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Inventory Presser

By Friday Systems

Description

Manage and market dealership inventory with listings and photo sliders built on a vehicle custom post type.

  • Supports automobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, RVs, and boats
  • Manage multiple lot locations and maintain separate phone numbers & hours for each
  • VIN-decoding add-on available
  • Categorizes inventory by type, body style, fuel, transmission, drive type, availability, new or used, location, and more
  • Includes blocks, shortcodes, and widgets including vehicle sliders and inventory grids

Integrates with other plugins

  • Easily add vehicles to lead forms built in Contact Form 7 & WPForms
  • Elementor Dynamic Tags add-on available
  • Supports Classic Editor
  • Import any CSV file with WP All Import

Built the right way and developer-friendly

Integration Guides

Screenshots

  • This is a vehicle post archive showing post title, full size featured image, price, vehicle attribute table, carfax button, and link to vehicle post single.
  • This is an inventory grid showing featured image thumbnails and post titles. A full inventory link takes users to the vehicle post archive.
  • This is a list of vehicles in the administrator dashboard that the user sees when she clicks the Vehicles or All Vehicles menu items. Each vehicle is listed by year, make, model, trim, stock number, color, odometer, price, and photo count. If the vehicle has photos, a thumbnail is also shown. This screen shot was taken on version 3.1.0.
  • This is the edit screen that adds or edits a single vehicle. The post content box is demoted to handle only the sentence-form vehicle description, and the entire edit screen is enhanced to support vehicle attributes. This screen shot was taken on version 3.1.0.
  • This screenshot shows a vehicle post in the WordPress block editor. An editor sidebar for the Inventory Presser plugin is expanded and contains vehicle attribute fields. An arrow points to a button with a key on it that reveals the editor sidebar.
  • This screenshot shows a vehicle archive on the Twenty Twenty theme before any customization.

Blocks

This plugin provides 9 blocks.

  • Hull Material
  • Body Style
  • Color
  • Engine
  • Beam
  • Last Modified
  • Odometer
  • Interior Color
  • Length

Installation

  1. Upload the inventory-presser directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Read this plugin’s Frequently Asked Question called “Will Inventory Presser work with my theme?” to learn how vehicles can best be displayed

FAQ

How much does this plugin cost?

This plugin is free and open source. Free and paid add-ons & services are available at https://inventorypresser.com/.

Does it decode VINs?

Not for free. A VIN decoder add-on is available at https://inventorypresser.com/products/plugins/vin-decoder/.

Can I import my inventory into this system?

Yes. Visit Adding or Importing Inventory to determine what is best for your client. We use the WordPress REST API to deliver inventory updates. Read how we do it. Vehicles in Inventory Presser are stored in a custom post type using meta fields, taxonomy terms, and photo attachments, and many CSV/spreadsheet importer plugins like WP All Import work with custom post types. If imports sound challenging, Friday Systems (that’s us) feeds hundreds of sites running this plugin. It may be easier to let Friday Systems handle the last leg for a monthly fee.

Will Inventory Presser work with my theme?

Yes. Check out our Theme Compatibility Guide. If your theme does not include templates to display listing pages and vehicle detail pages, the plugin will provide the markup for those pages automatically. There are shortcodes like [invp_archive] and [invp_single_vehicle] as a last resort. A number of Template Tags make designing custom templates easy.

Reviews

Excellent inventory plugin with great support

October 30, 2022
It's a very lightweight plugin with plenty of capabilities for customization. Corey, the plugin creator, has been very helpful in answering questions as my team and I implemented the plugin in our new dealership website.
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Contributors & Developers

“Inventory Presser” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

14.10.1

  • [Fixed] Fixes a bug introduced in 14.10.0 that prevented inventory archives from being sorted according to the saved setting.

14.10.0

  • [Added] Adds a WPForms integration. Adds a Vehicle field type. This field will produce a dropdown on forms not embedded on vehicle singles. On vehicle singles, a hidden input will identify the vehicle the user is looking at. Adds two Smart Tags {invp_adf_vehicle} and {invp_site_url} to make creating ADF XML lead emails easy when following these instructions.
  • [Added] Adds a parameter to the [invp_inventory_grid] shortcode priced_first to put vehicles with prices first.
  • [Added] Adds the list of taxonomy links to the settings page near the checkbox to toggle them in the menu.
  • [Fixed] Performance improvements by avoiding several get_option() calls until they are necesary. Removes a call to load_plugin_textdomain() because it is obsolete.
  • [Fixed] Stop warning users about thumbnail size aspect ratios if they are not 4:3. 16:9 is the new mainstream ratio, so check for either.
  • [Fixed] Fixes CSS in the Listings Pages table of the settings page.
  • [Fixed] Stops loading Classic Editor features when the Classic Editor plugin is not active and other dashboard performance improvements around not loading features until they are necessary.
  • [Fixed] Adds support for SCRIPT_DEBUG in all script and style registrations.
  • [Fixed] Adds plugin version number to script and style registrations so they can be cached appropriately.
  • [Changed] Changes link labels in the dashboard when editing taxonomy terms for specificity like “model years” instead of “tags”.

14.9.0

  • [Added] Adds a function invp_get_the_inventory_sentence() that returns an HTML string containing links like, “Browse Car, SUV, Truck, or all 10 vehicles for sale.”
  • [Added] Wraps the “/” that separates prices and down payments with a filter invp_price_display_separator so it can be changed by other developers.
  • [Added] Adds a parameter to the [invp_sort_by label=””] shortcode label to let users customize or remove the label text next to the dropdown.
  • [Fixed] Enables the JavaScript filter invp_editor_sidebar_elements that was disabled in 14.8.0. The filter was not the problem.
  • [Fixed] Fixes a bug in the [invp_sort_by] shortcode that prevented any sort from happening when a choice was made in the dropdown. JavaScript was missing from this plugin that powers the feature.

