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Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress

Build directory listings for teams, members, staff, and organizations directly within WordPress. With over 10,000 active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from hundreds of users, this tool serves multiple directory use cases including church and business contexts.

Generated on 8 Jul 2026. Score and stats mentioned may differ from current live data.

  • #892 Global Rank
  • 10K+ active installs
  • 4.6/5 504 ratings
  • Since 2011 15 years active

PF Score (About PF Scores)

PF Score is not a quality guarantee. It is a ranking based on available public signals.

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Score Breakdown

66.7
Popularity 40% 10K+ active installs
90.8
Reputation 35% 4.6★ from 504 ratings
97.8
Freshness 25% Updated 21 days ago

No active penalty — 21 historical CVEs, resolved — details

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Vulnerabilities

21 Total
21 Patched
0 Active
100% Resolved rate
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The Business Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 6.4.25 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

7.2 High Affected All – 6.4.25 Patched in ✓ 6.4.26 Published 12 Aug 2026 CVE CVE-2026-28004
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 6.4.24 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

6.4 Medium Affected All – 6.4.24 Patched in ✓ 6.4.25 Published 28 Jul 2026 CVE CVE-2026-61959
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 6.4.22 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

7.2 High Affected All – 6.4.22 Patched in ✓ 6.4.23 Published 29 Jun 2026 CVE CVE-2026-57326
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 6.4.22 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

6.4 Medium Affected All – 6.4.22 Patched in ✓ 6.4.23 Published 29 Jun 2026 CVE CVE-2026-57328
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in versions up to, and including, 6.4.23. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

5.3 Medium Affected All – 6.4.23 Patched in ✓ 6.4.24 Published 29 Jun 2026 CVE CVE-2026-57339

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Support Statistics

1 Support threads
1 Resolved
100% Resolution rate

About Business Directory Plugin

The easy Business Directory Plugin for WordPress. Build an easy team directory, member directory, staff directory, church directory, and more.

Business Directory Plugin is the perfect solution for professionals who are looking for a simple directory website builder for WordPress! If you’re not tech savvy, no worries. You can quickly get started by installing this simple plugin. It doesn’t require any developer knowledge whatsoever on your end.

Business Directory Plugin for WordPress

You’ve found the most popular, versatile, and easy to use WordPress directory plugin available. Increase interaction on your WordPress site, improve customer retention and add a generate revenue with our WordPress business directory plugin!

Our easy WordPress directory plugin allows you to take the listings you want and build a local directory, simple directory of providers, a real estate listings site, a Yellow-Pages directory, a Yelp clone with review sections, an address book directory, a book review site (like Goodreads), and much more.

Not only can you create business listings, but you can also build any other kind of listings directory. Build a team or employee directory, company directory, medical directory, and other web directory sites with our easy listing plugin.

See demo.

Need a classifieds listings site? Try Another WordPress Classifieds Plugin – AWPCP.

Get Simple Listing Solutions

Here are just a few things our community is doing to build connections, help communities, and grow traffic with our directory website builder:

  • Start a listing manager service for providers. (Like counselors, plumbers, electricians, house cleaning, locksmiths, therapists, wedding vendors, veterinarians, consultants, photographers, artists, authors, etc.)
  • Make a Yelp-clone with reviews to connect travelers to hotels, tours, local businesses, and other visitor attractions.
  • Help people find resources for a city or small community. (Like sporting club listings, a church directory, local farms with produce, and Chamber of Commerce.)
  • Advertise businesses & sell listings to the owners.
  • Offer listings as a membership feature.
  • Help students make connections to study groups and an academic staff directory.

Create an online directory to become the “go to” source of your niche. Download Business Directory Plugin for WordPress now. It’s fast, easy, and flexible.

Free WordPress Listing Plugin Features

See all WordPress listing plugin features.

  • Fully customizable form fields to submit listings
  • Upload images per listing, allow restricted numbers of images based on plan
  • Lots of image options: drag and drop image uploads, easy image ordering, primary image settings, thumbnail sizing and more
  • Accept paid or free listings with Stripe
  • Full support for recurring payments
  • Allow for featured/sticky listings for an upgrade fee
  • Widgets for Featured, Latest and Random listings, and a Search widget.
  • Create multiple plans, which can be assigned to categories for posting
  • Built in CSV import and export for easy directory listing creation
  • Avoid spam listings with ReCaptcha
  • Sorting options for categories, listings, and front-end for users to choose sort order
  • Users who post can edit listings without access to the WP dashboard. Our directory software is a great listing manager.
  • SEO Friendly using Yoast SEO, Rank Math, or All in One SEO
  • Quick-search and sorting bar for listings for simple directory searches
  • Advanced search screen with ability to show/hide fields available for search
  • Mobile-friendly, responsive support when installed with a responsive theme
  • Multilingual directories with WPML
  • Integrates with popular plugins like NavXT Breadcrumbs and WP-PageNavi for easy use

Professional Directory Software Add-ons

Create an easy directory with more functionality with extra add-ons.

For a detailed list of features, please visit: BusinessDirectoryPlugin.com

  • File Upload – Allow users to upload and manage attachments on listings. Include PDFs, text files, and images in business listings.
  • Restrictions – Assign features to paid or sticky listing plans to give users incentive to upgrade.
  • ZIP Code Search – ZIP code/postal code radius and proximity searches supporting a number of countries.
  • Regions – Location based listing result filtering.
  • Ratings and Reviews – Create reviews with connections to each listing to rate listings (with Schema.org microformat). It’s a WordPress review plugin!
  • Google Maps – Display the geo location of the listing for a geo directory (categories, search, details — with custom map sizes)
  • Discount Codes – Ability to offer discount codes based on a % or fixed amount with expirations.
  • Claim Listings – Post claimable listings that other users can pay (or not) to claim.
  • Enhanced Categories – Display images or icons with categories, with Parent-Child Categories.

