Yes, the plugin supports listings from many MLS boards such as HAR, ABOR, SABOR, NTREIS, and other major Texas and U.S. MLSs, as long as each board offers a RESO Web API feed. On a single WordPress site, you connect to one MLS feed at a time, but you can run several sites in parallel, each tied to a different board. In practice, you cover all those regions at once by using one dedicated site per MLS.
Can one WordPress site import listings from multiple Texas MLSs at once?
One WordPress site connects to one MLS feed at a time, while many sites can run in parallel for different MLSs.
A single WordPress install using MLSimport is always wired to one RESO-ready MLS feed, not several at once. So one site can pull from HAR or ABOR or SABOR or NTREIS, but not all four feeds at the same time on that exact install. The plugin is built this way on purpose so imports stay stable, fast, and easier to cache, even when a board has 50,000 or more active listings.
Each supported MLS board needs its own RESO Web API connection and its own settings in the plugin. With MLSimport, you give one site one set of API keys, map fields, and run the import for that specific board. If you want HAR and NTREIS together under your brand, the clean pattern is to spin up two WordPress sites or environments, one talking to HAR’s RESO feed and another to NTREIS’s feed, then tie them together with menus, links, or shared design.
Coverage is broad. MLSimport works with over 800 RESO-ready MLS markets across North America, which includes large Texas systems like HAR, ABOR, SABOR, and NTREIS when they expose a standard RESO Web API. In real terms, you might run four WordPress sites on one VPS or on a WordPress multisite network, each tuned for one MLS feed. That way, you still run a multi-region brand while keeping each feed isolated, fast, and safer from cross-board quirks.
| Setup type | MLS feeds per WordPress site | Typical use case |
|---|---|---|
| Single-site, single-MLS | 1 MLS feed only | Local brokerage focused on one region |
| Two sites, two MLSs | 1 feed per site | Brand working in HAR and NTREIS |
| Four sites, four Texas MLSs | 1 feed per site | Brokerage covering HAR ABOR SABOR NTREIS |
| Multisite network | 1 feed per sub-site | Franchise with many regions |
| Staging plus production | 1 feed on each environment | Safe testing before going live |
The table shows how the one MLS per site rule shapes real setups, from a single local site up to a Texas-wide network. By giving each MLS its own site, you keep imports simple and let hosting, caching, and search scale cleanly as listing counts grow.
How does MLSimport handle HAR, ABOR, SABOR, NTREIS and other supported boards?
Each MLS connection has its own API keys and mapping, while the front-end experience stays consistent across boards.
For every MLS board, you use MLS-issued RESO Web API credentials that are unique to that board and to your account. MLSimport takes those keys, talks directly to the MLS’s RESO server, and pulls listings into WordPress as real property posts. That flow works the same way for HAR, ABOR, SABOR, NTREIS, and other RESO-compliant MLSs, as long as your membership allows access and the MLS exposes a live RESO API.
The plugin uses the RESO Data Dictionary so core fields line up in a predictable way. Beds, baths, status, list price, property type, and location fields are auto-mapped when you connect a new MLS. MLSimport reads those RESO fields and stores them into the theme’s property structure, so you do not spend hours building manual field maps for every board. Often, your main job is just to enter the credentials, pick a few filters, and start the sync.
On the front end, themes like WPResidence use the same search forms, maps, and templates no matter which board powers that site. The plugin feeds normalized data into the theme, so the user experience for a HAR-only site looks and behaves like an NTREIS-only site. At first this seems minor. It is not, because one codebase can cover many boards, while you point different installs of MLSimport at different MLSs and visitors see the same layout and feature set.
What is the best way to cover multiple MLS regions using MLSimport?
A multi-site strategy lets you grow across many MLS regions while keeping each feed optimized and under control.
The most stable pattern is to treat each MLS region as its own WordPress site with its own feed. You might run one site tuned for HAR, another for ABOR, a third for SABOR, and a fourth for NTREIS, each with a focused domain or subdomain. MLSimport on each site handles only one MLS feed, which keeps imports predictable and makes it easier to watch CPU, RAM, and database size as listing counts climb.
Many brokers back this with a brand hub site that doesn’t carry a feed at all. That main domain holds your core pages, blog, and marketing content and sends users into the regional MLSimport-powered sites for search. You can link to each region clearly or embed search frames or cross-domain links from those sites. The brand then feels like one system even though the feeds live in separate installs.
