Essential Real Estate vs Realtyna WPL
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| Feature | Essential Real Estate v5.3.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details | Realtyna WPL v5.4.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 7,000+ | 1,000+ |
| Last updated | October 15, 2026 | August 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Essential Real Estate | WPL · WPL PRO ($) · Realtyna Organic IDX ($) |
| Pros | Full property listing, search and map pages from shortcodes; Front-end listing submission and favourites; Mortgage calculator and property comparison included | Customisable property fields and search widgets; Elementor and Divi listing widgets; Optional MLS feed through Realtyna's paid IDX service |
| Cons | Paid listing packages need PayPal or Stripe configured; Readme points to separate add-ons and paid themes | MLS feeds and PRO features need paid add-ons and a Realtyna account; Sends domain and version data to Realtyna for announcements; Large plugin with many moving parts to configure |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Property listing shortcode, Property search shortcode, Property map shortcode, Front-end property submission form, Saved favourite properties, Mortgage calculator widget, Paid listing payments through PayPal, Paid listing payments through Stripe | Property listing and detail shortcode, Property search widget, Elementor listing widgets, WPBakery widgets, Listing field builder wizard, MLS listing import from IDX service ($), PRO multilingual listings ($), Robots and head handling for Rank Math and Yoast |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal, Stripe | Stripe ($) |
| Social | WhatsApp share links | — |
| Plugins | — | Elementor, Divi |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Google Maps | Google reCAPTCHA, Google Maps, OpenStreetMap Nominatim, ExchangeRate-API, Realtyna IDX service ($), Realtyna billing API |
| Requires WordPress | 4.5 | 6.2 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.9 | 7.0 |
| Phones home | No | Yes |
| External services | www.google.com, api.paypal.com, api.stripe.com, maps.googleapis.com | api.instagram.com |
| Shortcodes | 27 | 5 |