Contact List – Online Staff Directory & Address Book

Description

Build a custom staff directory, address book or any kind of listing with this easy-to-use plugin.

The best staff directory plugin for WordPress

Looking for a simple yet comprehensive directory plugin for a WordPress website? If the answer is YES, then you are in the right place!

Contact List is a dedicated directory plugin to manage and create address books, company/business directories, yellow pages, and numerous other member directories right inside WordPress.

  • A simple method of listing contacts on a WordPress website
  • Email contacts immediately from the front-end form
  • Contact directories created by importing data from a CSV file or via a publicly accessible form
  • CSV import & export
  • Customize the contact card completely, either via settings or by creating a custom template

  • Contact List Plugin Demos

  • Documentation
  • Blog

7-day free trial available for the Pro version

Cases for Contact List Directory Plugin

Contact List simplifies the process of creating WordPress website directories of any kind. The possibilities of a directory building with Contact List are endless. You can build…

  • Address book
  • Business directory
  • Online directory
  • Member directory
  • Contact directory
  • Business listing
  • Yellow pages directory
  • List of any kind of contacts like companies or offices
  • Phone book
  • Faculty and Staff Directory
  • Medical Staff Directory
  • Church Directory
  • Directory of Doctors and Medical Staff
  • Employee Directory
  • Medical Personnel Directory
  • Team Members Directory
  • Staff list
  • Chamber of commerce
  • Lawyer directory
  • Hospital & Doctor directory
  • Local Directory
  • Restaurant Directory
  • Service listing
  • Business listing
  • Directory listing
  • Automated staff list
  • Job directory
  • Local business directory

… and even if you are not tech-geek, you can still build all of the above-mentioned directories with an ease, thanks to Contact List’s simplicity in design and function.

What are you waiting for? Join the thousands who have already begun their journey and start composing your own business directory! Give it a try and you’ll definitely love it.

Getting started

Contact List is a comprehensive directory plugin for building any kinds of directories a on WordPress website. Get the plugin downloaded first. The process is quite simple.

Start creating your WordPress contact directory page, with 2 steps:

  1. Add some contacts from WP admin > Contact List > All contacts.

  2. Insert one of these shortcodes to any page or post on your site.

    • [contact_list] (default contact list)
    • [contact_list_simple] (simple contact list)

That’s it! You’ve added contact list to your site! It is super simple, isn’t it?

Contact List plugin features

Fields for each contact

Contact List plugin is the best solution to comprise and build a WordPress website directory with ease. The ability to add new fields and remove certain existing ones is quite essential for a business directory plugin, and this is what Contact List offers.

If one wants to display information about employees other than the minimal minimum of first name, last name, and email, Contact List offers a lot of freedom. This directory plugin allows the the listing of any contact data including name, job title, contact info, social media links, and so forth. Fields can also come in handy for creating all-in-one address book. This is not all, there are more fields that can be added to the contact directory using the Contact List plugin.

  • First/last name
  • Photo
  • Job title
  • Contact info (e.g. email, phone)
  • Social media links (e.g. LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook URLs)
  • Address (including country, state, and city in separate fields)
  • Category
  • Multiple custom fields

Front-end Contact Editor

Give access to certain user roles to submit, manage and edit contacts from the front end. Furthermore, with a single click of button request user roles or enlisted contacts to update their directory info.

Send emails

This directory plugin allows sending emails directly to contacts using a built-in form on the front end (featuring reCAPTCHA). This means that users and website visitors can contact enlisted directory members right inside the directory page without additional add-ons and efforts.

Most importantly, the plugin still keeps contact info confidential. The contact’s email address can be completely obscured, to prevent email spam, but still, email can be sent to the contact.

Furthermore, Contact List allows sending emails in bulk to all of the contacts or contacts in the specific group simultaneously.

Categorized contacts

Contact List supports easy and fast categorization and grouping directory contacts into small or big groups in order to facilitate the search process.

Contact Filters

The Contact List plugin allows to set comprehensive filters on the contact directory: such as filtering contacts by country, state, city, and category. Additionally, country and state dropdowns are generated automatically based on the directory contact data.

Alongside this, there can be more filters added to the directory based on the needs and preferences.

Contact submission forms

Contact List is a directory plugin that allows to built directory contact submission forms with various fields, insert them on your directory page and further expand your contact list.

Contact search

Easy search of contacts thanks to grouped and organized contact directory and numerous contact filters. Furthermore, facilitate contact search showing contacts in site search results, except for the contacts directory page.

Contact views

Contact List supports two directory views: a comprehensive list of all contact information and a simpler table view.

Directory layouts

Control how the WordPress website directory looks and function with ease. Set the number of users per page, the sorting criteria and order, and numerous other display options. As well as, choose among 4 different contact directory layouts suggested by the Contact List plugin.

