Get a polished classifieds site running in about 15 minutes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n This guide takes you from a blank WordPress install to a working marketplace with sample listings, payments configured, and the homepage looking professional. Detailed guides for every section come later \u2014 for now, follow these steps in order.<\/p>\n\n Before you begin:<\/strong> A WordPress 6.0+ install on PHP 7.4 or newer with a fresh admin account. We recommend using a staging or demo site first so you can experiment freely.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Permalinks should already be Pretty ( For step-by-step screenshots and troubleshooting, see Installation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n The free theme works on its own, but the polished demo, frontend submissions, and payments require Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n You’ll see “Active” with a list of unlocked features. The license is tied to this site; activate on others by re-pasting the key.<\/p>\n\n The WOW Feeder is the one-click demo populator. It creates 48 listings, 8 categories, 5 standard pages, navigation menus, and a 4-column footer in about a minute.<\/p>\n\n\n You should now see a fully populated marketplace. If anything looks wrong, the Demo Import<\/a> page has detailed troubleshooting.<\/p>\n\n In Appearance \u2192 Customize<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n Click Publish<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n If you’ll charge for paid listings or featured placements:<\/p>\n\n\n See Payment Gateways<\/a> for the full setup with screenshots.<\/p>\n\n Run through these as both a logged-out visitor and a logged-in member:<\/p>\n\n\n If any step breaks, the Troubleshooting<\/a> page covers every common issue with the exact fix.<\/p>\n\n Before pointing your domain at the live site:<\/p>\n\n\n The full pre-flight list lives at Going Live Checklist<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n Get a polished classifieds site running in about 15 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-getting-started"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/best-classifieds-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/best-classifieds-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/best-classifieds-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/best-classifieds-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/best-classifieds-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/best-classifieds-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/best-classifieds-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/best-classifieds-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/best-classifieds-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\nWhat you’ll have at the end<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\n\nStep 1 \u2014 Install the theme<\/h2>\n\n\n
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best-classifieds.zip<\/code> from your account.<\/li>\n\/post-name\/<\/code>). If not: Settings \u2192 Permalinks \u2192 Post name \u2192 Save<\/strong>. This is required for clean listing URLs.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\nStep 2 \u2014 Install Best Classifieds Pro [Pro]<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n
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best-classifieds-pro.zip<\/code> from your FasterThemes account.<\/li>\n
\n\nStep 3 \u2014 Run the WOW Feeder [Pro]<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n
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\n\nStep 4 \u2014 Configure the basics<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\n\nStep 5 \u2014 Configure payments [Pro]<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n
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\n\nStep 6 \u2014 Test the full flow<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\/post-a-listing\/<\/code> with the submission form<\/li>\n
\n\nStep 7 \u2014 Pre-launch checklist<\/h2>\n\n\n
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\n\nWhere to next<\/h2>\n\n\n
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