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7.14.7 – Raspberry

• Floor plan cards will now appear as link elements, where applicable.
• Floor plan CTA buttons will now appear as link elements, where applicable.
• CTA buttons will add URL parameters with compatibility for URLs already containing a question mark.
• More template items have classes throughout, including:
  • Selected unit and unit name
  • Floor plan page into row
  • Floor plan card in search
  • Floor plan card units and pricing
  • Floor plan card text area when floor plan has no availability
  • Property search, search results, results area, and map area
• Property contact settings have been updated for better clarity.
• Adds more property metafields for data including staff, timezone, fees, and more.

7.14.6 – Raspberry

• Resolves isue where floor plan image could display at a smaller size.
• Fixes issue where floor plan images may not display on mobile Safari sessions.
• Resolves issue where count of available units may not display on a floor plan after updating.
• Addresses issue with saving property community Matterport tour URLs.
• Fixes error with sync logic that could prevent saving of neighborhoods.

7.14.4 – Raspberry

Bugfixes

• Resolves issue where floor plan with Virtual Tour may experience an error

7.14.3 – Raspberry

Updates

• Adds new field in floor plans table floorplan_name so developers can display names that update from sync sources.
• Included templates use floorplan_post_title which will read from the name editable in the WordPress editor.
• Adds new property column for property_feed_features to hold property-level features as synced from a feed.
• Adds new property column for property_feed_amenities to hold property-level amenities as synced from a feed.
• Tweaks for better lazy loading in templates.

Bugfixes

• Addresses issue where neighborhood names may not save to a property.
• Addresses issue where multiple neighborhoods may not save to a property.
• Resolves issue where neighborhood template may not display banner image.

7.14.2 – Raspberry

Bugfixes

• Addresses issue where property page sections may not appear when expected.

7.14.1 – Raspberry

Bugfixes & Updates

• Sync screen is easier to read.
• Addresses issue where lazyloaded sections might not appear when expected.
• Resolves issue where floor plans may not show the right unit image.

7.14.0 – Raspberry

New Features

• Floor plans will show unit images when a floor plan image is not present.
• Adds a data point floorplan_unit_images for developers to display unit images for a floor plan.
  • floorplan_unit_images will be computed from images associated to units at a given floor plan.
• Units will display an icon indicating a special when a special is active for that unit.
  • When a unit is selected, the special will display.
  • Floor plans will display a “Specials Available” banner when one or more unit has an active special, where available.
  • Developers can leverage unit_specials_message to take advantage of unit-specific specials.

Updates

• More components of the included templates are lazy loaded which should lead to increased site performance. Lazy loaded components include:
  • floor plan cards
  • floor plan card images
  • property cards
  • property card images
  • floor plan image carousel images
  • virtual tours
  • Engrain SightMap
  • property page featured image
  • property page neighborhood section
  • property image gallery
  • other components where possible
• Updated image lightbox experience including better sizing and a background for transparent images.
  • Lightbox will dismiss when clicked out of as well as when using the close button.
• Amenities and Features will import a description, where available.

7.13.1 – Quartz

Bug fixes

• Resolves issue where manually adding a floor plan or unit to a feed-synced property could cause the property to display with invalid ranges.
• Addresses issue where Engrain Sight Map could appear in a conflicted state in a modal display.
• Floor plans will more reliably display square footage and price in admin lists.

7.13.0 – Quartz

New Features

• More options for sorting properties on property search pages, including:
  • Availability – will sort properties from most to least available (default)
  • Rent: Low to High – sort by starting rents ascending
  • Rent: High to Low – sort by starting rents descending
  • Property Name: A to Z – sort by property name alphabetically
  • City: A to Z – sort by property’s city alphabetically
• Options can be customized to each search page via shortcode parameters
• New property search page shortcode parameter display_limit to customize how many properties display before the “Show More” button appears
• Improved logic for displaying property map pins on a Google Map
  • Parameters allow for further customization on how Google Map pins display, including:
  • map_cluster_min to set the minimum number of pins before grouping into a cluster
  • map_grid_size to set how frequently clusters will appear
• For information about all shortcodes and parameters, visit the RentPress Shortcodes Helpdoc »

