RentPress for Websites

Description

Meet RentPress for Apartments

RentPress for Apartments is a powerful, extendable plugin that helps you market apartments and rental properties. Build a high-performance online leasing office.

Transform your WordPress website into an incredible apartment marketing tool. Delivering enterprise-level quality and features, all backed and used by industry veterans with a deep understanding of digital marketing best practices and the online rental market.

Supercharge your RentPress experience by connecting data feeds from RentCafe, Entrata, RealPage, MRI MarketConnect, ResMan, Funnel, and AppFolio. Contact 30 Lines for a subscription.

Get started quickly by enabling our out-of-the-box page templates. Or code your own templates using RentPress to import property data. A variety of shortcodes are also available.

Included Gutenberg blocks help effortlessly build powerful search pages for floor plans and properties. With these flexible blocks, easily add filters and search results to any page and maintain a cohesive design.

RentPress is built by the award-winning team at 30 Lines who also offer apartment websites, email marketing tools, and targeted content to further enhance any property’s online presence.

Don’t see your preferred property management system? Looking for an integration in the plugin? Let us know you’re interested!

Build Your Online Leasing Office

Single or multi-property websites can quickly take advantage of real-time pricing and availability with RentPress. With one click, add property listings and floor plan pages with information from property management software. Showcase apartment layouts, and show the property location on a map. Add in a photo gallery using a shortcode. Build landing pages for any marketing campaigns.

Easily enable a properties search page with the Search Page template. Display all properties across a portfolio, then search and filter by beds, price, and pets.

Shoppers can find properties by location with a “Cities” taxonomy. Automatically organize properties by city, add romance copy and a picture to represent the city, and you’re ready for neighborhood leasing.

All RentPress page templates report full Schema Markup, helping search engines get a better understanding of your website and your properties. All RentPress page templates report Google Analytics Events for all shopper actions.

Get Started Quickly

RentPress is designed to let you get started in a flash. Check out our video showing the 3-minute set up process.

For more information, check out our article Get Started with RentPress.

RentPress Add-ons

RentPress: Gravity Forms Add-on extends the RentPress experience to Gravity Forms to send guestcards directly into popular multifamily CRMs:

• RentCafe
• Entrata
• Knock
• Funnel
• Anyone Home

Learn more about RentPress: Gravity Forms Add-on here ?

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RentPress: Amenities Manager Add-on lets you fine tune the visibility and syncing of amenities from property management software. Take control of when and where amenities update plus choose to hide amenities altogether.

RentPress: Amenities Manager Add-on works with all supported systems.

Learn more about RentPress: Amenities Manager Add-on here ?

Integrations

Google Analytics
The templates and shortcodes included with RentPress can provide deep Events reporting for shopper interactions. With the Google analytics platform GA4, you can unlock a deeper level of understanding of how shoppers are navigating through apartment inventory.

For more information see Understanding RentPress + Google Analytics Integration.

Google Maps
Add a Google Map of properties on a search page to allow shoppers to browse by location.

Learn more about RentPress: Google Maps integration here ?

Mapbox
Embed a Mapbox based map of your properties on a search page to allow shoppers to browse by location.

Learn more about RentPress: Mapbox integration here ?

Engrain SightMap
The included templates bring a deep integration with Engrain’s SightMap perfect for any property or floor plan pages. Let shoppers see the exact location of their future apartments inline.

• For more information see SightMap for RentPress Integration

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Blocks

This plugin provides 2 blocks.

• Property Search Example block scaffolded with Create Block tool.
• Floorplan Search Example block scaffolded with Create Block tool.

Installation

RentPress can be installed using one of the following methods:
1. Install and Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress (recommended).
2. Upload the plugin files to a /wp-content/plugins/rentpress-for-websites/ directory via FTP, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.

Once activated, use the RentPress -> RentPress Settings page to start setting up your site. To use the included templates, visit the Enable Templates section and choose which templates you’d like to add to your theme.

More information can be found in the Getting Started Guide.

FAQ

What property management systems does RentPress work with?

With a subscription to our RentPress service to parse through property data feeds, RentPress plugin can pull in real-time pricing and availability from the following popular systems:

• RentCafe
• Entrata
• RealPage
• MRI MarketConnect / Vaultware
• ResMan
• Funnel
• AppFolio

And yes, you can mix multiple data sources on one website.

Can I manually enter property information with RentPress?