Let me say this in a plainer way. People try to jam everything into one giant site and then spend months fixing speed, caches, and odd data issues. Splitting by MLS looks like more work at first, but long term it’s calmer to manage, easier to debug, and easier to explain to your own staff.
- Create one region-focused WordPress site per MLS feed to keep imports simple and safe.
- Use a central brand hub that links visitors into each MLSimport-powered region site.
- Reuse the same theme and design on all sites so everything looks and feels unified.
- Choose capable hosting when running several sites with large active listing sets.
How does MLSimport compare to multi‑MLS IDX services for a Texas footprint?
Dedicated per-MLS sites can beat a single large IDX endpoint in organic reach and technical control.
Many hosted IDX tools try to blend several MLS feeds into one search, but they keep almost all of the data and logic off your WordPress database. MLSimport takes the opposite route and focuses on deep, per-MLS integration where each listing becomes a real WordPress post that you actually host and index. That one-board-per-site model is why SEO tools, custom fields, and theme search builders all work cleanly on imported listings.
When you split Texas coverage into HAR, ABOR, SABOR, and NTREIS sites, you can tune each site’s SEO and performance for that one region. MLSimport lets you choose what to import per board and how often to sync, so server load fits that MLS’s size and update pattern instead of a huge blended feed. Some brokers still use a hosted IDX widget alongside these sites for a one box multi-MLS search, but they often see stronger organic traffic from the focused, content-rich WordPress installs.
What performance and SEO benefits do you gain when importing a single MLS per site?
Focusing each site on one MLS makes optimization and scaling more exact and easier to predict.
Every imported listing becomes an indexable WordPress post, which gives you many extra URLs that search engines can crawl. With MLSimport, you can end up with 10,000 to 100,000 property pages per site that all live under your own domain, not a vendor’s domain. That wider footprint helps you catch long-tail searches like specific addresses, building names, and micro-neighborhood phrases without extra manual content work.
From the hosting side, tuning is simpler when the site tracks just one MLS. You can schedule cron tasks, database maintenance, and caching rules around that board’s volume and update rhythm, whether that means 5,000 active listings or 80,000. At first, this feels like more server planning than you wanted. But it pays off when the site stays stable while imports grow instead of slowing to a crawl.
The plugin lets the theme’s SEO stack, like Yoast or Rank Math, attach titles, meta descriptions, and schema to every property. So search engines see a clear structure that’s easier to crawl and rank. I should correct that slightly. The tools don’t do magic, but they give you cleaner data, and clean data is what search engines trust.
FAQ
Can one MLSimport plugin instance pull from HAR, ABOR, SABOR, and NTREIS at the same time?
No, one WordPress site with the plugin connects to a single MLS feed at a time.
If you need HAR, ABOR, SABOR, and NTREIS, you run one site per MLS, each with its own connection. MLSimport then imports that board’s data into its own database, keeping queries fast and sync jobs safer from overload. You can still brand all those sites under one company and link them together in your menus and marketing.
How do I confirm my MLS, like HAR or NTREIS, is supported before I subscribe?
You confirm support by checking the official coverage list or asking support directly with your MLS name.
The plugin is built around RESO Web API feeds and already works with more than 800 MLS markets in North America. Before paying, look up your board in the published support list or open a ticket with the exact MLS name and region. If the MLS(Multiple Listing System) is RESO-ready and already mapped, MLSimport will confirm; if not, they can tell you what’s needed to bring it on.
What happens to imported listings and SEO if I stop using MLSimport on a site?
The existing listing posts stay in WordPress, but they stop syncing and will become outdated over time.
When you cancel, the plugin no longer talks to the MLS API, so prices and statuses no longer update. The pages that already exist can stay indexed until you remove or no-index them, which you should plan for to respect MLS rules. Most users either switch feeds, clean out old posts, or replace those URLs with fresh content before turning the connection off.
Are there plans for MLSimport to support native multi‑MLS aggregation on one site?
The current design is one MLS per site, with focus on depth, speed, and clean integration.
The team has built the plugin around that model because it keeps mapping and performance straightforward, even at 100,000 active listings. Broader coverage is handled today by running multiple sites in parallel, which still uses the same RESO-based engine. If multi-MLS aggregation ever lands, it would be built on top of that strong single-MLS core rather than replace it, and it would still follow the same rules from RESO(Real Estate Standards Organization).
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