On Houzez, imported listings become ordinary Houzez properties. They use the theme’s property post type, its taxonomies, its templates, its search and its agent pages, so everything you have already designed applies to them without extra work.
MLSImport supplies the data. Houzez owns how it looks.
Before you start
Houzez must be the active theme with its own required plugins active, and the theme dropdown in MLSImport must be set to Houzez. That setting decides which fields the plugin writes, so getting it wrong produces properties that look empty rather than an error.
Where an imported listing lands
- The listing becomes a property under Properties, editable like any other.
- Price, size, bedrooms and bathrooms are written into the Houzez fields that its search, sorting and property cards read.
- Latitude and longitude are written into the theme’s location field as a single coordinate pair, which is what places the pin.
- The public remarks become the property description.
- City, county, property type and status fill the matching Houzez taxonomies, and feature style MLS fields fill the features taxonomy one term per value.
- Photos are attached one by one as the Houzez property gallery, served from the MLS image source rather than copied into your media library.
Because the images live remotely, MLSImport adds the handling that lets them display in the media library and in Houzez thumbnails even though there is no file on your disk.
What MLSImport sets for you on a new property
On first import only: the property is not featured, the agent chosen on the import task is assigned to it and set to display as an agent info box, the property map and street view are switched on, the top and content areas inherit the theme default, the additional features block is enabled, and the size and land units default to Sq Ft when they are not already set.
None of this is rewritten on later syncs, so any change you make afterwards stays.
The size unit default is Sq Ft. On a market that works in square metres, set the unit in the Houzez options before your first import, since the default is applied per property at the moment it is created and is not revisited.
Extra MLS fields
Any MLS field you switch on and do not map appears in the Houzez Additional Features block on the property, using the label and the order you set in Select Import fields. Fields mapped to a Houzez meta key go into that field instead, and fields mapped to a taxonomy become terms.
Houzez prints Additional Features as one grouped block, so a value that has to sit somewhere specific on the page needs mapping into a theme field that already prints there.
Houzez agent profiles are not created from the MLS feed. Create your agents in the theme first, then pick one on each import task, otherwise imported properties have no agent attached.
What stays yours to configure
The property page layout, the search form and its fields, the map provider and style, the agent and agency pages, the contact and enquiry forms, and every colour and font remain Houzez settings. MLSImport writes no styles and replaces no templates.
Frequently asked questions
Do imported photos count against my hosting disk space?
No. The gallery holds references to the MLS image source rather than copies, which keeps your disk use and backups small. The trade off is that when a listing leaves the MLS its images stop loading.
Can I use Houzez property labels such as Hot or Reduced on imported listings?
Yes. Labels are a theme taxonomy that MLSImport does not write, so anything you set stays. Set them by hand or with a bulk edit.
Will the Houzez property submission form conflict with imported listings?
No. Submitted and imported properties are the same post type and coexist. Only properties carrying an MLS identifier are managed by the sync and the daily cleanup.
My imported properties show no price. What is wrong?
Check the theme dropdown in MLSImport is set to Houzez. When it points at another theme, the price is written to a field Houzez does not read, and the property looks empty while the data is present.
Related
- Mapping MLS fields to Houzez fields
- Houzez: filtering listings by agent
- Choosing your theme mode
- Why a compatible theme or Standalone mode is needed
Send us your site and what you are trying to change and we will tell you whether it is a Houzez setting or an MLSImport one.