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The classic local-directory playbook is now built in end to end: import businesses from Google Maps, invite them by email to claim their listing, and charge them for the claim.

• Invite to Claim — select listings on Manage → Listings and email every business a personalized claim link at its contact address (pairs perfectly with Find Contact Emails). Invitations go out through your own email provider, and an Invited column tracks who has been contacted.
• Verified claims, zero review work — a claim that comes through an invitation link is verified automatically: clicking the link proves the business controls its own inbox, so there is no proof-of-ownership text for you to review. The claim is approved instantly and the new owner receives their login details by email.
• Charge for claiming — flip on "Charge for claiming" in Claim Listing Settings, pick a claim plan, and the claim form becomes a checkout. Payment approves the claim automatically — works with Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Creem and PayPal.
• Sell a "Claim & Verify" bundle — enable the Verified badge on your claim plan and every paying claimant gets the ✓ badge applied the moment they pay.

Invite to Claim lives on Manage → Listings (select listings → Invite to Claim). Paid claims are configured under Settings → General → Claim Listing Settings, with a new playbook card in the Monetize hub.

Selling a sponsor slot for a specific month? Every ad now has optional Start Showing At and Stop Showing At fields in Marketing → Ads. Set the window and the ad handles itself: it appears the moment the campaign starts and takes itself down when it ends — no calendar reminders, no coming back to flip it off.

Both fields are optional, so nothing changes for your existing ads: leave the start empty to run immediately, leave the end empty to run until you switch it off. The Active toggle stays your master switch, and the ads table shows each campaign's window at a glance.

Combined with placements (homepage hero, category and listing pages, or the First Listing slot in your grid) and per-category or per-listing targeting, you can now book campaigns back to back — a sponsor for September, another for October, both set up today.

If you sell listings or link placements, Google asks that those links be labeled — plain followed links that are visibly sold can get a site's outbound links devalued, or worse. The safe label for paid placements is rel="sponsored", and every listing now has a toggle for it.

You'll find Sponsored Website URL on the listing edit form, right next to No Follow — and as an inline column in Manage → Listings (enable it via the column picker to flip listings in bulk). The two flags combine however you like: sponsored alone, nofollow alone, or both together.

The label is applied everywhere the nofollow flag already was, so there are no gaps: the Visit Website button, the mobile floating button, link-type custom fields, and external links inside the listing's content text.

Two extras for directories built around paid placements:

• Settings → SEO → Default Sponsored — new listings start with sponsored links; clear it on the ones that don't pay.
• The CSV import/export and the API both carry the new is_sponsored field.

A good setup if you sell a dofollow upgrade: keep free listings on nofollow, and give paying listings rel="sponsored" — a real, visible upgrade that keeps your directory's link profile clean with Google.

Nested categories have long been available in your panel (set a Parent Category when creating a category) — but your visitors and submitters couldn't really benefit from them. Now they can:

• Cascading picker on the submission form — submitters first see only your main categories. Selecting one reveals its subcategories, indented right underneath, so a long category list stays clean and nobody files a listing under the wrong branch. Searching still cuts across all levels, and picking a subcategory automatically selects its main category — every listing always carries its main category.
• Smarter browse filters — the category filter on your directory now shows subcategories nested under the open main category, and a main category page keeps showing listings from all of its subcategories combined.

If you've been simulating subcategories with tags or prefixes, now is the moment to switch: recreate them as real subcategories and your submission form and filters organize themselves.

Directories that pre-fill listings and invite businesses to claim them share one headache: businesses submitting a brand-new listing instead of claiming the one you already created. That loop is now closed:

• Live duplicate check — while a submitter types the listing name, the form shows existing published listings with similar names right under the field.
• One-click claim — unclaimed listings get a direct View & claim link that opens the listing with the claim form ready. Already-claimed listings show a plain link instead, and unpublished listings are never revealed.
• Claims on your dashboard — pending claims now appear in the "Needs your attention" panel next to submissions awaiting review, so a claim never sits unnoticed in your inbox.

Duplicate suggestions are on by default for every directory with public submissions — you can switch them off or reword the texts in Monetize → Public Submissions.

Stripe only issues a receipt for one-time payments — fine for consumers, not enough for businesses that need real invoices for their bookkeeping. If you sell one-time listing plans, there's now a fix:

• Turn on Create invoices for one-time payments in Monetize → Payment Providers → Stripe, and every one-time checkout produces a proper Stripe invoice that the buyer receives by email and can download for their records.
• Subscriptions already come with invoices automatically — this closes the gap for one-time plans.

One thing to know before enabling it: Stripe charges its own Invoicing fee for invoices created this way, which is why the toggle is opt-in.

The homepage hero stats on the Members template just got more flexible: a new Show locations count toggle in Theme Editor → Homepage → Hero stats displays how many distinct locations your listings cover — pulled from your location field, or from the cities detected in listing addresses.

Mix and match it with the listings, categories and groups counters — the hero grid adapts automatically to however many stats you keep, and the label is editable right on the page like the other stats.

Google Maps Import is here!

Fill your directory with real businesses in minutes: type a niche and a location — like "plumbers in Austin, TX" — pick the businesses you want from a live preview with photos and ratings, and import them as ready-to-publish listings.

• Real data, not placeholders — every imported listing arrives with the business's name, address, phone number, website, opening hours, map coordinates, main photo and logo.
• No additional setup with import credits — no API keys, no configuration. Buy a one-time credit pack (from $9 for 100 listings) and start importing. Searching and previewing is always free, credits never expire and work across all your directories — and Pro plans and above get 10 free credits to try it out. Skipped listings are refunded automatically.
• Google reviews included — each credit brings the business's 10 newest reviews along, displayed with the author's name and a link to their Google profile. Want more? An All reviews option imports a business's entire review history.
• Enrich with AI — If you have connected OpenAI or Claude in your Integrations. Imports can automatically write a unique card description, page content, and SEO title & meta for every listing through your own AI provider — so your directory doesn't read like everyone else's copy of the same data. On by default whenever a provider is connected.
• Prefer your own key? Power users can connect their own Google API key instead — unlimited imports, no credits needed.
• Built for the classic directory playbook — import the businesses in your niche, then invite them to claim their listing and take ownership. Every listing remembers its Google place ID, so re-imports never create duplicates.

Google Maps Import is under Content → Google Maps Import and is available on all paid plans. Read the full guide.

Built a directory you're proud of and want to launch a second city, language or niche with the same setup? You can now clone an entire directory in one click with no more redoing days of configuration by hand.

• One click from Manage → Directories — hit Clone on any of your directories, review exactly what will be copied (the confirmation shows a clear checklist), and confirm. The copy appears instantly on its own subdomain, ready to tweak.
• Everything that makes your directory yours — settings, theme & design (across all templates), categories & tags, custom fields, forms & custom pages, blog articles, organizers, ads & banners, SEO settings and redirects all come along. Images and branding files are duplicated in the background and appear within moments.
• A clean, safe start — listings, leads, reviews and team members stay behind, and the clone gets its own fresh subdomain while your custom domain stays exactly where it is. Payment provider credentials are never copied — paid submissions on the copy start disabled until you reconnect a provider there.
• Great for scaling — same concept, new market: spin up "Best Plumbers Amsterdam" from your Rotterdam directory, or a Spanish edition of your English one, in seconds.

Cloning counts as creating a directory, so it's available within your plan's directory limit.

Every transactional email your directory sends — account passwords, claim approvals, lead notifications, password resets and more — can now be rewritten or translated, word for word.

• New Email Templates page — head to Settings → Email Templates, pick any of the 12 emails from the dropdown, and its current text loads straight into the editor. Edit the subject and body, save, done.
• Translate everything — running a Dutch, German or Spanish directory? Rewrite every subject and body in your own language, so your submitters and businesses never see a word of English.
• Smart variables — placeholders like {user_name}, {listing_name} and {login_url} are filled in automatically when each email goes out, and every template lists exactly which variables it supports.
• Defaults with a safety — emails you haven't customized keep using the built-in text, and a Reset to default button brings any email back to the original in one click.
• Plays well with your sending setup — customized emails still go out through your own email provider (SMTP, Mailgun, Postmark, Resend or SES) with your directory's branding, exactly like before.

Available on all plans. If you don't customize anything, nothing changes.

Directories rot quietly — businesses close, sites move, links die. A directory full of dead links loses visitors' trust (and Google rankings). Now Directify watches your outbound listing links for you.

• Automatic checks, zero setup — every published listing's website link is checked regularly: healthy links weekly, failing ones daily. It's on for every directory.
• Broken links flagged where you work — a new Link Health card on your dashboard, a "Needs your attention" alert, and a Link Health badge + filter on your Listings table show exactly which listings point to dead sites.
• Smart about false alarms — a link only counts as broken after 3 consecutive failed checks, and sites that merely block automated visitors are never flagged.
• Optional auto-unpublish — have Directify unpublish listings automatically after 3, 5 or 10 consecutive failed checks (Settings → General → Listing Link Health). Off by default — unpublished listings simply return to your pending queue, ready to republish.
• Fresh starts — fix a listing's URL and its health history clears; the link is rechecked from scratch.

