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Business Directory Plugin

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Velocity2.5

WordPress plugin for building searchable business directories and paid listing sites.

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Business Directory Plugin is in steady maintenance mode — fixes, security, PHP 8 hygiene

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◆Current state
Business Directory Plugin is a mature WordPress directory plugin in a maintenance cadence. Recent releases are almost entirely bug fixes, security patches, and PHP 8.x deprecation cleanups across the core plugin and its add-ons (Migrator, Restrictions).
◆Where it's heading
The direction is stability and compatibility, not new capability: keeping WPML translations, Stripe payments, and imports working correctly on current PHP. There is no visible feature push in the recent window — this is a product being kept healthy for its installed base.
◆Prediction
Expect the same cadence to continue: incremental patch releases addressing edge-case bugs, security hardening, and PHP compatibility as WordPress and PHP versions advance.

◆Recent moves

  1. 14d ago

    Business Directory Plugin v6.4.25

    Fixes for sticky-listing sort order and WPML translated-listing field fallback. Maintenance work keeping multilingual directories correct.

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  2. 2mo ago

    Business Directory Plugin v6.4.24

    Admin form/fee reorder fixes and theme-update install fixes. Routine bug-squashing in the maintenance cadence.

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  3. 2mo ago

    Business Directory Plugin v6.4.23

    PHP deprecation cleanup, Stripe event-handling fixes, and admin renewal fixes — the recurring compatibility-and-payments hygiene this release stream is built on.

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  4. 5mo ago

    Business Directory Plugin v6.4.22

    Payment-recognition, listing-URL, and email-template fixes. Small correctness fixes with no user-visible feature change.

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  5. 5mo ago

    Business Directory Plugin v6.4.21

    Backend field validation plus security-vulnerability and import fixes. Security-leaning maintenance rather than new functionality.

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  6. 7mo ago

    Business Directory Plugin v6.4.20

    Security improvements and an export-URL length fix. Consistent with the plugin's stability-focused release pattern.

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