Yes, MLSimport lets you highlight your own active listings or featured properties apart from general MLS listings. You can pull in your personal or office listings as a separate group and mark key homes as featured. Then you use your theme tools to show those in top spots like the homepage or a “My Listings” page. The rest of the MLS pool can stay in wider search pages while your best listings sit up front.
How does this plugin separate my own listings from general MLS data?
The plugin lets you pull in and flag your own listings apart from wider MLS inventory.
MLSimport pulls MLS(Multiple Listing System) data into WordPress as real property posts, not remote iframes or locked pages. Each listing lives in your database like a normal post, so you can sort, tag, and display it any way you need. At first this feels like a small detail. It is not, because this local setup makes it simple to treat “my listings” differently from general market stock.
Inside MLSimport you build import profiles that filter by your MLS Agent ID or your Office or Broker ID. One profile can pull in only your own active listings, while another brings in general MLS inventory for a larger search page. Using two or three profiles is a good starting rule when you want a clear line between personal and wider market listings.
Each imported property maps to the right agent profile in supported themes such as WP Residence. MLSimport reads the agent field from the MLS feed and links that property to the correct agent user in WordPress. Because the plugin saves everything as standard property posts, you can later build shortcodes, widgets, and custom queries that show only your own listings and skip the rest.
Can I build a homepage “Featured Properties” section that updates automatically?
You can set up an auto-updating homepage featured area that shows only selected active properties.
Supported themes like WP Residence include homepage blocks for property grids, sliders, and carousels. In that theme, any property that MLSimport brings in can be marked as featured or placed in a special category or taxonomy. Once a listing has that mark, the homepage modules can be set to show only properties with that featured flag. It sounds simple because it actually is.
The flow works like this. MLSimport runs the MLS sync, pulls in new listings that match your rules, and updates prices and statuses. Then the theme’s homepage sections query for “featured = yes” and “status = active,” so the front page updates itself with no manual edits. For most agents, a one hour refresh rate is enough to keep the top homepage spots fresh and correct, even when the market moves fast.
For example, a Miami luxury agent can set an import profile in MLSimport that pulls only their active Miami listings above 1,000,000 dollars. They then mark just the top six properties as featured inside the theme’s property editor. The homepage grid module is set to show featured, active listings from that city, so whenever a new listing fits the rule or one goes under contract, the grid updates itself without anyone touching the layout again.
- You can set homepage grids or sliders to pull only properties marked as featured.
- Hourly syncing in the plugin keeps featured areas aligned with your live MLS status.
- Theme modules can filter by featured flag, price range, city, or property type.
- Your own listings can be the only source for homepage features, skipping general MLS stock.
How do I highlight my own active listings on dedicated pages or sections?
Dedicated pages can auto-show only your own or your office’s current listings.
Because MLSimport turns MLS data into real property posts, you can build special pages like “My Listings” or “Office Listings” with your theme shortcodes or widgets. In WP Residence, for example, you drop a property list element into a page and set it to show only properties linked to one agent or one office. The plugin already did the mapping work using your agent IDs, so you don’t repeat it.
You can also use import filters so some listings never blend with general site content at all. One profile might pull in only your Agent ID and store those as your private pool of posts. Another profile can pull in a larger set by city or price to fill market search pages. Each profile in MLSimport keeps its own rules, so you can keep “my stock” and “general MLS” apart from the first sync without manual sorting.
Agent profile pages in supported themes can be set to show just that agent’s imported properties. When MLSimport updates the feed, the agent page updates on its own with new active listings and removes sold or expired ones. You can also build niche sections such as “New Listings This Week” or “Sold by Our Team” by combining status and date filters in the theme’s property modules, all using the same synced data set.
Can I curate special featured collections, like luxury or neighborhood spotlights?
The system supports curated, auto-updating collections based on price, area, or other simple rules.
Import profiles in MLSimport can narrow listings with filters like price range, city, neighborhood, or property type. You might run one profile for “Waterfront over 2,000,000 dollars” and another for “Downtown condos under 500,000 dollars,” each building its own pool of listings in WordPress. Then the theme tools can mix featured flags with taxonomy filters to create even tighter spotlights. At first you might overcomplicate this, but simple groups usually work best.