Your directory can now earn money from every enquiry it generates. With Pay-Per-Lead, businesses see new leads arrive with the contact details masked — and unlock them with prepaid credits they buy from you. You set the pack prices, sales go through your own payment provider (Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Creem or PayPal), and you keep 100%.

• A Contact button on every listing — automatic — every directory now collects leads out of the box. A "Contact" button on each listing page opens a name/email/message form, and the enquiry lands in the business's Leads inbox with an email notification. No form building needed; it appears as an editable "Default contact form" under Forms, and if you already built your own listing form, yours keeps working exactly as before. You can turn the button off in Settings → General → Listing, and rename it from the Theme Editor.
• Turn it into revenue — enable Pay-Per-Lead in Monetize → Pay-Per-Lead, create credit packs (e.g. 5 credits for $25) on the Payment Providers page, and new leads arrive masked: first name and a message preview visible, email and phone hidden until the business spends 1 credit.
• Fair by design — the first few leads per business are free (you choose how many, default 3), repeat enquiries from the same person never cost a credit, and leads you collected before enabling stay fully visible. Credits never expire.
• Self-service for businesses — businesses see their credit balance in their dashboard, buy packs in a click, and can opt into auto-unlocking new leads while they have credits. Every unlocked lead is also emailed to them in full.
• You stay in control — a stats strip shows leads captured, unlocks, and credits sold, and a one-click Refund credit action on any lead lets you put junk-lead complaints right instantly.

Pay-Per-Lead is available on plans with payments enabled (Professional and up). Nothing changes until you switch it on.

The dashboard your listed businesses use — where they manage listings, upgrade, and renew — got a complete overhaul. It's now your brand, their command center.

• Your branding, not ours — the business dashboard now uses your directory's logo, favicon, brand color, and font automatically, on every page.
• It speaks your language — the panel follows your directory's language setting (Settings → General → SEO & Links → "HTML Lang"). Set it to nl, de, fr, etc. and the login, registration and password-reset pages, buttons, tables, and notifications translate automatically.
• Every text is yours to edit — a new Theme Editor → Submitter Panel section lets you rename or translate all ~70 dashboard texts: menu items, dashboard cards, buttons like "Pay & Publish", the billing, leads, and reviews pages. Fields you leave empty keep the defaults, so you can translate in passes.
• A real dashboard — businesses see their listings, published status, Featured ★ and Verified ✓ badges, average rating, and anything that needs their attention (like a pending payment) the moment they log in.
• Self-service billing — businesses can see exactly which plan they're on, when it renews, upgrade to a higher tier anytime, or cancel on their own — no more "how do I cancel?" emails landing in your inbox.
• Leads, delivered — when a visitor contacts a business through a form on their listing page, the business now gets an email and sees the message in a new Leads inbox. You control this with a new notification toggle in Settings.
• Reviews & public replies — businesses can see approved reviews of their listings and post a public response, shown right under the review on your site. You keep full control: replies are visible in your Reviews table and you can clear any of them.
• A way in — a "Business login" link now appears in your directory's header and footer (only when submissions or claims are enabled), so businesses can always find their dashboard. Toggle each placement in the Theme Editor, and rename the label by clicking it in the preview — no more building custom nav links by hand.
• Clearer buttons — "Pay Now" became Pay & Publish, Promote, or Upgrade depending on the listing's state.

Everything is live now for every directory — nothing to set up. Businesses log in at yourdomain.com/submitter or via the new login link.

Prefer Claude for AI content? Now you can plug in your own Anthropic API key and every AI feature in your panel runs on Claude — using your key, your model choice, and your budget.

• Connect in minutes — head to Settings → Integrations, paste your Anthropic API key (from console.anthropic.com), pick a model — Claude Opus 4.8 (most capable), Claude Sonnet 5 (balanced), or Claude Haiku 4.5 (fastest & cheapest) — and save. Your key is stored encrypted, like all integration credentials.
• Works everywhere AI already works — Generate SEO with AI, single and bulk listing content generation, category and directory page content, and AI URL extraction on public submissions all use Claude automatically once connected.
• Keep OpenAI too — switch anytime — if you have both Claude and OpenAI connected, a new Active AI Provider selector appears in Integrations so you can flip between them in one click (handy when one account runs out of credits).
• Fresh OpenAI models — while we were at it, the OpenAI model list was updated to the latest GPT-5.6 and GPT-5.4 families, replacing the deprecated gpt-4o generation.

Available on all plans with the Integrations feature. If you only use OpenAI, nothing changes.

Meet the template that brings the Yelp-style local search experience to your directory — built for city guides, local service directories, chamber-of-commerce listings, and neighborhood guides.

• Two-field search — visitors search the way they think: what they need in one field, where in the other. The city field autocompletes from your own listings, so it only suggests places you actually cover
• Results map with hover preview cards — a live map beside the results; hover a pin and a mini card pops up with the photo, name, and rating, ready to click through. On mobile, a Yelp-style Map/List toggle keeps the list front and center
• Automatic city detection — every listing's city is detected from its address during geocoding and feeds the search autocomplete, the city filter, and the homepage Popular Areas section — zero setup
• Service areas for mobile businesses — plumbers, cleaners, and other no-storefront providers list the cities they cover instead of an address ("Serves Austin, Round Rock") and show up in the city filter for every area they serve
• Open Now badges & star ratings — live open/closed status computed from each business's hours, with reviews on by default — the trust currency of local
• Smart business fields — selecting the template auto-creates 9 fields: Price Range, Hours of Operation, Amenities, Service Areas, Services Offered, Booking Link, Year Established, Certifications, and more
• Yelp-style browsing — a filter pill bar (price, featured, categories, city) instead of a sidebar, with compact scannable listing cards that stay readable on any screen

The whole template carries a "living map" identity — a sonar-pulse hero with floating map pins (toggleable in the Theme Editor), map-tile Popular Areas cards, and a get-on-the-map call-to-action.

Choose Local Business from the template picker in the Theme Editor, or when creating a new directory.

Every directory just got a search-engine (and AI-crawler) upgrade — live automatically on all 15 templates, nothing to configure.

• Richer structured data — every listing page now emits LocalBusiness JSON-LD (with phone number and map coordinates when set) plus breadcrumbs, and your homepage, category pages and blog emit ItemList schema. Reviews keep powering star-rating rich results.
• RSS feed at /rss.xml — your newest listings and blog posts in one standard feed, auto-discoverable by feed readers and syndication tools.
• llms.txt — a machine-readable summary of your directory (description, categories, top listings, latest posts) so AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude can understand and cite your site.
• Sitemap update — your homepage sitemap entry now carries a last-modified date, so crawlers know when to come back.

Password-protected directories stay private — none of this is exposed for them.

Meet the template where the offer is the headline — built for local deals sites, coupon directories, promo code catalogs, and seasonal sale roundups.

• Discount-first deal cards — "20% Off" in bold color first, merchant name second, plus a dashed promo-code pill, struck-through original price with automatic savings percentage, category chip, and star rating
• Copy-to-clipboard promo codes — one click on the deal page copies the code
• Countdown urgency built in — powered by the new listing expiry engine: "3 days left" and "Ends today" badges on cards, scheduled deals that go live on their own, and expired deals that demote or disappear automatically
• Ending Soon comes first — the homepage leads with deals closest to expiry, followed by Featured Deals, Browse by Category, New This Week, and a merchant call-to-action (all reorderable in the Theme Editor)
• In-store & online redemption — every deal carries a redemption type; local offers get an address and map, online offers get a Redeem Online button
• Smart deal fields — selecting the template auto-creates 7 fields: Discount Headline, Promo Code, Redemption Type, Original Price, Deal Price, Terms & Conditions, and Merchant Website
• Merchant submissions ready — the public form includes all deal fields, so merchants can submit their own offers for your approval (free or paid)

The coupon-ticket hero (with a Theme Editor toggle for its decorations), warm red-orange palette, and reviews on by default round it out.

Choose Coupons / Deals from the template picker in the Theme Editor, or when creating a new directory.

Every listing can now have an optional Visible From and Expires On date - great for deals, job posts, events, and seasonal content.

• Schedule ahead — set a future start date and the listing goes live on its own.
• Countdown urgency — listings approaching their end date show a countdown badge ("3 days left", "Ends today") right on the card. You control when it appears and can reword or translate every label.
• You choose what expiry means — keep expired listings visible with an Expired badge (they drop to the bottom of every list), or hide them from listing pages, search, and your sitemap entirely. Find the toggle in Settings → General → Listing (tab) → Listing Expiry Settings.
• The listing page survives — an expired listing's own page stays reachable via direct link either way, so shared links never break.
• Works everywhere — the new dates flow through CSV import/export, Google Sheets sync, and the API.

Set the dates on any listing's edit page. Nothing changes for your existing listings until you add an end date.

Your paid submission tiers can now grant real perks automatically — and you can sell those perks with one click, right on the listing page.

Automatic Featured & Verified badges

• Auto-feature on purchase — enable "Auto-feature listing" on any plan, and listings are marked Featured the moment payment completes.
• New: Verified badge — a blue check next to the listing name, on every template's cards and detail pages. Tie it to a plan with the "Verified badge" toggle, or set it manually per listing from your Listings table.
• Handles cancellations — if a subscriber's plan lapses, the badges that plan granted are removed automatically. Badges you set manually are never touched.
• Works with every payment provider — Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Creem, and PayPal.

