GeoBuddy

GeoBuddy is the foundation plugin for every GeoDirectory-powered directory site.

One free plugin gives you a stepwise form, a floating action bar, one-click demo sites, and — for the first time — an AI agent that can manage your directory for you. Everything else clips on as an addon.

At a Glance

• 🤖 AI Management — Let Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client read and manage your listings

• 📋 Multistep Form — Stepwise “Add Listing” form, free, no addon needed

• 🎯 Floating Action Bar — Sticky call-to-action bar on listing pages

• 🗂️ One-Click Templates — Full demo sites imported in a few clicks

• 🧩 Custom Fields — Social profile links + 360° virtual tour

• 💡 Field Tooltips — Add rich informational tooltips to listing form fields

• 🖼️ Admin Media Library — Select existing Media Library images for GeoDirectory listings

• 👤 Add Listing Signup — Send guests through UsersWP registration, then back to the Add Listing form

• 🧱 8+ Addons — Extend forms, messaging, weather, broadcasting & more

🤖 GeoBuddy AI — Run Your Directory With AI

This is the headline feature. GeoBuddy ships an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server built into WordPress’s Abilities API, so AI assistants can talk to your GeoDirectory site directly — no custom code, no Zapier, no manual admin work.

Free, built into GeoBuddy core — read-only:

• List, get & search GeoDirectory listings

• Browse categories, tags, custom fields & post types

• Read GeoDirectory settings, countries & map markers

• Read general WordPress site info, plugins & options

GeoBuddy AI addon — read/write control:

• ✏️ Create & update listings

• ⭐ Manage reviews

• ⚙️ Manage GeoDirectory settings

• 🔐 Scoped, auditable actions — nothing is silently deleted

) talks to the MCP Server in GeoBuddy core, which routes to the free Read tools and, if installed, the GeoBuddy AI addon’s Write tools — both acting on your GeoDirectory site.

GeoBuddy AI addon

Core Features (Free)

📋 Multistep Form — Breaks the GeoDirectory “Add Listing” form into clean steps with a progress indicator, works out of the box. Custom labels & progress bar styles are in the Multistep Form addon.

🎯 Floating Action Bar — Sticky bottom bar on listing detail pages with Call, WhatsApp, Share & Favorite (4 items, free). Unlimited items & full builder controls are in the Floating Action Bar addon.

🗂️ Site Templates — One-click importer for full GeoDirectory demo sites: theme, plugins, pages, categories, listings & menus in one guided flow. Additive (safe) or Full Reset (replaces everything) modes. Free templates are open to everyone; paid templates need a GeoBuddy Bundle license.

🧩 Custom Fields — Adds a few extra listing fields: social links (YouTube, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, TikTok) and a 360° virtual tour embed.

💡 Field Tooltips — Add optional rich-text information tooltips beside GeoDirectory fields on add/edit listing forms. Customize the tooltips icon hover, background, text, and border colors from GeoBuddy settings.

🖼️ Admin Media Library — Optionally select existing WordPress Media Library images while editing GeoDirectory listings in wp-admin, alongside GeoDirectory’s default uploader. Frontend add/edit listing forms are not affected.

👤 Add Listing Signup — Optionally redirect logged-out visitors from the GeoDirectory Add Listing page to UsersWP registration, then return them to the Add Listing form after signup, email activation, and login. Enable it under GeoBuddy settings → User Flow. Requires UsersWP.

Addons

• 🤖 GeoBuddy AI — full read/write AI management of your site

• 📋 Multistep Form — custom step labels, progress bar styles & positions

• 🎯 Floating Action Bar — unlimited action items + full builder controls

• 💬 Private Message — direct messaging between users & listing owners

• 🎉 Confetti — celebration animation on listing submission

• 📢 Announcement Bar — site-wide announcement banner

• ⛅ Weather Forecast — real-time weather on listing pages

• 📡 Broadcasting — broadcast messages to users or listing owners

Requirements

• WordPress 5.5+ (6.9+ for the AI/MCP server)

• PHP 7.4+

• GeoDirectory plugin (required)

• UsersWP plugin (optional, for Add Listing Signup)

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.

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