{"id":827,"date":"2025-03-24T14:27:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/compare-listings-basics\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:24:08","slug":"compare-listings-basics","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/compare-listings\/compare-listings-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Compare Listings Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Use the Compare Listings<\/a> addon to let your users view listings side by side and compare vital information.<\/section>\n

Installation<\/h2>\n

Installation instructions can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Compare listings template<\/h2>\n
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  1. A new page will be available at GD > Settings > General tab > Pages sub-tab > Comparisons Page Settings<\/strong><\/em>: \"\"<\/li>\n
  2. The Compare Listings page<\/strong> is the page that your visitors will see after they select listings to compare.<\/li>\n
  3. It uses the [gd_compare_list]<\/strong> shortcode or the GD > Compare List<\/strong> block.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Compare Button<\/h2>\n
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    1. You can add the Compare Button<\/strong> to your Detail page and the GD Archive Item template.<\/li>\n
    2. Use the [gd_compare_button]<\/strong> shortcode or the GD > Compare Button<\/strong> block or widget.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Selecting custom fields to compare<\/h2>\n
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      1. To select which custom fields will be added to the comparison table on the Compare List<\/strong> page, you need to select Comparison Page<\/strong> in the Show in extra output location<\/strong> settings for each custom field:
        \"\" <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Preset Compare listings pages<\/h2>\n
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        1. You can also create your own preset pages<\/strong> by adding the post IDs of your listings to the [gd_compare_list]<\/strong> shortcode, for example:
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          [gd_compare_list items=\"1596,1594,1592,1590,1588\"]\n\t<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
          Use the Compare Listings addon to let your users view listings side by side and compare vital information. Installation Installation instructions can be found here. Compare listings template A new page will be available at GD > Settings > General tab > Pages sub-tab > Comparisons Page Settings: The Compare Listings page is the page that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[658],"article\/categories":[213,420],"class_list":["post-827","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-comparison","gd_placecategory-extensions-features","gd_placecategory-compare-listings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=827"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}