New: Listing Upgrades — an upgrade card on every listing page

• Turn it on, and each listing page shows an upgrade card in the sidebar. One click sends the buyer straight to checkout — no pricing page, no account. One click for "Is this your business?" claims.
• Pick which plan the button sells, and customize the card's title, text, and button label — the plan's price is appended to the button automatically.
• Purchases grant the plan's Featured/Verified badges instantly, and you're emailed the details of every upgrade sold.
• The card hides itself on listings that already have everything the plan grants.

Set it all up under Monetize: the badge toggles live on your plans in Payment Providers, and the upgrade card has its own new Listing Upgrades page. The Verified badge label is editable per language in the Theme Editor, and there's a new Verified column on your Listings table.

The Theme Editor's live preview now has a page selector — a dropdown in the top bar that jumps the preview straight to any page of your directory.

• Every page, one click — switch between the homepage, browse page, a category, a listing, the blog, the map, and more without clicking through your site inside the preview.
• Reach every label — combined with click-to-edit labels, you can now get to every editable label on your site.

Open the Theme Editor and you'll find the page dropdown in the top bar.

Your Date custom fields can now display in whatever format your audience expects — you're no longer defaulted to YYYY-MM-DD.

• Pick your format — choose US style (MM-DD-YYYY), European (DD-MM-YYYY), slashes (MM/DD/YYYY), or friendly styles like January 31, 2026 and Jan 31, 2026.
• Per field — set a different format for each Date field independently.
• Display only — it changes how the date looks on your public site; the underlying data stays exactly as entered, so filtering and sorting are unaffected.

Go to Custom Fields, edit any Date field, and choose your Date Display Format.

Your directory's typography improved. In the Theme Editor, you're no longer limited to the default font list — you can now upload your own custom font or link any Google Font, with live preview.

• Upload custom fonts — bring your brand's own .woff2, .woff, .ttf, or .otf file and apply it across your directory.
• Link any Google Font — type any family name (or pick from popular suggestions) to add it instantly.
• One library, every directory — fonts you add are saved to your account and available across all your directories, so your branding stays consistent.
• Live preview — watch your new font apply across the site as you choose it, before you hit Save.

Open the Theme Editor → Typography and click Add a font to get started.

Directify's API, MCP server, and CLI can now manage two things that previously required the dashboard — handy if you build automations, run an AI agent, or scrape listings into your directory.

• Link listings to organizers — assign one or more organizers (agencies, studios, event hosts) to a listing right when you create or update it. Just pass the organizer IDs — no clicking through the dashboard afterwards.
• Full custom field management — create, edit, and delete your own custom fields (text, number, select, multi-select, rating, and more) programmatically. Until now these could only be managed in the dashboard.

It all works across the REST API, the MCP server (so AI assistants like Claude can do it in plain English), and the directify CLI.

See the updated API documentation to get started.

You can now accept payments for paid submissions through PayPal — the checkout your customers already know and trust, available in 200+ countries.

• One-time and recurring — charge a one-off listing fee or a subscription, your choice
• You define your plans right inside Directify — name, price, currency and interval — no separate PayPal product setup is required
• One-click connect — paste your PayPal Client ID and Secret, click Connect, and we register the webhook for you automatically
• Live & Sandbox modes — test the whole flow before going live
• You keep 100% — connect your own PayPal Business account; we take no cut

Go to Monetize → Payment Providers, choose PayPal, and connect your account.

You can now edit and translate the text labels across your directory's pages directly in the Theme Editor

• Click to edit — hover any label in the live preview (section headings, subtitles, "View all" links, footer columns, navigation, and more) and click to change it.
• Instant preview — your new text updates live as you type. Hit Save when you're happy.
• Fully translatable — rename or translate your home page, header, and footer copy into any language.
• Every theme — rolled out across all directory templates.

Open the Theme Editor, then just start clicking the labels you want to change.

Syncing your listings to and from Google Sheets is now faster and far less restrictive.

• Pull and Push now work independently — pushing an edit to your sheet no longer locks you out of pulling, and vice versa. Each has its own cooldown, so you can fix something in your sheet and pull it back straight away
• Cooldown cut from 12 hours to just 1 hour — make a change, sync it, make another change, sync again — without waiting half a day in between
• Daily automatic sync still runs at midnight UTC, exactly as before

If syncing felt slow or "stuck" before, it'll feel a lot more responsive now.

Welcome to Directify 2.0 — the biggest update since launch. If the site looks different, that's intentional: we redesigned everything.

What's new:

• A brand-new design — the whole website rebuilt from the ground up: homepage, templates, pricing, features, blog, and every page in between
• Live Theme Editor — customize colors, fonts, homepage sections and footer with a live preview of your actual site, no CSS required
• Monetize hub — one place in your panel to see your directory's revenue and set up paid listings, ads, and more
• 14 niche templates — including the new Members template for associations, churches, alumni networks and communities
• New Developers page — REST API, webhooks, CLI, and an MCP server so AI agents like Claude can manage your directory

Everything you've built keeps working exactly as before — your directories, settings and data are untouched.

And we're just getting started: more templates, monetization tools and growth features are coming soon. Watch this space.

There's a new Monetize section in your panel — one place to see what your directory earns and set up new ways to charge.

• Revenue dashboard — total revenue, this month's earnings, active subscriptions, paid listings and recent orders, combined across Stripe, Lemon Squeezy and Creem. You keep 100% of every sale — Directify takes no cut
• Guided setup — five steps in the right order take you from "visitors can submit" to a published pricing page. Each step shows whether it's done
• Ways to earn — see every revenue model your directory can run (paid listings, ad slots, lead collection), with recommendations based on your directory type and typical pricing to charge
• Vote on what's next — featured placement, paid claims and membership paywalls are coming. Hit "I want this" on a card and you've cast a vote that shapes what we build first
• First-sale celebration — when your first order lands, we'll email you. It's a big moment

The Public Submissions, Paid Submissions, Payment Providers and Pricing Page settings now moved inside Monetize

We went through the admin panel and polished the rough edges, so finding your way around is easier — especially in your first session.

• Helpful empty states — Listings, Tags, Blog, Pages, Forms, and Organizers now explain what each section is for and offer a one-click button to create your first item, instead of showing a bare "no records" message
• Less clutter when starting out — power-user actions like Export and Reorder stay hidden until you actually have listings to export or reorder
• Clearer names — "Custom Links/Pages" is now Pages, "Error Page" is 404 Page, "Image Optimization" is Image quality, and "File Verifications" is Domain verification files
• Plain-English help — settings like the No Follow toggle now explain what they do and when you'd need them

The panel should feel a little more obvious everywhere you click.

Public listing submissions now pass through spam filtering. Automated junk submissions are detected and silently discarded before they ever reach your panel — no fake listings to clean up, no bogus submitter accounts.

• Nothing for your visitors to do — there's no CAPTCHA, no puzzle, no extra step. Real submitters won't notice anything; bots are filtered behind the scenes
• Works everywhere — enabled automatically on the submission form of every template, and on your custom forms too
• Nothing to configure — it's already on for every directory

If spam was the reason you turned public submissions off, it's a good time to turn them back on.

Your directory can now be private. Turn on password protection and every page on your directory is only visible to visitors who enter your shared access password — good for congregation directories, member rosters, and internal staff directories.

• One shared password — share it with your members; no accounts or app installs needed
• Hidden from search engines — robots are blocked automatically while protection is on
• One toggle — find it under your directory settings, in the new Privacy section

Pairs with the new Members template for churches, associations, alumni networks, and teams.

Meet the first Directify template designed for people instead of businesses — built for member directories, staff pages, associations, churches, chambers, and alumni networks.

• Photo-first member cards — circular avatars, names with credentials, role & organization at a glance
• A–Z index — browse hundreds of members by name with one tap
• Groups & chapters — starter groups (Board, Mentors, Volunteers…) plus category-based chapters
• Contact-forward profiles — email, LinkedIn and website actions, bio, areas of expertise, and a details card
• Mentoring filter — members can opt in to mentoring and get a green availability badge
• Smart member fields — selecting the template auto-creates 11 profile fields (role, organization, credentials, location, expertise, and more)

Fully compatible with the Theme Editor — reorder the homepage sections, adjust the indigo palette, and preview everything live.

Choose Members from the template picker in the Theme Editor, or when creating a new directory.

Customize your directory's look and feel from one place, with a full-screen live preview — see every change before you save.

• Live preview — colors, fonts and layout update instantly as you edit
• Brand colors — set your primary, secondary and accent colors, or start from a ready-made palette
• Typography & dark mode — choose your font and configure light/dark themes
• Logos & images — upload your logo, favicon, cover and blog images with instant preview
• Homepage sections — reorder and show/hide sections on supported templates
• Category sections — pick exactly which categories appear on your homepage
• Homepage content & footer — edit them inline without leaving the editor

Find it under Settings → Theme Editor in your dashboard.

Number and text custom fields can now show a unit right next to the value.

• Edit a custom field and set a Value Prefix (e.g. $) or Value Suffix (e.g. /mo, sq ft)
• Listings now render $1750
• Works on both listing detail pages and listing cards

Reordering your listings used to mean dragging them one row at a time — painful when you have hundreds. Now you can send any listing straight to the position you want.

