BuddyNext Pro Listora
BuddyNext + Listora
Member directory listings that surface in your community feed and search.
What happens when someone uses it
One action, everywhere it lands
A member publishes a listing
- Activity feed A new listing card, removed if it is unpublished
- Community search Indexed while it stays public
The bridge self-guards on WB Listora and quietly does nothing when it is not installed, so none of this appears until you turn it on.
What it changes
Your community with Listora in it
Each of these is something a member can do the day you turn it on, and what it changes for whoever runs the place.
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Publish a listing and have it show up as a feed card and in community search.
What changes
The directory is something the community actually walks past, rather than a section members forget to open.
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Unpublish or delete a listing and watch it leave the feed and search with it.
What changes
The directory never advertises something that is gone, which is the single thing that makes members stop trusting listings.
How it works
The flow, step by step
- 1 Listora has no dedicated approve hook, so the bridge keys off WordPress post status: a listing going public posts an "added a new listing" card and indexes it for search.
- 2 Unpublishing or deleting removes the card, and the published URL is reconstructed so removal always matches the original.
- 3 Listora keeps its own notifications until it ships a notification hook, so nothing is duplicated.
For developers
The bridge self-guards on the partner plugin and no-ops when it is absent. Key hooks: transition_post_status (listora_listing), before_delete_post.
If WB Listora is not installed
Nothing runs without Listora. Listings already published keep their feed cards and search entries until they are unpublished or deleted, at which point the usual cleanup applies.
What to check once it is on
Publish a listing through each route you actually use, because they are genuinely different paths: submitted from the front end, approved from the admin, and published after email verification. All three should produce the same feed card and search entry. Then unpublish one and confirm the card and the search entry both go.
Listora questions
- Does it work with listings that need approval?
- Yes, and that is the reason it watches the post status rather than a Listora event. Admin approval, direct front-end publishing and publishing after email verification all end in the same place, so one mechanism covers all three.
- Do Listora notifications appear in the BuddyNext bell?
- Not today. Listora keeps its own notification centre, and duplicating those into BuddyNext would mean members were told twice. The bell picks them up once Listora provides a hook for it.
- What happens when a listing is unpublished?
- Its feed card is removed and it comes out of community search, the same as a deletion. An expired or paused listing does not keep advertising itself in the feed.
- Are listings indexed for community search?
- Yes. A published listing is indexed so members find it alongside discussions and other community content, not only by browsing the directory.
Turn it on
Setup
Requires BuddyNext Pro and WB Listora. Default on once both are active.