Description
immonex Kickstart provides customizable components for integrating imported OpenImmo®-based property offers in real estate websites built upon multi-purpose themes in an easy and visually appealing way. Beyond that, it’s also a framework for add-ons, separate plugins that extend the functionality on the same foundation.
tl;dr
– See it in action at base.immonex.one!
– Install the free Team add-on for extended real estate agency/agent data handling and property related contact forms.
– Download a compatible OpenImmo import plugin [2] and example data at immonex.dev (free of charge for testing/development).
– Read the docs for detailed usage/customization instructions.
immonex®
immonex is an umbrella brand for various real estate related software solutions and services with a focus on german-speaking markets/users.
OpenImmo®
OpenImmo-XML is the de-facto standard for exchanging real estate data in the german-speaking countries. Here, it is supported by almost every common software solution and portal for real estate professionals (as import/export interfaces).
immonex OpenImmo2WP [2], initially released in 2015, is a tried and tested solution for importing OpenImmo-XML data into WordPress sites with support for the specific data structures of various popular real estate themes and frontend plugins.
Main Features
- Custom post type for properties
- Extendable custom taxonomies (property type, usage type, marketing type, project, location, features, labels)
- Special status flags per real estate object (reference, available, sold …)
- Flexible real estate search form
- Area/Radius search (Photon or Google Maps autocomplete)
- Property list and detail views
- Animated photo slideshows and floor plan galleries
- Integration of YouTube/Vimeo videos
- Embedding of 360° virtual tours from common providers
- Extendable sort options
- Shortcodes for embedding real estate components (suitable for use in page builder layout elements)
- Simple but powerful templating system (“Skins”)
- Clean and responsive default skin
- Property grouping (project taxonomy)
- Property location overview maps incl. clustered markers (OpenStreetMap/OpenTopoMap or Google Maps)
- Property detail location maps (OpenStreetMap/OpenTopoMap or Google Maps)
- Selectable map variants/views (road map, area map, topographic, satellite + streetmap layer)
- Customizable map marker image (SVG)
- Dynamic updates of property lists and location map views based on the current search parameters
- Integrated SEO features, i.a. meta tags for social media sharing (Open Graph, X/Twitter)
- Obtainment of user consent before loading external libraries (EU GDPR compliance)
- Various filter and action hooks for special adaptions
- Extension framework for separate add-on plugins
- Translation via translate.wordpress.org (GlotPress)
- Current POT file and German translations included as PO/MO files additionally
- Support for multilingual websites (Polylang or WPML)
- Compatible with immonex OpenImmo2WP (OpenImmo importer) [2]
- Compatible with immonex Energy Scale Pro (energy class visualization) [2]
- Compatible with immonex Notify (real estate e-mail marketing/automation) [2]
Add-ons
- Team: Extended real estate agency/agent data handling and property related contact forms
- Slideshows: Real estate slideshows for display presentation in shop windows and public areas [2]
- Print (to be released soon): Generation of PDF exposés for printing and sharing
- Elementor (to be released soon): Elementor widgets and dynamic tags for Kickstart frontend components
Screenshots
Default property archive page with all components 
Default search form with visible extended section 
Search form and list view on small displays 
Property detail view: header and gallery slideshow 
Property detail view: main description text 
Property detail view: details tab 
Property detail view: energy tab with Energy Scale Pro [2] based visualization 
Property detail view: location tab with OpenStreetMap/OpenLayers map 
WP backend: Central plugin/add-on options 
WP backend: Property list
Installation
immonex Kickstart is available in the official WordPress Plugin Directory and can be installed via the WordPress backend.
- Plugins > Add New > Search for “immonex” … [1]
- Check/Adjust the default plugin options under immonex > Settings.
- OPTIONAL: Install the Team add-on for extended agency/agent data handling and contact forms.
- Install immonex OpenImmo2WP or another compatible OpenImmo import plugin and perform a first import. [2]
- OPTIONAL: Create pages as templates for property lists and/or detail views including the following shortcodes.
- OPTIONAL: Add Kickstart shortcodes to arbitrary pages or page builder elements as needed, e.g. for embedding property search forms or teaser lists.
Kickstart Shortcodes
Search Form: [inx-search-form]
List View: [inx-property-list]
List Sort Selection: [inx-filters-sort]
List Pagination: [inx-pagination]
Property Location Overview Map: [inx-property-map]
Property Detail View: [inx-property-details]
(See documentation mentioned below for attributes and further details.)
[1] Alternatives: Download an installation ZIP file from the WP Plugin Directory or immonex.dev and select Upload Plugin or manually unzip and transfer it to the folder wp-content/plugins. In the latter case, activating the plugin under Plugins > Installed Plugins is required afterwards.
[2] Current and fully functional versions of premium immonex plugins as well as OpenImmo demo data are available free of charge at the immonex Developer Portal for testing/development and demonstration purposes.
Documentation & Development
A detailed plugin installation/integration documentation in German is available here:
immonex Kickstart is free software. Sources, development docs/support and issue tracking are available at GitHub:
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“immonex Kickstart” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Change log
1.10.0
- Release date: 2025-03-26
- Fixed a platform compatibility issue (new minimum PHP version: 7.4).
- Added demo data (Elementor add-on).
- Added some minor default template and CSS tweaks.
1.9.60
- Release date: 2025-03-21
- Added backend plugin options for adjusting skin colors.
- Added variable compare options based on selected form values.
- Added user consent contents for the Giraffe360 virtual tour service.
- Fixed a security issue (possible injection of external backlink URLs).
- Reworked property list item and standard detail head templates (default skin).
- Reworked the main gallery of the property detail pages and added related plugin options for customization in a separate tab.
- Reworked the overview map JS component.
- Improved Elementor Pro template selection for property list (archive) and detail views.
- Verified compatibility with WordPress 6.8.
1.9.46
- Release date: 2024-11-21
- Fixed minor gallery and map bugs.
- Updated dependencies.
See changelog.txt for the complete version history.