Voxel Theme Tutorial: How to Build a Directory Website (Step by Step)

New to Voxel? This Voxel theme tutorial walks you through building a dynamic directory or listing website step by step — from install to launch.

1. Install Voxel and Elementor

Purchase and download Voxel from getvoxel.io, install the theme, then install Elementor. Import a Voxel demo that matches your project (directory, marketplace, community) to start with a working foundation.

2. Create custom post types and fields

In the Voxel dashboard, define the content your site lists — for example places, events, or products — and add fields (location, price, gallery, taxonomy). This is the data model your whole site is built on.

3. Design your templates

Using Elementor and Voxel’s dynamic widgets, design the single (detail) template, the card (preview) template, and the archive/search template. Voxel populates them automatically from your post-type data.

4. Set up search and filters

Add a Voxel search form with the filters your users need — keyword, taxonomy, price range and location-radius search with a map. This is what makes a Voxel directory powerful.

5. Add memberships, payments and bookings

Configure paid listings, membership plans, subscriptions or bookings if your model needs them. Voxel handles these natively, including multi-vendor split payments.

6. Extend with Voxel addons

Fill any gaps with the Essential Addons for Voxel plugin — advanced search filters, create-post enhancements, saved searches, listing comparison, social logins and more. Follow the step-by-step Voxel addons documentation for each feature.

Next steps

Once your site is live, tune performance (caching, asset optimization) so your feature-rich Voxel pages stay fast. For background, see what the Voxel theme is and our Voxel theme review.