CityBook - Directory & Listing WordPress Theme 2.5.5
Wordpress Themes Themeforest 4.8 (364 reviews)
CityBook is a directory and listing theme built for WordPress 5. It runs local guides, national business indexes, or something in between. The overall style is clean and modern, while the admin side is built for practical management. The option panel is friendly and self-explanatory, so no coding knowledge is needed to adjust colors, rearrange sidebars, or set up the general structure. Each category can use different custom fields and features, so a restaurant directory won't be forced into the same layout as a car repair listing. Five home page styles are available—parallax image, map, slider, slideshow, and video—with YouTube, Vimeo, or self-hosted backgrounds on desktop and an automatic image fallback on mobile. Header settings are handled independently for posts, pages, categories, and tags, and every page stays responsive across phones, tablets, and desktop monitors. The front end includes React, Redux, axios, and OpenLayers libraries, which power the map interactions and keep directory browsing fluid.
Listing pages get proper attention. Six directory archive layouts and four single listing designs are included, along with working hours, a review system with like/unlike and ratings, social sharing buttons, a price range indicator, and a claim system that lets owners confirm their own business. Every category can handle unlimited listing features, with grid or list views available across archive pages. Single listing pages can present a sidebar with map, contact details, opening hours, and reviews, or switch to a wider content layout without extra setup. A sidebar can hold five advertising widget slots, and shortcode support means featured listings can be inserted into any page. The search box combines Google location suggestions with category filtering, while mapping runs on either Google Maps or OpenStreetMap, the latter free of any licence cost. Parallax backgrounds, full-screen images, and touch/swipe gestures appear across several templates. For directories with bookings, Easy Appointments and Booking Calendar plugins are both supported, so visitors can reserve services without leaving the site.
The front-end dashboard covers the usual member needs: a statistics page, user notifications, profile editing with custom avatar uploads, direct messages between members and authors, invoice management, and listing submission forms for advertising. Membership packages can be free or paid, with options for listing limits, expiration dates, automatic publishing after payment, and hiding listings once a subscription lapses. Payments are handled through three methods: bank transfers, Stripe, and PayPal, with recurring subscriptions supported for both processors. Social login is built in, so visitors can register through their existing accounts. From a search perspective, the theme is fully hand-coded with semantic markup, clear heading hierarchy, and compatibility with popular WordPress SEO plugins. Translation files are included with WPML and localization support, and the theme is compatible with most mainstream browsers including Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera. An admin currency switcher is also there for membership plans or listing prices set in different currencies.
Design work is supported through the free Elementor plugin, with extra elements added for directory purposes. The live customizer reflects changes instantly, and one-click demo import populates the site with sample content. Six hundred Google fonts are selectable, along with unlimited color options. The theme uses Retina icons from Font Awesome and is built on the Bootstrap framework, which keeps base spacing and layout padding consistent. Blog post formats, touch-friendly galleries, a lightbox, and a slick carousel are included for content-heavy sections. Widgets cover Flickr, recent listings, Mailchimp newsletters, recent posts, social links, Twitter feeds, and Instagram feeds. Translation-ready .pot files are included, plus a child theme for safer updates. Contact Form 7 is supported for contact and inquiry pages. Included demo images are replaced with placeholders, since the Shutterstock photos used in the preview require separate licensing. Post and page settings live in WordPress metaboxes, and left-sidebar, right-sidebar, and full-width layouts are available throughout.
CyberChimps
- Item type
- theme
- Category
- Wordpress Themes
- Version
- 1.3
- Availability
- In stock
- Delivery
- Digital
- Last updated
- August 11, 2026
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