You can cancel your MLSimport subscription at any time, and your existing listings will stay on your site. When billing stops, the plugin stops syncing new or changed MLS data, but the property pages it already created remain in your WordPress database, online and crawlable. You only lose new imports, updates, and support, not the listings already imported into your site.
Can I really cancel my MLSimport subscription at any time without penalties?
You can stop your subscription at any time and your existing property pages will stay online.
The billing for MLSimport is simple. You pick month to month at about $49 per month or yearly at about $504 per year. There is no extra exit fee, no long contract, and no penalty if you choose to stop paying later. MLSimport just stops renewing your license after the paid period, and the license key becomes inactive for updates and support.
Your WordPress site keeps working as usual because MLSimport does not own your content. The plugin imports MLS(Multiple Listing Service) data into your own database as normal posts or custom post types, so those entries stay part of your site. When you cancel, the plugin does not delete or unpublish existing listing posts. Your property pages, images, and links stay live.
What does change after you cancel is access to the service side of MLSimport. The plugin no longer connects to the MLS API to pull fresh data or run new hourly imports. You also lose new feature updates, bug fixes, and support replies from the MLSimport team. To avoid extra charges, you usually cancel before the next billing cycle so the system does not renew automatically.
What exactly happens to my site’s listings the day I stop paying?
When payments stop, syncing stops, but all existing listings remain visible and accessible on your site.
Every time you run an import with MLSimport, the plugin writes listings into your own WordPress database as real posts or custom post types. That means those properties behave like any other content in WordPress. The day your subscription expires, nothing wipes those records. There is no kill switch that hides or removes your existing listings.
What does change is the live connection between your site and the MLS server. With an inactive MLSimport license, the plugin no longer runs scheduled imports, pulls new properties, or updates price changes and status flags. The feed also stops reacting to MLS changes like new photos or description edits. Over time, your data becomes older, because no new sync cycles reach your site.
| Moment | What MLSimport does | What visitors see |
|---|---|---|
| Before cancellation | Hourly imports and updates run as scheduled | Fresh listings, current prices, active statuses |
| Day license expires | API syncing stops and logs stop recording runs | All existing property pages still load fine |
| After a few days | No new MLS data pulled to your database | Listings show but may miss recent changes |
| After weeks or months | Import jobs stay inactive without a license | Content is online but can feel outdated |
| If MLS API credentials also expire | Failed connections are logged until syncing is disabled | Pages still work because data is stored locally |
This table shows your site is not blanked by MLSimport just because billing stopped. At first it feels like everything changes the same day. It does not. The main change is the flow of new MLS data into WordPress. Your property URLs, images, and on page text remain indexable and clickable for users, even if the feed or API key fails later.
If MLSimport stops syncing, do my listings disappear like with hosted IDX services?
With this import based approach, listings stay as website content instead of vanishing with the subscription.
Hosted IDX tools stream listings from someone else’s server, so when you cancel, the widgets and shortcodes often turn into empty blocks or error messages. MLSimport does not work like that at all. The plugin copies MLS data into your own WordPress database, so each listing becomes real content under your control.
Because of that design, your site behaves very differently from a typical hosted IDX setup after cancellation. MLSimport leaves your pages intact, even if the license expires or the plugin itself is deactivated. Each property has its own URL on your domain, and those URLs keep resolving even when no new sync jobs are running.
In practice, the main loss is automation. You stop getting new MLS listings and automated status changes, but the content already pulled into WordPress is safe. Visitors can still search, click, and read those pages as long as your site stays online. That gap between live MLS data and your frozen copy can be annoying, though.
Will my listings still be updated automatically after I cancel my subscription?
After cancellation, no new MLS data is imported, so existing listings slowly go out of date.
Automatic imports in MLSimport depend on two things. An active license and valid MLS API credentials. While both are in place, the plugin can run hourly jobs or any custom schedule you set, such as every 2 or 4 hours as a rule of thumb. When the subscription ends, the license check fails, and the background jobs that talk to the MLS servers stop working.
Once that happens, the import log in the MLSimport admin area stops recording fresh runs. No new listings, no price changes, and no status updates are added to your WordPress site. The listings that are already there keep loading, but the data you see is frozen at whatever the MLS reported in the last successful sync.
Can I keep using my theme and custom layouts if I no longer pay?
Your existing design and layouts continue to work with previously imported listings even after you stop syncing.
When you set up MLSimport, you map MLS fields into your theme’s property post type, for example the Property type in WPResidence. That mapping step means your theme’s templates, search forms, and card layouts style native WordPress posts, not a remote widget. When you cancel, those templates stay in place and keep working with the records already in your database.
Your cards, grids, and single property pages keep the same look and feel, because the theme controls that design. MLSimport has already filled the right fields with data, so the theme just keeps reading those values like any other post metadata. You can still open a property in the WordPress editor and change text, photos, or custom fields by hand if you want.
- Your theme’s property archive pages still list imported posts after MLSimport stops syncing.
- Any custom property card layout you built still formats existing listings the same way.
- You keep theme level SEO perks like clean URLs and internal links for imported listings.
- Manual edits in the WordPress dashboard remain possible for each listing without new imports.
FAQ
Can I reactivate MLSimport later and keep the same listings?
You can reactivate your MLSimport plan later and resume syncing while keeping your existing property pages.
When you come back and pay again, you enter your license key and MLS API details, then restart imports. The plugin finds the same posts in your WordPress database and continues updating them instead of starting from zero. In many setups, you can also pull in new listings that were added to the MLS while you were away.
What if my MLS API credentials expire at the same time I cancel?
If your MLS credentials expire, no new data comes in, but existing listings remain stored on your site.
Expired credentials only stop MLSimport from talking to the MLS server. They do not touch the posts already in WordPress. The plugin would normally log connection errors while the license is active, then stop syncing once the subscription ends. In all cases, your pages, images, and URLs continue to load because they live in your own database, not in the MLS feed.
Is it okay with MLS rules to show static listings after I stop automatic updates?
Showing static listings can be allowed, but you must follow your MLS’s IDX and data refresh rules.
Many MLS boards expect updates at least once every 24 hours, which is why MLSimport supports hourly imports. If you stop syncing, some listings may show wrong status after a while, so you should check your MLS agreement. In some cases, you may need to remove or manually edit older properties to stay within compliance, and that can take time.
How long before my data feels “stale” without hourly MLSimport syncs?
Most sites start to feel stale after a few days without MLSimport syncs, and clearly outdated after a few weeks.
In fast markets, price changes and new listings can appear within hours, so going more than 48 to 72 hours without updates can already feel behind. MLSimport normally runs every hour to avoid that. If you stop syncing for several weeks or months, many properties may have sold or changed status, and your site will no longer match what buyers see in the MLS(Multiple Listing Service).
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