Documentation · Doorstep real estate theme

Doorstep, from the inside

Everything the Doorstep bundle adds to wp-admin, the Site Editor and Elementor: what each screen does, which fields exist, how the plugin’s 73 blocks and 28 widgets fit together, and the path from a fresh WordPress install to a working property portal. Screenshots are from the live demo.

On this page

In the boxInstallwp-adminPropertiesAgentsTaxonomiesEnquiriesSettingsHow it worksBlocksSite EditorElementorChecklistFAQ

The Real Estate › Overview screen: at-a-glance tiles, recently updated listings, the latest enquiries, listing health checks and the one-click demo importer.

What you get

Three pieces, one portal

The download contains two themes and the plugin that powers both. The plugin owns the data and the logic; each theme only decides how it looks.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.7 or newer and PHP 8.0 or newer.
• Pretty permalinks (Settings › Permalinks › Post name). The plugin needs them for /properties/, /property/…/, /agents/ and /area/…/.
• No map API key. Maps run on MapLibre GL with free OpenFreeMap vector tiles. A MapTiler or Stadia style URL can be pasted in later if you prefer.
• Block edition: the Stepfox Looks plugin. Elementor edition: Elementor 3.x, with Elementor Pro optional (Theme Builder templates become editable with Pro; without it every route keeps a PHP fallback).

First run

Install and first run

Activating either theme takes you straight to a one-click installer. You can let it do everything, import only the listings, or start from scratch.

The Appearance › Install Demo screen of the block theme. It runs in 12-second slices, keeps a log, resumes if the tab is closed, and can reinstall or remove everything it created. On stepfoxthemes.com it is shown locked, for reference only.

Everything the installer creates is stamped. Remove demo content deletes only stamped items (listings, agents, posts, images and the demo pages), restores the reading settings and tagline, and never touches content you added yourself. Terms are removed only when nothing else uses them.

The back office

One Real Estate menu

The plugin pulls its post types out of the usual sidebar and groups everything under a single menu with a house icon, in a fixed order.

Health row	Help text shown	Why it matters
Missing map pin	Not shown on map search or area maps.	The listing has no latitude/longitude, so the map search and area maps skip it.
No price	Set a price or mark “Price on request”.	Cards and sorting need a price or the explicit on-request flag.
No photos	Cards fall back to a placeholder image.	Neither a cover photo nor a gallery.
No agent	Enquiries go to the site email instead.	Contact and tour requests fall back to the address in Settings.
No neighborhood	Missing from neighborhood pages and stats.	Medians and area pages are computed per Location term.
No deal type	Neither “For Sale” nor “For Rent” — hidden from Buy/Rent searches.	The Buy/Rent tabs filter on the Deal taxonomy.

Two labels differ from their screen headings: the Neighborhoods menu item opens a screen headed “Locations” (the taxonomy name), and Deal Types opens “Deals”. There is no “Add Agent” submenu; use Add New on the Agents list, the Overview button or the admin bar.

Listings

Properties: the listing editor

A property is an ordinary post of type re_property that opens in the block editor. The description is the post content, the cover photo is the featured image, and every other fact lives in a tabbed “Listing details” meta box below it.

The Properties list. Columns: Photo, Property, Price (with price-drop and “On request” states), Deal, Type, Neighborhood, Beds, Baths, Area, Status, a clickable ★ Featured toggle, Agent and Date. Price and the beds/baths/area column are sortable; every chip links to the matching filter.

• Filters above the table: deal, type, neighbourhood, status (All / Active = available + under contract / each status), agent, and featured-only. A “Featured” view link sits next to All and Published.
• Arriving from a health row (?sfre_health=…) shows an info notice with a “Show all listings” link.
• There is no custom Quick Edit; open the listing to change its fields.

A listing open in the editor. The block editor holds the description; the Listing details box below is tabbed (Price & Status, Details, Location, Media, Agent, Video & Tour). The sidebar carries the Deals, Property Types, Locations and Features panels, plus the Listing summary completeness meter.

Tab: Price & Status

Field	Meta key	Notes
Price	re_price	Sale price, or the monthly rent for rentals. A live readout below shows the price per area once a living area is entered.
Price period	re_price_period	Total price (sale) or Per month (rent).
Price on request	re_price_on_request	Switch. Hides the amount and shows “Price on request”.
Previous price	re_price_prev	Set when the price was reduced; shows the “Price drop” badge and the struck-through old price.
HOA fee / Property tax	re_hoa, re_tax_year	Monthly association fee and annual tax; both feed the mortgage calculator.
Status	re_status	Available (default), Under contract, Sold, Rented. Sold and rented homes leave the default searches but stay reachable.
Label	re_label	None, New, Hot, Open house, Exclusive, New construction. Rendered as a chip on cards.
Featured listing	re_featured	Shown in “Featured” grids and first in the home-page band. Also toggled from the list column.
Listing ref / MLS #	re_mls	Free text, e.g. DS-10234.
Date listed	re_listed	Defaults to the publish date; never in the future. Drives “days on site” and the New badge.
Next open house	re_open_house	Date and time in site time. Empty = no open house.

