How To Create Business Directory Website With WordPress & JetEngine

How To Create Business Directory Website With WordPress, Elementor, JetEngine & JetSmartFilters.
Learn how to create your own WordPress Business Directory website with Elementor Pro & Crocoblock plugins in this step-by-step tutorial.
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The following skills are covered in detail:
- Custom Post Types
- Meta Fields
- WordPress taxonomies
- Custom search filters
- Archive template
- Single post template
- Business search (with business type filters)
By the end of the tutorial, you'll have a working business directory website built with WordPress and the skills to add more features.
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[@WPTuts]

Get the low down on how to create a business directory website with WordPress, Elementor Pro and Crocoblock plugins. Become a power designer with these powerful tools!

[@samrizzi9027]

Great video. Thanks! BTW Any plans on doing one on ListingProWP and Elementor?

[@shabbirug]

What theme did you use to create this website?

[@rocster01]

This is awesome Paul. I would love to know how to integrate this with payments - and know which is the easiest/best way to do this (eg Woocommerce, Simplepay) for things like setting up paid user accounts

[@ministerelepuitsdeguerison5050]

Bonjour. je veux creer une plateforme pour annuaire avec wordpress . j'aimerais savoir comment m'y prendre

[@RajnishKhare]

@@Cocktails-gr @wptuts even I want to know this, how to differentiate between paid and free listings and how to fave featured listings on top of listing page

[@m4r7ijn]

The fact that you put so much time into these videos is just amazing. Your videos are clear, to the point, elaborate and engaging. It makes the whole learning process much better!

[@omotayoerogbogbo5153]

Appreciate how thorough you were , in the short time you spent, very informative and in simple progression.

[@ocbroadband]

This is probably one of the best video's I've seen that shows manny different Components between Elementor & JetProducts. I've been looking for some tutorials that kind of wrap all of this stuff up together to get my head going in the right direction, and this sure has done it. I've watched it a few times and it's becoming easier as I go. I'm currently applying this to creating a video library based on categories. The styling part is just my challenge now to make it look good. Thanks again Paul, very awesome!

[@WPTuts]

Great to hear this is helping clear things up. Good luck with the new site; I hope it goes smoothly. 😀

[@bryanfranklin]

Dude, I'm morally forced to say "THANK YOU SO MUCH!" Awesome tutorial. An immediate new subscriber here.

[@mutedesign]

Thank You! I've searching for something like this for awhile. This is great!

[@susangemayel-tapper3794]

Brilliant (said with a Welsh accent) !!! Thanks Paul for sharing your knowledge in a very easy to follow tutorial. I love your tutorials and listening to your accent!

[@kd160867]

I'm watching most of your videos - congratulations to your work! This here, has come at just the right time as I am also creating a business directory. Thank you very much for the great explanation. Keep up the good work! Best greetings from Austria.

[@WPTuts]

Hey Klaus, thank you for taking the time to comment and for your great feedback. So glad to hear that this tutorial has come at such an opportune time for you. I hope it makes the process of building your new site easier. :) Also, hi to Austria 😎

[@Crocoblock]

Great job! Thank you for this tutorial 🙂

[@WPTuts]

No problem 😁

[@davidsots558]

Sir, you have made the best video! Your comprehensive tutorial is so helpful. Thank you so much! I had started a same site (before find your video) with ACF and smart filters and I coundt understand for days why filters dont recognize ACF fieds. You save me...Please keep making videos using the crocoblock plugins!! I need them so much!

[@awakekat]

The things you teach keep getting better and better. Thanks so much for your awesome tutorials!!

[@WPTuts]

Thank you very much Katherine, so glad you're finding them useful 😁

[@FuzzMartin]

I never comment on KZbin, but thank you so much for this tutorial. It was exactly what I needed.

[@wellnix53]

This is fantastic. I'm gonna tweak this to use it for member businesses by location within certain regions of a US State. It's gonna take some work but when done will give all the other member businesses the ability to contact other members. I'll restrict the access to logged in members only and hope it will be able to replace our simple pdf printout for all member businesses that members have to print out and then go through over 200 members to find the one they're looking for. Thanks for this video.

[@larryfarr]

Wow Paul. You are AMAZING! You make everything so clear. Right now I'm only at 12 minutes but I just had an epiphany and had to make a comment. Thank you very much for this. Really appreciated.