Yes, once activated, custom post types are registered and displayed in the wp-admin area for Properties, Floor Plans, and Neighborhoods. First create your property, then your floor plan where you can also add your units.

Can I customize the styling of the included RentPress templates?

The RentPress templates support choosing two accent colors. It will pick up the rest of its styling (typeface, font colors, etc) from your currently active theme. Learn more about customizing RentPress templates here.

Where can I learn about RentPress?

We have an extended FAQ page that’s at https://rentpress.io/frequently-asked-questions/

You can also check our Getting Started Guide.

Do you have a demo site where I can see RentPress in action?

You can visit https://demo.rentpress.io/ to view our demo site.

How can I get help with RentPress?

Please visit our [https://support.30lines.com](support site) for help with RentPress and other marketing efforts.

Reviews

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

7.15.0 – Solar

New Features

• Gutenberg blocks added for property search and floor plan search.
  • Add search experience to pages and posts in seconds.
  • Works for any property or floor plan search, from a general “all inventory” search to a targeted landing page.
  • Build, customize, and fine-tune the right search results for any need, including filtering by bedrooms, price, city, and much more.
  • Smart suggestions ensure you get the search results you’re looking for.
  • Easily incorporate just the right filters to help shoppers browse inventory.
  • No coding knowledge or shortcode experience is needed. Simply add the block, customize as needed, and publish the page.
• A comprehensive expansion of existing features to Hide Pricing from a website making it even easier.
  • With one click, Hide Pricing across the website in all places using included shortcodes and templates.
  • Optionally display a placeholder message instead of price.
  • Templates will not display price-related filter and sort options.
  • Property pricing settings options will inform admin users when pricing is hidden across the entire site.
• Property search shortcode adds support for retriving properties from multiple neighborhoods.
  • List neighborhood names, separated by a pipe |
  • Example: [rentpress_property_search neighborhood="Downtown|The Village"]
• Floor plan search shortcode adds unit_type_mapping parameter.
  • List unit map types, separated by a pipe |
  • Requires at least one property code. Can also work with multiple property codes, separated by a comma.
  • Example: [rentpress_floorplan_search unit_type_mapping="floorplan|1bdX1br" property_codes="123456"]

Updates

• More classes for page elements on property search.
• Adds a rentpress_getNeighborhoodsProperties() function to the data layer.
  • Will return properties from many neighborhoods.

Bugfixes

• Resolves issue where floor plan card could not display images added through the Floor Plan Editor admin section.
  • Image will display when no featured image is set and when no image is provided through a data feed.
• Resolves issue where min_price and max_price filters in floor plan and property searches could return unexpected results.
• Fixes for neighborhood post list in admin screens.

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7.14.7 – Raspberry

• Floor plan cards will appear as link elements, where applicable.
• Floor plan CTA buttons will appear as link elements, where applicable.
• CTA buttons will add URL parameters with compatibility for URLs already containing a question mark.
• More template items have classes throughout, including:
  • Selected unit and unit name
  • Floor plan page into row
  • Floor plan card in search
  • Floor plan card units and pricing
  • Floor plan card text area when floor plan has no availability
  • Property search, search results, results area, and map area
• Property contact settings have been updated for better clarity.
• Adds more property metafields for data including staff, timezone, fees, and more.

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7.14.6 – Raspberry

• Resolves isue where floor plan image could display at a smaller size.
• Fixes issue where floor plan images may not display on mobile Safari sessions.
• Resolves issue where count of available units may not display on a floor plan after updating.
• Addresses issue with saving property community Matterport tour URLs.
• Fixes error with sync logic that could prevent saving of neighborhoods.

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7.14.4 – Raspberry

Bugfixes

• Resolves issue where floor plan with Virtual Tour may experience an error

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7.14.3 – Raspberry

Updates

• Adds field in floor plans table floorplan_name so developers can display names that update from sync sources.
• Included templates use floorplan_post_title which will read from the name editable in the WordPress editor.
• Adds property column for property_feed_features to hold property-level features as synced from a feed.
• Adds property column for property_feed_amenities to hold property-level amenities as synced from a feed.
• Tweaks for better lazy loading in templates.

Bugfixes

• Addresses issue where neighborhood names may not save to a property.
• Addresses issue where multiple neighborhoods may not save to a property.
• Resolves issue where neighborhood template may not display banner image.

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7.14.2 – Raspberry

Bugfixes

• Addresses issue where property page sections may not appear when expected.

