In continuous development since 2006, which makes it one of the longest-running extensions in the Joomla ecosystem, and the longest-running multi-criteria ratings and reviews project for Joomla — it predates Joomla itself, going back to the Mambo days. Support comes directly from the developers through the ticket system and forum, and it is the thing customers mention most often in the reviews on this page.

One installation, several directories. A single site can run a business directory, a member directory and a classifieds section side by side, each with its own listing types, fields, layouts and review criteria. The demo site has a working example of each.

Try it before you buy. The public demo lets you browse and post as a regular user or sign in to the administration. The free RapidLauncher add-on imports a complete sample directory into your own site in one click, so you can see the structure on your own Joomla install rather than ours.

What people build with it

Association and member directories · professional and trade directories · medical, legal and specialist networks · business directories and city guides · industry and supplier catalogs · classifieds · property listings · events and venues · schools and universities · restaurant, hotel and product review sites · downloads, audio and video libraries

Anything where entries need real structure — defined fields, filters people actually use, and reviews worth trusting — rather than a category of articles.

Directory

• One directory or several on the same site from a single installation, each independently configured.
• Advanced search and filtering, including custom search and filter forms you build yourself.
• Media uploads — photos, video, audio and file attachments — with multiple gallery layouts.
• Inquiries so visitors can contact a listing owner without exposing an email address.
• Claims, letting a business owner take ownership of a listing to update it and reply to reviews.
• Listing comparison.
• Favourites, so members can save listings.
• Related listings widgets — show events inside a venue listing and venue details on each event, albums for an artist, nearby places, other listings in the same category.
• Four list layouts: blog, table, thumbnail and masonry.
• SEO tools for building dynamic page titles and meta descriptions from field data.
• Schema.org, Open Graph and Twitter Card markup, with control over which object types your listings use.

Reviews

The longest-running multi-criteria ratings and reviews project for Joomla, in continuous development since the Mambo days.

• Separate editor and user reviews.
• Multi-criteria ratings with a configurable scale and custom weighting per criterion.
• Bayesian ranking, so a listing's rank reflects both its average rating and how many reviews it has — a single five-star review does not outrank fifty four-star ones.
• Ordering by any individual criterion: best service, best value, best location.
• Photos, video, audio and file attachments on reviews, not only on listings.
• Review custom fields, owner replies and review comments.
• Advanced review filtering with custom search forms.
• Ratings can be switched off entirely, turning reviews into an advanced commenting system.

Media

An advanced media system for both listings and reviews, usable for downloads, audio, video and photo galleries. Embed video from YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo and Twitch. Store files locally or on Amazon S3, RackSpace or DigitalOcean Spaces. Audio and video uploads support FFmpeg for local encoding and integrate with the major cloud encoding services.

Custom fields

Custom fields let you build your own listing and review forms, different for each listing type. Every field has settings controlling read and write access and how its output is rendered, and fields can be related to one another — Country, then State, then City.

Available types: single and multiple select, radio, checkbox, text, textarea, date, website, email, integer, decimal, related listing and banner.

The FormBuilder field builds custom forms with repeatable inputs, and ships with predefined forms for recipes, business hours, restaurant menus, inventory and computer specifications.

Moderation

Decide which submissions publish immediately and which enter a moderation queue for approval. Settings are per listing type and per submission type, so listings, reviews, media, review comments and owner replies can each be handled differently.

Notifications

Configurable email notifications for every submission type — listings, reviews, review comments, owner replies — so you control which activity reaches which users.

Community integration

Out-of-the-box support for EasySocial and JomSocial: user profile linking, avatars, and listing, review and media activity in their activity streams. Includes apps and plugins that add My Listings, My Favourites and My Reviews to profile pages. Community Builder and Kunena are supported for profile linking and avatars.

Modules and shortcodes

Thirteen modules, plus shortcodes for listings, reviews and fields that work anywhere on the site. Modules are fully configurable and many auto-detect context, showing results based on the current directory, category or listing type.

Listings Advanced Search · Listings Advanced Filtering · Reviews Advanced Filtering · Directory · Listings · Reviews · Reviewer Rank · Fields · Range · Media · User Favorites · Totals · Calendar

Add-ons

Every add-on is built by the same team and installs with one click from the JReviews App Store.

Free

• RapidLauncher — one-click import of a complete sample directory: business directory, city guide, classifieds, movies, games, tutorials or product catalog.
• Queue — offloads heavy work such as listing and review submissions to a background queue.
• TrustedUsers — lets designated or trusted users bypass moderation.
• EventsCalendar — calendar view of listings with year, month and day views and filtering.
• Dashboard — traffic insights for listing owners.

Paid

• MapsPro — maps and proximity search using Google, OpenStreetMap or Mapbox.
• PaidListings — charge for listing submissions and for enhanced listings with extra fields and media.
• UserProfiles — a full profile system using the same custom fields, media uploads, reviews and search as listings.
• Import — import and export listings via CSV.
• REST API — use JReviews data outside the site.
• Everywhere — extend user reviews to other components and manage every review from one place, including EasySocial and JomSocial profiles.
• MyLists — public and private user lists such as wishlists and watchlists, plus site-defined lists.
• ListingResources — attach third-party resources to listings (deals, affiliate links, news, awards) without creating separate listings for them.
• WidgetFactory — lets listing owners publish widgets about their listing on other websites.
• YOOtheme Pro — dynamic sources and custom elements.
• AssistAI — an AI writing assistant for people leaving reviews.

Customisation and development

Template and code overrides survive updates, so customisations are not lost when you upgrade. Documented filters and events let you extend behaviour without touching core files, with examples in the documentation and on the blog.