Directorist — WordPress Directory Plugin
Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
by wpWax · WordPress.org page · Website
Directorist has 20,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 1,277,828 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 2, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Directorist at a glance
Is Directorist well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Compatible with all themes including popular ones such as Avada, Divi, Astra, and OceanWP
- Highly optimized and rocket-fast performance to ensure scalability
- 25+ Elementor Page Builder widgets
- Gutenberg support and 16 Gutenberg blocks
- Advanced search filters with custom filters
- Front-end and Back-end listing submission
- Front-end user dashboard to manage listings
- Open Street Map and Google Map Integration
- Unlimited custom fields on the listing form
- 100% responsive and modern-day design
- WooCommerce multi-vendor plugin compatible
- Built-in SEO optimization system as well as Yoast SEO compatibility
Directorist reviews and ratings
697 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
697 reviews
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Support is excellent
I have been using Directorist for the last 6-9 months and in that time, I could see constant improvements by the guys to make their system even better. Anytime I have reached out to support, they have been more than helpful and of late even helped out with a little custom code to suit my needs. I'm using Directorist more as an internal directory and between their support and the flexibility of Directorist it has become a powerful platform for my business. I would highly recommend the platform and especially the directorist support team as they have been excellent for me. Thanks guys for all your help to date
Anthony O Connell -
Update: raised from 1 to 3 stars after...
Update: raised from 1 to 3 stars after Directorist's support team followed up properly. They were honest about the limitation — my site needs separate directory types (e.g. restaurants vs. accommodations) that don't collide with the URLs of existing Business listings, and the current architecture can't do this without breaking things. It took close to a week to get a straight answer, which is a long time when you're running a live site with paying featured partners waiting. To their credit: they investigated properly instead of giving a quick non-answer, processed a full refund without any pushback, and passed my use case to their product team. If you run one simple directory, this plugin will likely work fine for you. If you need multiple distinct directory types on a live production site, ask about this limitation before you buy — I wish I had.Initial review: We purchased the Pricing Plans ($39) and Claim Listing ($29) extensions to run a directory where listings are free by default and any one listing can be individually upgraded to "Featured" for a flat fee — a documented use case. Neither extension supports it: a free listing has no upgrade path to a Pay-Per-Listing plan on the frontend, and a Pay-Per-Listing plan silently refuses to save as $0. We opened a support ticket describing both bugs precisely, with a temporary admin account for them to reproduce it directly. It took 6 days to get a reply, and the reply didn't answer our questions — it pointed us to a core-plugin setting (a highlight badge) that we'd already tried and that doesn't solve the actual problem. For a paid extension we expected either a clear "this isn't supported" or a working fix — not a week of silence followed by a non-answer. We've since requested a refund.
czrp -
Fantastic Plugin with limitiations
I have HIGH praises for this plugin and most certainly for their support team wo worked diligently with me to resolve my issue to get the plugin to work as I wanted it to.Now on another note which is separate from my problem, I did find it a bit unusual for the need to add each United State and the territories to the app as opposed to some sort of import. I did not trouble the support team with an inquiry but look briefly on YouTube to see if I was missing something which I may have but decided to just go ahead and enter each item manually which wasn't awful.I cannot submit this review without giving a shout-out to Mahfuzul Alam as it appears he was my personal helper throughout the life of the ticket and for that I truly thank you my friend.OH just an FYI that he helped me with which was kind of funny in a sense; I could not update the "Pricing Plans" but he let me know that all I had to do was just log into my account and Voila' it worked!!!!!
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Where were you in 1999
I started a directory website in 1999 if Directorist had been around then life would have sure been easier the last 25+years I stuck with a theme provider that gave no actual support and updates, and were few and far between maybe once every 2 years and all the support was on a forum page that you had to keep your annual subscription active to have access to, so when I started looking for a solution for a directory theme I was running. I was fortunate enough to find Directorist I tried their free version that they offer to everyone and I could see right away that I wanted to step up and get all of the app extensions that they offer so on day two I subscribed to the "Agency" plan which is very reasonably priced Now my website is up and running with the new theme and all of the great extensions that are offered from Directorist but the real reason why anyone should even consider Directorist is there support team from day one they have been so helpful and answered any questions I had, and fixed any problems within hours of me submitting an help ticket Or using the support team live chat
gotdonkeys -
Amazing support, great plugin
This is a great plugin that made my customer very happy. Support also assisted when I wanted to change the font size on the "SOLD" badge plus other support queries. So good to get actual support. Can't recommend them highly enough.
headingwest -
Best and faster support!
Sorry for my english :D Guys! You’re amazing! You have help me several times, include you improved the plugin just because I need it on my website. Thank u a lot!
tabecu
Where Directorist ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that Directorist appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Directory Plugins | #2 by tag, #3 in search | #1 | – |
| Best Ad Management Plugins | #14 in search, not tagged | #44 | – |
| Best Job Board Plugins | #26 in search, not tagged | #53 | – |
| Best Real Estate Plugins | #30 in search, not tagged | #59 | – |
Directorist alternatives
Plugins that solve the same problem, ranked by how closely they overlap with Directorist.
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Classified Listing 9,000+ installs · 4.8 -
GeoDirectory 10,000+ installs · 4.8 -
HivePress 10,000+ installs · 4.9 -
Advanced Classifieds & Directory Pro 2,000+ installs · 4.7 -
Listdom 1,000+ installs · 4.9
Compare Directorist head to head
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Directorist vs Advanced Classifieds & Directory Pro
Directorist vs Business Directory Plugin-
Directorist vs Classified Listing
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Directorist vs GeoDirectory
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Directorist vs HivePress
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Directorist vs Listdom
Directorist vs MembershipWorks
Directorist vs Name Directory
Directorist vs Simple Link Directory
Directorist vs Web Directory Free
Details
Build any type of directory website such as a business directory, job directory, classifieds directory, and more with this WordPress directory plugin.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- business directory
- classifieds
- directory
- directory plugin
- listings
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- Version
- 8.9.4
- Last updated
- Sep 2, 2026
- First published
- Aug 27, 2017
- Requires WordPress
- 4.6
- Tested up to
- 7.0.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Directorist FAQ
What does Directorist do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Directorist offers Compatible with all themes including popular ones such as Avada, Divi, Astra, and OceanWP, Highly optimized and rocket-fast performance to ensure scalability, 25+ Elementor Page Builder widgets, Gutenberg support and 16 Gutenberg blocks and Advanced search filters with custom filters.
How many active installs does Directorist have?
WordPress.org reports 20,000+ active installs for Directorist as of September 7, 2026.
Is Directorist still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on September 2, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Does Directorist have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 6 of 9 recent support threads for Directorist are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is Directorist free?
Directorist is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.
Where does Directorist rank among Directory Plugins?
Directorist is #1 in the WordPress.org "listings" ranking as of today.