AeroIDX – Real Estate IDX Search, MLS Listings & Lead Capture

Description

AeroIDX turns your real estate (IDX) listings into real WordPress pages that load fast and are built to rank. Every property gets a clean, readable URL, and its SEO markup is written on the server, so search engines can crawl and index a listing as soon as it goes up.

Most IDX widgets draw their listings with JavaScript in the browser, which leaves the page’s HTML nearly empty for search engines. AeroIDX does the opposite. It writes the title, meta description, Open Graph and Twitter Card tags, the canonical link, and the structured data straight into the server response.

Key features

• Clean listing URLs. Every property is served at /details/{address-slug}/{listing-id}.
• Server-side SEO tags. The <title>, meta description, Open Graph, and Twitter Card tags render on the server for every listing.
• Schema.org structured data. Each listing outputs RealEstateListing JSON-LD, so it can qualify for rich results in Google.
• Works with your SEO plugin. When Yoast SEO or Rank Math is active, AeroIDX hands them the listing data. With no SEO plugin, it outputs the tags itself.
• XML sitemap. A dedicated sitemap lists your properties so search engines can find them: your whole MLS, only your own listings, or just the areas you choose.
• Canonical URLs and legacy redirects. Old /details?id=... links 301-redirect to the canonical URL, so you keep the SEO equity.
• Classic and block themes. Works with both classic themes and block (FSE) themes.
• Clean handling of removed listings. A delisted property returns a proper HTTP 410 (Gone) page instead of a broken link.
• Market pages. Give a saved market its own WordPress page and write your own content around its listings, or drop a market into an existing page with a shortcode.

Admin-screen icons are from the Lucide icon set, licensed under ISC (GPL-compatible).

External Services

AeroIDX is the WordPress front end for the AeroIDX platform and requires an active AeroIDX account and API key to function. Sign up at https://aeroidx.com/plans.

The plugin communicates with the AeroIDX service (default https://app.aeroidx.com, configurable) in the following ways:

• Listing pages (server-side): when a listing page is requested, WordPress calls the AeroIDX API to fetch that listing’s data. Only the requested listing identifier is sent.
• XML sitemap (server-side, background): a scheduled WP-Cron job periodically fetches the listings index from the AeroIDX API to (re)generate the sitemap. When you limit the sitemap to selected areas, the areas, price range, sale type and property types you chose are sent with that request.
• Sitemap filter choices (server-side): when you open the sitemap settings, the plugin asks the AeroIDX API for the counties, cities, ZIP codes and property types your MLS has, and how many listings each one has, so it can offer them to pick from.
• API key validation & account info (server-side): when you save your API key or open the AeroIDX admin screens, the plugin calls the API to validate the key and read your plan.
• Page / site sync (server-side): creating an IDX page, or authorizing this site (saving your API key, or pressing “Authorize this site” / “Try again” on the AeroIDX Home screen), sends your site’s address (scheme, host, port) to AeroIDX so it can authorize this site to load your widgets and configure deep links, sign-in and email links back to it.
• Widget library (server-side): the Widgets screen lists the widgets saved on your AeroIDX account, and its duplicate and delete actions ask the API to duplicate or delete the widget you picked. Only that widget’s identifier is sent, and only you, as a signed-in administrator, can trigger it.
• Markets list (server-side): the Markets screen lists the markets saved on your AeroIDX account so you can create a page for one, and a page that shows a market asks the API for that market’s name. Only your own account’s markets are returned.
• Widget script (browser-side): the interactive listing widget loads its script (default https://app.aeroidx.com/components.js) from the AeroIDX asset host and requests listing data from the AeroIDX API.
• Widget builder (admin browser): when you build or edit a widget from the plugin’s Widgets screen, the plugin mints a single-use sign-on token server-side and opens the AeroIDX builder in a new browser tab on the AeroIDX host, where you configure and save the widget. Only you, as a signed-in administrator, trigger this, and it sends no data about your site’s visitors.

Every server-side request includes your site URL (via WordPress’ home_url()) in the HTTP User-Agent header so AeroIDX can associate the request with your account. These server-side requests send only the requested listing identifier (or the listings index for the sitemap), never your visitors’ personal data.

The browser-side widget is different: like any embedded third-party script (for example an embedded map or video), it loads directly from the AeroIDX asset host, so when it loads a visitor’s browser exposes its IP address and User-Agent to AeroIDX. If you display the widget, disclose this in your own site’s privacy policy as you would for any third-party embed.

By using this plugin you agree to the AeroIDX Terms of Service and Privacy Policy:

• Terms of Service: https://app.aeroidx.com/legal/agreements
• Privacy Policy: https://app.aeroidx.com/legal/privacy

Privacy Policy

AeroIDX does not collect or store any personal data about your site’s visitors on your WordPress site, and it sets no cookies.

Server-side requests this plugin makes to the AeroIDX service (https://app.aeroidx.com by default) carry only your site URL (in the User-Agent header) and the identifier of the listing being rendered, never visitor data.

If you display the AeroIDX widget, its script is loaded in the visitor’s browser directly from the AeroIDX asset host. As with any embedded third-party script (such as an embedded map or video), the visitor’s browser thereby exposes its IP address and User-Agent to AeroIDX when the widget loads. This happens only on pages where you place the widget. If you use the widget, you should disclose this in your own site’s privacy policy.

Data handling by the AeroIDX service is governed by the AeroIDX Privacy Policy: https://app.aeroidx.com/legal/privacy

Bundled Assets

The admin screens use the Poppins typeface, which ships inside the plugin and is served from your own site. No font is ever requested from an external host, so no visitor or administrator IP is exposed to a font CDN.

• Poppins — Copyright 2014-2019 Indian Type Foundry. Licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, a GPL-compatible licence. Full text: assets/fonts/Poppins-OFL.txt. Source: https://github.com/itfoundry/Poppins

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