{"id":685,"date":"2025-03-24T14:27:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/create-a-listing-frontend-users\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:23:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:23:44","slug":"create-a-listing-frontend-users","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/first-steps\/create-a-listing-frontend-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a Listing – Frontend (users)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t To allow users to add listings please make sure WordPress user registration is enabled under:
\n\t Settings > General > Anyone can register
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\n\tUsers of the site will use the frontend page to add listings. The frontend page saves all information via AJAX after every change.  This ensures no data is lost and if for some reason a user abandons the add listing process, their information will be right there when they return.<\/p>\n

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  1. Visit the front end add listing page.<\/strong> By default, this page is mysite.com\/add-listing\/ if you do not already have it in your main menu you can add it under the normal WordPress menu settings Appearance >Menus.<\/li>\n
  2. Complete the required fields.<\/strong>  If you installed dummy data it will have added fields specific to the data type selected.  Custom fields can be added or edited under Places > Settings > Custom Fields<\/strong>.
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    Below we will go over the required fields only as custom fields can be specific to your data type.<\/section>\n<\/li>\n
  3. Title<\/strong> – Enter a title for the listing, it is used throughout the site.\n

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  4. Description<\/strong> – Enter a description for the listing.<\/li>\n
  5. Category<\/strong> – Select a category for your listing. Multiple categories can be set, if multiple are selected then a default can also be selected (Hotels is set as the default below<\/em>). The default category can be used for the URL slug and determines the map icon used.\n

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  6. Address<\/strong> – There are several convenient ways to set the address for a listing.
    Doing one of the following will auto-set the correct info for all the address fields.<\/strong>\n