The new Reorder mode:

• A new Reorder button sits at the top-left of your Listings table
• Click it and a Move button appears in front of every listing, so it's always clear which one you're moving
• Click Move on a listing to send it to the top, the bottom, or an exact position (for example, "position 1 of 400")
• Click Done when you're finished to return to the normal view

Why it's better:

• No more dragging across pages — jump a listing from the bottom to the top instantly
• Works no matter how many listings you have
• The order you set is reflected on your public directory right away

Your dedicated /map page can now detect a visitor's location and center the map on them, so the first thing they see is the listings closest to them.

How it works:

• When a visitor opens your /map page, their browser asks for permission to share their location
• If they allow it, the map centers on them with a "You are here" marker and surfaces the nearby listings first
• If they decline, dismiss the prompt, or their device can't share a location, the map falls back to showing all your listings exactly as before
• Visitors can still pan and zoom anywhere to explore the full map

On by default, fully under your control:

• Enabled automatically for every directory that has the map page turned on — no setup required
• Prefer the classic full-map view? Switch it off anytime under Design → Settings → Interactive Map with the new Detect Visitor Location toggle

The /app dashboard has been rebuilt from the ground up to make it easier to spot what needs your attention and to give you a clearer picture of how each directory is performing.

Getting-Started Checklist:

• New onboarding panel appears on newly created directories with the four high-impact setup steps: upload your logo & favicon, replace the AI-seeded sample listings, customize your design, and connect your own domain
• Each item links straight to the page where you can finish it and ticks itself off automatically
• "X of 4 done" progress indicator at a glance
• Dismissible — experienced users creating their next directory can hide the checklist with a single click

Attention Panel:

• A new "Needs your attention" section surfaces issues that would otherwise be easy to miss: pending listing submissions, unanswered leads, broken images, missing SEO metadata, near-quota usage, and more
• Deterministic checks run instantly; deeper AI-powered analysis adds a directory health score with prioritized recommendations

Recent Activity Feed:

• Real-time stream of what's happening inside the directory — new listings, articles, leads, edits — replacing the old static listings widget
• Side-by-side with a Suggestion Cards panel highlighting the next best actions, each individually dismissible

Refreshed Stats Widget:

• Listings, Categories, Articles, and Visitors now show alongside week-over-week deltas
• Visitors is unlocked on Pro+ with an inline upgrade prompt for lower tiers

Dedicated Analytics Page:

• Analytics (sessions, pageviews, top pages, referrers, countries, devices, channels) moved out of the dashboard and into its own /analytics page with proper date filters

Directories can now compress and convert images through ConvertHub, a new first-class integration that turns every PNG and JPG you have uploaded into a modern WebP with one click. Shrink your CDN footprint by up to 70%, lift Core Web Vitals scores, and improve SEO — all from a dedicated dashboard.

What you can do:

• Optimize by category, on demand — a new Settings → Image Optimization dashboard groups your eligible images into four cards: Listings, Directory branding, Articles, and Organizers. Each card shows how many images are eligible, how many are already optimized, how many are in progress, and how much storage you have already saved. Pick a category, click Optimize, and the conversion runs in the background.
• Live credit balance — the dashboard pulls your remaining credits from ConvertHub each time you open it, so you always know how much headroom you have before you click Optimize.
• In-place replacement — when a conversion finishes, the original PNG/JPG on your CDN is replaced with the WebP at the same path. Listing URLs do not change, the image just gets smaller. The original is only deleted after the WebP is in place, so you never end up with a missing image.
• One-click retry on failure — if a conversion fails (out of credits, network blip, unsupported source), the original image is left untouched and the failure shows up in a Failed optimizations table with a single Retry action per row.
• Wide surface coverage — listing cover, logo, gallery, and video thumbnail; directory logo, favicon, hero, blog cover, and home-page image; article thumbnails; organizer / agency logos and covers. Already-WebP files are automatically excluded, so the eligible count is always honest.
• Explicit, never silent — no conversion ever runs automatically on upload. Every optimization is an explicit click in the dashboard, so you stay in full control of credit spend and image quality.

How to enable it:

1. Sign up at converthub.com/api/signup and copy your API key from the developer dashboard.
2. Go to Settings → Integrations, scroll to the new ConvertHub section, paste the key, and click Save. Directify validates the key against ConvertHub before storing it (encrypted at rest), so a typo never becomes a silent failure later.
3. Open the new Settings → Image Optimization page that appears once the key is saved, pick a category card, and click Optimize. That is it.

Nothing to configure beyond the key. Existing directories see no behavior change until they connect a ConvertHub key and explicitly click Optimize. The integration sits behind the same integrations plan feature as Google Sheets, OpenAI, SEOBot, and BlogBuster, so directories on a plan that already includes integrations get ConvertHub immediately.

A new wedding directory template is now available, purpose-built for wedding vendor and venue directories with an elegant, romantic design.

Design & Layout:

• Soft gold/champagne color palette with refined typography
• 4-image asymmetric hero collage with integrated search bar — defaults pre-seeded so the homepage looks polished out of the gate
• Vendor cards showing starting price, color-coded availability badge, and feature pills
• Featured listings, recently added rows, and a dedicated Wedding Styles browsing section
• Fully responsive with mobile filter drawer

Wedding-Specific Custom Fields:

• One-click "Create Wedding Custom Fields" button in Design > General and Custom Fields
• Auto-creates 7 vendor-focused fields: Price Range ($–$$$$), Starting Price headline (e.g. "From $2,500"), Availability (Available / Limited dates / Booked — rendered as green / amber / red badges on cards), Years of Experience, Services Offered (comma-separated, rendered with checkmarks on the detail page), Packages (one per line — middle tier auto-highlighted as "Most Popular"), and Features & Highlights (shown as pills)
• Price Range, Starting Price, and Availability display directly on the listing cards

Starter Wedding Style Tags:

• Six pre-seeded aesthetic tags powering the homepage Wedding Styles section: Rustic, Modern, Bohemian, Classic, Beach, and Garden — each with a matching heroicon and on-brand champagne color

All Standard Features Included:

• Full listing detail page with gallery, custom fields, packages, services, reviews, and sidebar
• Public submission form with optional AI URL extraction
• Blog, custom pages, categories, map view, and ads support
• Search, filtering, sorting, tags, and pagination
• SEO metadata, breadcrumbs, and schema markup

You can now create custom fields that let visitors filter your listings by multiple selectable options grouped under a section header — perfect for things like cuisine types, faiths served, amenities, payment methods, or any list of attributes a listing can have several of at once.

How it works:

• Create a custom field of type Multi-Select, define its options (e.g. Wheelchair access, Accessible toilet, Hearing loop), and toggle filterable.
• Each option appears as a checkbox in the listings sidebar under the field's label. Visitors tick any combination — results match listings that have any of the selected values.
• Multiple multi-select fields stack as separate filter groups (e.g. Faiths + Accessibility + Payment options) and combine
• On the listing detail page, selected values render as a clean comma-separated list under the field label.

Available on every template — Modern, Stellar, Real Estate, Restaurant, Events, Job Board, Aurora, SaaS Tools, Default, and Compact. No setup beyond creating the field.

Visitors submitting a paid listing now pick their plan directly on the submission form — no more redirect to a separate pricing page in the middle of the flow. Fill out the listing details, choose a tier, hit Submit, and they go straight to checkout.

What your visitors will see:

• Plan cards right above the Submit button — every paid plan from your Settings → Paid Submissions configuration, with name, price, billing interval, features, and a Most Popular badge for your bestseller.
• Free Listing option — when both public and paid submissions are active, visitors get a free tier alongside the paid ones. The copy adapts to your approval setting (Instant approval or Get listed after approval).
• One-click checkout — paid selections jump straight to the payment provider; no extra page to click through after submitting.
• Bestseller preselected — the highest-converting plan is the default selection, so the form is ready to submit out of the gate.
• Pricing page still works — visitors arriving from the Pricing Page get their chosen plan pre-selected on the form, with a friendly success message confirming the choice.

Native to every template — a bespoke plan picker per template (Default, Default-New, Aurora, Compact, Modern, Whimsy, Events, Restaurant, Saas-Tools, Stellar, Real-Estate) so the cards match each template typography, colors, and chrome.

Nothing to configure. Every directory with paid submissions enabled gets the picker automatically. If paid submissions are off — or on but with no plans configured yet — the picker is hidden and the form looks exactly as before.

All built-in forms — newsletter, contact, and custom lead forms — now include three layers of automatic spam protection that block bot submissions before they ever reach your dashboard. The protection runs behind the scenes with no setup required and zero impact on real visitors.

Existing forms are upgraded automatically.

Directories can now have a fully customizable Pricing Page to showcase what they sell — paid listing plans, ad spots, sponsored placements, or any other product or service. The page lives at a per-directory configurable URL slug and matches the look and feel of each of the 12 templates.

