immonex Kickstart

Description

immonex Kickstart provides customizable components for integrating imported OpenImmo®-based property offers in real estate websites built upon multi-purpose themes in an easy and visually appealing way. Beyond that, it’s also a framework for add-ons, separate plugins that extend the functionality on the same foundation.

tl;dr
– See it in action at base.immonex.one!
– Install the free Team add-on for extended real estate agency/agent data handling and property related contact forms.
– Download a compatible OpenImmo import plugin [2] and example data at immonex.dev (free of charge for testing/development).
– Read the docs for detailed usage/customization instructions.

immonex®

immonex is an umbrella brand for various real estate related software solutions and services with a focus on german-speaking markets/users.

OpenImmo®

OpenImmo-XML is the de-facto standard for exchanging real estate data in the german-speaking countries. Here, it is supported by almost every common software solution and portal for real estate professionals (as import/export interfaces).

Plugins like immonex OpenImmo2WP [2] are used to import OpenImmo-XML data into the specific WordPress/theme/plugin data structures of the destination site.

Main Features

  • Custom post type for properties
  • Extendable custom taxonomies (property type, usage type, marketing type, project, location, features, labels)
  • Special status flags per real estate object (reference, available, sold…)
  • Flexible real estate search form
  • Area/Radius search (Photon or Google Maps autocomplete)
  • Property list and detail views
  • Animated photo slideshows and floor plan galleries
  • Integration of YouTube/Vimeo videos
  • Embedding of 360° virtual tours from common providers
  • Extendable sort options
  • Shortcodes for embedding real estate components (suitable for use in page builder layout elements)
  • Simple but powerful templating system (“Skins”)
  • Clean and responsive default skin
  • Property grouping (project taxonomy)
  • Property location overview maps incl. clustered markers (OpenStreetMap/OpenTopoMap or Google Maps)
  • Property detail location maps (OpenStreetMap/OpenTopoMap or Google Maps)
  • Selectable map variants/views (road map, area map, topographic, satellite + streetmap layer)
  • Customizable map marker image (SVG)
  • Dynamic updates of property lists and location map views based on the current search parameters
  • Meta tags for social media sharing (Open Graph, X/Twitter)
  • Obtainment of user consent before loading external libraries (EU GDPR compliance)
  • Various filter and action hooks for special adaptions
  • Extension framework for separate add-on plugins
  • Translation via translate.wordpress.org (GlotPress)
  • Current POT file and German translations included as PO/MO files additionally
  • Support for multilingual websites (Polylang or WPML)
  • Compatible with immonex OpenImmo2WP (OpenImmo importer) [2]
  • Compatible with immonex Energy Scale Pro (energy class visualization) [2]
  • Compatible with immonex Notify (real estate e-mail marketing/automation) [2]

Screenshots

  • Default property archive page with all components
  • Default search form with visible extended section
  • Search form and list view on small displays
  • Property detail view: header and gallery slideshow
  • Property detail view: main description text
  • Property detail view: details tab
  • Property detail view: energy tab with Energy Scale Pro [2] based visualization
  • Property detail view: location tab with OpenStreetMap/OpenLayers map
  • WP backend: Central plugin/add-on options
  • WP backend: Property list

Installation

  1. WordPress backend: Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin [1]
  2. Select the plugin ZIP file and click the install button.
  3. Activate the plugin after successful installation.
  4. Check/Modify the default plugin options under immonex > Settings.
  5. OPTIONAL: Install the Team add-on for extended agency/agent data handling and contact forms.
  6. Install immonex OpenImmo2WP or another compatible OpenImmo import plugin and perform a first import. [2]
  7. OPTIONAL: Create pages as templates for property lists and/or detail views including the following shortcodes.
  8. OPTIONAL: Add Kickstart shortcodes to arbitrary pages or page builder elements as needed, e.g. for embedding property search forms or teaser lists.

Kickstart Shortcodes

Search Form: [inx-search-form]
List View: [inx-property-list]
List Sort Selection: [inx-filters-sort]
List Pagination: [inx-pagination]
Property Location Overview Map: [inx-property-map]
Property Detail View: [inx-property-details]

(See documentation mentioned below for attributes and further details.)

[1] Alternative: Unzip the plugin ZIP archive, copy it to the folder wp-content/plugins and activate the plugin in the WordPress backend under Plugins > Installed Plugins afterwards.

[2] Current and fully functional versions of premium immonex plugins as well as OpenImmo demo data are available free of charge at the immonex Developer Portal for testing/development and demonstration purposes.

Documentation & Development

A detailed plugin installation/integration documentation in German is available here:

docs.immonex.de/kickstart

immonex Kickstart is free software. Sources, development docs/support and issue tracking are available at GitHub:

github.com/immonex/kickstart

Reviews

Genver 17, 2022 1 reply
Das Plugin eignet sich sehr gut, um vorhandene Immobilien auf seiner Wordpress-Seite darzustellen. Die Einstellmöglichkeiten sind manchmal nicht ganz so einfach, aber wenn man sich ein wenig damit beschäftigt, versteht man es. Hervorheben möchte ich auch den Support. Sehr schnelle Antworten und extrem hilfsbereit!
Gwengolo 16, 2021
Das Plugin bietet alles was zu einer richtig guten Immobilien Website gehört. Dank einfacher Konfiguration, gut durchdachter Struktur und ausführlicher Dokumentation kommt man hier schnell zu ansprechenden Ergebnissen. Auch die Anpassungsmöglichkeiten lassen kaum Wünsche offen.
Mezheven 3, 2021
Das ist wirklich selten: Eine richtig gute, professionell entwickelte Software, eine umfangreiche, deutschsprachige Dokumentation und ein Support, der seinesgleichen sucht. Kompetent, reaktionsschnell und lösungsorientiert. Danke an Carsten Scheuer und das Immonex-Team für Software und Support.
Mezheven 19, 2020
Das Plugin ist perfekt um eine Immobilienwebsite aufzubauen. Es gibt eine sehr ausführliche Dokumentation und es wurde an alles gedacht. Sollte einmal etwas fehlen wird einem sofort vom Entwickler geholfen!
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Changelog

1.9.38

  • Release date: 2024-09-24
  • Fixed a detail search bug.
  • Updated translation handling.

1.9.36

  • Release date: 2024-09-23
  • Improved URL to link conversion in description texts.
  • Fixed an archive query issues.
  • Updated image assets and dependencies.

1.9.33

  • Release date: 2024-09-16
  • Added a gallery compatibility patch.

1.9.32

  • Release date: 2024-09-09
  • Fixed minor data selection and Twig templating issues.
  • Extended the Elementor add-on interface.
  • Verified WordPress 6.7 compatibility.
  • Updated dependencies.

See changelog.txt for the complete version history.