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7.14.1 – Raspberry

Bugfixes & Updates

• Sync screen is easier to read.
• Addresses issue where lazyloaded sections might not appear when expected.
• Resolves issue where floor plans may not show the right unit image.

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7.14.0 – Raspberry

New Features

• Floor plans will show unit images when a floor plan image is not present.
• Adds a data point floorplan_unit_images for developers to display unit images for a floor plan.
  • floorplan_unit_images will be computed from images associated to units at a given floor plan.
• Units will display an icon indicating a special when a special is active for that unit.
  • When a unit is selected, the special will display.
  • Floor plans will display a “Specials Available” banner when one or more unit has an active special, where available.
  • Developers can leverage unit_specials_message to take advantage of unit-specific specials.

Updates

• More components of the included templates are lazy loaded which should lead to increased site performance. Lazy loaded components include:
  • floor plan cards
  • floor plan card images
  • property cards
  • property card images
  • floor plan image carousel images
  • virtual tours
  • Engrain SightMap
  • property page featured image
  • property page neighborhood section
  • property image gallery
  • other components where possible
• Updated image lightbox experience including better sizing and a background for transparent images.
  • Lightbox will dismiss when clicked out of as well as when using the close button.
• Amenities and Features will import a description, where available.

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7.13.1 – Quartz

Bug fixes

• Resolves issue where manually adding a floor plan or unit to a feed-synced property could cause the property to display with invalid ranges.
• Addresses issue where Engrain Sight Map could appear in a conflicted state in a modal display.
• Floor plans will more reliably display square footage and price in admin lists.

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7.13.0 – Quartz

New Features

• More options for sorting properties on property search pages, including:
  • Availability – will sort properties from most to least available (default)
  • Rent: Low to High – sort by starting rents ascending
  • Rent: High to Low – sort by starting rents descending
  • Property Name: A to Z – sort by property name alphabetically
  • City: A to Z – sort by property’s city alphabetically
• Options can be customized to each search page via shortcode parameters
• Property search shortcode adds parameter display_limit to customize how many properties display before the “Show More” button appears
• Improved logic for displaying property map pins on a Google Map
  • Parameters allow for further customization on how Google Map pins display, including:
  • map_cluster_min to set the minimum number of pins before grouping into a cluster
  • map_grid_size to set how frequently clusters will appear
• For information about all shortcodes and parameters, visit the RentPress Shortcodes Helpdoc ?

Updates

• Properties in admin screens will display in natural alphanumeric sort for easier finding and selection
• Better-looking error messages will display in instances where no or bad data is requested

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where properties would not include all listed floor plans in bed and price calculations
• Addresses issue to better handle feed-synced floor plans
• Addresses an issue with unit deletion
• Resolves issue where neighborhoods could display too many associated properties
• Addresses issue where a permission_callback alert would appear in the browser console during a manually-triggered sync

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7.12.2 – Pulsar

Updates

• Addresses issue where property search shortcode would not search all neighborhood names
• Resolves issue where properties could not be filtered within Neighborhood Editor
• Makes neighborhood posts list more usable and performant
• Properties in neighborhood lists will display in a more natural sort order

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7.12.1 – Pulsar

Updates

• Cities remain searchable when HIDESUGGESTAMENITIES parameter is in use.
• Units maintain sizing when on mobile.

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7.12.0 – Pulsar

New Features

• Introducing a deep integration with Engrain SightMap
  • Floor plan search pages can display the map in side-by-side or toggle configurations
  • The map and the floor plans update in real-time with selected filters
  • The map will also respond to URL filter parameters (ex: /floor-plans/?bedrooms=2)
  • When a floor plan is clicked on, information will display in the standard website experience
  • The single floor plan page adds a “Show On Map” button that highlights selected units
  • The single property page displays the map in a toggle view with filters
  • When a property has an active SightMap for RentPress subscription, a “SightMap URL” field will show in the property editor
  • A engrain parameter for the floor plan search shortcode will display the map
• For more information see SightMap for RentPress Integration
• Introduces a option to force floor plan codes to be unique by using a property code.
  • When enabled, existing floor plans and their units will re-write their ID codes to prepend the parent property code.
  • If you are experiencing issues with duplicated or missing floor plans, please try this option. If you are not currently experiencing issues, it is not recommended to enable it.
  • It is recommended to take a site backup before enabling (or disabling) this option.