What you can do:

• Mix and match plan types on the same page — link directly to your existing Paid Submissions tiers (the data is pulled through automatically — name, price, features, button text, bestseller badge — no duplication) or add an External Link plan for ad spots, sponsorships, courses, or anything you sell elsewhere (Stripe Payment Links, Gumroad, Lemon Squeezy hosted checkouts, etc.).
• Three layouts to choose from — Cards (side-by-side), Comparison Table (feature matrix), and Tiered with Highlight (centered featured plan).
• Header and/or footer link with editable text — toggle independently for header, footer, both, or none.
• Per-directory URL slug — defaults to /pricing but can be renamed (/plans, /membership, etc.) with an automatic 301 redirect from the old slug.
• Deep-link checkout flow — clicking a paid-listing plan card sends visitors straight into the listing submission flow with the plan pre-selected, a friendly success message, and email/name pre-filled if signed in.
• Native to every template — uses each template's own typography, colors, and layout components, with DaisyUI semantic classes that pick up your Design → General → Button Color automatically.
• Mobile-friendly — cards stack 1 → 2 → 3 columns across phone, tablet, and desktop.

How to enable it:

1. Go to Settings → Pricing Page (right below Paid Submissions).
2. Toggle Published on, set your title/subtitle/description, and pick a layout.
3. Add plans — for paid listing tiers, pick the Paid Listing Plan from the dropdown (sourced from your Paid Submissions configuration); for ad spots or other products, choose External Link and paste the URL.
4. Toggle Show in Header and/or Show in Footer and customize the link text.

Disabled by default. Every existing directory has the feature disabled — no pricing page, no header/footer link, no public route — until you publish one. Switch it on whenever you're ready.

Directories can now accept payments through Creem.io, a merchant-of-record (MoR) payment processor that handles tax compliance, invoicing, refunds, fraud, and chargebacks for you in 190+ jurisdictions. Creem joins Stripe and Lemon Squeezy as a fully supported payment provider for paid submissions.

Why pick Creem?

• Merchant of record - Creem is the legal seller. Tax collection & remittance (VAT, sales tax), invoicing, refunds, fraud, and chargebacks are handled for you.
• One-time and subscription payments - Both modes are supported with full lifecycle tracking (created, paid, updated, canceled, expired, refunded).
• Hosted checkout - Visitors pay on Creem's secure checkout page; you do not have to ship card forms or handle PCI scope.
• Live and test mode - Test keys (creem_test_...) automatically route to Creem's sandbox so you can verify the full flow without charging real cards.

How to enable it:

1. Go to Settings → Payment Providers and pick Creem.io.
2. Create an API key in your Creem dashboard under Developers → API Keys and paste it in.
3. Add the displayed Webhook URL to your Creem dashboard under Developers → Webhooks (subscribe to the events listed in the helper text), copy the signing secret and paste it back.
4. Click Verify Credentials and Pull Plans to import your active products as plans, then enable Paid Submissions.

No impact on existing directories. Stripe and Lemon Squeezy keep working exactly as before - Creem is just an additional choice. Switch only if Creem is a better fit for your business.

Directories can now accept payments through Stripe Managed Payments — a new mode where Stripe acts as the merchant of record (MoR) and handles tax compliance, invoicing, refunds, fraud, and chargebacks on your behalf. The classic Standard integration remains available and is still the default.

Which one should you pick?

• Standard — You are the merchant of record. You handle taxes (VAT, sales tax), refunds, fraud, and chargebacks yourself. Best if you have your own business entity and want full control over the payment flow.
• Managed Payments (MoR) — Stripe becomes the merchant of record for your sales. Tax collection and remittance, invoicing, refunds, fraud, and chargebacks are handled for you. Fees are higher, but you skip the tax & compliance overhead — great if you sell globally and do not want to register for taxes in every country.

How to enable it: Go to Settings → Paid Submissions → Payment Providers, pick Stripe, and choose Managed Payments (MoR) from the new Stripe Mode dropdown. Verify your credentials and you are done — new checkouts use managed payments automatically.

No impact on existing directories. Every current Stripe integration stays on Standard mode. Switch only if Managed Payments is a better fit for your business.

Visitors now see instant listing suggestions as they type in your directory"s search bar. No more waiting for a full page to reload to find out if a listing exists — matches appear in milliseconds, right under the search input.

What your visitors will see:

• Instant suggestions — results pop up as they type (starting at 2 characters), no page reload needed
• Matched text highlighted — it is clear at a glance why each result is relevant to the query
• Logo, name, category, and location in every suggestion so the right listing stands out
• Typo-tolerant — a small spelling mistake still finds the right listing
• Keyboard-friendly — arrow keys to browse, Enter to open, Esc to close
• "See all results" link at the bottom for when visitors want the full results page
• Mobile-friendly — the suggestion panel scales cleanly on phones and tablets
• Works on every template — Default, Aurora, Stellar, Restaurant, Events, Jobboard, Whimsy, Modern, and all others

Enabled by default. Every existing directory already has autocomplete turned on — no setup needed. If you would rather not show suggestions, you can switch it off anytime under Settings → General Settings → Search & Filtering → Search Bar with the Search Autocomplete toggle.

Search across your directory just got a major upgrade. Results are now faster, more accurate, and much better at finding what you're looking for.

What's improved:

• Categories & tags are now searchable — if a listing is tagged "vegan" or filed under "Italian", searching for those words will find it
• Typo tolerance — misspell a word and search will still find the right results
• Smarter ranking — results that match the listing name are shown first, followed by description, category, and tag matches
• Much faster — search results load near-instantly, even on large directories with thousands of listings
• Searches address, email & phone — find listings by their location or contact details too

No action needed — the improved search is already active on all directories.

A new first-class entity for managing organizers, agencies, studios, or any entity that owns or manages listings in your directory. Organizers have their own profile pages, contact info, and can be linked to multiple listings.

Admin Panel:

• Full CRUD resource for organizers with logo, cover image, description, contact info, and social links
• Assign organizers to listings via a multi-select on the listing form
• Assign a submitter user to an organizer so they can manage their own profile
• Custom fields support — create organizer-specific custom fields just like listings
• Import/export organizers via CSV/XLSX for bulk operations
• Reorderable table with drag-and-drop sorting

Settings & Configuration:

• Enable/disable toggle — off by default, zero impact on existing directories until turned on
• Configurable labels — rename "Organizer" to "Agency", "Studio", "Vendor", etc.
• Configurable route slug — change /organizers to /agencies or any custom path

Public Pages:

• Browse page with organizer cards showing logo, name, description, and listing count
• Profile page with cover image hero, contact sidebar, social links, custom fields, and a grid of their listings
• Template-aware views with automatic fallback to the default template
• Breadcrumb navigation with dynamic labels

Submitter Panel:

• "My Organization" page where assigned submitters can edit their organizer profile
• New listings created by a submitter are automatically linked to their organizer
• Navigation only appears when the user has an assigned organizer

API & Integrations:

• Full REST API — GET/POST/PUT/DELETE /api/directories/{id}/organizers
• MCP server support (both local and remote) with 5 organizer tools
• CLI support — directify organizers list/get/create/update/delete
• API documentation updated with full endpoint reference

You can now connect to Directify's MCP server remotely — no local installation required. Use it with Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client via the hosted endpoint.

What's new:

• Hosted remote MCP server at mcp.directify.app
• Works with any MCP client via mcp-remote (npx, no install needed)
• All 31 tools available: manage directories, listings, categories, tags, articles, custom fields and custom pages
• Authenticate with your existing Directify API token
• Optional X-Directory-ID header to set a default directory
• Claude web support — add https://mcp.directify.app/mcp as a connector in Claude.ai and authorize with your API token (OAuth flow)

Setup options:

• Claude web: Add as connector at https://mcp.directify.app/mcp — authorize with your API token
• Claude Desktop / Cursor: Use mcp-remote with Bearer token header (see docs)

The local npm package (directify-mcp) is still available and fully supported. The README now documents all options.

A vibrant events directory template is now available, purpose-built for event listings, conferences, meetups, festivals, and concerts with a time-first UX design.

Design & Layout:

• Violet/fuchsia gradient palette with modern Inter typography
• Date badge on every card (month + day + weekday) — server-side, no JS needed
• Countdown indicators (Today!, Tomorrow!, In X days) with urgency animations
• Frosted glass stats bar with "Happening Now" live count
• Weekend timeline with Saturday/Sunday columns and timeline connectors
• Horizontal calendar strip with event density dots for date-based browsing
• Fully responsive with mobile filter drawer

Events-Specific Custom Fields:

• One-click "Create Events Custom Fields" button in Design > General and Custom Fields
• Auto-creates 12 fields: Event Date, Event Time, Venue, Ticket URL, Ticket Price, Format (In-Person/Virtual/Hybrid), Schedule/Agenda, Organizer Name, Organizer URL, Capacity, Attendees, and Features
• Date, Time, Venue, Price, and Format display on listing cards

Unique Event Features:

• Happening Now section with pulsing LIVE badges for today's events
• Coming Up grid sorted by event date ascending
• This Weekend timeline layout grouped by Saturday/Sunday
• Calendar strip with 21-day date picker and event density dots
• Price pill toggles (Any/Free/Paid) and format pill toggles (All/In-Person/Virtual/Hybrid)
• Ticket sidebar with capacity progress bar, countdown, and Get Tickets CTA
• Schedule/agenda display with headliner highlighting
• Organizer card with initials avatar and website link
• Attendee avatar stacks and capacity indicators on cards

All Standard Features Included:

• Full listing detail page with gallery, key info grid (2x2), reviews, and sidebar
• Public submission form with optional AI URL extraction
• Blog, custom pages, categories, map view, and ads support
• Search, filtering, sorting, tags, and pagination
• SEO metadata, breadcrumbs, and schema markup
• AI builder auto-selects events template for event-related directories

Two new tools to manage your directory programmatically and with AI assistants.

