About this plugin
Vieww Directory is a WordPress business directory plugin for industry associations, chambers of commerce, business networks, clubs and community marketplaces. Add members in seconds — name, contact details, photos, categories, location — and visitors browse, filter and find them in a searchable directory with an interactive map.
You add a member, choose a category, drop a shortcode into a page — and that’s it. No page builder required, nothing else to install.
Maps are included and work the day you install: they run on OpenStreetMap, so there’s no Google account to create, no API key to paste in, and no billing setup. Member addresses are placed on the map automatically when you save them.
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What your visitors get:
- A clean, searchable directory of every member
- Filter by category, search by name or keyword
- A profile page for each member with logo, photo gallery, contact details and a map of where to find them
- A featured-members showcase to spotlight your top supporters
What you get:
- Add a member in under a minute — name, contact details, photos, done
- Hierarchical categories so you can organise members the way they actually fit
- Featured members get a gold badge and the top of the list
- Maps with no keys, no accounts and no billing — or turn maps off site-wide if you’d rather not use them
- Pick your own colours, fonts and spacing from a single design panel
- A grid layout that looks great on phones, tablets and desktops
Shortcodes you can drop into any page or layout:
- [viewwdi_directory] — the full directory grid with search and category filters
- [viewwdi_layout] — directory grid with the category sidebar in a two-column layout
- [viewwdi_featured] — a row of your featured members
- [viewwdi_sidebar] — just the category navigation (works in widget areas too)
Part of the Vieww suite
Vieww plugins share one philosophy: everything you need ships in the box, your data stays in your own WordPress install, and nothing is sent back to us. Also available: Vieww Events Calendar and Vieww Property Listings. au.
Requirements:
- WordPress 5.6 or higher
- PHP 7.4 or higher
External Services
This plugin connects to a small number of free, optional external services. Each is described below along with when it is used and what data is sent.
OpenStreetMap map tiles
Used to draw the background of every map the plugin renders, on the front end as
well as in the admin.
- URL: https://tile.openstreetmap.org/
- When used: Whenever a map is displayed. This includes public pages, so
visitors’ browsers request tiles directly from the tile server.
- Data sent: The visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent, plus the map
tiles being viewed. No site data and no personal data are sent by the plugin.
- Privacy policy: https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy
- Terms of use: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/tiles/
Maps can be disabled entirely in the plugin settings, which stops all tile
requests.
Google Fonts API
Used to load web fonts chosen in the Design Settings. Only occurs when a Google Font (as opposed to a system font) is selected in Directory > Design > Typography.
- URL: https://fonts.googleapis.com
- When used: Only when a Google Font is selected in Design Settings (off by default — system fonts are the default)
- Data sent: The names of the selected font families (e.g. “Inter”, “Poppins”). No personal data or site data is transmitted.
- Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Terms of service: https://developers.google.com/terms
If you prefer not to use Google Fonts, simply leave the heading and body font selectors set to a System Font — no external requests will be made.
Nominatim (OpenStreetMap) geocoding
Used to convert a member’s address into latitude/longitude coordinates so the listing can be shown on the directory map. Runs on the server when a member is saved in the WordPress admin, and in the browser when an admin clicks the “Geocode Now” button on a member edit screen.
- URL: https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search
- When used: Only on the admin side — when a member is saved with a new/changed address, or when the “Geocode Now” button is pressed in the Business Details meta box. No geocoding lookups run on the front-end; map tiles are a separate service, described below.
- Data sent: The member’s street address, suburb, state, postcode, and a two-letter ISO country code (the site’s Default country setting, or the listing’s own Country override). No personal data beyond the business address.
- Privacy policy: https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy
- Terms of use: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/
Leaving the latitude/longitude fields filled manually in the member edit screen prevents any Nominatim request from being sent for that member on save.
Photon (komoot.io) address autocomplete
Used to show a real-time address suggestion dropdown in the admin while typing into the Street Address field. Selecting a suggestion populates the suburb, state, postcode and coordinates at once.
- URL: https://photon.komoot.io/api/
- When used: Only on the admin side — while an editor is typing into the Street Address field of a member. Requests stop if the user stops typing or clicks elsewhere. No geocoding lookups run on the front-end; map tiles are a separate service, described below.
- Data sent: The partial address text the user is typing, plus a geographic bounding box or centre point for the configured country. No personal data, no site data.
- Privacy policy: https://www.komoot.com/privacy
- Service info: https://photon.komoot.io/
If you prefer not to use Photon autocomplete, simply ignore the suggestions and type the address manually — no suggestions will be acted on unless you click or Enter one.
Support
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