10 Best Directorist Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Directorist sits at #1 in the WordPress.org Directory Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Directorist
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Classified Listing
Closest matchClassified Listing – AI-Powered Classified ads & Business Directory
4.8 (138) 9,000+ active installsAI-powered Classified ads & Business Directory plugin for WordPress to build classifieds, listings, real estate & local business directory sites.
#5 in the WordPress.org Directory Plugins ranking. About half the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated 6 days ago.
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GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory
4.8 (715) 10,000+ active installsA superb WordPress Business Directory plugin to create a local business directory, classified ads directory, or job listings board.
#2 in the WordPress.org Directory Plugins ranking. About half the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated 5 days ago.
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HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin
4.9 (221) 10,000+ active installsA simple yet powerful plugin to create a business directory, job board, real estate, classifieds, or basically any type of listing website.
#4 in the WordPress.org Directory Plugins ranking. About half the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.6, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.7 (96) 2,000+ active installsBuild any kind of directory site: classifieds, cars, bikes & other vehicles dealers site, pets, real estate portal, yellow pages, etc...
#8 in the WordPress.org Directory Plugins ranking. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, rated 4.7 against 4.6, last updated July 14, 2026.
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Listdom: AI-powered Business Directory with Classifieds Ads Listings
4.9 (57) 1,000+ active installsBuild any WordPress directory or classifieds site with AI. 80+ skins, search builder, user profile, frontend dashboard, Google Maps & reCAPTCHA.
#10 in the WordPress.org Directory Plugins ranking. 1,000+ installs against 20,000+, rated 4.9 against 4.6, last updated 15 days ago.
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AWP Classifieds
Paid version available4.6 (301) 3,000+ active installsCreate a classified listings directory, from auto listings to yard sales with AWP Classifieds plugin.
Shares the classifieds, directory plugin, listings tags on WordPress.org. 3,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated July 21, 2026.
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Business Directory Plugin
Paid version availableBusiness Directory Plugin – Easy Listing & Member Directories for WordPress
4.6 (504) 10,000+ active installsBuild a business directory or member directory on WordPress, complete with a listing manager and directory website builder. No developer needed.
#3 in the WordPress.org Directory Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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4.1 (20) 300+ active installsA searchable business directory for WordPress: categories, locations, custom fields. Google, Mapbox or MapLibre maps. Everything included for free, ex …
#9 in the WordPress.org Directory Plugins ranking. 300+ installs against 20,000+, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.9 (80) 2,000+ active installsName directory (glossary) with many options like multiple directories, integrated search, non-latin characters, recaptcha, HTML editor and many more.
#6 in the WordPress.org Directory Plugins ranking. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, rated 4.9 against 4.6, last updated today.
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Simple Link Directory – AI Powered
4.8 (121) 2,000+ active installsAI Powered LINK DIRECTORY Plugin for WordPress to Curate Links for Web Directory. Link Management, Directory Listings, Link Archive, Vendor Directory
#7 in the WordPress.org Directory Plugins ranking. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated 13 days ago.
Directorist against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Directorist vs Classified Listing20,000+ vs 9,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.8
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Directorist vs GeoDirectory20,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.8
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Directorist vs HivePress20,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.9
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Directorist vs Advanced Classifieds & Directory Pro20,000+ vs 2,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.7
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Directorist vs Listdom20,000+ vs 1,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.9
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Directorist vs Business Directory Plugin20,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.6
Switching from Directorist: common questions
What is the best alternative to Directorist?
Classified Listing is the closest match: it shares the Directory Plugins top 10 with Directorist and has 9,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Directorist alternative has the most users?
GeoDirectory, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Directorist alternative is rated highest?
HivePress, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 221 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Directorist alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Directorist score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Directorist on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Classified Listing is the closest match to Directorist by the data we track, and GeoDirectory has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. Name Directory shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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