Directify CLI (npm) A command-line tool for managing your directory from the terminal.

• Create, update, delete listings, categories, tags, and articles
• Bulk import from JSON files (up to 100 listings at once)
• Set custom field values with --field key=value
• JSON output for piping to other tools and LLM workflows
• Install: npm install -g directify-cli

Directify MCP Server (npm) Connect your directory to AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible tools.

• 25 tools covering the full Directify API
• Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and Cursor
• Tell AI "add 10 Italian restaurants" and it happens
• Environment-based auth — just set your API token and directory ID
• Install: npx directify-mcp

Both tools use the Directify REST API (120 requests/minute per directory). Get your API token from Settings > API.

Learn more at directify.app/ai-automation

A new restaurant directory template is now available, purpose-built for food and dining directories with a warm, inviting design.

Design & Layout:

• Warm orange/cream color palette with professional typography
• Image-first restaurant cards with rounded corners and hover effects
• Dark orange hero section with integrated search bar
• Stats bar, featured listings section, and recently added rows
• Cuisine/category browsing grid with image overlays
• Fully responsive with mobile filter drawer

Restaurant-Specific Custom Fields:

• One-click "Create Restaurant Custom Fields" button in Design > General and Custom Fields
• Auto-creates 7 fields: Price Range (select), Cuisine Type, Hours of Operation, Reservation URL, Menu URL, Features & Amenities, and Menu Highlights (markdown)
• Price Range and Cuisine Type display on listing cards

All Standard Features Included:

• Full listing detail page with gallery, custom fields, reviews, and sidebar
• Public submission form with optional AI URL extraction
• Blog, custom pages, categories, map view, and ads support
• Search, filtering, sorting, tags, and pagination
• SEO metadata, breadcrumbs, and schema markup

Listing and category pages now support configurable breadcrumbs with full hierarchy navigation, plus category-based SEO page titles for listings.

Listing page breadcrumbs:

• Show/hide breadcrumbs on listing pages via Settings > Listings > Breadcrumbs & SEO Title
• Optionally include the first category: Home > Category > Listing
• Works across all 10 templates

Category page breadcrumbs (new):

• Breadcrumbs now appear on category listing pages with full parent/child hierarchy
• Example: Home > Parent Category > Child Category
• Supports up to 4 levels of nesting
• Controlled by the same Show Breadcrumbs toggle

Category in SEO page title:

• Optionally append the first category to the listing page title
• Example: "Listing - Category - Site" instead of "Listing - Site"
• Disabled by default, enable in Settings > Listings > Breadcrumbs & SEO Title

Directories now support hreflang tags for better international SEO.

What's included:

• Hreflang language/region setting in Settings > SEO with 50+ language options
• Self-referencing hreflang and x-default link tags automatically added to every page's HTML head
• Hreflang annotations (xhtml:link alternates) included in sitemap XML entries
• Default language is English (en), configurable per directory

Why it matters:

• Tells search engines which language your directory content is in
• Helps Google serve the correct language version to users
• Follows Google's recommended hreflang implementation guidelines

Directory owners can now enable AI-powered URL extraction to reduce friction for public listing submissions.

How it works:

• Enable the feature in Settings > Public Submissions with the new "AI URL Extraction" toggle
• Submitters paste a URL and click "Analyze Website" as a new Step 1 before the form
• AI extracts listing details (name, description, content, social links, images, contact info) and pre-fills the submission form
• Submitters review and edit the pre-filled data before submitting

Key details:

• Requires an OpenAI integration to be configured for the directory
• Works across all directory templates
• Graceful fallback: if extraction fails, users are shown an error and can fill in the form manually
• "Skip" option available for users who prefer to fill in the form from scratch

The analytics dashboard has been completely rebuilt from the ground up with significantly more data and insights.

New features:

• Country breakdown — see where your visitors are coming from geographically
• Channel analytics — understand your traffic sources (organic, direct, referral, social)
• Device, browser, and OS breakdown — detailed visitor environment data
• Referrer details — see exactly which sites send you traffic
• Top pages — see your most visited pages with percentage breakdowns

Improved filtering:

• Filter by time period: today, yesterday, 7 days, 30 days, 6 months, 12 months
• Filter by referrer, page path, or country for deeper analysis
• All widgets update together when filters are applied

Better metrics:

• Visitors and page views with trend comparison against previous period
• Bounce rate with engagement quality indicators
• Average visit duration
• Sparkline charts for quick visual trends

The new dashboard replaces the previous beta analytics and is now available for all directories.

Added search, category, and tag filtering to the map view page. Users can now filter listings directly on the interactive map. Filter states are saved in the URL for easy sharing.

Custom Error Pages

Directory owners can now create branded 404 error pages that match their directory's design.

What's New

• Custom 404 Page — Write your own error page content using Markdown or HTML from Settings > Error Page
• Directory-Themed — Custom error pages automatically use your directory's theme, header, and footer
• Improved Default Errors — Default error pages have been redesigned with a clean, modern look
• Specific Error Messages — Different error codes (402, 403, 404) now show distinct, helpful messages instead of a generic "not found"

How to Set Up

1. Go to Settings > Error Page in your directory dashboard
2. Write your custom 404 page content using the Markdown editor
3. Save — visitors will now see your branded page instead of the default one

Interactive Map View

A new dedicated /map page that displays all your listings on an interactive map.

Key Features

• Interactive map with marker clustering — automatically groups nearby listings for a clean view, even with thousands of pins
• Rich popups showing listing image, name, and address with a link to the full listing page
• Automatic geocoding — addresses are converted to map coordinates automatically in the background
• Manual coordinates — latitude and longitude can also be edited from the listing edit page
• Settings toggle — enable or disable the map view per directory from Settings > Listing
• All templates supported

New Template: Real Estate

We're excited to introduce the Real Estate template — a clean, professional layout designed for apartment directories, property listings, and real estate catalogs.

Key Features

• Dark hero section with cover image background, search bar, and sort filters
• Neighborhood browsing grid — image-first category cards with listing counts, perfect for location-based directories
• Image-first property cards with featured badges, tag overlays, and custom field stats
• Stats bar showing total listings, categories, featured count, and update frequency
• Recently added section with compact row-based listing view
• Full listing detail page with image gallery, custom fields, map embed, contact section, and similar listings
• CTA section encouraging property submissions
• Full theme support — works with all DaisyUI themes (light, dark, and more)
• Mobile responsive across all pages with slide-out filter drawer

The template includes all standard pages: homepage with search, listing detail page, submission form, blog, and custom pages.

⭐ User Reviews for Listings

Visitors can now leave star ratings and text reviews on individual listings, providing social proof and increasing engagement.

What's New

• Star Ratings & Reviews — Visitors can rate listings from 1-5 stars and leave a written review with an optional title
• Moderation Controls — Reviews can require approval before being publicly visible, giving directory owners full control
• Dedicated Reviews Page — A new "Reviews" section in the sidebar shows all reviews across listings with filters for approval status and star rating
• Spam Protection — Built-in honeypot, rate limiting (5 reviews/hour per IP), and duplicate email prevention keep reviews genuine
• Per-Directory Toggle — Reviews are off by default and can be enabled per directory in Settings → Listing → Reviews
• All Templates Supported — Reviews display consistently across all 9 directory templates

How to Enable

1. Go to Settings → General → Listing tab → Reviews section
2. Toggle Show Reviews on
3. Optionally toggle Reviews Require Approval (enabled by default)

New Template: SaaS / Tools

We're excited to introduce the SaaS / Tools template — an information-dense layout built for SaaS tool directories, software catalogs, and dev tool lists.

Key Features

• Logo-first compact cards with automatic Google favicon detection when no logo is uploaded
• Featured tools section showcasing up to 6 highlighted listings in a prominent grid
• Sidebar filters with tag filtering, custom field filters, and sort options (Popular, Newest, Top Rated, A-Z)
• Horizontal category pills for quick browsing, sticky under the navigation bar
• Clean row-based listing design inspired by ProductHunt and AlternativeTo
• Full theme support — works with all DaisyUI themes (light, dark, synthwave, and more)
• Theme-aware pagination that properly respects your selected theme
• Mobile responsive with a collapsible filter drawer

The template includes all standard pages: homepage with search, listing detail page, submission form, blog, and custom pages.

📘 How It Works

1. 📝 Enter Directory Details
   Share what kind of directory you want to create (for example: Fine Dining Restaurants in New York).

2. 🤖 AI-Powered Analysis
   Our AI analyzes your input to select the most suitable template and theme.
   It automatically generates a directory name, title, and description tailored to your niche.

3. 📊 Smart Custom Fields
   Based on your directory type, the AI creates relevant custom fields.
   For a restaurant directory, this might include:

   • 🍽️ cuisine_type
   • 💲 price_range
   • 🌳 outdoor_seating
   • ⭐ rating

4. 🏷️ Categories & Tags
   Automatically generates meaningful categories and tags to improve organization and searchability.

