Business Directory Plugin (CMBD) - Additional Links and Fields

Additional Links & Fields

Note: features covered in this guide are available since the version 2.5.5.

The Business Directory plugin allows to add extra links and fields to businesses.

Custom links can be added for all the businesses that appear in the directory.

Once the custom link or field has been set, it will appear as an input field when editing the business and the output field when displaying the business.

If left blank, they will not appear in either location.

Settings

To find the settings, navigate to Admin Dashboard → CM Business Directory Pro → Business Page tab.

Additional Link

Find the section Additional Links. Choose Yes in the option Show additional custom links to enable the feature.

Below you can see a form builder, where you can drag-and-drop new link to the builder area. For each link you can configure its label, placeholder, icon, metakey and if this field should be required. You can also easily change the order of links by dragging-and-dropping them.

Adding custom links - WordPress Business Directory Plugin — Adding custom links

You can add any amount of custom links:

Example of created custom links - WordPress Listing Plugin — Example of created custom links

After saving the settings, relevant fields will be available for filling on the business edit page:

Fields for additional links on the back-end - WordPress Directory Plugin — Fields for additional links on the back-end

Additional Fields

Find the section Additional Fields. Choose Yes in the option Show additional custom fields to enable the feature.

Below you can see the similar drag-and-drop builder, but with a set of different field types:

Additional fields builder - WordPress Directory Listing Plugin — Additional fields builder

All field types have some generic fields, and there are also some fields that are used only in some specific field type. For example, for Text Area you can define maximum text length and amount of rows in the field. Available field types are:

Text Input
Text Area
Number
Select
Date Field

Adding custom fields - WordPress Local Business Directory — Adding custom fields

For each custom field you can choose where it should be displayed:

Inside Information Section
Below Information Section
Below Description

Choosing position - Business Directory Plugin WordPress — Choosing position

You can add any amount of custom fields:

Example of created custom fields - Business Directory WordPress — Example of created custom fields

After saving the settings, relevant fields will be available for filling on the business edit page:

Additional custom fields on the back-end - WordPress Business Directory — Additional custom fields on the back-end

Front-end Example

Below you can see the example of displaying custom links and fields on the business page:

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