Updates

• Properties in admin screens will display in natural alphanumeric sort for easier finding and selection
• Better-looking error messages will display in instances where no or bad data is requested

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where properties would not include all listed floor plans in bed and price calculations
• Addresses issue to better handle feed-synced floor plans
• Addresses an issue with unit deletion
• Resolves issue where neighborhoods could display too many associated properties
• Addresses issue where a permission_callback alert would appear in the browser console during a manually-triggered sync

7.12.2 – Pulsar

Updates

• Addresses issue where property search shortcode would not search all neighborhood names
• Resolves issue where properties could not be filtered within Neighborhood Editor
• Makes neighborhood posts list more usable and performant
• Properties in neighborhood lists will display in a more natural sort order

7.12.1 – Pulsar

Updates

• Cities remain searchable when HIDESUGGESTAMENITIES parameter is in use.
• Units maintain sizing when on mobile.

7.12.0 – Pulsar

New Features

• Introducing a new deep integration with Engrain SightMap
  • Floor plan search pages can display the map in side-by-side or toggle configurations
  • The map and the floor plans update in real-time with selected filters
  • The map will also respond to URL filter parameters (ex: /floor-plans/?bedrooms=2)
  • When a floor plan is clicked on, information will display in the standard website experience
  • The single floor plan page adds a “Show On Map” button that highlights selected units
  • The single property page displays the map in a toggle view with filters
  • When a property has an active SightMap for RentPress subscription, a new “SightMap URL” field will show in the property editor
  • A new engrain parameter for the floor plan search shortcode will display the map
• For more information see SightMap for RentPress Integration
• Introduces a new option to force floor plan codes to be unique by using a property code.
  • When enabled, existing floor plans and their units will re-write their ID codes to prepend the parent property code.
  • If you are experiencing issues with duplicated or missing floor plans, please try this option. If you are not currently experiencing issues, it is not recommended to enable it.
  • It is recommended to take a site backup before enabling (or disabling) this option.

Updates

• Property search grid will show more properties for shopper who filter by bedroom count.
  • To provide more-precise results and switch to the previous bedroom filter logic, add USEPRECISEBEDS in your search shortcode.
• Google Analytics integration now supports more methods of reporting to Google to allow for a more agnostic experience.
  • It is recommended to use Google Tag Manager to add Analytics across your entire website.
  • When Analytics is detected, RentPress shortcodes and templates will automatically report shopper clicks and actions as events.
  • For more information see Understanding RentPress + Google Analytics Integration.

Bug Fixes

• GA4 event label priceCeiling now has correct spelling.

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7.11.0 – Ocean

New Features

• New template for single neighborhood post
  • Displays properties added into the neighborhood
  • Will display a featured image banner or the default city imageIf
  • Displays neighborhood description
  • Will display other neighborhoods
• New template for neighborhoods grid “archive” page
  • Displays published neighborhoods with active properties
• New “basic” property search template
  • Will display a grid of all published properties
  • Provides filters for property info, beds, and pricing
• New “advanced” property search template
  • Includes everything in basic search
  • Properties will show per-bedroom pricing
  • Displays a map (active map token required)
  • Adds a pets filter for “Cat Friendly” and “Dog Friendly”
• Single floor plan template will display unit-specific images (when provided) while a unit is selected

Updates

• Better handling of properties listed in neighborhood posts admin list
• Adds alt tags to images on templates
• Adds more specific classes to template elements
• Templates settings layout has been updated to help indicate how to use the included templates
• Reschedules manual data sync to midnight local time

Bug Fixes

• Addresses issue where units could temporarily disappear
• Resolves issue where some included templates would not use the chosen accent color
• Resolves issue where floor plan search could not properly filter by bedrooms in some instances
• Resolves issue where floor plan search could not clear a selected price filter

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7.10.1 – Nighthawk

Bug Fixes

• Addresses issue where manually-added data could result in units temporarily not displaying.