5. 📋 Instant Demo Listings
   Sample listings are created so you can preview the directory right away.
   You can remove or replace them anytime before going live.

👉 Try it out and see how fast you can launch a directory.
🌐 Example of a fully AI-generated directory: NYC Fine Dining

• ✨ New Feature: HTML & JavaScript Custom Fields
  • Add custom HTML or JavaScript directly to individual listings for advanced customization, embeds, tracking scripts, or custom UI tweaks.
  • Fully per-listing, giving you granular control without affecting the entire directory.
• 📹 Tutorial: Step-by-step walkthrough on how to use this feature: Watch here

• 🌟 What’s New in the Stellar Template

  • 🎨 Full DaisyUI Theme Support
    Stellar now supports all DaisyUI themes, including dark mode — consistent with Aurora and other templates.

• 🚀 Big Upgrade: Custom Themes

  • ✨ Build Your Own Theme
    Create fully custom themes by adjusting colors, borders, border sizes, radius, and more. You’re in full control of the look and feel.

• 📹 See It in Action
  Watch the step-by-step video tutorial on creating custom themes: Watch Now

🔄 Changelog

• 🌈 Aurora Template Updates
  • Improved color system to better align with all supported themes.
  • Fully compatible with DaisyUI themes for consistent styling across your directories 🎉

🚀 What’s Improved:

• 🌍 Theme-Agnostic Design: Aurora now looks great across all DaisyUI themes.
• 🌑 Dark Mode Ready: Cleaner, more consistent visuals in dark mode.
• 🎨 Easier Customization: Theme tweaks and overrides now behave more predictably.

🔜 What’s Next:

• 🛠️ Theme Generator (Coming Soon): Create custom themes and apply them to any template using the DaisyUI theme generator: DaisyUI Theme Generator 🌟

⚠️ Heads Up:

• You might notice small color changes in some UI elements.
  If you prefer the previous featured badge style, you can restore it by adding this CSS to the featured badge settings:

text-xs w-fit rounded-full px-3 py-1 bg-gradient-to-r from-orange-500 to-orange-600 dark:from-orange-600 dark:to-orange-700 text-white font-bold shadow-lg shadow-orange-500/30 dark:shadow-orange-900/30

• ✨ Duplicate Ads
  Click the duplicate icon next to any ad to instantly create a copy. The duplicate will be inactive and labeled "(Copy)" for easy editing before publishing. Perfect for maintaining consistency across your campaigns without reconfiguring settings!
  🔗 Learn more

• 🖼️ Logo Upload
  You can now add your brand logo to hero ads! Simply upload in the ad editor and customize the size, borders, and styling with the paintbrush icon. Choose from various logo positions:

  • 🔝 Top-center
  • ⬅️ Left
  • ➡️ Right

• 📦 Ordering
  Adjust the display order of your ads effortlessly after creation.

• 🚀 Improved Listing Deletion Process
  • 🔄 Background Processing: The deletion of listings now occurs in the background.
  • 📩 Immediate Feedback: Users will receive an immediate response confirming that the deletion has started.
  • ⏳ Efficient Performance: This enhancement allows for the deletion of thousands of listings without overwhelming the server or dashboard.
  • 🗂️ Detached Relations: The system will still effectively detach categories, articles, and other related data seamlessly.

Now our listing search support following:

• by name
• description
• email
• phone
• address
• tag
• category

- custom fields search soon

Now all directories will be able to be installed as an app in mobile or desktop

Stay connected with your directory submitters through our new Internal Email feature!

You can now easily reach out to one or multiple users directly from your dashboard — whether it’s to share updates, promotions, or important news.

The built-in rich text editor supports variables, links, and formatting, giving you full control over how your emails look and feel.

The Users section has been moved out of the directory view and now lives on its own dedicated page.

This new page gives you more control and visibility:

• Add and manage directory managers, editors, and viewers
• View all users who have submitted listings to your directory
• Access each submitter’s listings directly, update their roles, or remove them if needed

A cleaner, more organized way to manage your directory’s community.

You’re going to love this one! 🎉

You can now select up to 100 listings at once and automatically generate markdown content for them — as long as you’ve added your OpenAI integration.

Why the 100-listing limit? Some of you have directories with 30,000+ listings, and running all of them at once would melt the servers (and your patience 😅).

To keep things smooth and within OpenAI’s limits, the system processes 10 listings per minute per directory — fast, safe, and efficient.

You can now reach out to me directly from your dashboard! 💬
No need to switch tabs — just open the chat and send your questions right from inside Directify.

Support options now include:

• Chat: directly in your Dashboard or on the website
• Discord: for specific issues and feature suggestions
• Email: sergey@directify.app

This update makes getting help faster and simpler than ever.

Improved our internal analytics system to more accurately exclude bots and crawlers, ensuring that metrics now reflect genuine human activity.

This enhancement is part of an ongoing effort to continuously identify and filter automated traffic for cleaner, more reliable insights.

Setting up Paid Submissions with Stripe is now even easier.

I’ve added a direct button that takes you straight to Stripe’s Restricted Key creation page — with all the required permissions pre-selected for Directify to operate smoothly.

Here’s exactly what permissions are included and why they’re needed:

• rak_product_read – to read your products and display them on the payment page for submitters
• rak_price_read – same purpose as product, used to show pricing details
• rak_plan_read – same purpose as product, used for plan-based submissions
• rak_checkout_session_write – to create a checkout session when a submitter proceeds to pay
• rak_customer_write – to create a Stripe customer profile for the payment process
• rak_webhook_write – to automatically create a webhook back to Directify, updating product and payment status in real-time within your dashboard

None of these permissions are sensitive — they’re safe to share and only grant limited access required for the Paid Submission workflow.

Enjoy the effortless setup and seamless integration!

🎉 Affiliate Program is Back — Earn 25% Recurring Commissions Forever!

We’ve relaunched our affiliate program after moving away from LemonSqueezy, and it’s now powered by Affonso.

Join today, share Directify with your audience, and earn 25% recurring commissions for life on every referral.

👉 Sign up here: https://directify.affonso.io/

• 🚀 Custom Pages Overhaul
  We have reworked our custom pages section, allowing for greater flexibility in how you design each page.

  • 🦸‍♂️ Hero Customization
    • You can now apply different Hero components on a per-page basis.
    • For example:
      • 🌍 Home Page: Unique Hero layout.
      • 📋 Listings Page: Distinct Hero setup.

• 🎥 Feature Overview Video

  • Check out our detailed video explaining the new feature, including when and where it can be most useful:
    Watch Here

Control icon sizes and colors for custom fields. Adjust label and value sizes and colors. Add custom CSS classes with Tailwind support.

Two beautiful new templates with fresh modern designs. Both templates are dark mode compatible.

Aurora example: mytools.directory Stellar example: laravelstarterkit.com

Added ability to display banners on top of directories. Perfect for announcements or promotional links with easy configuration through dashboard.

Complete redesign of Default template (now "Default NEW"). Updated all components: forms, listing cards, blog articles. Switch available in Design tab.

Search across all your directories and resources. Quick navigation to edit items directly for improved workflow efficiency.

Visual theme selector showing default colors. Three new themes added: Caramellatte, Abyss, Silk. Better preview of selected theme aesthetics.

New custom field type for buttons. Uses primary button color by default. Custom color options coming soon.

Latest used directory stays active across sessions. No need to reselect directory on each visit for improved multi-directory workflow.

Manually select related listings for each listing. Auto-displays 3 listings from same category if not set. Results cached for 1 hour.

Re-upload CSV images to internal CDN bucket and re-upload images when syncing from Google Sheets for improved speed and reliability. Better image availability. Note: Auto-Screenshot and Re-Upload cannot work together.

Visual previews when selecting templates for easier template selection process.

Resolved server downtime related to analytics dashboard. Fixed analytics URLs being indexed by search engines.

Full CRUD API for blog articles with integration support for auto-blog generators (SEOBot, Blogbuster, Outrank). Complete API documentation and Postman collection provided.

Set default heading levels (H1/H2). Customizable in Settings > General > Directory for better SEO control.

View page views and traffic sources. Basic analytics built into dashboard. Upcoming: Device tracking and UTM parameters.

Alternative to SEOBotAI for AI-generated articles with auto-publish capability and simple API key setup.

New custom field for displaying lists. Perfect for features like amenities and specifications with organized display of multiple items.

Create dynamic category headings using variables. Example: "Campsites in :category, Armenia". Eliminates need to manually update each category title.

Automatic DNS checking and SSL installation with auto-retry every 5 minutes on failure. Email notifications for success or failure with better status representation.

Improved SSL installation flow with better error handling for DNS issues and clearer status messages.

Upload custom icons for tags with option to show icon only or with title for enhanced visual representation.

Loading time reduced from 3-4s to ~200ms. Improved speed for blog articles with related projects (from 7s to ~500ms). Automatic FAQ schema markup added.

Access historical invoices from LemonSqueezy in user profile dropdown menu. New invoices now in Stripe dashboard.

Automatic URL screenshots when syncing from Google Sheets. Requires ScreenshotOne integration. Only captures if listing image is empty.

Successfully moved from LemonSqueezy to Stripe. All subscriptions preserved with no action required from users.

Moving from LemonSqueezy to Stripe to resolve subscription update issues. Affiliate program transition planned. No action required from users.