[@WPTuts]

Great to hear this has been an eye-opener for you Larry. :)

[@elcondorito8823]

This is AWESOME. I've been into Directory themes lately. They work straight out of the box, but once you need to customize something, that's another story. What you showed is a lifesaver. Just subscribed. Keep up with the good work.

[@ikayhargley]

curious, can ultimate member accomplish the same thing? Thanks

[@larryfarr]

You said it. I've tried Directory Pro and ListingPro which are fine but if you want to change them up it's an issue.

[@nedboox]

I'm from Germany and my English language skills really suck, but I learned more from your English language tutorials than from any German language tutorial !!! Also, you don't wave your mouse around like someone is chasing you, as many others do. You have prepared yourself mega professionally and you have the right learning topics. Your Crocoblock and ACF Deep Dive Tutorials are absolutely top class. I can only advise the people at Crocoblock to hire and pay very well for you to produce the Crocoblock video tutorials. The girls are very nice but they still have a lot to learn from you. Best greetings from Bavaria Thank you :-) Oliver

[@maxalicante]

SAVED MY LIFE! Appreciate a lot

[@johnboyd8053]

Another awesome video, Paul. I wish the Crocoblock company would consider hiring you to do their videos. Seriously! They have a great product but do not do a good job of explaining what it can do. Please keep them coming. Thank You!

[@WPTuts]

Now wouldn't that be cool.. 😁 Don't worry John, there are more dynamic WordPress tutorials planned using the Crocoblock tools as well as ACF, etc. Loving what can be achieved with these tools. 😁

[@KimMcKee]

Awesome tutorial thanks Paul!!

[@iqbalmauludy]

Really awesome tutorial! I got an interesting experience. Thank you very much for this amazing video. 🤘🤘

[@strivebench1673]

A nice, pretty much complete instructions. Thank you!

[@mr.muddawi81]

Thanks, I'm looking forward to starting my businesses directory, very helpful.

[@MacGriff603]

Another great tutorial, Paul!

[@WPTuts]

Thanks Frank 😁🤘

[@SuburbanPhilosophy]

I bought a domain 1 year ago to make a website directory for Romanians in UK but was somehow bored or afraid or lazy to make it with advanced custom fields and \i just put the project away. with jet-engine look more user friendly. ty for sharing this :)

[@miguelsalas9043]

You are so profesional Thanks for you time to teach us! From Monterrey NL México

[@WPTuts]

My pleasure. I hope you found the video useful. 🤘

[@adisanta7444]

You're the best! Thank you so much

[@pierrevanderwesthuizen632]

Thank You! Great Tutorial

[@iwbowden]

Excellent quality with clear and informed content, as always, Paul! However, as a guy who's worked with digital databases all of his working life, I wish that WP had adopted standard DB terms in its lingo! You mention that the products you're demonstrating might not be robust enough to support databases with a few thousand records. If that's so, what would you recommend in its place? I'm just about to undertake a project where there might eventually be 2-3K records in a couple of databases that users would need to search and filter and I don't want to choose something that might eventually choke!

[@andrewblevins4591]

This video and content was amazing. Really enjoyed and enjoy your style as you do not skip the smaller details or clicks as a lot of people do. That is the pure gold. Keep up the good work. I also had one quick question. You noted about the sub-types (in this case as design then graphic design). You did not go much into parent and children. Is there something unique we can do there as well?

[@rbpdigital6263]

inspiring! Thank you very much

[@NativeAustralia]

Thanks for the tutorials Paul, you are a first class educator. This video demonstrates exactly what I want to achieve except I want a form to auto generate the business listings like you demonstrate in one of the ACF vids. Is this possible with the tools you use in this video or will I need something else?

[@larsbrofgunordgrafisk2271]

Hi Paul Thanks for another great tutorial from you. Suggestions for a tutorial following this: Could you show how to allow users (business owners) to add and correct their own information (create a profile etc). It would be great to hear about best practice on how to approve changes (when a business owner changes his profile etc) Thanks from Copenhagen

[@PLUS-sj4sf]

Thanx a million, very helpful. Could you also add some tutorials about Smart Filtering with RANGE filter. It is tricky! Thank you again

[@marcmurray8847]

Just wondering how much would be involved in adding "claim your listing" functionality?

[@TabishAhsan]

Hello, First of all I want to thank you for all great help. I have learnt a lot from you. I want ask you if ACF is working with the Jet engine now or it's still the same as mentioned in the video 9 months. Thank you in advance.

