SimplyRETS Real Estate IDX

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64 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 34 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).

Directory rank

Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 28 days ago and the previous band took 24 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.

1. ★★★★★ SocialSparkMedia

   2.2y ago

   Excellent experience implementing SimplyRETS on my client’s website. It really works just like they say it will – a rarity! If you get stuck on anything, help is just an email away. Cody quickly answered all of the questions I sent in every email, checked with his developers when things went outside of his knowledge, and added a category that I needed broken out when I asked. It looks so good, it required very minimal CSS edits to fit seamlessly into my site design. I thought IDX/MLS implementation was supposed to be difficult, but this plugin makes it a cinch. Don’t let the fact that there are only a few reviews keep you from choosing this plugin; it is reliable and well supported.

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2. ★★★★★ alywee808

   2.7y ago

   Plug-in works great – very easy to setup and use. One thing that stood out to me is that the customer service was amazing – I am super glad I chose SimplyRETS over the other companies I was looking at because the service level wouldn’t have come close to SimplyRETS. Cody was really patient with me and helped me with my laundry list of questions that I had – he went above and beyond and I am so grateful for him.

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3. ★★★★★ davidcate

   8.1y ago

   If you want the ability to work with raw MLS data in order to highly customize the frontend of your website, SimplyRETS is absolutely the way to go. Their API is easy and fun to use, and the plugin has a great backend that makes customizing the frontend output of the shortcodes a breeze. On top of everything else, their support team is 10/10. They always reply to inquiries and will do everything they can to help you find a solution to your problems. Highly recommend. This topic was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by davidcate.

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4. ★★★★★ markwoodruff

   8.4y ago

   We did a lot of research before choosing the SimplyRETS plugin and we’re happy with our decision. This plugin offers a TON of shortcodes that let you do a lot of customization on the kind of MLS data you want to show, such as the ability to show properties in a particular area, listed by a particular agent, priced high-to-low, etc. We also had put a high priority on ensuring that the MLS data pulled into our site leveraged the same styles that we were creating for our own property listings, and while the MLS property listings are not as beautiful as our own property listings, they are a HUGE style improvement over the ugly MLS property pages. Probably the best compliment we can provide is that the support for this plugin is very thorough and the communication is superb. It might take a day or so to get a reply, but the replies are consistently thorough and they always find an answer.

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5. ★★★★★ Josh Sullivan

   9.7y ago

   Real estate websites are not easy to build, but Simply RETS made getting data from local MLS to the website super easy. Their support is incredible. We had some issues with data syncing properly, and they fixed them in no time. If you’re wanting to build a real estate website, this is a great plugin!

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6. ★★★★★ Dalton Rooney

   10.3y ago

   I did a lot of research on all of the available IDX feed solutions for WordPress and I can say that this is the best I’ve found (by a long-shot). The SimplyRETs API is very clean and easy to use, I would like to commend the developers on that. The plugin itself is very good, in that it has plenty of shortcode options and works seamlessly with the API. The reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is that I found it very difficult to customize the output of the plugin. We’re using this service as an add-on for a highly designed, market-leading brokerage in a large metro area and the plugin’s default markup and styling was not adequate. In the end we forked the plugin and customized all of the output. I hope the API is relatively stable and we don’t regret that decision in a year. I admit that we’re a bit of an edge case, but if there were a way to override the default templates without completely forking the code, it would have made me much more excited about using the plugin in the future. Next time, we might just build a custom javascript app powered by the SimplyRETs API.

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7. ★★★★★ lissamac987

   10.5y ago

   This plugin is very easy to use and configure to what you need. It has a really nice demo to test out before you make a decision as well. The support is great and they always get back to you with an answer very quickly.

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8. ★★★★★ StringedMixin

   11.5y ago

   They have a free demo so I was able to try it out first. It works awesome, very simple to set up and get started, and their tech support was very responsive in helping me out when I needed it. Overall a great experience. Thanks.

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All 5 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.3.0). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.1 SimplyRETS Real Estate IDX <= 3.2.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-10-12 CVE-2026-105066 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.2.9 Patched in 3.3.0
2. Patched High · 7.2 SimplyRETS Real Estate IDX <= 3.2.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-08-19 CVE-2026-73354 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.2.8 Patched in 3.2.9
3. Patched Medium · 6.1 SimplyRETS Real Estate IDX <= 3.2.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-04-01 CVE-2025-31011 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.2.2 Patched in 3.2.3
4. Patched Medium · 4.3 SimplyRETS Real Estate IDX <= 3.0.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2025-03-27 CVE-2025-31010 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 3.0.5 Patched in 3.1.0
5. Patched Medium · 6.4 SimplyRETS Real Estate IDX <= 2.11.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-01-08 CVE-2024-12491 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.11.3 Patched in 3.0.0

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-10-03 300+ → 200+ down after 708 days in tier
2. 2024-10-25 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
3. 2024-10-22 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-10-21 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
5. 2024-10-19 300+ → 400+ up after 564 days in tier
6. 2023-04-04 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2023-04-03 500+ → 400+ down after 181 days in tier
8. 2022-10-04 300+ → 500+ up after 815 days in tier

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SimplyRETS Real Estate IDX: 200+ active installs, 4.9★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simply-rets