I’m just wondering if somebody can explain to me a solution to build an Elementor (or Gutenberg) listings site without purchasing any pro plugins. A listings site would be like for a car dealership or real estate site where there are the checkbox filters and prices and other filters and search filters. Those all rely on custom post types and custom taxonomies in listings website.
Some background — My company has purchased thousands of dollars worth of premium plugins, so I’m not averse to spending money for a good product.
But, in this particular case, I’m just wondering if a listings site can be built for free (I am learning custom coding but at the moment I’m looking for a mostly free plugin-based solution). Here are the requirements:
* Supports custom post types
* Supports advanced filtering
* Supports custom queries
* Supports listings grid / posts grid – basically post lists with various layouts
What I’ve Already Tried:
So, far I’ve had the most luck with the following setup:
**Theme**
* Generate Press (child theme)
**Plugins**
Again, these are all the lite versions:
* **Elementor Lite**
* Advanced Custom Fields Lite
* Advanced Post Block
* Code Snippets
* Ajax Search Lite
* Dynamic Visibility for Elementor
* Elementor Header & Footer Builder
* Kadence Blocks Lite
* Lazy Blocks
* Master Addons for Elementor Lite
* Reusable Blocks Extended
I asked Bing Copilot AI, but it just told me about Hivepress, which I already tried, but there doesn’t seem to be any way to use custom fields or custom post types from ACF with Hivepress.
I’m sure some would have said its not possible without Elementor Pro to have multiple custom headers and footers that can be selected and applied to various pages – but I found a solution: Elementor Header and Footer Builder. And some would surely have declared there was no way to have custom Ajax Search without a pro plugin like Crocoblock Jet SmartFilters – but I found a solution: Ajax Search Lite.
I’m hoping there are some diligent and curious folks on here who can help me know if this is completely impossible or not.
Thanks for any help
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