[@aldolevoci1114]

Hi, first of all, thank you for a very helpful and clear tutorial. i just have a question, or a petition. Can you explain me how you did the menu and add the sections manually. Thank you so much.

[@simonburdge]

Great Video, I see that I am not the only where is very useful for the business I run. I have hundreds of products all roughly the same, which I re-sell from one supplier. Even a few months, the supplier updates an Excel sheet. It would be beneficial to know the Excel sheet could be used to create the initial listing. I know you might not be inside the remit of WordPress. I am sure this would be very useful as a related subject that would expand our understanding of Wordpress.

[@markj6681]

Thank you for your help. I just want to know from the people that have watched your video, has anyone built a successful directory? Do you know of any local directories that do well?

[@marclievens9864]

Great video. This is a perfect tool to show/handle data, but is there also an import plugin available? For ACF there is WP ALL IMPORT.

[@launchexperts4352]

Great video @WPTuts thankyou! One question... I want to create a landing page which is pre-filtered based on business type & location. How should I configure the listing grid?

[@awilson3rd]

Thanks for the great video. I have been working with directory websites for a few years but always using themes. Starting one from scratch allows more design freedom. Is it possible to include elementor breadcrumbs though with this kind of structure?

[@ashkanahmadi]

Great video thank you. I'm using Elementor and Toolset and my issue is that some of our partners have more than one location. When I add multiple locations to the location field, the Elementor Maps just falls apart and shows the entire earth instead of the locations on the map. Is there any way to show multiple locations? Thanks

[@annabuchmann9205]

Thank you for the walk-through! Is there a possibility to bulk-upload listing content through csv or the like? Thank you!

[@onemanoutfit]

xcelent as always

[@anainmazatlan]

Thanks Paul, this is very helpful. Have you made a video about how to add a paid subscription to a listing site?

[@littlefi3h]

It looks all good on desktop view. When switching to mobile view, is there any way to better show the filters? Currently, its all at the top of the page, and when you have a list of filters, the user would need to scroll down quite a bit before reaching the content page. Is there a way to say make the filters slide out instead? Btw, great video as always Paul.

[@Simon-sly]

This is great. Now I just need to apply the 'Front end form' technique to allow businesses to register their details to become part of the listing. What method would you use to allow free listings and paid listings?

[@thebibleproof]

Hey Paul, this is amazing, except I want to do the same thing with Oxygen, ACF, and CPT UI. I tried out Listingpro 2.5 but it does way too much. Any ideas?

[@Jimskier1314]

Very nice tutorial.. im learning a lot... but im just wondering if the filter function can be used in booking forms to send into email.. (for rent a car reservation forms.)

[@SpworkwearUk]

This is great - followed every step, however got to the point of adding the filters and the front end just 'greys out' when you tick a checkbox and hangs? Any immediate ideas as to why?

[@mamanhanisami9847]

Thank you so much

[@digwillhachi]

can you show all buisnesses in a catagory on the same google map with this? I have been looking at using GeoDirectory as my main theme/plug in and it also works with elementor. Woudl be cool to see a tutorial with that as well.

[@jamges]

Amazingly helpful, thank you! If you wanted to add affiliate links to the business pages (so you get a commission), would you use WP affiliate or something else? Thanks again 🙏

[@BiBo8672]

Thank you for you tutorials. But if i want view listing on homepage list all categories busines types what i need to do? And if i have business type custom field - icon. And what i need to do for listing business type icons (not category title) in single page template? How create hierarchical business sites with drill down from parent to child post types?

[@wikigerman]

Great job, can you please tel me how could you add a space between a phone icon and phone number? thank you.

[@santiagoschamberger8975]

Hey, how could we add reviews to those businesses? Is that possible? Thank you! Awesome tutorial

[@hugomillere4315]

Amazing tutorial!!!! Very engaging and makes you feel doing it like RIGHT NOW! This project is the exact answer I needed for a client of mine. Thanks a lot!

[@avrambaskin2042]

Thanks, another great tutorial from WPTUTS. Is there a way to bulk upload listings from a CSV file into JetEngine?

[@abanksob1]

thanks , do you offer front end submission for the created form ?

[@serusok]

thanks a lot

[@PlayXPerformanceTraining]

Great video! Is it also possible to connect woocommerce to this listing website? So you can add some products to every single business which people can buy?