7.10.0 – Nighthawk

New Features

• New parameters for floor plan shortcode allow for finding floor plans with different dimensions:
  • bed="" to display floor plans with a given bedroom count
  • onlyavailable allows for displaying floor plans with units currently available
  • has_special to display floor plans that have an active special
  • min_price="" displays floor plans at or above a given minimum price
  • max_price="" displays floor plans up to a given price
  • city="" displays floor plans by parent property’s city
  • These parameters can be combined together or with other existing parameters to dial in a hyper-specific yet dynamic list of floor plans.
• New optional wildcard value features_filter="*" will allow for filtering by all active features in the floor plan search shortcode
• For information about all shortcodes and parameters, visit the RentPress Shortcodes Helpdoc
• Adds new share icons to single floor plan page
  • Adds new icon to copy page link to clipboard.
  • Adds new icon to share via SMS (where available).
• Adds a feature in beta testing to hide waitlisted units
  • Adds a new checkbox in the settings page that, when active, will attempt to hide waitlisted units from displaying
  • This feature is in beta. Inconsistent behavior can be expected, and the option may be improved or removed in the future.

Updates

• Improved logic for displaying starting price in property admin post list
  • Properties can now highlight when pricing is disabled
  • Properties will now display “No Data” when they are not published
  • “Bad Data” will display in instances where the price is not suitable
• Removes references to deprecated avian-themed social networks.
• We didn’t rename RentPress to “R” (or any other random letter).

Bug Fixes

• Addresses issue with floor plan special expiration
• Addresses issue where property search by taxonomy with a single term could give unintended results
• Resolves issue where amenities with a slash “/” could experience unintended results
• Resolves issue where units would display a separator dot “•” when price or square footage is not provided

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7.9.8 – Midnight

Updates

• Adds classes to property search template filter elements

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where property search with Mapbox could not HIDESUGGESTAMENITIES
• Resolves issue where property search with Mapbox could not search by neighborhood
• Resolves issue where templates could enter an infinite loop when Google Analytics was not fully added

7.9.7 – Midnight

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where manually-added data could seem to disappear on plugin update
• Addresses issue where floor plan search shortcode could experience a conflict with WordPress formatter

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7.9.6 – Midnight

Bug Fixes

• Addresses issue where units with an invalid or missing date could import.

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7.9.5 – Midnight

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where Rent Special headline could appear.

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7.9.4 – Midnight

New Features

• This update brings a more-robust and flexible Google Analytics integration. Events will be reported to all present analytics installations.
• RentPress settings can be used to install Google Analytics on your website, but it is not required.
  • We recommend using Google Tag Manager to add Analytics to your website.
• Events are now reported with a _rentpress suffix for easier report and trigger categorization.
• Now reporting several new events:
  • Property special view
  • Property directions click
  • Property phone call
  • Property email
  • Property website click
  • Property schedule tour
  • Property contact leasing
  • Property apply now
  • Neighborhood learn more
  • Floor plan view
  • Floor plan special view
  • Floor plan request info click
  • Floor plan apply now click
  • Floor plan schedule tour click
  • Floor plan join waitlist click
• For more information see Understanding RentPress + Google Analytics Integration.

Updates

• Adds additional user helptext when adding a property contact form shortcode

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where “Contact Leasing” button on property template would not display when a form shortcode was present.
• Addresses issue where floor plans could not show a starting price.

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7.9.3 – Midnight

New Features

• This update brings a new approach to Google Analytics tracking. By installing your GA4 Measurement ID into RentPress settings, Analytics tracking will happen site-wide.
• Event tracking will continue on included templates and shortcodes. Shopper interactions will be automatically reported as events.
• Event tracking includes:
  • Floor plan search: Bedrooms, Max Price, Move-In Date, and Property Selection (as applicable).
  • Property search: Bedrooms, Max Price, Pets Choice, and Search Text.
• For more information see Understanding RentPress + Google Analytics Integration.

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where office hours may not display on manually-created properties.
• Resolves issue where office hours header could display on templates when office hours were not present.

