated product catalog and listing manager on your WordPress site.
Customizing the Product Catalog Page
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This WordPress product directory and discovery plugin makes it easy to start any kind of a product directory and include it on your site. It will turn your simple WordPress site into a product directory. Product directory and discovery plugin supports multiple product catalogs by category or any taxonomy you desire on your directory site. The customizable product catalog plugin helps users discover products by using several available filters, including: free text search, category filtering, tags filtering, product pricing models filtering, target audience filtering, supported language filtering and more custom filters set by the administrator. |
An Example of a Product Directory |
Customize the Product Page Based on your Requirements
An Example of a Product Page |
Besides basic options needed for creating a product page, our Product Directory WordPress plugin includes customization options which allow you to add custom fields and links to each product page listing. The product directory and discovery plugin also supports two layouts to display product listings and you can also prepare your own unique custom product page with basic coding. |
Filters and Taxonomies
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In addition to standard tags and categories, the plugin provides 3 additional taxonomies. It will help you to build more detailed classification of your products. And it will make it easier for users to search products using filters for each taxonomy. |
An Example of Filters in Product Directory |
Suggesting Your Product
A Form Allowing Users to Post New Product Suggestions |
The community product directory plan supports external user product submission and management of their product pages. Users can also claim existing products already listed in the directory. The Admin can moderate any product submitted to the directory and decide which products to accept and which to reject. View this plugin live on ListWP.com |
Product Directory - Paying for Listing Submissions
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The product directory community payments plan allows you to charge money for submitting new product listings and also for keeping the listings or renewing them every year (you can define the period of renewal). The payment system is based on either WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads carts and you have the choice of more than 50 payment gateways including PayPal, Authorize.Net, 2Checkout, Skrill, PayMill, Stripe and many more. Once installing EDD or WooCommerce cart plugin which is free you also get the PayPal and Amazon payment options included. It is also possible to use a mixed mode payment which means that part of the expert information will be visible for free and the other part will be visible only once paid. |
Cart Checkout with Product Payment |
Using the WordPress Product Directory Plugin
- Listing Manager – Build a product discovery directory on your WordPress site
- Curation and Moderation – Curate your product list and display it in a usable way for users to discover
- Direct User Posting – Allow business owners to list and manage products
- Business Directory Integration – Supports integration with the CM Business directory to list both products and businesses
Product Catalog Additional Plugin Resources
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Product Directory Advanced Features
Please check the user guide to learn more about this plugin
Directory Features
Product Index Templates
Several designs and templates allow you to choose the best product directory index page display for your site.
Categories Support
Group similar product listings by category and assign each product to more than one category.
Custom Taxonomies
Supports additional custom taxonomies and filtering.
Promote Products
Promote specific products in search results and related products widget.
Style Product Directory
You can easily change the style and the look and feel of the entire catalog (index) page from the plugin settings. This includes layout, size of each product box, theme, and much more.
Tags Support
Option to add tags to each product and to filter or search product catalog by tags.
Search and Filters
Advanced product filter by product catalog categories and tags or free text search.
Statistics
Collect and track statistics of views and click of product pages. The statistics report can be exported into CSV file.
Product Page Features
Extended Product Information
Each product has the following details – product detailed description, videos and text, product pitch, logo, related products, Website URL, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, the Business behind the product Phone number and more.
Choose the default product image
If you haven’t set the featured image for product, it will display the image that is set by default.
Product Company Address
Show a product company address on the product page. The address includes the country, region, state/county, city and postal code.
Social Media Links
Add to product information links of social media sites.
Custom Links Builder
Use the built-in form builder to add custom link fields. The admin can create any number of custom links to include additional URLs in product profiles.
Product Images and Video
Add an image and video galleries for each product.
Product Page Design
Customize the product page look and feel to fit your style.
Ratings
Allow users to rate products using an intuitive 5-star scale.
Google Maps Support
Show a Google Map with the companies behind each product product and their address.
QR Codes
Add a unique QR code to each product page to let users quickly access the page on their mobile devices.
Custom Fields Builder
Use the built-in form builder to add custom fields of various types. The admin can create any number of custom fields to store additional product metadata.
Lightbox
Enable the lightbox option to auto apply to pictures and videos on the product page.
Tools
Shortcodes Support
Supports shortcodes to show a list of all categories, a single product widget and more.
Export / Import
Export and import products directory items across sites.
Moderation and Notification
Admin can moderate new product listings or be notified when a new product is posted (with the community plan).
Related Products Widget
Show related products on each product page.
Editable Labels
All plugin labels can easily be edited and localized from plugin settings.
Ads and Promotions
Admin can insert ads in the product page taken from Google or any other external ad server in the plugin search results.
Add-ons and Integrations
Product Directory Community Add-on
Product Directory Community add-on allows non logged-in users to add a new products, claim existing one and manage their listings.
Business Directory Plugin
Integrates with Business Directory plugin to show related business profile.
Product Directory Payments Add-on
Product Directory Payments Add-on supports charging payment for publishing a new product directory listing or renewing an existing one. You can choose between WooCommerce cart or Easy Digital Downloads.
