Foundry

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Foundry is a WordPress property plugin with Daft and Acquaint CRM import capabilities.

Foundry is fully supported long-term, and it receives regular security and feature updates. Foundry works with almost any theme, however it has been built to take advantage of Saturn theme’s features.

Why Saturn?

  • Saturn gets regular updates.
  • Saturn is not an off-the-shelf theme, but a property theme, optimised for SEO and speed.
  • Saturn is lightweight, slim and does not require a page builder, working out-of-the-box with the native WordPress block editor.

How does Foundry work?

Foundry imports properties at regular intervals from Daft or Acquaint CRM. It then creates custom posts in WordPress. Every property is a custom post with specific fields: address, description, type, beds, baths, BER, latitude, longitude and so on. They are searchable, filterable and indexable by Google.

How is Foundry supported by the developer?

  • Foundry gets security updates every time WordPress or Chrome/Firefox get an update, and specific features need to be updated (free).
  • Foundry gets quality updates based on cumulative customer feedback (free) — e.g. a feature requested by a customer gets pushed across the board, if deemed useful by the developer (for example new property carousels or new single property templates or new property cards).
  • Foundry gets bug fixes based on customer feedback (free).
  • Foundry gets feature updates based on customer feedback (paid).
  • Foundry gets new importers built based on customer needs (paid).
  • Foundry gets lifetime updates.

As an example of a quality update, a new single property template has been implemented, based on Byrne Malone’s design.

What are Foundry’s specifications?

Foundry works with WordPress 6.4+ (tested with 6.5), PHP 8.3+ and MySQL 8+.

Foundry has been built specifically for the Irish property market.

Property Fields

  • Title/Address – The main title or full address of the property.
  • Media (featured image) – Primary image representing the property.
  • Media (images) – Gallery of additional property images.
  • Media (videos) – Video tours or promotional videos.
  • Status – Property status (For Sale, To Let, Sold, Sale Agreed, Let Agreed, Under Offer).
  • Address – Detailed property address (Street, Area, Town).
  • Market – Market category (Residential, Commercial, Land).
  • Type – Property type (House, Flat, Apartment, Duplex, Farm, Office).
  • Subtype – More specific type under the main type (e.g., Bungalow, Detached, Retail Unit).
  • Price – Property price amount.
  • Price Term – Price frequency (Per Month, Per Week, Per Year) or sale type (Guide Price, POA).
  • Beds – Number of bedrooms.
  • Baths – Number of bathrooms.
  • Size – Property size in square meters or square feet.
  • Floorplan(s) – Uploadable floorplan files (PDF, JPG, PNG).
  • BER (Rating) – BER (Building Energy Rating) grade (A1-G).
  • BER (Number) – Unique BER reference number.
  • BER (Energy Details) – Additional BER energy performance details (kWh/m²/year).
  • Featured Status – Mark property as a featured listing.
  • Latitude (Lat) – Property latitude coordinate for maps.
  • Longitude (Lon) – Property longitude coordinate for maps.
  • Agent Name – Name of the listing agent.
  • Agent Email – Contact email for the agent.
  • Agent Contact – Phone number for the agent.
  • Office Details – Name and contact information of the agent’s office.
  • Brochure(s) Attachments – Uploadable property brochures (PDF).
  • Area – Local area or neighborhood.
  • County – Irish county where the property is located.
  • Country – Country (Default: Ireland).