Generate a real estate listings plugin
Real estate plugins for WordPress are usually built as platforms: multi-agent, multi-agency, membership tiers, MLS integrations. Essential Real Estate, RealHomes, WPL — all great if you sell the real estate plugin to multiple agencies. Heavy if you are one agency with one listing page.
A focused plugin tuned to one agency is a tenth of the footprint and ships exactly the features you need.
Why generate it instead of installing an existing plugin?
Estatik premium is €89+/year. WPL Pro starts around $120. Essential Real Estate adds a yearly fee. None of them are expensive, but they all carry plugin-within-a-plugin UIs (settings screens for features you do not use) and support-themed upsells.
A generated plugin registers a property CPT with the fields you actually use (price, bedrooms, bathrooms, sqm, location, listing type). It adds a search form with the filters you show, a map using Leaflet + OpenStreetMap (free, no API key), and a lead-capture form attached to each listing that emails the agent.
Easy to extend: if you add a new field (e.g., "year built"), it is one constant in the PHP. No settings panel to find it in.
Example prompt
This is the kind of description that generates this plugin. You can start from it and tweak whatever you need before hitting generate.
Plugin name: Acme Realty
Property CPT with fields:
- price (int, EUR), type (select: sale/rent), listing_type (select: apartment/house/land/commercial)
- bedrooms, bathrooms, sqm (ints)
- location_lat, location_lng (floats), address (string)
- gallery (image array)
- agent_email (string, default acme@agency.com)
Taxonomy: acme_property_city (hierarchical for region > city > district).
Archive template /properties/ with filters: city, type, min/max price, bedrooms. Results as grid of cards.
Map view (toggle in archive): Leaflet map with OSM tiles, markers clustering for >50 results.
Single property template: gallery slider, specs grid, description, lead form (name/email/phone/message) that emails the agent_email + stores in wp_acme_leads.
No external API keys required.What the generated plugin typically includes
- Property CPT with full field set
- Search with filters and map toggle
- Leaflet + OSM map, zero API key required
- Marker clustering for dense areas
- Per-listing lead form with agent email routing
- Gallery slider with lightbox on single view
- CSV import for initial property data
Fields, taxonomies, filter set, and map provider (Leaflet/OSM default, Google Maps optional) are defined in the prompt. Multi-agent support adds a user-role dimension describable in the same prompt.
Frequently asked questions
What about MLS feeds?
Most MLS feeds are IDX or CSV exports. A nightly import cron that fetches the feed and upserts properties by external_id is a clean extension.
Can I use Google Maps instead?
Yes. Mention it in the prompt and provide a Maps JavaScript API key; the plugin swaps Leaflet for Google Maps.