Tab: Details

Group	Fields	Meta keys
Size & rooms	Bedrooms (0 = studio), Bathrooms (half steps), Living area, Lot size	re_beds re_baths re_area re_lot_area
Building	Year built, Garage / parking spaces, Floor (0 = ground, negative allowed), Stories in building	re_year_built re_garage re_floor re_floors_total
Highlights	View (Ocean, Bay, City, Garden, Pool, Skyline), Energy rating (A+ to G, hidden when not rated), Waterfront, Pets allowed, Furnished	re_view re_energy re_waterfront re_pets re_furnished

Tab: Location

Street address, City, State and ZIP (re_address, re_city, re_state, re_zip) plus a MapLibre pin picker: click the map or drag the pin to the exact building, or press Find address on map to geocode the typed address through OpenStreetMap Nominatim (it only runs when you click). The coordinates are stored in re_lat and re_lng; a listing without them is flagged by the health check and left off every map.

Tab: Media

• Photo gallery (re_gallery): Add photos opens the Media Library; drag to reorder; the first photo becomes the cover when no featured image is set. Removing a photo here never deletes it from the library.
• Floor plans (re_floor_plans): a repeater with Title, Beds, Baths, Area and a plan image per row, with move up/down and remove.

Tabs: Agent, Video & Tour

• Listing agent (re_agent_id): a select starting with “No agent (use the site contact)” and a preview card with Edit agent. The agent card, contact form and tour requests on this listing go to that agent.
• Video URL (YouTube or Vimeo) and 3D tour URL (Matterport or any embeddable tour). The property video block renders nothing when both are empty.
• Two values are derived on save and not editable: re_price_sort and re_ppa (price per area).

The Listing summary box in the sidebar shows a price preview and an “N% complete” meter with a checklist: price, 5+ photos, beds/baths/area, address and map pin, deal/type/neighbourhood, agent, and a description of 40+ words. Aim for 100% before publishing; the Overview health rows will then stay clean.

People

Agents and their profiles

An agent is a post of type re_agent: the bio is the content, the short bio is the excerpt, the headshot is the featured image, and the page-attributes order sets the directory order.

The Agents list: Photo, Name, Role, Contact, Track record (homes sold and rating) and Active listings, which links to that agent’s filtered property list and shows the lifetime total underneath.

Tab	Fields	Meta keys
Profile	Role, Agency, License #, Years of experience (0–80), Languages (comma list)	re_role re_agency re_license re_years re_languages
Contact	Phone, Email (enquiries about this agent’s listings are emailed here), WhatsApp (international format)	re_phone re_email re_whatsapp
Track record	Homes sold, Rating (0–5), Reviews	re_sold re_rating re_reviews
Social	Instagram, LinkedIn, X, Facebook	re_social (JSON)
Areas served	Checkbox tree of neighbourhoods; shown on the profile and used to suggest agents on neighbourhood pages	re_areas (slugs)

Agents are what makes enquiries route correctly: a listing with an agent that has an e-mail address sends contact and tour requests to that agent (with a copy to the office address in Settings). A listing with no agent, or an agent without an e-mail, falls back to the site address.

Vocabulary

Neighbourhoods, types, deals and features

Four taxonomies attached to properties. Deals and features are flat checkboxes in the editor; types and locations are hierarchical.

The Neighborhoods screen (taxonomy re_location). Cities are parents, neighbourhoods are children. Each term carries a tagline, a cover image and a map centre; the list shows a “No pin” chip where coordinates are missing.

Taxonomy	Menu label	Hierarchical	Public URL	Term fields
re_deal	Deal Types	No	/deal/for-sale/	None. Seeded with For Sale and For Rent; the Buy/Rent tabs filter on it.
re_type	Property Types	Yes	/property-type/condo/	None in the admin. Seeded: Condo, Apartment, House, Townhouse, Villa, Penthouse, Loft, Land, Commercial.
re_location	Neighborhoods	Yes (city › neighbourhood)	/area/miami/brickell/	Tagline, Cover image, Map center (lat, lng, zoom) with the pin picker, and a read-only Median asking price computed in the background from active residential sale listings.
re_feature	Features	No	/feature/pool/	Icon: a searchable grid of the plugin’s icon set, or Auto. 26 features are seeded on activation (Pool, Ocean view, Waterfront, Boat dock, Garage, Gym, Doorman, Concierge, Balcony, Terrace, Rooftop deck, Smart home, Impact windows, Central A/C, Washer & dryer, Walk-in closet, Pet friendly, Furnished, Elevator, Spa, Wine cellar, Home office, Fireplace, EV charging, Gated community, 24/7 security).