Updates

• Property search grid will show more properties for shopper who filter by bedroom count.
  • To provide more-precise results and switch to the previous bedroom filter logic, add USEPRECISEBEDS in your search shortcode.
• Google Analytics integration supports more methods of reporting to Google to allow for a more agnostic experience.
  • It is recommended to use Google Tag Manager to add Analytics across your entire website.
  • When Analytics is detected, RentPress shortcodes and templates will automatically report shopper clicks and actions as events.
  • For more information see Understanding RentPress + Google Analytics Integration.

Bug Fixes

• GA4 event label priceCeiling has correct spelling.

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7.11.0 – Ocean

New Features

• Adds template for single neighborhood post
  • Displays properties added into the neighborhood
  • Will display a featured image banner or the default city imageIf
  • Displays neighborhood description
  • Will display other neighborhoods
• Adds template for neighborhoods grid “archive” page
  • Displays published neighborhoods with active properties
• Adds “basic” property search template
  • Will display a grid of all published properties
  • Provides filters for property info, beds, and pricing
• Adds “advanced” property search template
  • Includes everything in basic search
  • Properties will show per-bedroom pricing
  • Displays a map (active map token required)
  • Adds a pets filter for “Cat Friendly” and “Dog Friendly”
• Single floor plan template will display unit-specific images (when provided) while a unit is selected

Updates

• Better handling of properties listed in neighborhood posts admin list.
• Adds alt tags to images on templates.
• Adds more specific classes to template elements.
• Templates settings layout has been updated to help indicate how to use the included templates.
• Reschedules manual data sync to midnight local time.

Bug Fixes

• Addresses issue where units could temporarily disappear
• Resolves issue where some included templates would not use the chosen accent color
• Resolves issue where floor plan search could not properly filter by bedrooms in some instances
• Resolves issue where floor plan search could not clear a selected price filter

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7.10.1 – Nighthawk

Bug Fixes

• Addresses issue where manually-added data could result in units temporarily not displaying.

7.10.0 – Nighthawk

New Features

• Floor plan shortcode adds parameters to allow for finding floor plans with different dimensions:
  • bed="" to display floor plans with a given bedroom count
  • onlyavailable allows for displaying floor plans with units currently available
  • has_special to display floor plans that have an active special
  • min_price="" displays floor plans at or above a given minimum price
  • max_price="" displays floor plans up to a given price
  • city="" displays floor plans by parent property’s city
  • Parameters can be combined together or with existing parameters to dial in a hyper-specific, dynamic list of floor plans.
• A wildcard value features_filter="*" allows for filtering by all active features in the floor plan search shortcode.
• For information about all shortcodes and parameters, visit the RentPress Shortcodes Helpdoc
• Adds share icons to single floor plan page.
  • Adds icon to copy page link to clipboard.
  • Adds icon to share via SMS (where available).
• Adds a feature in beta testing to hide waitlisted units.
  • Adds a checkbox in the settings page that, when active, will attempt to hide waitlisted units from displaying.
  • This feature is in beta. Inconsistent behavior can be expected, and the option may be improved or removed in the future.

Updates

• Improved logic for displaying starting price in property admin post list
  • Properties can highlight when pricing is disabled
  • Properties will display “No Data” when they are not published
  • “Bad Data” will display in instances where the price is not suitable
• Removes references to deprecated avian-themed social networks.
• We didn’t rename RentPress to “R” (or any other random letter).

Bug Fixes

• Addresses issue with floor plan special expiration
• Addresses issue where property search by taxonomy with a single term could give unintended results
• Resolves issue where amenities with a slash “/” could experience unintended results
• Resolves issue where units would display a separator dot “?” when price or square footage is not provided

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7.9.8 – Midnight

Updates

• Adds classes to property search template filter elements

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where property search with Mapbox could not HIDESUGGESTAMENITIES
• Resolves issue where property search with Mapbox could not search by neighborhood
• Resolves issue where templates could enter an infinite loop when Google Analytics was not fully added

7.9.7 – Midnight

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where manually-added data could seem to disappear on plugin update
• Addresses issue where floor plan search shortcode could experience a conflict with WordPress formatter

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7.9.6 – Midnight

Bug Fixes

• Addresses issue where units with an invalid or missing date could import.

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7.9.5 – Midnight

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where Rent Special headline could appear.