CSV Import & Export

Get a user-friendly WordPress directory plugin that simplifies the migration process by allowing you import thousands of listings from a CSV file. Plus export the list with a CSV file, and keep it on computer in case of any trouble.

Demos

Contact List free offerings

  • Direct email to contacts from the front-end form
  • 2 directory views: a complete list of all contact data and a simpler table type view
  • Spam-prevention via obfuscated emails
  • Grouped and categorized contacts
  • Fast search targeting all contacts
  • Contact filters by country, state, city and category
  • Additional filters by simply renaaming default country and state filters
  • Automatic country and state dropdowns are created using contact information
  • 1 custom field
  • 4 ready-made directory layouts
  • Printable contact list

Contact List paid offerings

  • Allow user roles modify contacts and contact info using the front-end contact editor
  • Request contacts to update their existing contact info simply clicking a button
  • Numerous shortcodes and views for varied usage scenarios (simple list, 3 columns, etc.)
  • Single contact pages, such as /contact/firstname-lastname/, for each individual contact
  • Support for pagination
  • Display contact information in a lightbox
  • Include contacts in website search results
  • Show contacts in site search results
  • A contact database created via a publicly accessible contact submission form
  • 6 custom fields and WYSIWYG editor
  • Turn custom fields into filters
  • Bulk emails to all contacts or group of contacts
  • Excel import and export from/to CSV file
  • Change field titles and hide particular fields from the public form or admin area to customize fields in any way you like
  • Create any kind of business directory or address book

7-day free trial available for the Pro version

Additional resources

You can check more info about us on our website: https://www.contactlistpro.com/

For any support queries or feature requests regarding the free version, please contact us at the support forum.

Follow the Contact List blog to stay informed about the plugin and its advancements.

Contact List’s simplicity in design and function, the vast array of unique features, and versatility are the reasons more and more people are turning to this WordPress directory plugin as a business directory and contact list-building solution. It allows building various directories, including staff directory, employee directory, address book, or phonebook. Something that you will really need for neatly managing your contacts and for staying organized.

What are you waiting for? Hurry up to get the Contact List plugin and get a start building your own WordPress website business directory today!

How can I report security bugs?

Please see the first FAQ item below.

Screenshots

  • List of contacts on your site
  • Send message to a contact
  • List of contacts in 4 columns (more layout options available)
  • Simple list
  • Form for gathering the contact database (including more fields)
  • Contact management

Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

  • Contact List Embed one or all contacts from Contact List.

Installation

  1. Activate the plugin from WordPress plugin directory or manually upload it to your site
  2. See the Help / Support page for further instructions

FAQ

How can I report security bugs?

You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.

Can I use the plugin for a business directory?

Yes! Contact List is suitable for listing any kind of contact information. Basically you can use it for any kind of online directory.

Can I use it for listing company staff?

Yes! Contact List is the perfect WP staff list plugin for creating any kind of member directory.

Do you offer support?

Of course! We offer support in the forums here on WordPress.org and if you have a paid subscription we offer priority email support here.

Does Contact List work with some other plugin?

The plugin is widely tested with other plugins, but if there’s any kind of compatibility issue with some other plugin we will do our best to solve the issue.

Can the visitors add contacts?

That kind of contact form is a feature in the Pro version. Using that form you can collect contact data with a publicly available form from anyone who has access to the page that the form is on.

Can I use the plugin only as a contact manager in the WordPress admin area?

Yes, you can use it as a contact manager. You don’t necessarily have to add any publicly available list of contacts on your site, you can just use the admin tools to manage contacts.

Is this a business directory, staff directory, yellow pages directory or what?

You can use the Contact List plugin for any purpose that suits your needs. That could be yellow pages, business listing, member directory, staff list or pretty much anything you can think of. The basic idea is to present a user friendly list of contacts on your site. 🙂

Reviews

October 10, 2024 1 reply
Straightforward and easy to use, this plugin does everything we need and more! We were able to customize the contact list to our liking across a multi-language site. In addition to having a 7-day free trial where we could test drive all of its features, support has been incredibly helpful and quick to respond. Highly recommend!
April 23, 2024 1 reply
Had tried several plugins before stumbling over this one trying to do the same thing. Tried the free version and bought the plugin within 2 hours, things I’d been trying to do with other plugins were very simple with this one. Great support, provided some help with some custom CSS for an issue I was having. I offered up some future suggestions for improvements which the author seemed very open too so will look to see if they arrive. All in – Great plugin well worth the few $ for the license with some great features, works beautifully across desktop, tablet and phone.
April 21, 2024 1 reply
Useful and functional plugin and the support staff is very kind and professional
January 22, 2024 1 reply
Contact list is a very good plugin, easy to use and with excellent support. Anssi helped me set up new features, thank you very much.
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Contributors & Developers

“Contact List – Online Staff Directory & Address Book” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