Locations are not seeded on activation; they come from the demo import or from you. Create the city first, then its neighbourhoods underneath, and give each one a pin and a photo so neighbourhood cards and area pages have something to show.

Leads

The enquiries inbox

Every contact form, tour request and valuation request on the site becomes a private post under Real Estate › Enquiries and an e-mail. Nothing is sent to a third party.

The Enquiries list (administrators only, no “Add New”). A “Filter by type” select switches between questions, tour requests and valuations; the red bubble on the menu counts enquiries received in the last seven days.

Kind	Comes from	Stored fields	E-mailed to
Question	Contact Agent block / widget, “Ask a question” tab	name, e-mail, phone, message, property, agent	The listing agent, BCC the office address from Settings
Tour request	Contact Agent, “Request a tour” tab	plus tour date, time and type (in person or video)	The listing agent, BCC the office address
Valuation	Valuation Form block / widget on the Sell page	address, type, area, beds, baths, condition, timeline	The office address from Settings, or the site admin e-mail
Market updates / Listing alerts	The Contact page with ?topic=updates or ?topic=alerts	name, e-mail, topic	The office address. There is no mailing-list backend; export from the inbox.

• Protection: a nonce for logged-in users, a honeypot field, a signed minimum-time token and a rate limit of five submissions per ten minutes per IP. Addresses on .example or .test domains are never mailed.
• The e-mail is HTML, has the subject “[Site] Tour request — Property title”, sets Reply-To to the visitor and links back to the enquiry in the dashboard.
• Demo mode (Settings › Enquiries) makes forms show their success message while storing and sending nothing; use it on public staging sites.
• Privacy: enquiries are included in the WordPress personal-data exporter and eraser (matched by e-mail), the plugin adds suggested privacy-policy text, and a daily job deletes enquiries older than the retention period you set.

In version 1.0.0 the enquiry edit screen shows the same data twice: an “Enquiry” box with Reply by email / Call buttons and an “Enquiry details” box that adds “Sent from” and whether the e-mail was sent. The list also repeats the Type, Property and Agent columns. Harmless, and scheduled for a tidy-up.

Configuration

Real Estate › Settings

One screen, six sections, one option (stepfox_re_settings). These are the values that change how prices, areas, maps and forms behave everywhere on the site.

The Real Estate Settings screen. Everything here is also reachable from the Overview’s “Review currency, units & map settings” checklist item and from the Settings link on the Plugins screen.

General

Setting	Default	What it does
Currency	USD	ISO code used in structured data (schema.org priceCurrency). Twelve currencies are listed.
Currency symbol / Symbol position	$ / before	How prices are written: $1,250,000, $ 1,250,000, 1,250,000$ or 1,250,000 $.
Area unit	Square feet	Square feet or square metres. Areas are stored as entered; changing the unit does not convert existing listings.
Country code	US	Two-letter ISO code for listing addresses in structured data.
Market name	(empty)	The city or region you cover, used in headings and titles such as “Condos for sale in Miami”. Empty = the city most listings are in.
Default search	All listings	Whether searches start on all listings, For Sale or For Rent.
“New” badge for	14 days	How long a listing shows the New badge after its listed date.

Appearance and Map

Setting	Default	What it does
Default color scheme	Light	The scheme visitors see before they use the header toggle.
Follow device setting	On	Visitors who have not used the toggle get the scheme their device prefers.
Map style (light) / (dark)	bundled	Any MapLibre style URL (MapTiler, Stadia…). Empty uses the bundled styles on OpenFreeMap tiles, which need no key.
Default center / Default zoom	25.7617, -80.1918 / 11	Used when a map has no listings to frame.
Cluster radius	50 px	How close price pins must be before they merge into a cluster.
Search as the map moves	On	Map search refreshes results when the map is panned; visitors can switch it off.

