Business Directory Plugin vs Directorist
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| Feature | Business Directory Plugin v6.4.29 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details | Directorist v8.10.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 20,000+ |
| Last updated | October 20, 2026 | October 18, 2026 |
| Editions | Business Directory Plugin · Business Directory licensed add-ons ($) | Directorist · Directorist premium extensions ($) |
| Pros | Listings, categories and search out of the box; Paid listing plans with Stripe or Authorize.Net; Widgets for featured, latest and random listings | Full directory toolkit: listings, categories, locations and submission forms; CSV import and export for listings; Built-in offline payment gateway and Polylang support |
| Cons | Add-ons that extend it need a licence key; Payment setup needs gateway accounts; Many admin screens and upgrade migrations to learn | Search alerts, pricing plans and WooCommerce payments are paid add-ons; AI setup wizard and promotions call the vendor's app.directorist.com service |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Paid listing plans and payments API, Stripe payment gateway, Authorize.Net payment gateway, Notification for abandoned payments, Google reCAPTCHA on listing forms, Licence key check for paid add-ons ($) | Listing directory with categories and locations, Front-end listing submission, CSV import and export of listings, Offline payment gateway, AI-assisted setup wizard, Search alerts (premium extension) ($), Pricing plans (premium extension) ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe, Authorize.Net | — |
| Analytics | — | Appsero insights |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce payments (premium extension) ($) |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO | Polylang |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA | Directorist app (app.directorist.com), OpenStreetMap Nominatim |
| Requires WordPress | — | 4.6 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | secure.authorize.net, test.authorize.net, api.authorize.net, apitest.authorize.net, cardpresent.authorize.net, businessdirectoryplugin.com, feedback.strategy11.com | icanhazip.com, app.directorist.com, nominatim.openstreetmap.org |
| Blocks | — | 19 |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 1 |
| Custom tables | 5 | — |