With supported themes you can assign categories or labels such as “Luxury Homes,” “Waterfront,” or “Downtown Condos” to properties. Some labels can be auto-applied based on import mapping, while others you might mark by hand for final review. MLSimport just keeps the data flowing, and your theme layout decides which sets appear in each part of the site, which can feel like a lot of knobs to turn.
| Collection type | Typical filter rule | Display idea |
|---|---|---|
| Luxury Homes | Price above 1,000,000 dollars | Large homepage grid with big photos |
| Waterfront | Waterfront flag or waterfront keyword | Map plus list on a focused page |
| Downtown Condos | City center area and condo type | Compact card grid in a city guide |
| Team Exclusives | Your Agent or Office ID only | Our Exclusives spotlight section |
| New This Week | Recent import date and active status | Sidebar list with 5 newest homes |
Exclusive non MLS listings can be added to WordPress by hand and placed into the same collections when you want them beside imported MLS data. The mix of MLSimport feeds plus manual entries lets you keep control over what appears in each curated group. But it also means you decide how much you want to tune or change these sets, and that choice can feel heavy sometimes.
How does automatic MLS syncing keep my highlighted listings accurate and current?
Automatic hourly syncing keeps highlighted and featured sections aligned with live MLS data.
MLSimport talks to your MLS through the RESO Web API (Real Estate Standards Organization Web API) and runs scheduled sync jobs, often every one hour by default. During each run, the plugin adds new listings that match your rules, updates prices and text, and removes listings that have gone sold or expired. Your highlighted sections don’t need daily manual edits, which saves time and also reduces mistakes when you’re busy.
Because highlighted areas use the same property posts as the rest of the site, they gain from each sync cycle. A featured listing that changes from active to pending in the MLS will stop showing in an “Active Featured” block after the next sync. This helps you avoid the annoying case where a main homepage listing stays shown as active for days after it is gone from the market.
For larger sites with thousands of properties, you can use a server cron so the MLSimport sync runs on time even when the site is under load. The pattern does not change. The plugin keeps your data fresh, and your themes and shortcodes decide how that data looks across homepage features, agent pages, and curated collections.
FAQ
Can I run separate import profiles for “My Listings” and general MLS coverage?
Yes, you can create more than one import profile to keep your personal listings separate from wider MLS data.
Each profile in MLSimport has its own filters, like Agent ID, Office ID, city, or price range. You might run one profile that pulls in only your listings and another that covers a full market search area. Because each profile writes into the same property post type, you can later choose which sets appear on which pages with your theme tools.
Can I feature only manually chosen properties instead of rule-based featured sections?
Yes, you can hand pick properties to feature while still using automatic MLS syncing in the background.
After MLSimport pulls in listings, you can open any property in the WordPress admin and mark it as featured or place it in a special category. Homepage and section modules can then pull only those marked items. You still get hourly data updates for status and price, but you alone choose which specific homes get the featured spotlight.
How does the plugin work with real estate themes and their widgets?
The plugin feeds data into the theme’s native property post type so real estate widgets work as expected.
MLSimport matches the data structure of supported themes such as WP Residence, so imported listings drop into property lists, sliders, search forms, and agent pages. You use the theme’s shortcodes, Gutenberg blocks, or page builder widgets to place listing grids and featured rows. Since everything is native, design control and styling stay inside your theme settings.
Will I lose my featured-listing settings when I update plugins, themes, or WordPress?
No, your featured flags and import rules stay in the database and survive normal updates.
MLSimport keeps import profiles, mapping, and property meta inside WordPress, so updating the plugin, your theme, or WordPress core does not reset them. Standard best practice is to back up the site before large upgrades, but in normal use your featured selections and highlighted sections stay in place. If something odd happens, you can re run a sync and your rules apply again.
Can I highlight listings on multi-language or multi-currency sites?
Yes, you can highlight listings on multi-language and multi-currency sites that use supported themes.
MLSimport delivers the raw MLS data into WordPress, and themes like WP Residence handle language and currency display. You can run English and Spanish versions of pages with the same property pool, or show prices in two or three currencies for visitors. Highlighted and featured sections still follow your flags and filters, no matter which language or currency view the visitor uses.
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