Mortgage calculator, Enquiries and Data

Setting	Default	What it does
Interest rate / Loan term / Down payment	6.5% / 30 years / 20%	Starting values of the calculator on listing pages. Visitors can change them; each calculator block can override them.
Property tax rate / Home insurance	1.9% / 0.35% per year	Added to the monthly estimate alongside the listing’s HOA fee.
Send enquiries to	(site admin e-mail)	Receives valuation requests and anything a listing agent cannot receive; is also copied on agent e-mails.
Demo mode	Off	Forms succeed visibly but store and send nothing.
Keep enquiries for	365 days	Older enquiries are deleted automatically once a day; 0 keeps them forever.
On uninstall	Off	Also delete every listing, agent and their terms when the plugin is deleted. Settings, caches and enquiries are always removed; photos always stay.

Under the hood

What the front end computes for you

Most of what visitors see is derived from the listings. Nothing on this list needs an API key, an external account or a cron job you have to set up.

Search parameters

Parameter	Values	Meaning
deal	for-sale, for-rent	Buy or rent
ptype / area / feat	term slugs	Property types, neighbourhoods, features (features are ANDed)
min_price, max_price	numbers	Price range
beds, baths	numbers	Minimum rooms
min_sqft, max_sqft	numbers	Living-area range (in the configured unit)
status	available, under-contract, sold, rented, any	Default is available + under contract
sort	newest, price-asc, price-desc, sqft-desc, ppa-asc	Newest, price low›high, price high›low, size, price per area
kw, bounds, shape, pg, view	text, bbox, polygon, number, split/map/list	Keyword, map viewport, drawn area, page, layout

REST API

Route (namespace real-estate/v1)	Access	Purpose
GET /search	public	Filtered results: card HTML, pager, chips, markers, bounds and heading
GET /markers	public	Map markers, capped at 2,000
GET /cards?ids=, GET /property/{id}/card	public	Card HTML for compare and map popups
GET /locations?q=	public	Neighbourhood type-ahead
POST /render-batch, /contexts	edit_posts	Editor previews
/wp/v2/re_property, /wp/v2/re_agent	standard	Every re_* field is registered post meta, so WP All Import, a CSV importer or a short script can map an IDX or MLS feed onto listings.

Image sizes the plugin registers

Listing card (4:3) 800×600Listing hero (3:2) 1600×1067Listing thumbnail (4:3) 480×360Square (1:1) 600×600Wide (16:9) 1200×675Face (1:1) 300×300

Dark mode is a runtime toggle, not a theme switch: the server writes the scheme on the <html> element, a pre-paint script reads the visitor’s stored choice, then the device preference, then the site default, and the map style follows. The block theme’s “Night” style variation is different: it permanently swaps the palette in the Site Editor.

Block editor

The 73 blocks

All blocks sit in the “Real Estate” inserter category and are prefixed “Real Estate —”. They are small and single-purpose: a price, a photo, a badge, a loop. Cards are built by nesting them, so anything on the demo can be opened and changed.

The block inserter filtered to the Real Estate category inside the Site Editor. Every block also gets an Additional CSS class(es) field and a Style ID in its Advanced panel; the Style ID is what Stepfox Looks uses to attach per-device styles.

How a block knows which listing to show

• Property fields resolve, in order: the Property ID set in the block’s Advanced panel › the enclosing Property Loop or Property Context › the core post ID (for example inside a Query Loop over properties) › the listing being viewed.
• Agent fields: Agent ID › Agent Loop or Agent Context › the agent of the property in context › the agent being viewed.
• Location fields: Location ID › Location Loop › the neighbourhood archive being viewed › the deepest neighbourhood of the property in context.
• In the editor every field previews with a sample entity. An empty value renders as hidden, so a card never shows a blank line.
• Loops repeat whatever you place inside them. A fresh Property Loop comes with a default card (image, price, title, location, facts and a whole-card link) that you can take apart. Loop Pagination goes below a loop with Paginate on.

Property field blocks (23)

Block	Renders	Inspector controls
Property Title	The listing title	HTML tag (H1–H6, paragraph, div, span; default H3); Link to listing
Property Price	Price with rent period, struck-through previous price	Format: Full ($1,250,000) or Short ($1.25M); Show rent period; Show previous price
Property Price per Area	Price per sq ft or m²	—
Property Image	Cover photo with chips, save heart and photo count	Image size; Aspect ratio (4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 1:1, 3:4, 4:5, original); Link; Show photo count / chips / save heart; Loading priority
Property Link (whole card)	An invisible link stretched over the card	—
Property Deal / Status / Label Badge	For Sale · For Rent; Under contract · Sold · Rented; New · Hot · Open house · Exclusive · New construction	Status badge hides while available
Property Type	Condo, House…	—
Property Location	Neighbourhood, city or full address with a pin	Format (Neighborhood, City / City, State / Full address); Pin icon
Property Address	Street line	Pin icon
Property Beds / Baths / Area / Lot Size / Year Built / Garage	One fact each	Show icon; Show label; Label style (short bd/ba or long)
Property Facts Row	Beds · baths · area in one row (studio and land aware)	Facts list (beds, baths, area, lot, year, garage, floor, type, ppa); Separator (dot/hairline); icons; label style
Property Excerpt	A teaser from the description	Words (22)
Property Listing ID	MLS / reference	—
Property Listed Date	“3 days on Doorstep” or the date	Days on site / Date listed
Property Agent	The listing agent	Avatar + name / Name / Photo
Property Open House	“Open house Sat 1–3pm”, hidden when none	—