All markdown content now supports FAQ rendering with special FAQ syntax for structured questions/answers. Automatic rendering for SEOBot articles and schema markup compatible.

Select multiple listings and assign multiple categories at once for streamlined bulk management.

Built-in footer customization for all templates:

• No custom code required
• Add sections, links, and custom pages
• Include social links
• Customizable copyright text

Add categories/tags to blog articles with smart suggestions from existing categories for better article organization.

First version of Job Board template including "Create Job Board Custom Fields" button. Beta testing available.

Voting system for listings with visitor engagement feature. Enable in Settings > General > Listing.

Configurable cookie consent banner with customizable text, button labels, and color customization. Found in Settings > General > Directory.

Audio/video files auto-convert to players. Upload custom icons instead of labels for enhanced media display.

CSV import limited to 1000 rows. Chunk large files for import to prevent system overload.

Sync allowed once every 12 hours. Automatic sync at midnight UTC. Includes manual sync in limit.

Resolved sync issues for large datasets (2K+). Stable sync restored.

Rating custom field type (0-5 stars). Display on listing cards and pages. Google Sheets compatible with export/import support.

Export lead data from forms. Available in dashboard.

ChatGPT/OpenAI integration for auto-generating listing content with custom instruction support. AI generation during import coming soon.

Parent categories now show child category listings with hierarchical listing display. No need to attach both parent and child categories.

Manual selection of top categories. First 5 categories auto-selected initially. Doesn't affect sidebar category order.

Modern template now uses separate cover images. Blog cover and hero cover are independent.

Save listings with one click. Available on Chrome Web Store with demo video.

Option to disable individual listing pages and display listings as cards only. Settings > General > Listing.

Option to hide sidebar in Default and Whimsy templates. Settings > General > Category.

Manual sitemap sync available in SEO tab. Auto-syncs daily by default.

Add custom settings to robots.txt. Support for Google Ads access and similar services.

Configure image crop/resize behavior, choose aspect ratio (default 16:9), and set maximum height for cover images. Settings > General > Listing.

Select default sort: name, order, created_at, updated_at. Featured listings always on top. Settings > General > Listing.

Pull missing information from URLs in bulk with same functionality as single listing feature.

New template available for beta testing.

Users can claim ownership of listings with admin approval/rejection system, email notifications, and automatic submitter account creation. Disabled by default in Settings > General > Listing.

Quick filtering: active/inactive. Filter: paid/unpaid submissions.

New capabilities:

• Update listing functionality
• View listing status
• Pay for listing
• Delete listing
• Configurable permissions in Public Submission settings
• "Requires Approval" support for updates

Images removed from CDN after listing deletion (may remain cached temporarily).

Disabled when Google Sheets connected. Use Google Sheets for bulk imports to prevent conflicts and limit issues.

Leads moved to respective form views for better organization.

Connect via REST API key for daily article pulling, auto-publishing, and email notifications.

Support for PayPal, RazorPay, Creem, etc. Payment link integration works alongside Stripe and LemonSqueezy.

Now includes categories and tags. Custom fields coming later.

Long-standing export issue resolved.

Improved import handling, better Google Sheets limit management, no failed imports due to API limits, ScreenshotOne limit protection, and webhook rate limiting prepared.

Listen for events (project.created, lead.created) with Zapier integration support for endless automation potential.

Free tool for OG image creation with customizable branding and text. Internal implementation for auto-generation coming.

Drag-and-drop field reordering. Display order matches dashboard order.

Public submissions can now include tags and social links.

Dedicated support channel created for domain and SSL issues.

Super fast sitemap generation with fixed parent_id loop issues. Static file generation with daily auto-updates. Manual update button coming.

• Two-Way Sync now automatic
• Categories and tags sync fixed
• Better handling of large imports (9000K+)
• API limit improvements

Roadmap moved from Canny to Productlift. All website links updated.

Reinforced Discord server rules:

• Explore app and docs before asking questions
• Check existing roadmap and feature requests
• Participate in discussions
• Stop asking for ETAs on features
• Include directory domain when reporting bugs
• Use channels instead of personal DMs
• Respect community requests

New template using logos instead of cover images. Compact version of default template available for beta testing.

Upload custom icons for categories or add custom icon URL option. Works with Category Import.

Create custom redirects for changed page slugs. Only use paths, not full domains. Browser caching warning included.

Last day for $149 LTD pricing. Price increase at midnight.

Create directories directly from Google Sheets with optional two-way sync. Automatic sync to Google Sheets when enabled. Complete tutorial video provided.

Generate SEO metadata with OpenAI. Add your own OpenAI key. Available in integrations.

Custom alt texts for listing logo and cover images for better SEO and accessibility.

Screenshot multiple listings at once. Only screenshots listings without cover images. Requires ScreenshotOne integration.

Update account password and change account email. Long-requested feature now available.

Individual color customization for tags for better visual organization.

Customize your directory design:

• Update hero title colors
• Customize primary color
• Separate button colors (hero, search)
• Top category colors
• Search bar colors
• Menu item colors

Works best in Modern template.

New modern template design with enhanced design customization options.

Mandatory to include directory domain when reporting issues. Include template name and exact URLs where issues occur.

Take screenshots during import process. Requires ScreenshotOne integration.

Add seo_title, seo_description, and og_image during import. Import now supports categories, tags, SEO, and custom fields.

• Fixed no-follow default on import
• Fixed form submit issue with two-word names
• Fixed additional images disappearing after update

Make all listings dofollow or nofollow in bulk for quick SEO management.

Bulk publish listings, categories, and articles. Fixes forgotten "publish by default" on import.

Connect Mailgun, Postmark, Resend, SES, or any SMTP provider. Send emails from your own domain with no Directify association.

Show Google Maps on listing pages. Enable in Settings > General > Listing. Requires address field.

Map custom fields during import for complete import functionality.

Add custom Schema Markup to any listing, category, or page. JSON code input in SEO section (no script tags needed).

Three types of ad banners available:

• Default: title, description, image, link
• Editor: Rich Editor with Markdown support
• HTML: Custom HTML code

Features custom CSS classes and UI configurations.

All subdomains now use .directify.xyz. Old .directify.app subdomains deprecated. Custom domains unaffected.

Migration from .directify.app to .directify.xyz for SEO protection of main domain. One week transition period with CNAME update required for custom subdomains. Custom domains unaffected.

Fixed AI SEO generation for long content.

Specify parent_title in Category CSV import for automatic category attachment.

Additional subcategory level now available for deeper category hierarchy.

Specify categories and tags per listing on import using comma-separated format. Auto-creates non-existing categories, attaches existing categories, and prevents duplicates.

All supported custom field types now available in filters: Checkbox, Date, and Number fields are filterable.

Tags now work exactly like categories. Previous tags have been imported to the new structure.

Add content before and after submission form (Markdown/Editor). Customize labels and add descriptions to each field. Custom fields now available in public submissions.

Choose screenshots over OG images and auto-SEO data generation with AI. Available during URL import.

Update routes for all pages in Directify:

• Change listing structure: /{category-slug}/{listing-slug}
• Remove /categories/ from URLs
• Flexible route configuration
• Documentation and video tutorial provided

AI-powered SEO generation using ChatGPT API. Currently in beta using Directify API keys. Custom API keys coming after beta, with bulk auto-generate in import script planned.

Automatic redirects for category route changes. Note: Browser cache warning for permanent redirects - use incognito to verify settings.

Automatic redirects for listing route changes. Old URLs continue to work for listings without categories.

Add multiple images beyond the cover image with simple carousel display. This was a highly requested feature.

First version of docs published at docs.directify.app. Images and videos in progress, with more documentation and tutorials coming.

Syntax highlighting for easier code editing. Not a full IDE but improves readability and provides a better development experience.

All Tailwind classes now work in custom codes including border colors, background colors, and text sizes. Featured badge sizes fixed. v0.dev component compatibility improved.

Customize your listing URL structure for better SEO flexibility.

Fixed small UI bugs related to filters, including mobile funnel icon scroll issue.

Number custom fields are now filterable. Enable via "Filterable" toggle in custom field settings.

New filter options:

• Filter by tags
• Filter by featured listings
• Custom fields in filters coming soon

Enable "Show on public submission" toggle to collect custom field data from submissions.

Fixed is_active and other boolean fields to ensure better data import reliability.

You can now delete custom fields that have existing values, and remove custom field values from listings.

• Fixed deletion when values exist
• Fixed removing custom field values from listings

We've launched Custom Fields with 10 types:

• Text, Number, Date, File Upload, URL, Email
• Rich Editor, Markdown, Textarea, Checkbox

Features:

• Choose field placement on listing pages
• Display on listing cards
• Custom CSS classes for styling (.custom-field, .custom-field-label, .custom-field-value)
• Type-specific classes (.markdown, .url, etc.)
• Default value support

Coming soon: Dropdown, Tags, Radio, Multiselect, Filters, Public submission support

• Fixed "Made with Directify" pagination
• Fixed menu items for header links
• Fixed sidebar icon for mobile
• Fixed sidebar height
• Fixed "Featured" badge positioning

Emails are now sent from your directory name and owner email, no longer from Directify. "Listing is Published" emails use directory branding, and the submitter dashboard shows your directory name.