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7.9.4 – Midnight

New Features

• This update brings a more-robust and flexible Google Analytics integration. Events will be reported to all present analytics installations.
• RentPress settings can be used to install Google Analytics.
  • We recommend using Google Tag Manager to add Analytics
• Events are reported with a _rentpress suffix for easier report and trigger categorization.
• Now reporting several new events:
  • Property special view
  • Property directions click
  • Property phone call
  • Property email
  • Property website click
  • Property schedule tour
  • Property contact leasing
  • Property apply now
  • Neighborhood learn more
  • Floor plan view
  • Floor plan special view
  • Floor plan request info click
  • Floor plan apply now click
  • Floor plan schedule tour click
  • Floor plan join waitlist click
• For more information see Understanding RentPress + Google Analytics Integration.

Updates

• Adds additional user helptext when adding a property contact form shortcode

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where “Contact Leasing” button on property template would not display when a form shortcode was present.
• Addresses issue where floor plans could not show a starting price.

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7.9.3 – Midnight

New Features

• This update brings a new approach to Google Analytics tracking. Analytics tracking will happen site-wide.
• Event tracking will continue on included templates and shortcodes. Shopper interactions will be automatically reported as events.
• Event tracking includes:
  • Floor plan search: Bedrooms, Max Price, Move-In Date, and Property Selection (as applicable).
  • Property search: Bedrooms, Max Price, Pets Choice, and Search Text.
• For more information see Understanding RentPress + Google Analytics Integration.

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where office hours may not display on manually-created properties.
• Resolves issue where office hours header could display on templates when office hours were not present.

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7.9.2 – Midnight

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where cities and states could create as separate pages

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7.9.1 – Midnight

New Features

• Adds parameter “HIDESUGGESTAMENITIES” to property search shortcode
  • Allows for excluding amenities and features from text searches
  • Featured amenities can still be used in searches

Updates

• Add classes and styles throughout
  • Adds classes to property card neighborhood city state and price
  • Adds classes to property card city and state
  • Adds classes to property card price
  • Adds classes to property search filters
• Refreshed style for dot indicators on floor plan image carousel
• Adds property edit link to floor plan info editor
• New colors and formatting for floor plan admin list to better indicate when data is bad, missing, or disabled
• Addresses issue where floor plan cards could display in an uneven row
• Adds more options for lookahead setting
• City names created in title case
• Adjusts default accent colors

Bug Fixes

• Fixes issue where Features heading would display on floor plan search
• Floor plan info section no longer displays when no info is present
• Addresses issue where Join Waitlist button could render improperly
• Fixes issue where units could display at large sizes in floor plan editor
• Addresses issue where RentCafe-provided lease terms that start and end simultaneously would not display
• Addresses issue where RentCafe-provided custom features could appear duplicated

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7.9.0 – Midnight

New Features

• Event tracking is compatible with Google Analytics 4. Shopper interactions will be automatically reported to Google Analytics for included templates and shortcodes.
  • Make sure to update the previous UA ID to a GA4 Property ID in the Integration Settings.
• Event tracking includes:
  • Floor plan search: Bedrooms, Max Price, Move-In Date, and Property Selection (as applicable).
  • Property search: Bedrooms, Max Price, Pets Choice, and Search Text.
• For more information see Understanding RentPress + Google Analytics Integration.

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue that could inadvertently cause properties to display as Cat Friendly or Dog Friendly.

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7.8.5 Lake

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue with property search shortcode that could prevent property types from returning properties.

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7.8.4 Lake

Updates

• Better handling of floor plan and unit features.
  • See RentPress: Amenities Manager Add-on for greater control.
• Adds classes to message displayed when floor plan search shortcode has no floor plans to return.

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7.8.3 Lake

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where floor plans would not respect their parent property’s pricing selection.
• Resolves issues that could occur when manually adding a unit.
• Addresses user workflow issues when used on a website without a connected data feed.

Updates

• Integrations Settings page has updated references to Gravity Forms Add-on

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7.8.2 Lake

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where map could fail to display on single property page template

Updates

• Updates default single property template to display a map (when Google Maps or Mapbox API keys are present)
• Adds a helpful Neighborhood posts link in the Property Editor

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7.8.1 Lake

Bug Fixes

• Restores floor plan post list filter and sort functionality.
• Resolves issue where sync timestamps would not display on sites without a set timezone.