Payment Gateways for Paid Listings (Premium)

Premium Directory Themes

Transform your WP directory site the easy way with a few clicks. Our business directory templates are designed not to take over as a full WordPress theme.

Docs

Please see our Documentation and the Quick Start guide.

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of directories can I build?

Our directory website builder software combined with our add-on modules is the most powerful directory plugin on the market. The options are limitless. Here are a few types of directories you can create:

  • Business listings
  • Company directory
  • Team directory
  • Member directory
  • Staff directory / Employee directory
  • Hotel directory
  • Medical directory
  • Restaurant directory
  • Church directory
  • Travel review directories
  • Software review sites
  • Professional directory
  • Local provider listings (like a Yelp clone)
  • A Yellow Pages directory
  • Online magazine listings
  • Website listings
  • Book review sites
Can I accept paid and free listings?

Yes it can. You can do this by creating plans for 0.00 and some other paid amount at the same time.

Do you have video tutorials for building WordPress directories?

Yes we do. They can be found here.

Will this plugin work with my theme?

Our WP directory plugin will work with any well-written, WP compliant theme. Generally speaking, paid themes tend to be higher quality than free ones.

Whatever theme you pick, we recommend using the Theme Check plugin (available for free on WordPress.org) to validate a theme. The more errors and warnings you see on the theme when you run that check, the worse the theme is. You can read more about it at https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/

Can I translate my web directories?

Yes! We offer many user-provided translations under the /languages folder. It is already available in the following languages:

  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Russian
  • Italian
  • Polish
  • Arabic
  • Swedish

And you can also easily translate it yourself.

Is this plugin compatible with WordPress Multisite (WPMU)?

Yes it is. However, you cannot “network activate” the plugin (as this will share the database). Activate it on only the sub sites you need it.

This can be done under Plugins -> Add New as the Administrator user. Do not “network activate” as the “super admin”.

Ratings & Reviews

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Changelog

6.4.26

  • Fix: Checkbox and multiselect search no longer match partial option names
  • Fix: Admin-only fields no longer block listing submission for non-admin users
  • Enhancement: Admin Only and Required field options are now mutually exclusive in field settings
  • Fix: ZIP Code label displays correctly in listing excerpts when street address is empty
  • Fix: Multiselect tag search now returns listings matching all selected tags
  • Fix: Word Count Validator no longer causes a fatal error on Post Tags fields
  • Fix: Numeric custom fields sort correctly by numeric value

6.4.25

  • Fix: Sticky listings not sorting correctly when using plan order sort options
  • Fix: Translated listings showing empty field values instead of falling back to the original listing
  • Fix: WPML translation jobs not saving custom field values for translated listings
  • Fix: Legacy template block metadata not recognized in some themes

6.4.24

  • Fix: Issues in admin form field and fee reorder actions
  • Fix: Issues downloading and installing theme updates
  • Fix: Error when attempting to edit a listing that does not exist

6.4.23

  • Fix: PHP Deprecation Notices
  • Fix: Stripe event handling issues
  • Fix: Error when renewing listings as an admin
  • Fix: Remove double HTML encoding in CSV category import

6.4.22

  • Fix: Directory not recognizing successful payments after failed payment
  • Fix: Advanced CPT uses default directory URL instead of listing URL
  • Fix: Expired email template new line issue

6.4.21

  • Enhancement: Added backend validation for the fields
  • Fix: PHP Notices
  • Fix: Bug with HTML tags in email templates
  • Fix: Bug when importing tags into a checkbox field
  • Fix: Security Vulnerabilities

6.4.20

  • Enhancement: Security improvements
  • Fix: Issue with long export URLs

6.4.19

  • Fix: Security Vulnerability

6.4.18

  • New: Dashboard inbox
  • Fix: Downloading export files shows the CSV contents instead of downloading the file
  • Fix: PHP deprecation notice on shortcodes
  • Fix: Issue when some add-ons are used and then deactivated

6.4.17

  • Fix: Fix: Issue with the license validating process

6.4.16

  • New: Added the ‘promoted-first’ parameter to the ‘businessdirectory-latest-listings’ shortcode to allow users to disable the promoted first mechanism.
  • New: Placeholder value to required select fields.
  • Fix: Duplicated form fields in the activation process on PHP 8.1.
  • Fix: Phone field being registered as text field in the installation process.
  • Fix: PHP 8.2 notices

6.4.15

  • Fix: Vulnerability when submitting a new listing

6.4.14

  • Fix: Fatal error with translated websites

6.4.13

  • Fix: Enqueue error for csv import

6.4.12

  • Fix: Bug with the non-meta multiselect and radio buttons listing fields
  • Fix: Bug with the “Start Import” button

6.4.11

  • A bug with the front end listing submission form

6.4.10

  • New: Filter to control whether the pagination is loaded in the listings wrapper or outside of it
  • New: Import file size validation
  • Enhancement: Improved sorting to exclude whitespaces
  • Fix: Prevent Elementor Element Caching on our shortcodes
  • Fix: WPML translation issue with Multiselect or Radio field types

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