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7.9.2 – Midnight

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where cities and states could create as separate pages

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7.9.1 – Midnight

New Features

• Adds new parameter “HIDESUGGESTAMENITIES” to property search shortcode
  • Allows for excluding amenities and features from text searches
  • Featured amenities can still be used in searches

Updates

• Add classes and styles throughout
  • Adds classes to property card neighborhood city state and price
  • Adds classes to property card city and state
  • Adds classes to property card price
  • Adds classes to property search filters
• New style for dot indicators on floor plan image carousel
• Adds property edit link to floor plan info editor
• New colors and formatting for floor plan admin list to better indicate when data is bad, missing, or disabled
• Addresses issue where floor plan cards could display in an uneven row
• Adds more options for lookahead setting
• City names will now be created in title case
• Adjusts default accent colors to no longer be plain black

Bug Fixes

• Fixes issue where Features heading would display on floor plan search
• Floor plan info section no longer displays when no info is present
• Addresses issue where Join Waitlist button could render improperly
• Fixes issue where units could display at large sizes in floor plan editor
• Addresses issue where RentCafe-provided lease terms that start and end simultaneously would not display
• Addresses issue where RentCafe-provided custom features could appear duplicated

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7.9.0 – Midnight

New Features

• Event tracking is compatible with Google Analytics 4. Shopper interactions will be automatically reported to Google Analytics for included templates and shortcodes.
  • When the update completes, make sure to update your previous UA ID to a new GA4 Property ID in the Integration Settings.
• Event tracking includes:
  • Floor plan search: Bedrooms, Max Price, Move-In Date, and Property Selection (as applicable).
  • Property search: Bedrooms, Max Price, Pets Choice, and Search Text.
• For more information see Understanding RentPress + Google Analytics Integration.

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue that could inadvertently cause properties to display as Cat Friendly or Dog Friendly.

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7.8.5 Lake

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue with property search shortcode that could prevent property types from returning properties

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7.8.4 Lake

Updates

• Better handling of floor plan and unit features.
  • See RentPress: Amenities Manager Add-on for greater control.
• Adds classes to message displayed when floor plan search shortcode has no floor plans to return.

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7.8.3 Lake

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where floor plans would not respect their parent property’s pricing selection.
• Resolves issues that could occur when manually adding a unit.
• Addresses user workflow issues when used on a website without a connected data feed.

Updates

• Integrations Settings page has updated references to Gravity Forms Add-on

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7.8.2 Lake

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where map could fail to display on single property page template

Updates

• Updates default single property template to display a map (when Google Maps or Mapbox API keys are present)
• Adds a helpful Neighborhood posts link in the Property Editor

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7.8.1 Lake

Bug Fixes

• Restores floor plan post list filter and sort functionality.
• Resolves issue where sync timestamps would not display on sites without a set timezone.

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7.8.0 Lake

New Features

• Taxonomy terms have been rebuilt for better compatibility with third-party plugins like Yoast SEO
  • The editing experience remains the same as in previous versions.

Updates

• Adds an edit link to Associated Floor Plans in the property editor
• Office Hours section will not display on single property page when no value is present

Bug Fixes

• Resolves error that could prevent a Gravity Form from displaying in a modal when added to a page via floor plan search shortcode

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7.7.1 Kalamata

New Features

• New options for floor plan deposits
  • Choose to Always Show, Exclude $0 Deposits, or Show None
  • Can be chosen globally across the website or per-property

Updates

• New RentPress-specific classes on single floor plan experience allow for greater customization
  • New classes for Information Subtitle, CTA block, Share Icons, Amenities List
• New sync and request timestamps in settings clarify the last time RentPress requested new data and the last time new data was available
• Updates for property mapping capabilities

Bug Fixes

• Bug Fixes and improvements throughout

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7.6.4 Juniper

Bug Fixes

• Addresses issue where floor plan pages could display a 404 error
• Addresses issue where property pages could display a 404 error

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7.6.2 Juniper

Bug Fixes

• Addresses issue where crons could stop creating
  • Crons are now created on a new scheduling system
• Addresses data issues that may prevent properties not synced from a feed from displaying

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7.6.1 Juniper

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where sync could fail due to WordPress unexpectedly stopping cron functionality.

