Web Directory Free turns WordPress into a searchable business directory. Sort listings into categories, locations and tags, build your own listing form, drop the directory onto any page with a shortcode, and let visitors search and browse – on a list or an interactive map.
In the free edition you add and edit listings from the WordPress admin, and visitors browse, search and view them on the front end.
Live demo: directory.salephpscripts.com
Key features
- Categories, locations and tags to organise your listings.
- A listing-form builder – add your own fields (text, select, checkbox, price, opening hours, date, website, email, and more).
- Maps with Google Maps, Mapbox or MapLibre (MapTiler tiles), per-category marker icons and clustering.
- Advanced search: by category, location, custom fields, and address + radius search.
- Google reCAPTCHA on the listing contact form.
- CSV import and export for bulk listing management.
- Translation-ready: ships a POT file for any standard gettext/PO editor.
- Fast on large directories: marker clustering and on-demand loading keep thousands of listings responsive.
This plugin uses external services (map providers and, if you enable it, Google reCAPTCHA). See the External Services section below.
Upgrading
The full version of Web 2.0 Directory adds front-end paid submission, membership plans and WooCommerce checkout for paid, featured, renewed and upgraded listings. Those modules are not part of the free edition.
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External Services
Web Directory Free uses the following third-party services. Nothing is sent until you use the matching feature:
- Map providers (Google Maps, Mapbox, MapTiler / MapLibre) – when a map loads or an address is geocoded, the request (coordinates, the address being searched, and your API key/token) is sent to the provider you chose. See that provider’s terms and privacy policy.
- Google reCAPTCHA – when you turn it on for the contact form, the visitor’s interaction is checked with Google. See Google’s terms and privacy policy.
The free edition does not contact the author’s servers: it gets updates through WordPress.org and does no license or “phone-home” checks.
Screenshots
Setup wizard progress bar on the Settings step, showing the numbered stepper and Next button.
Setup wizard on the Form Builder step, showing the drag-and-drop listing form editor.
Setup wizard on the Edit Directory step, showing the directory page builder canvas.
Setup wizard - Demo content step: choose sample listings to import (adds a Demo tab to the CSV import screen).
Setup wizard - Create a map step: build your first standalone map before finishing setup.
![The Create page with this directory button in the Edit Directory toolbar, which publishes a page containing the [webdirectory id=N] shortcode.](https://ps.w.org/web-directory-free/assets/screenshot-6.png?rev=3664575)
The Create page with this directory button in the Edit Directory toolbar, which publishes a page containing the [webdirectory id=N] shortcode.
![A published directory page (a page containing [webdirectory]) as visitors see it - page title, search form, category grid, map, and listings grid together.](https://ps.w.org/web-directory-free/assets/screenshot-7.png?rev=3664575)
A published directory page (a page containing [webdirectory]) as visitors see it - page title, search form, category grid, map, and listings grid together.
The directory search form rendered by the search element, showing the keyword, location, and taxonomy filters.
The member dashboard 'My Listings' tab, where users manage their own listings.
The four top-level menus Web 2.0 Directory adds to the WordPress admin sidebar: Directories, Directory listings, Maps and Directory Admin.
Creating a directory: the General settings (labels, URL slugs, listing template) on the left of the directory edit screen.
The drag-and-drop Form Builder assembling a listing form from the field palette (text, price, date, opening hours, address, image upload).
A category term's icon picker offering a Font Awesome glyph with colour, a bundled PNG, or an uploaded image.
Choosing the map engine (Google Maps / Mapbox / MapLibre + MapTiler), entering the API key, and using the Test map engine keys button.
Building the on-map search form by dragging keyword, address+radius, category and custom-field slots onto the canvas.
The Customization tab under Directory Admin -> Settings, showing the Color palette dropdown and the Main colors / Links & buttons / Images sections.