Business Directory Plugin vs HivePress
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| Feature | Business Directory Plugin v6.4.29 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details | HivePress v1.8.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 10,000+ |
| Last updated | October 20, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Business Directory Plugin · Business Directory licensed add-ons ($) | HivePress · HivePress premium extensions ($) |
| Pros | Listings, categories and search out of the box; Paid listing plans with Stripe or Authorize.Net; Widgets for featured, latest and random listings | Covers many listing types: directories, job boards, classifieds, real estate; Custom fields, categories and a front-end dashboard for listing owners |
| Cons | Add-ons that extend it need a licence key; Payment setup needs gateway accounts; Many admin screens and upgrade migrations to learn | Many features come as separate add-ons, some paid and licence-gated; Large plugin with many moving parts to configure |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| 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 ($) | Listing post type, Hierarchical listing categories, Front-end user accounts and dashboard, Vendor profiles, Elementor integration, Premium themes and extensions via licence key ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe, Authorize.Net | — |
| — | Mailchimp (via Mailchimp for WordPress) | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO | Elementor, WPML |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA | Google reCAPTCHA, Google OAuth, HivePress store ($) |
| Requires WordPress | — | 5.7 |
| 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 | www.google.com, store.hivepress.io, hivepress.io |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 1 |
| Custom tables | 5 | — |