Folders for Directorist listings
Directorist listings come and go: new ones wait for review, live ones expire, some get rejected. All of them share one admin list, and it only gets longer.
Plathix PRO adds private folders to the Directorist listings list. Group listings by client, by sales rep or by the next step, and open just the folder you need. Directory types, categories, locations and listing pages stay as they are.
Pending, live, expired, rejected all in one list
Directorist keeps every listing in one admin list: new ones waiting for review, live ones, expired ones and rejected ones. If you run several directories, their listings share that list too.
Categories, locations and tags are public. They shape the directory your visitors search, so they are the wrong place for notes like “call the owner” or “waiting for photos”.
Folders keep those notes in wp-admin.
Thousands of listings arrive at once. One admin list holds them all.
Directory owners talk about big imports and long lists. The numbers grow fast, and All Listings is where they feel it.
We imported more than 20,000 companies in 35 files. Around 600 of them came in twice.
With 32,000 listings, going through them 20 at a time is a very long job.
I want All Listings to show only the listings of one location.
Everything is posted by users, so each new listing needs a look before it goes live.
Folders do not remove duplicates or publish anything. They give each import, area and task its own place next to All Listings, and nothing new appears in the directory.
Folders for running a directory
Review queue
New submissions that need a closer look: missing photos, wrong address, odd category. Work through the folder, then move them on.
By client or sales rep
One folder per client or per rep shows what each one brought in, live, pending or expired.
Renewal follow-up
Listings close to expiry or just expired: keep them in one folder for your renewal emails or calls.
By directory, then by task
The directory filter shows one directory at a time. Folders add the next level: what still needs doing inside it.
Seasonal listings
Summer markets, winter fairs: file seasonal listings by year, so next season starts from last season’s list.
Import batches
Big imports often come in many files. Give each batch a folder, and keep the duplicates you find in one place until you delete them.
The folder panel on All Listings
A folder tree next to your listings
The panel sits beside Directorist → All Listings. Click a folder and the list shows only its listings.
Expired and rejected count
A folder counts what the All view shows: published, pending, draft, private, expired and rejected listings. Trash is not counted.
One tree for all directories
With several directory types turned on, all listings share one list, so they share one folder tree.
A link for each folder
The address changes when you open a folder, so you can bookmark the review queue or send it to a colleague.
The directory never sees your folders
| What you do | What changes | What stays as it is |
|---|---|---|
| Put a listing in a folder | Its Plathix folder | Directory type, categories, location, tags and listing page |
| Move a listing to “Review queue” | The folder tree in wp-admin | Its status: pending stays pending, live stays live |
| Rename or move a folder | The folder tree in wp-admin | Every listing URL and the directory search |
| Trash a listing, then restore it | Its Trash state | Its folder: it comes back to the same place |
| Turn Plathix PRO off | The list looks like plain WordPress | Your folders wait in the database and come back |
Folders have no URLs, are not categories or locations, and never appear in the directory.
How we test Directorist
We run each check on a live site with Plathix PRO and the current Directorist version, on the real All Listings screen.
Status Planned
Results go to Plathix Lab. Each row turns into a link once it has run.
| Check | What we verify | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Enable listings | Turn on Listings (at_biz_dir) in Enabled Sections; the panel and the Folder column appear on All Listings. | Planned |
| Columns | The Folder column next to Name; Directorist’s own columns stay. | Planned |
| Expired and rejected | Both count in their folder and show in its status tabs. | Planned |
| Directory filter | A folder together with the Filter by directory dropdown. | Planned |
| Expiry clean-up | An expired listing moved to the trash comes back to its folder when restored. | Planned |
| Directory unchanged | Listing pages, search and categories look the same. | Planned |
Directorist folders FAQ
Do folders change my directory?
Will a folder keep an expired listing from being deleted?
Are expired and rejected listings counted?
Can listing owners see the folders?
Do several directories share one tree?
Is this in Plathix Free?
Related pages
Keep the directory for visitors. Keep the to-do lists in folders.
Listings grouped by client, task or season. Nothing changes in directory search or on listing pages.