Directorist Announcement

Description

The Announcement addon adds to Directorist a panel of internal announcements that allows sending segmented notices by user role, listing author, subscription plan, or category, displaying the messages directly in the directory dashboard. Useful for administrators who need to align rules, policy updates or promotional campaigns with listing owners without relying on external email or off-site notifications.

Main Features

• Native announcement editor: creates, edits and archives notices by the WordPress admin, with title, formatted body and publication date.
• Recipient-based segmentation: targets each notice to specific groups such as listing authors, plan subscribers, or users of selected categories.
• Display on Directorist dashboard: inserts notices in the user’s logged-in area, ensuring reading within the same environment where they manage their listings.
• Optional email notification: sends a copy of the message via email to selected recipients, extending reach beyond the panel.
• Visibility control: sets display windows and marks notices as read, preventing old messages from lingering in the dashboard.

Benefits of Announcement

• Centralized communication: keeps the official channel with owners within the site itself, reducing dispersion via email and external networks.
• Active user engagement: increases the chance of reading by placing the message in the natural flow of those already logged in to manage listings.
• Streamlined change management: facilitates the rollout of rule, fee, plan or directory category changes.
• Lean operation: eliminates transactional email services for quick notices aimed at a restricted site audience.

Who is it for?

• Administrators of directory portals with an active base of listing owners.
• Operators of local marketplaces that need to align policies and campaigns with sellers.
• Managers of communities segmented by category, plan or region within Directorist.

For those running a directory with a constant flow of new listings, Announcement organizes internal communication in a native layer of Directorist, preventing important notices from getting lost in external inboxes. The result is greater predictability in adopting operational changes and a structured channel to guide authors through the site’s routine.

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