Seven tabs under Exhibitors → Settings, plus the help as a menu item of its own. Once set up, you rarely touch them again.
The seven tabs
| Tab | Content | Who sees it |
|---|---|---|
| Design & Display | Placeholder image, four colors, grid width, type of detail view, mobile categories, floating search bar | Administrators |
| Functions & Defaults | URL path, start view, pagination, four additional filters | Administrators |
| Labels & Texts | Almost 50 fields for every word guests see | Administrators |
| Security & Maintenance | Favorites spam protection, uninstall | Administrators |
| API | Public interface – see API tab | Administrators |
| Shortcode Generator | Assemble a shortcode – see Generator | everyone allowed to edit posts |
| About | Version, license, support channels | everyone allowed to edit posts |
Opening the page without administrator rights lands you on the generator. The help is under Exhibitors → Help (always at the bottom): a short documentation with quick start, all parameters, hall plan and special areas, plus an API guide with real values from your website. Old bookmarks to the former help tab are redirected.
Design & Display
| Setting | Default | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Default placeholder image | – | Appears when an exhibitor has neither a logo of their own nor an image via their type. |
| Primary color | #f76b15 | Buttons, links, active elements, accents. |
| Secondary color | #eef4fa | Subtle backgrounds. |
| Background (toolbar) | #fff8f0 | Search and filter bar above the directory. |
| Border color | #dcebf7 | Lines and frames. |
| Grid layout mode | Full width | Full width uses all the space; fixed width shows at most four tiles per row. |
| Exhibitor detail view | Separate page | Or pop-up – see Detail view. |
| Categories in mobile view | all | Limit to one or two lines or hide entirely. |
| Floating search bar | off | Search bar at the bottom of the screen on phones and tablets. |
Only then are real color values in the database. Before that, directory and hall plan may show slightly different shades. By the way, a type’s color is set on the type itself.
Functions & Defaults
| Setting | Default | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| URL slug | exhibitor | Path of the exhibitor pages, e.g. exhibitors. Save Settings → Permalinks once afterwards. |
| Open details in | same window | Or new window. Only applies to the own page, not the pop-up. |
| Standard view | Grid | Or table. |
| Pagination type | Page numbers | “Load more” or everything at once. With page numbers, guests choose how many they see. |
| Items per page | 12 | How many exhibitors appear at once. |
| Products, country, sales, events filter | off | Whether guests may filter by them. You can always maintain the fields. The events filter only appears with the calendar plugin. |
The field is displayed but empty again after saving. “View on map” therefore always opens the plan as a window above the current page – the more convenient way in practice.
Labels & Texts
| Group | Examples |
|---|---|
| Data & Columns | Location, booth, type, category, exhibitor, details, view on map, products, country, sales at booth, headings of the featured row, the list and the events |
| Filter & Search | Search placeholders, “Reset filter”, “All Types” …, values of the sales and events filters, “selected”, close tooltips |
| Favorites & Sharing | Favorites / Show all, share window, copy link, messages without favorites, spam notice |
| System Messages | Loading…, no results, “Load more”, the pagination’s “Entries” / “Show all” choice |
“Booth” becomes “Booth number”, “Exhibitor” becomes “Artist”. If you clear a field, the bundled text in your website’s language applies again.
There is “Search Placeholder” and “Dropdown Search Placeholder”. Only the second takes effect – it controls the large search field and the search lines in the filters. Enter your text there.
Security & Maintenance
| Setting | Default | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Favorites spam protection | 1 second | Minimum interval per connection (0 to 10). Only limits how often the statistics rise – saving itself always works instantly. Who clicks is not stored, only how often. |
| Delete data on uninstall | off | Deleting the plugin removes exhibitors, events, lists, settings and API keys. Deactivating keeps everything. |
If ticked, the data is irrevocably gone after deleting. Create a CSV export and a settings backup under Import / Export first.