GTL Business Directory

GTL Business Directory turns any WordPress site into a structured business directory. It is deliberately image-free: featured image support is suppressed across nine independent layers so no theme, page builder, SEO plugin or legacy data can reintroduce a thumbnail. Listings render as clean, structured text cards with deterministic coloured monograms instead.

Core features

• Business listing post type with 30+ structured fields

• Hierarchical Categories (main category + unlimited subcategories) with summary, long intro, SEO title, meta description, focus keywords, custom H1, icon, accent colour, ordering, featured flag and FAQ

• Hierarchical Locations (Country > State > City > Area) with all of the above plus location type, latitude/longitude, PIN codes and population

• Front-end user registration with a dedicated Business Owner role, honeypot spam protection and email notifications

• Owner dashboard with listing table, view counts and inline edit links

• Front-end submit/edit form with dependent category dropdowns and opening-hours editor

• “All lists” page with faceted sidebar (category, subcategory, location, price, rating, verified, featured), keyword search, eight sort modes and pagination

• Single landing page with sticky contact panel, quick stats, services tags, opening hours with today highlighting, social links, related listings and a claim CTA

• LocalBusiness, BreadcrumbList, CollectionPage and FAQPage JSON-LD — all without an image property

• Admin settings screen for slugs, page assignments, accent colour, per-page count and auto-publish

Shortcodes

• [gettoplists_directory] — full listings page

• [gettoplists_categories] — main categories with subcategories and summaries

• [gettoplists_locations] — primary locations with child cities

• [gettoplists_search] — hero search bar

• [gettoplists_register] — registration page

• [gettoplists_login] — login form

• [gettoplists_dashboard] — owner dashboard

• [gettoplists_submit] — add/edit listing form

External services

This plugin connects to PayPal to process optional “boost” payments that give a

listing top placement. This connection is only made when the site administrator

explicitly enables PayPal in Directory -> Settings -> PayPal and a user chooses

to purchase a boost. The plugin makes no external requests otherwise.

What is sent and when

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When a user clicks a boost package, their browser is redirected to PayPal’s

com in

sandbox mode), path /cgi-bin/webscr. The form sends the item name, price,

currency, the site’s configured PayPal business email, return URLs, and a

reference containing the listing ID and package ID. No personal data is

collected by the plugin at this step; the payer enters their details on

PayPal’s own site.

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When PayPal notifies the site of a completed payment via Instant Payment

Notification (IPN), the plugin posts the received payload back to PayPal for

com in

sandbox mode), path /cgi-bin/webscr. These are POST-only verification

endpoints. This step is required by PayPal to confirm the notification is

genuine. The payload posted back is exactly what PayPal sent, unmodified.

com/us/legalhub/home