Scott Ott
This is the list of the classified Wordpress plugins which let you to build a a standalone classified ads website or add a section to your existing website.
Most of the plugins here are free, but there are some premium ones as well.
If you know other plugins which should be mentioned here, please add it to this list.
Source: http://bestwordpressclassifieds.com/plugins/
AWPCP Classifieds is definitely the most popular plugin which has been downloaded over 200K times and rated over 4. It is continuously updated and more and more features are added. there are even some premium modules.
This plugin is a great tool to add an extra section to your existing website which can even make you money.
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This is another free plugin, but with pretty bad reviews. It has not been updated for some time now. Anyway, you can check out if it works for you.
This is maybe the second most popular free classified ads
plugin which is rated 3.5.
This is directory/classified system which uses custom taxonomies and posts.
We can customize it using CSS and there are a few integrated layouts.
We can modify the custom fields and it works fine with any themes.
Best Features
- Full wysiwyg front end post editor
- Advertisement expiration time setting
- Google Maps
- Ads can be featured
- Free or paid submission
- Users can get in touch with each other
- Guests can also submit ads
- Tagging
- Notification system
- Automatic publishing/drafting/pending
and more.
Although, this is a directory plugin with some modifications we can use it to build a classifieds website.
This plugin is free, but it provides a tons of options and it is a highly rated one with over 100K downloads.
This is a premium plugin from WPMUDEV and it is definitely the best one. It comes with all the options you will need to provide a section for the users whare they can sell or buy products online.
It can be used to build a standalone classified website, or with an existing, since it supports all kinds of themes.
Users can easily manage their ads, upload images and buyers and sellers can get in touch with each other simply.
It also supports Buddypress.
It comes with a flexible Paypal crediting system which supports multiply currency options. Users can even send credits as gifts.
It costs $19 if you are not the member of WPMUDEV yet.
This is a premium plugin which costs $25 and can be purchased on Codecanyon.
It is another put-of-the-box solution which lets us to turn Wordpress to a fully features classified ads website.
It supports free and paid advertising. You can ask fee for having better visibility in search results and/or on the category pages.
A very useful feature is that ads are held in unpublished state until payments are made and approved by the administrator.
Features
- Works with any existing theme
- Front-end posting and post edit
- GoogleMaps with each Ad
- 3 operable models: Free, Payed or Optional (sponsored fee)
- PayPal ready
- Localization file (.PO) included
- Custom Widgets
- Fully Shorcoded
- Custom search
Framework is a full-featured, compact and quick to set up framework for creating link directories, business directories, classified ad listings, jobs, article directories, recipe lists and more.
This is a really flexible plugin which let us to create any type of directory. We can use for creating a business directory or real estate website but for classified one as well.
It costs $26, but based on over 350 customer reviews it is rated 4.5.
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