[@MichaelSharpTechniSmart]

What a gem of a tutorial as usual Paul. Could you do a tutorial using Metabox instead of Jet? Also how would I implement Loco Translate or some other multilingual plugin?

[@PK-is3di]

Hello Paul, thank you making it crystal clear. how can we add a Advanced map on business directory Archive page to show all business locations by pins. Even better if pin colours can be changed based on Business type. If there is twick to make visible all the business location on map would be great way to showcase . thank you again and based on your videos i could gain confidence to buy the crocoblock set.

[@KunalPandyaMaverick]

Nice video. Thanks. I have a question, how can we create Woocommerce like 'Attributes' with multiple values in JetEngine?

[@akinlabiabdulkabeerhabeebu1082]

Thanks for this video. I could not find JetEngine on the wordpress plugin directory, just seeing other jetEngine products (plugins)

[@hi7am954]

Hello, thank you very much for the quality videos and tutorials. I found your videos in KZbin 2 days ago and I have watched your videos for more than 4 hours already =) The tutorials from the official JetEngine are limited. I believe yours help many people to be more familiar with the setting and procedures of how to master the plugin and to achieve the results of their websites. Could I ask you a question regarding adding the booking functions ? What's the best way to add the 'Add to Cart' of the Single Woocommerce product to the custom post by Elementor Pro &JetEngine? Make a booking directly in the custom page, no redirect to Woocommerce Single Product Page. The logic is : Custom Post A is equal to Woocommerce Product A. Thank you.

[@skylarkhrsolutions9099]

Hi, That was a great tutorial. I would like to add some star ratings, user reviews, the number of views, share buttons, like buttons, make an appointment/booking or make an inquiry, etc. can we make through the jet engine.

[@StefanFahlberg]

Hey Paul, great tutorial, as usual, thank you :-) May I suggest you also teach us how to show suggested/related/random businesses that can be at the bottom of a business page ... I've struggled with this for a while and cannot get it to work as I want.

[@WPTuts]

Have you checked out this recent video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/laPTeKWtrNiKjpI

[@StefanFahlberg]

@@WPTuts That I had missed, just what I was looking for, super thanks :-)

[@stephanebroquet6211]

Great Job, very instructive. Congrats. Could you explain how we could display in this business directory woocommerce customer information (user ID, user Name, ...).

[@adambermingham7661]

Fantastic video, as always. A couple of things I'd like to learn on the same lines. A front end entry form for businesses to enter their own information and a large home page map that dynamically changes with filter criteria (something like Air B&B). A follow up would be great, thanks again.

[@WPTuts]

I'm currently looking into options for front-end forms to work with future videos in the same vein as this but working with ACF Pro. I'm also looking into options for advanced search and filtering as well as the possibility of a large overlay map with business listings. We'll have to see how well they stack up and how easy they are to integrate into the whole design. :)

[@adambermingham7661]

@@WPTuts Sounds good. I'll be building one sometime in the near future. Basic free listing, upgrade options etc. There are a number of themes that do this (map and front end form) but you limited when it comes to design. I really want to build it from scratch myself with Elementor Pro.

[@WPTuts]

@@adambermingham7661 FacetWP provides map functionality, but no idea how good it actually is in practice or if / how it would integrate with ACF / JetEngine CPT and Taxonomies. I've reached out to them so will hopefully hear back soon and have an idea if it is a viable option. Building your own can be more of a challenge but at least you are not so limited once you have all the pieces in place.

[@adambermingham7661]

@@WPTuts There is no to configure the Elementor map to draw content from the search and filter, location tax. you created with WP Engine?

[@adambermingham7661]

ie. the map on the single business page but drawing on multiple location data.

[@avrambaskin2042]

I love your tutorials and was following this video about creating a business directory with JetEngine. I have a spreadsheet with the information for 350 businesses. Is there a way to bulk upload listings metadata from a CSV file into JetEngine?

[@jonmilburn4878]

Paul, another great tutorial. Any way to upload all the listing from a database? Say, if I have hundreds of listings. Thanks!

[@nickmitchell6589]

WP All Import plugin 🎉

[@rrvoigt]

Thanks for share. In looking at some of the directory video's i noticed that things like: business hours, listing stats and booking is missing. Is it possible to create/add that with JetEngine?

[@kdurment32]

Great tutorial, but one question. I understand how to make the post image clickable via permalink, but is there to make the post title clickable?

