The GeoDirectory Custom Post Types plugin significantly increases the functionality and versatility of GeoDirectory by allowing users to create multiple custom post types (CPT) beyond the default “Places” type. Here is a breakdown of its key features:
Creating Multiple Custom Post Types:
- Customized Listing Types: Create and manage various listing types using different CPTs, enabling better categorization and specialized management for each type.
- Individual Form Builders: Each CPT gets its own form builder, enabling customization of fields, prices, categories, and tags as needed for specific listing types.
- Location Flexibility: Ability to create listings without fixed physical locations, facilitating the development of directories for websites or online services.
Integration with Advanced Search Filters:
- Enhanced Search Functionality: Integrates seamlessly with the Advanced Search Filters add-on, allowing users to conduct granular searches per post type and apply specialized search filters.
Custom Post Type Linking:
- Interconnected Listings: The linking feature allows for associations between different CPTs, enhancing the user experience and providing more comprehensive information.
- Examples of Linking: For instance, linking a “Hospital” CPT with a “Doctors” CPT can display doctors working at a specific hospital within its listing and vice versa.
- Advanced Linking Possibilities: Multiple CPTs can be interconnected, enabling more complex relationships between various types of listings. For example, a fisherman’s profile could link to “Fishing Boats,” “Companies,” and even to other fishermen as references within the same CPT.
Advantages:
- Enhanced Management: Custom post types provide a more structured approach for managing diverse types of listings within a directory.
- Tailored Listings: Each CPT’s dedicated form builder allows specific customization for fields, tags, and categories, ensuring tailored information for various listing types.
- Improved User Experience: The ability to link and interconnect different CPTs enhances the user experience by offering more comprehensive and interconnected information.
Overall, the Custom Post Types add-on seems to significantly expand GeoDirectory’s capabilities, allowing users to manage multiple types of listings with customized fields and providing users with a more comprehensive directory experience.