Reviews and Ratings Plugin
Reviews and Ratings plugin allows users to leave a review for individual product pages.
Product Directory Plans and Pricing
| PLANS | Pro | Pro Community | Ultimate |
| Price includes 1 year support/updates. Manual renewal with 40% discount, not a subscription | $39 | $79 | $119 |
| Number of Websites / License Activations | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| BASIC FEATURES | |||
| Create any number of Product listings |  | | |
| Choose the default product image | | | |
| Choose the product category | | | |
| Extended product information | | | |
| Custom fields builder | | | |
| Custom links builder | | | |
| Additional taxonomies | | | |
| Tags Support | | | |
| Search and Filters | | | |
| Permalink Settings | | | |
| Star Rating | | | |
| QR Codes | | | |
| APPEARANCE FEATURES | |||
| Choose the product basic styling | | | |
| Directory Index Templates | | | |
| Product Page Styling | | | |
| Related products widget | | | |
| Editable Labels | | | |
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| Promote products | | | |
| Advertisements Support | | | |
| Import / Export | | | |
| Shortcodes Support | | | |
| INTEGRATIONS | |||
| CM Business Directory Integration | | | |
| ADD-ONS FEATURES | |||
| User can list products |  | | |
| User can claim existing product | | | |
| User can manage their product | | | |
| Admin can moderate new posted products | | | |
| User can pay for posting a product | | | |
| User can pay for renewing a product listing | | | |
| User can pay for claiming a product | | | |
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| PLANS | Pro | Pro Community | Ultimate |
| Number of Websites / License Activations | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Price includes 1 year support/updates. Manual renewal with 40% discount, not a subscription | $39 | $79 | $119 |
Product Directory Additional Addons and Modules
The following list is additional modules and addons which can be installed together with the product directory and discovery plugin and provide additional functionality
Product Directory Related Plugins
Product Directory Frequently Asked Questions
Please check the user guide to learn more about our plugin
How do I enable shortcodes for the directory so I can have a gallery above the description?
Can I customize the product directory widget to match my WP theme?
Sure. The product directory uses a shortcode which can be easily embedded into any theme. The product directory and discovery plugin settings include many features that support customizing your product directory’s look and feel
Can I add my social media links to my product listing?
How can I allow product owners to add or manage their own listings?
Does this product directory and discovery plugin allow me to take payments from people for adding listings?
To take payments the Product Directory Payments addon is required, the core product directory and discovery plugin does not handle payments alone.
Learn more about the Product directory payments add-on by clicking here.
Can I filter which product listings appear on my site
Yes. Each site owner can moderate and manage which Products appear on their site.
Can I embed ads from Google AdSense?
Absolutely! In fact you can embed ads from any external source by copying the campaign code and pasting it into the location where you want them to appear. Product directory and discovery plugin includes Google adsense campaigns, CM Ad changer, or any internal or external source of adverts. Embedded ads are displayed in between your product directory listings on locations that you define, as shown in the image below:
What filters can I have on my product directory page?
I've installed CM Business Directory and Product Directory. Is there a way to associate products to businesses?
Yes, the Product directory and Business directory can be integrated together. For this to work you need to have the community add-ons installed for both plugins.
Could this Plugin work for creating a Directory of people rather than strictly for businesses?
Product directory and discovery plugin can work for different purposes such as the one you have described. Since the front-end labels can all be changed from their defaults to reflect whatever you want your directory to be about the plugin is very much open to being used in different ways.
It sounds like our Members and Experts Directory plugin might be a better match with what you’re looking for however. Read more about the Expert product directory and discovery plugin by clicking here.
Does this Plugin support creating directories of businesses?
It could be used for this purpose but our Business Directory plugin is much better suited for this purpose.
Read more about it by clicking here
Product Directory Online Demo
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Product Directory Image Gallery
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- Product Directory Settings
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- Product Directory Edit Page (part 1)
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- Product Directory Edit Page (part 2)
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- Product Directory Edit Page (part 3)
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- Product Directory Index
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- Product Page
Back-end Gallery
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- Add New Product-Visual
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- Add New Product-Text
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- Add New Product-Custom fields,Product Details
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- Add New Product-Product Logo & Pitch
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- Add New Product-Business address & Map
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- Add New Product-Business Additional Information
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- Product
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- Tags-Add New Tag
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- Categories-Add New Product Category
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- Pricing Models-Add New Pricing Model
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- Language Support-Add New Language Support
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- Target Audiences-Add New Target Audience
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- Settings-General
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- Settings-API
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- Settings-Product Page
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- Product pages-Taxonomy Terms
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- Product Pages-Additional Links for the Product Information
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- Product Pages-Additional Product Description
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- Product Pages-Related Products,Product Information Sections
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- Product Pages-Product Page Colors
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- Settings-Advertisement
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- Product Directory
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- Product Directory-Filters Settings
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- Directory Appreance-View
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- Directory Appreance-View Settings
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- Settings-Category List
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- Settings-Custom CSS
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- Settings-Labels
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- Labels-Product Directory
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- Labels-Product Page
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- Labels-Buttons
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- Labels-Info Box
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- Settings-CM Star Rating Settings
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- Export Import