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7.8.0 Lake

New Features

• Taxonomy terms have been rebuilt for better compatibility with third-party plugins like Yoast SEO

Updates

• Adds an edit link to Associated Floor Plans in the property editor
• Office Hours section will not display on single property page when no value is present

Bug Fixes

• Resolves error that could prevent a Gravity Form from displaying in a modal when added to a page via floor plan search shortcode

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7.7.1 Kalamata

New Features

• Adds options for floor plan deposits
  • Choose to Always Show, Exclude $0 Deposits, or Show None
  • Can be chosen globally across the website or per-property

Updates

• Adds RentPress-specific classes on single floor plan experience allow for greater customization
  • Including classes for Information Subtitle, CTA block, Share Icons, Amenities List
• Sync and request timestamps in settings clarify the last time RentPress requested new data and the last time new data was available
• Updates for property mapping capabilities

Bug Fixes

• Bug Fixes and improvements throughout

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7.6.4 Juniper

Bug Fixes

• Addresses issue where floor plan pages could display a 404 error
• Addresses issue where property pages could display a 404 error

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7.6.2 Juniper

Bug Fixes

• Addresses issue where crons could stop creating
  • Crons are created on a new scheduling system
• Addresses data issues that may prevent properties not synced from a feed from displaying

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7.6.1 Juniper

Bug Fixes

• Resolves issue where sync could fail due to WordPress unexpectedly stopping cron functionality.

7.6.0 Juniper

New Features

• New Add-on available – RentPress: Amenities Manager Add-on ?
  • Take control of amenity syncing
  • Selectively hide and show specific amenities
• Floor Plan Features filter comes to the floor plan search grid
  • Display selected features in a filter to shoppers
  • Useful for “Den” “Townhome” “Upgraded” and many more
  • Customizing through the floor plan search shortcode ? allows for endless possibilities

Updates

• Adds classes to property page template to allow for further CSS targeting and customization
• City single page will display its state abbreviation

Bug Fixes

• Addresses issue where office hours may display empty when empty values are present
• Addresses issue where special banners may not remove themselves after a set expiration
• Resolves issue where a featured image set for a taxonomy term may display with an incorrect z-index value
• Resolves issue where some amenities could import from Vaultware as “No title”
• Addresses issue with Vaultware allowing for empty rent values
• Resolves issue with RealPage sending empty values for amenities

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7.5.2 Island

Updates

• Resolves conflict with Save Settings and Sync Properties button in Settings.
• Refactors code for add-ons.

Bug Fixes

• Office Hours will no longer display “Null” when text field is empty.
• Resolves issue where Mapbox property search could display as empty.

7.5.1 Island

Updates

• Admin updates for greater compatibility

Bug Fixes

• Fixes typo with office hour appointments

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7.5.0 Island

New Features

• Property Office Hours have a brand-new experience
  • Time-based open and close times sync from property management software or can be added to to manually-managed properties
  • A day schedule can be set to “Closed”
  • A day schedule can be set to “By Appointment”
  • If desired, you can opt to Append any text after a day schedule. Supports select HTML tags including the ability to add a link.
  • If desired, you can Replace a day schedule with any arbitrary text.

Updates

• Our included templates and shortcodes have been overhauled for greater compatibility with more website themes.

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7.4.1 Harbor

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where floor plans would not be removed from view when availability would update.
• Addresses an issue where amenities could display twice.
• Fixes issue where the filters toggle button could display unintentionally.

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7.4.0 Harbor

New Features

• A new look for single floor plan
  • Floor plan images bring in multiple images from a data feed (where provided).
  • Units will show unit-specific features that residents will find in that unit.
  • Adds a list to display Floor Plan Features distinct from Community Amenities.
  • The floor plan’s deposit range is displayed to shoppers.
• Adds Minimum Deposit and Maximum Deposit fields to floor plan editor.
• Adds Branding section in property editor
  • Properties can select a unique color to represent their brand.
  • When enabled, the property color will be reflected in elements on floor plan search, single floor plan, and property listing views.
• Adds an Integrations tab to property editor
  • Introduces a new extendable integrations framework for developers.
• City extended description supports most HTML tags and special characters
  • For more info, see: RentPress: Adding City Content
  • All taxonomy terms that have an Extended Description field support HTML and special characters as well.

Updates

• Adds more robust logic for manually-added units.
• Shoppers can cancel their unit selection.
• Style updates for mobile browsers.
• Adds and re-orders style classes for easier customizations.
• Better handling of amenities and terms that have special characters or missing data.

