Import your listings, let businesses claim them, publish best-of guides that rank, and sell ad spaces and Pro listing upgrades from the same WordPress site.
Proof, live now: mk.directory runs on it with 10,000+ real Milton Keynes listings.
From $99 a year. 14-day money-back guarantee.
AI search: a visitor types what they need in plain words and gets ranked matches with a reason for each.
Search it, open a listing, read a guide, check the map. Nothing on the demo is a mock-up.
Each card below plays the real feature. Tier badges show the lowest plan that includes it.
Start with a full directory on day one, then let the businesses themselves keep it accurate.
name→TitleAIcategory→CategoryAIfull_address→AddressAIphone→PhoneAIsite→WebsiteAIrating→RatingAI0 listings 10,137 listings imported
Upload a spreadsheet and AI maps your columns to listing fields for you. An optional email finder fills missing business emails from their websites.
Plumber · Milton Keynes
5.0 (57 reviews)Enter the 6-digit code sent to the business email.
Claim approved. Listing ownership transferred.
A business owner requests the listing and confirms with a 6-digit code sent by email. Approve the claim and ownership transfers automatically.
Send claim invitations to the businesses already listed, and see pending counts in the admin. Claimed listings get kept up to date by the people who run them.
Pages built for the searches local customers actually make.
Category
Location
Home / Best / Electricians
Local Roundups generate ranked "best X in Y" pages from your own listings, each one a real page you can edit. mk.directory has over 170 of them, with more publishing every day.
/best-electrician-in-milton-keynes/
{ "@type": "LocalBusiness",
"name": "FM Electrical & EICR certificate",
"aggregateRating": {
"ratingValue": 5, "reviewCount": 170 }
}When a business claims its listing, the plugin audits its website and scores it out of 100 with the gaps listed. Every listing also carries LocalBusiness schema.
Listings cluster on an interactive map with a Near Me button and radius search. Use free OpenStreetMap tiles or your own Mapbox or Google Maps key.
Reasons for visitors to come back, and fresh content for search engines to crawl.
Serviced apartments · Milton Keynes
Lovely breakfast and really friendly staff.
Thank you so much for your 5* review! We are so pleased you enjoy your stays with us.
Visitors leave 1 to 5 star reviews, you approve them, and ratings recalculate automatically. Spam checks and rate limits come as standard.
The News Engine reads the RSS feeds you choose and turns each item into an original local story on your site, using your own AI key.
Two revenue lines built in, so the directory can pay for itself.
Businesses pick an ad space and a duration, pay through Easy Digital Downloads, and their ad goes live. It is taking bookings on mk.directory now.
Payment complete
Create listing packages, drop a pricing table or upgrade card on any page, and the paid features switch on for that listing. Renewal reminders go out before a package expires.
The included theme ships with switchable colour schemes and a light or dark mode, set from the WordPress Customizer. Buttons, links and accents across the theme and plugin follow your choice.
Prefer your own theme? The plugin runs with other themes through shortcodes, Gutenberg blocks and, on Pro, Elementor widgets.
See all of this working on a real directory before you buy.
Upload the plugin and theme ZIPs from your account, paste your licence key, and the setup wizard opens.
The wizard walks you through your directory name, categories, fields, map and pages.
Upload a CSV. AI maps the columns to listing fields, and the importer builds every listing for you.
Choose a colour scheme and light or dark mode in the Customizer, then send claim invitations to your businesses.
AI features run on your own OpenAI, Anthropic or Google AI key, so you pay your provider directly for what you use.
You want a local or niche directory that earns its keep. Import the listings, publish best-of guides, and sell ad spaces and Pro listing upgrades to the businesses you list.
Start with Basic for one directory, or Pro to sell listing upgrades.
You build directories for clients or as lead engines of your own. Every business that claims a listing gets an SEO score for its website, which gives you an opening for a conversation.
Pro covers 5 sites. Agency covers unlimited sites.
You want listings, best-of guides and local news in one place. The News Engine turns the feeds you pick into original local stories next to your directory.
Pro includes the News Engine and Local Roundups.
Prices in US dollars, billed once a year. Every plan includes the plugin, the theme, unlimited listings, and a year of updates and support.
A complete, working directory for one site.
1 site
Get BasicFor directories that sell upgrades and publish at scale.
Up to 5 sites
Get ProEverything in Basic, plus:
For agencies and operators running many directories.
Unlimited sites
Get AgencyEverything in Pro, plus:
Buy it, install it, import your listings and use every feature on your plan for two full weeks. If it is not right for you, email hello@smartdirectorypro.com with your licence key within 14 days of purchase and you get your money back. No questions asked.
Read the refund policyEverything you need to list, rank and earn from local businesses, in one plugin and theme. Try it for 14 days with your money-back guarantee in place.