14.8.0

  • [Added] Adds a button at Vehicles → Options that loads sample vehicles and photos from our demo site.
  • [Added] Allows the meta key inventory_presser_photo_number as the orderby parameter in REST API requests for attachments. Enables photos to be requested in sequence.
  • [Changed] Moves the Delete All Vehicles feature from the plugins list to the Vehicles → Options page.
  • [Changed] Changes the tested up to version number 6.2.0.
  • [Fixed] Prevent errors when multiple copies of this plugin are active on a site.
  • [Fixed] Disables the JavaScript filter invp_editor_sidebar_elements because it breaks the Editor Sidebar when adding new vehicles in WordPress 6.2.0.

14.7.1

  • [Fixed] Fixes a bug when checking for saved listings pages.

14.7.0

  • [Added] Adds postmeta fields inventory_presser_rate and inventory_presser_term to the vehicle post type for dealers outside the USA where displaying financing terms without a disclosure may be legal.
  • [Added] Adds a “No filter” option to the Additional Listings Pages feature to allow the creation of full, unfiltered archive pages at any URL.
  • [Added] Adds a toggle switch to Additional Listings Pages so rules can be saved in an inactive state.
  • [Added] Adds a “contains” comparison operator and “Options” to the list of comparison fields in Additional Listings Pages filter rules.
  • [Added] Adds a parameter to the [invp_inventory_grid] shortcode to suppress “Call for price” if the sitewide price display setting is ${Price}. This restores behavior produced by a bug described below.
  • [Fixed] Fixes a bug in the [invp_inventory_grid] shortcode that prevented “Call for price” from displaying if show_captions and show_prices were both true and the price display setting sitewide is ${Price}.
  • [Fixed] Fixes syntax errors that impact old versions of PHP including 7.2.
  • [Fixed] Fixes bugs in multiple shortcodes that prevented true/false parameter values from working the way users expect. “true”, “1”, and 1 are all now working. Likewise with false values “false”, “0”, and 0.
  • [Changed] Renames the Additional Listings Pages feature to Listings Pages.

14.6.0

  • [Added] Adds a filter invp_meta_fields so other plugins can add meta fields to the vehicle post type.
  • [Added] Adds additional meta fields for Carfax “Accident Free” and “Top Condition” badges.
  • [Added] Adds a JavaScript filter invp_editor_sidebar_elements to let other plugins add to the Editor Sidebar where vehicle attributes are managed.
  • [Added] Adds a feature that changes the tag on inventory archives.
  • [Fixed] Fixes a bug that showed the Boat Attributes field in the Editor Sidebar for non-boat vehicles.
  • [Fixed] Stops hitting inventorypresser.com as often to check for valid add-on licenses.
  • [Fixed] Stops showing sold vehicles in the [invp_inventory_grid] shortcode and Inventory Grid widget when the “Include sold vehicles” setting is off.

14.5.2

  • [Added] Adds a filter invp_get_the_odometer to filter the value returned by the invp_get_the_odometer() template tag.
  • [Fixed] Fixes the way queries are edited during searches to avoid name collisions.

14.5.1

  • [Added] Wraps strings in filters in the was_now_discount pricing display option so “Retail”, “Now”, and “You Save” strings can be changed by other plugins using the invp_price_was_now_discount_retail, invp_price_was_now_discount_now, and invp_price_was_now_discount_save filters.
  • [Fixed] Applies the invp_price_display filter to all return paths of the invp_get_the_price() template tag.

14.5.0

  • [Added] Adds a feature enabled by default: Adds a gallery block to new vehicle posts with a specific CSS class that allows users to upload and reorder photos on vehicle posts in the block editor. This is merging the invp-photo-arranger feature plugin into Inventory Presser core.
  • [Fixed] Makes more strings translateable. Escapes strings for output on the plugin settings page.
  • [Fixed] Bug fix when changing attachment URLs to have cache-busting hash querystrings. If the post ID does not point to an attachment, exit early.
  • [Fixed] Bug fixes in the maximum price filter widget. Avoid warnings when no widget settings are saved for the instance.
  • [Fixed] CSS tweak for thumbnails in the vehicle posts list in the dashboard.

14.4.0

  • [Added] Adds a minimum PHP version directive to this file of 7.0.0 to support the null coalescing operator.
  • [Added] Adds a template tag invp_get_raw_msrp() and filter invp_get_raw_msrp.
  • [Added] Adds a template tag invp_get_the_dealer_id().
  • [Added] Adds a postmeta field inventory_presser_certified_preowned to the vehicle post type and a template tag invp_is_certified_preowned().
  • [Fixed] Fixes a bug in the Maximum Price Filter widget to make it compatible with the new block widgets feature in the dashboard.
  • [Fixed] Fixes a bug that caused vehicle thumbnail photos to break out of the posts table at the Vehicles dashboard page.
  • [Fixed] Fixes a bug that prevented invp_get_the_photos() from including the urls array key when a single size of large was passed.
  • [Fixed] Fixes bugs when calling http_build_query() for compatibility with PHP 8.1.
  • [Fixed] Fixes a bug in the uninstaller that prevented the plugin from being deleted.

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