Bug Fixes

• Bug Fixes and improvements to data sync

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7.3.1 Grassland

Bug Fixes

• Filters out empty prices for better unit price accuracy

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7.3.0 Grassland

New Features

• Floor plan images can display in a lightbox gallery on click.
• Single floor plan template restructured to display Amenities and Features in separate lists.
• City names (taxonomy terms) include state abbreviation. Only new properties will be affected.
• Pet policy field support more content and additional HTML formatting.
• Data sync has been restructured to handle large portfolios.
• RentPress: Gravity Forms Add-on is available separately.

Updates

• Admin post list information has been restructured for greater efficiency with large portfolios.
• Restructures neighborhood assignments for better consistency with properties.
• Property search uses all neighborhoods.
• RentPress templates insert themselves into a child theme.
• Property info cards display information more efficiently.
• Single floor plan page CTAs link to consistent destinations.

Bug Fixes

• Lease term dropdown will only display when there are lease terms to display.
• Fixes issue with property deletion.
• Fixes issue with deleting units from synced properties.
• Fixes issue where manually-added units could not be deleted.
• Fixes issue when pet policy would not save.
• Fixes issue when comments would be enabled.
• Fixes issue where bedroom select modal in search filters would not dismiss.
• Fixes issue with admin error on sync options.

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7.2.0 Forest

New Features

• Properties can have per-bedroom pricing
  • Property card has been updated to display pricing for each of Studio, 1 Bed, 2 Bed, etc.
• Adds parameters to property search shortcode
  • Find properties by price, bedrooms, only available, or combine all of these.
• Property card better highlights pet-friendliness.
• Adds Mapbox support (beta)
  • Optionally choose to properties on a map from Mapbox.
  • Display a property pin on map from Mapbox.
• Per-property contact form options
  • New section in property editor allows a property to choose contact form method.
  • Insert a contact unique URL per property.
  • Add a Gravity Form shortcode to display a form in a modal.
  • Use the Global Contact Form URL.
• Property search filters are dynamic
  • Filters update in real-time in response to other filters.
  • Shoppers should be unable to reach search dead ends through filters alone.
• Better handling of best price calculations.

Updates

• Property search updated to better handle different screen sizes.
• Changed icons to use span tags and added aria-hidden=”true” so screen readers skip over them.
• Updated http to https where possible.
• Better compatibility with previous versions of RentPress.
• Adds styles to templates for better compatibility with Foundation.
• Added missing alt text.
• Added title attributes to iframes.
• Adds helpful links throughout Settings pages

Bug Fixes

• Fixes amenity categorization for property pet-friendliness.
• Resolves an issue where floor plans may not delete properly.
• Resolves an issue where properties may not delete properly.
• Fixed an issue with quotes that could cause pages to break.
• Resolves an issue with comments getting accidentally enabled.
• Removed duplicated CSS.

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7.0 Eclipse

New Features

• Single Property template

  • When enabled, will automatically generate a listing page for each property.
  • Add property featured image.
  • Add a tracking phone number.
  • Add a property online application link.
  • Display a banner to announce leasing specials at a property. Specials can be linked and also set to automatically expire.
  • Invite shoppers to connect to property social networks. Supports: Facebook, Instagram
  • Display property romance copy and available amenities.
  • Add in the property pet policy.
  • Showcase floor plans and available units for property.
  • Add photos to the property or use gallery plugins by adding a shortcode.
  • Direct shoppers to a property with a Google map. (API key required).
  • Display romance copy about the property’s city from the cities taxonomy.
  • Choose a primary neighborhood for a property from added neighborhoods.
  • Show a default placeholder image if a property does not have a featured image set.
  • Include additional keywords for a property to display in search results.

• Properties Search template

  • When enabled, will add a Search Apartments template.
  • Visitors can search across any information about properties: name, city, state, or zip code and more.
  • Filters are available for bedroom count, price, and can be customized to include pets and more.
  • Display a banner to announce leasing specials at a property.
  • Show a default placeholder image if a property does not have a featured image set.
  • Updates URL parameters to let you quickly build a customized landing page on existing search pages for queries like price, bedrooms, city, state, and any arbitrary keyword.

• “Cities” taxonomy for Properties

  • Cities will be automatically generated based on location data from properties.
  • Properties will be automatically assigned into their city.
  • Romance copy about the city entered here will be displayed across all properties in that city.
  • A default placeholder image if a city does not have a featured image set.
  • A directory page is also available …