[@tk101global5]

Where can i see the demo version of this mockup? Would like to see how this site performs for UI & seo purposes

[@LockyLive]

Is there a working example of this directory? I'd like to see how it looks on mobiles before setting it up. Thanks for the video tutorial, it's so in depth but no waffle 🙂

[@arinas74]

This is a Great tutorial that made me suscribe, but I would like to know How did you link to a business type like you show in the tutorial? what would be the structure of the URL? Thanks for posting this awesome content!

[@CalebRiutta]

I have seen your other tutorials on building property websites with ACF. My situation is that I need to build property listing site that is filterable(but i dont want to use so many plugins like in your tuts). With jet engine would I be able to add a gallery option on the single listing page (similar to the video you made with ACF Properties listing?

[@donthimuralipropertyrecipe5571]

can you help me of making an Advanced search bar on front page in Real Estate Listing . Thanks

[@sassaricodesign9717]

After creating the customized post of the type of company can I import a CSV list with Company Name / Logo / Website?

[@warriorkindtv7336]

This is fab thanks. Is there a way in which we could use paypal so we could charge for listings? Or could you recommend a plugin for this? Thanks

[@sergiocampos5102]

Hi great video . Is there any way to monetize the listing ? And to not to show all the information ?

[@michalczajka]

Can you show how to add map with all businesses? mayby additional how to show them using geolocations with distance filter

[@odajennys6341]

Can this be integrated with Google sheets to auto populate the business directories? If so, what plugins would I need. Thank you!

Excellent Video, fast and well explained, it is possible that you make a video on how to make a service booking listing website? and how to display all services in a single map? Thanks

[@courtneyrobinson4761]

Is there a way of creating a page that has certain filter already checked. For example, I want a business type page, but the option on the filters for them to go onto another business type using the same page. Thanks

[@missalona]

Thank you so much, you're a great help! is there a way to to limit the text in a text field? for example if I only want to type up to 500 words to a certain text field in a post type, is it possible to limit it?

[@WPTuts]

I believe certain text fields have a character limit in JetEngine but not a word limit. Open up the field under the Meta Fields section of JetEngine and you can configure things there.

[@davidsots558]

Hello Paul, Is it possible to add custom fields values from a .csv/.xls. or a mySQL base of a proberty from an old site to new one with jet engine fields?

[@Alex74Costa]

Great tutorial, @WPTuts!! Love it. One question: instead of using pre-defined locations, would it be possible to have the user search for a city name or street name and, as the user types, have Google Maps (or Map Box) dinamically show the list of addresses from Google Maps database? I've seen that feature in some Wordpress listing websites, but I'm not sure if it would be possible with JetEngine. If that is possible, do you have a tutorial for that? Thanks a lot!

[@JayaLove]

I have this question also

[@notionzen]

Is there a way to geo locate the listings based on users location using jetengine and elementor?

[@peterdepra]

Can we have a pointer on where to find out how to disable the user addition of categories, please?

[@localizeleads4127]

Do you prefer using this setup or the ACF setup you cover in the other business listings video?

[@DimitriosMaroulis1987]

Which theme do you use by default wordpress ? or hello theme by elementor?

[@marcooscarson4650]

Is it possible to bring in data automatically from google? For example, if I wanted to list all the restaurants in a specific city, could I do that automatically after the template is set-up? Thanks!

[@ideacorporategifts]

Is their any theme i in WordPress which i can use for business directory and also client can list their products / services in their profile page?

[@sandroLaoWai]

Hello, thank you so much for your videos! Just one question , is jetsmartfilter compatible with ACF custom fields?

[@pedroferreira8913]

Yes they are. You don't need JetEngine if you're already using ACF

[@jeelbearsan]

Is there a way to add social icons/links to each? I can see how to do this in the same manner as the website, but would rather have the ability to list them is clickable icons without text so as to cut down on the text bulk in the listing (and because it's more common practice to link to social accounts using simply the relevant icons).

[@stephaniekingdesigner]

How do ACF and JetEngine compare to the plugin "WP Ultimate CSV Importer"? It also offers custom fields, but you create them via a CSV from an excel spreadsheet. Is there a catch? compatible with Elementor Pro?

[@dannyportal5857]

is there a way to populate the taxonomies with listings from a external DB?

[@MrJacobpoliquin]

Is it possible to add memberships and frontend dashboard (for submitting their business) for clients, using this method instead of buying a theme? I have bought ListingPro and they have a lot of problems...