3.0.11 – 2025-05-12

  • Bug fixes

3.0.10 – 2025-05-07

  • Tweaks and fixes

3.0.9 – 2025-02-11

  • Missing Font Awesome icons added to printable list

3.0.8 – 2025-02-05

  • Tweaks and fixes

3.0.7 – 2025-01-27

  • Tweaks and fixes

3.0.6 – 2025-01-23

  • Bug fixes

3.0.5 – 2024-12-27

  • Tweaks and fixes

3.0.4 – 2024-10-26

  • Search log improvements

3.0.3 – 2024-10-23

  • Tweaks and fixes

3.0.2 – 2024-10-12

  • New feature: Search log. It is now possible to log all searches made in the front end. Can be activated from the plugin settings, Search log tab.
  • Mail log now shows all items in the log and also has pagination
  • Tweaks and fixes

3.0.1 – 2024-10-08

  • Fixed an issue where the custom field titles were not translated properly

3.0.0 – 2024-10-07

  • New setting: Use default titles for custom fields (plugin settings, Custom fields tab). This way the custom field titles are translatable to multiple languages by using Loco Translate or similar plugin.

2.9.99 – 2024-09-03

  • Tweaks and fixes

2.9.98 – 2024-08-03

  • Bug fixes

2.9.97 – 2024-07-30

  • Gutenberg block added: Contact List (category: text)

2.9.96 – 2024-07-24

  • Bug fixes

2.9.95 – 2024-05-26

  • Bug fixes

2.9.94 – 2024-05-19

  • Bug fixes

2.9.93 – 2024-05-09

  • Accessibility improvements for the send message modal window
  • New settings for the send message modal window (plugin settings, Send message modal tab)

2.9.92 – 2024-04-26

  • Fix: [name_prefix], [middle_name] and [name_suffix] are now correctly replaced in the send message modal, if used for contact card title
  • Layout fixes

2.9.91 – 2024-03-29

  • Bug fixes

2.9.90 – 2024-03-29

  • Fixed an issue where simple list search results would get duplicated

2.9.89 – 2024-03-16

  • Fixed an issue where the additional information would be displayed twice in the simple list
  • Accessibility fix: the send message modal is now accessible with keyboard
  • New feature: the list of contacts at WP admin / Contact List can now be filtered by group

2.9.88 – 2024-03-07

  • Bug fixes

2.9.87 – 2024-02-18

  • Bug fixes

2.9.86 – 2024-02-04

  • Contact cards are now automatically expanded if content is longer than the set card height. Minimum card height can be set in the settings (Layout tab).
  • Layout fixes

2.9.85 – 2024-02-04

2.9.84 – 2024-02-03

  • New setting: Hide Google Maps iframe code
  • New setting for simple list: Preserve table-like layout on mobile devices
  • Layout fixes
  • Bug fixes

2.9.83 – 2024-01-20

  • The settings for search results texts are now valid for simple list also (10 contacts found etc.)
  • The setting “Back”-link title is now active in everywhere the link exists

2.9.82 – 2023-11-21

  • Tweaks and fixes

2.9.81 – 2023-10-31

  • It is now possible to add different variations of the [contact_list] shortcode to the same page, and the search functions work correctly

2.9.80 – 2023-10-06

  • Fix: Email address added back to the contact card

2.9.79 – 2023-10-05

  • Bug fixes

2.9.78 – 2023-09-16

  • More settings to hide fields from the contact edit form, all fields are now covered (plugin settings, Hide / show form elements -tab -> Admin form elements)
  • New fields for contacts: Prefix, Middle name and Suffix (must be activated from the settings)
  • Twitter renamed to X and icon updated
  • Bug fixes

2.9.77 – 2023-08-08

  • New setting for contact card: Left column width (%)
  • Bug fixes

2.9.76 – 2023-08-06

  • Fix: no more backslash before an apostrophe in email subject

2.9.75 – 2023-07-25

  • Compatibility for WP 6.3

2.9.74 – 2023-07-21

  • Minor tweaks and fixes

2.9.73 – 2023-07-11

  • Bug fixes

2.9.72 – 2023-07-05

  • Various tweaks and fixes

2.9.71 – 2023-06-18

  • Tweaks and fixes

2.9.70 – 2023-06-11

  • New setting: Contact card title. Add any fields or other content to be the contact card title (see plugin settings, Contact card tab)

2.9.69 – 2023-05-06

  • Bug fixes

2.9.68 – 2023-03-09

  • Fixed an issue where the phone column was not aligned correctly in simple list

2.9.67 – 2023-02-12

  • New setting: Show titles above phone numbers on contact card (plugin settings, Layout tab)
  • Minor bug fixes

2.9.66 – 2023-02-06

  • Bug fixes

2.5.0 – 2019-12-04

  • New licensing model (separate free and paid version)

1.0.0 – 2018-07-13

  • Initial release