7.6.0 Juniper

New Features

• New Add-on available – RentPress: Amenities Manager Add-on »
  • Take control of your amenity syncing
  • Selectively hide and show specific amenities
• Floor Plan Features filter comes to the floor plan search grid
  • Display selected features in a filter to shoppers
  • Useful for “Den” “Townhome” “Upgraded” and many more
  • Customizing through the floor plan search shortcode » allows for endless possibilities

Updates

• Adds classes to property page template to allow for further CSS targeting and customization
• City single page will now display its state abbreviation

Bug Fixes

• Addresses issue where office hours may display empty when empty values are present
• Addresses issue where special banners may not remove themselves after a set expiration
• Resolves issue where a featured image set for a taxonomy term may display with an incorrect z-index value
• Resolves issue where some amenities could import from Vaultware as “No title”
• Addresses issue with Vaultware allowing for empty rent values
• Resolves issue with RealPage sending empty values for amenities

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7.5.2 Island

Updates

• Resolves conflict with Save Settings and Sync Properties button in Settings.
• Refactors code for add-ons.

Bug Fixes

• Office Hours will no longer display “Null” when text field is empty.
• Resolves issue where Mapbox property search could display as empty.

7.5.1 Island

Updates

• Admin updates for greater compatibility

Bug Fixes

• Fixes typo with office hour appointments

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7.5.0 Island

New Features

• Property Office Hours have a brand-new experience
  • Time-based open and close times sync from your property management software or can be added to to your manually-managed properties
  • A day schedule can be set to “Closed”
  • A day schedule can be set to “By Appointment”
  • If desired, you can opt to Append any text after a day schedule. Supports select HTML tags including the ability to add a link.
  • If desired, you can Replace a day schedule with any arbitrary text.
  • New Office Hours including Appended and Replace text displays on a property listing page and on the property hours shortcode.

Updates

• Our included templates and shortcodes have been overhauled for greater compatibility with more website themes.

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7.4.1 Harbor

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where floor plans would not be removed from view when availability would update.
• Addresses an issue where amenities could display twice.
• Fixes issue where the filters toggle button could display unintentionally.

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7.4.0 Harbor

New Features

• A new look for single floor plan
  • Floor plan images now bring in multiple images from a data feed (where provided).
  • Units will show unit-specific features that residents will find in that unit.
  • Adds a new list to display Floor Plan Features distinct from Community Amenities.
  • The floor plan’s deposit range is displayed to shoppers.
• Adds Minimum Deposit and Maximum Deposit fields to floor plan editor.
• New Branding section in property editor
  • Properties can select a unique color to represent their brand.
  • When enabled, the property color will be reflected in elements on floor plan search, single floor plan, and property listing views.
• Adds a new Integrations tab to property editor
  • Introduces a new extendable integrations framework for developers.
• City extended description now supports most HTML tags and special characters
  • For more info, see: RentPress: Adding City Content
  • All taxonomy terms that have an Extended Description field support HTML and special characters as well.

Updates

• Adds more robust logic for manually-added units.
• Shoppers can now cancel their unit selection.
• Style updates for mobile browsers.
• Adds and re-orders style classes for easier customizations.
• Better handling of amenities and terms that have special characters or missing data.

Bug Fixes

• Bug Fixes and improvements to data sync

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7.3.1 Grassland

Bug Fixes

• Filters out empty prices for better unit price accuracy

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7.3.0 Grassland

New Features

• Floor plan images now can display in a lightbox gallery on click.
• Single floor plan template restructured to display Amenities and Features in separate lists.
• City names (taxonomy terms) now include state abbreviation. Only new properties will be affected.
• Pet policy field now support more content and additional HTML formatting.
• Data sync has been restructured to handle large portfolios.
• RentPress: Gravity Forms Add-on is now available separately.

Updates

• Admin post list information has been restructured for greater efficiency with large portfolios.
• Restructures neighborhood assignments for better consistency with properties.
• Property search uses all neighborhoods.
• RentPress templates now insert themselves into a child theme.
• Property info cards display information more efficiently.
• Single floor plan page CTAs now link to consistent destinations.

Bug Fixes

• Lease term dropdown will now only display when there are lease terms to display.
• Fixes issue with property deletion.
• Fixes issue with deleting units from synced properties.
• Fixes issue where manually-added units could not be deleted.
• Fixes issue when pet policy would not save.
• Fixes issue when comments would be enabled.
• Fixes issue where bedroom select modal in search filters would not dismiss.
• Fixes issue with admin error on sync options.

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7.2.0 Forest

New Features

• Properties now have per-bedroom pricing
  • Property card has been updated to display pricing for each of Studio, 1 Bed, 2 Bed, etc.
• Adds new parameters to property search shortcode
  • Find properties by price, bedrooms, only available, or combine all of these.
• Property card now better highlights pet-friendliness.
• Adds Mapbox support (beta)
  • Optionally choose to properties on a map from Mapbox.
  • Display a property pin on map from Mapbox.
• Per-property contact form options
  • New section in property editor allows a property to choose contact form method.
  • Insert a contact unique URL per property.
  • Add a Gravity Form shortcode to display a form in a modal.
  • Use the Global Contact Form URL.
• Property search filters are now dynamic
  • Filters now update in real-time in response to other filters.
  • Shoppers should be unable to reach search dead ends through filters alone.
• Better handling of best price calculations.

Updates

• Property search updated to better handle different screen sizes.
• Changed icons to use span tags and added aria-hidden=”true” so screen readers skip over them.
• Updated http to https where possible.
• Better compatibility with previous versions of RentPress.
• Adds styles to templates for better compatibility with Foundation.
• Added missing alt text.
• Added title attributes to iframes.
• Adds helpful links throughout Settings pages

Bug Fixes

• Fixes amenity categorization for property pet-friendliness.
• Resolves an issue where floor plans may not delete properly.
• Resolves an issue where properties may not delete properly.
• Fixed an issue with quotes that could cause pages to break.
• Resolves an issue with comments getting accidentally enabled.
• Removed duplicated CSS.

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7.0 Eclipse

New Features

• Single Property template

  • When enabled, will automatically generate a listing page for each property.
  • Add property featured image.
  • Add a tracking phone number specific for your website.
  • Add a property online application link.
  • Display a banner to announce leasing specials at a property. Specials can be linked and also set to automatically expire.
  • Invite shoppers to connect to property social networks. Supports: Facebook, Instagram
  • Display property romance copy and available amenities.
  • Add in the property pet policy.
  • Showcase floor plans and available units for property.
  • Add photos to the property or use your favorite gallery plugin by adding a shortcode.
  • Direct shoppers to your property with a Google map. Google Map API key required.
  • Display romance copy about the property’s city from the cities taxonomy.
  • Choose a primary neighborhood for a property from your neighborhoods.
  • Show a default placeholder image if a property does not have a featured image set.
  • Include additional keywords for a property to display in search results.

• Properties Search template

  • When enabled, will add a Search Apartments template into your theme.
  • Visitors can search across any information about your property: name, city, state, or zip code and more.
  • Filters are available for bedroom count, price, and can be customized to include pets and more.
  • Display a banner to announce leasing specials at a property.
  • Show a default placeholder image if a property does not have a featured image set.
  • Updates URL parameters on to let you quickly build a customized landing page on your existing search page for queries like price, bedrooms, city, state, and any arbitrary keyword.

• “Cities” taxonomy for Properties

  • Cities will be automatically generated based on the location data from properties on your site.
  • Properties will be automatically assigned into their city.
  • Romance copy about the city entered here will be displayed across all properties in that city.
  • A default placeholder image if a city does not have a featured image set.
  • A directory page is also available to display all cities.

• Single Floor Plan template

  • When enabled, will automatically generate a product page for each floor plan.
  • Display a floor plan’s current and future available units, square footage, and price.
  • Display lease term price options where available.
  • Includes CTAs to Request Info, Apply Now, and optionally, Schedule Tour or Join Waitlist when units aren’t available.
  • Display information from the floor plan’s parent property like description, amenities, pet policy, and office hours.
  • Display a banner to announce leasing specials on a floor plan. Specials can be linked and also set to automatically expire.
  • Includes support for embedding virtual tours from Matterport, YouTube, and more.
  • Add images for the floor plan to display in a carousel.
  • Manually add units into a floor plan.
  • “Features” taxonomy for floor plans to note distinguishing characteristics like “Den,” “Townhome,” and can be extended to fit your inventory.

• Floor Plan grid template

  • When enabled, will add a Floor Plans grid template into your theme.
  • Display all floor plans for your property or alternately only all with availability.
  • Display a banner to announce leasing specials on a floor plan. Specials can be linked and also set to automatically expire.
  • Shoppers can sort and filter by bed count, price, move-in date.

• Neighborhoods
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