Agent (9) and location (6) field blocks

Block	Inspector controls
Agent Name	HTML tag (default H3); Link to agent profile
Agent Photo	Image size (Square, Face, Card, Large); Shape (Circle, Rounded); Link; Loading priority
Agent Role / Phone / Email / Bio	Append agency; Tap to call + icon; Mailto + icon; Words (0 = full bio)
Agent Stats	Which stats (active listings, homes sold, years, rating); Label style
Agent Socials, Agent Contact Buttons	Social links; call, e-mail and WhatsApp buttons
Location Name / Tagline / Link	HTML tag and link; the tagline; a whole-tile link
Location Image	Aspect ratio (4:5 default … fill parent); Loading priority
Location Listings Count, Location Median Price	Suffix (“homes”); Show “Median” label

Loops, context and save/compare (9)

Block	What it does	Inspector controls
Property Loop	Repeats your card for every listing; style the grid on this block	Source (Latest, Featured, Current archive, Similar to this listing, This agent’s listings, In a neighborhood, Hand-picked IDs, Price reduced, Upcoming open houses); Deal; type and neighbourhood slugs; IDs; Number; Order (newest, price, largest, price per area, random); Paginate; Listing status; Phone layout (stacked or swipe rail); Empty text
Agent Loop	Repeats your card for agents	Number; Order (homes sold, active listings, rating, experience, name, random); Only agents serving a neighbourhood; Phone layout
Location Loop	Repeats your tile for neighbourhoods	Parent slug (“top” = top level); Hand-picked slugs; Number; Hide empty; Phone layout
Loop Pagination	Numbered pages for a paged Property Loop, keeping the active filters	Loop block ID (empty = the last paged loop)
Property Context / Agent Context	Pins one listing or agent for the blocks inside (a hero featuring a hand-picked home)	Listing ID / Agent ID (0 = current)
Property Save (Heart) / Property Compare Toggle	Favourite and compare buttons	Style (round icon or button with label)
Saved Homes Link	The header heart with a live count	Saved page URL; Show “Saved” label

Property page components (10)

Each takes a Property source (empty = the property of the current page) and most have an optional section heading that disappears together with the block when the property has nothing to show.

Block	Renders	Inspector controls
Property Gallery	Mosaic, slider or grid with a full-screen lightbox	Layout (Mosaic 1 + 4 / Slider / Grid); Photos in the layout
Property Header	Breadcrumb, badges, title, address, price, payment estimate, save/share/compare/print, sticky price bar	Show each button; Show breadcrumb; Sticky price bar; Title tag
Property Key Facts	Icon strip	Facts list (beds, baths, area, lot, year, garage, type, ppa, floor, stories, hoa, days, status, view, energy, mls)
Property Details	Overview, Interior, Building & lot and Financial tables	Groups; Section heading
Property Features	Amenities grid plus view, waterfront, pets, furnished	Columns; Section heading
Property Description	The content with a “Read more” clamp	Collapse long descriptions; Section heading
Property Floor Plans	One tab per plan, opens full screen	Section heading
Property Video & 3D Tour	Loads on click; renders nothing without a URL	Section heading (auto)
Mortgage Calculator	Monthly estimate with donut	Home price (0 = listing price); Interest rate; Loan term; Down payment; Show donut; Button text and link; Section heading
Contact Agent	Agent card, call / WhatsApp / e-mail, and the Request a tour / Ask a question form	Property; Agent (empty = listing agent); Offer “Request a tour”; Sticky on desktop; Title

Listing, site and map components (16)

Block	Renders	Inspector controls
Search Form	Hero, bar or stacked search with Buy/Rent tabs, location type-ahead, type, price and beds	Layout (Hero glass panel / Bar / Stacked); Show tabs; Default deal; which fields; Results page URL; Button text; Quick chips and label
Search Filters	Filter bar or sidebar; a sheet on phones	Layout; Fields (deal, type, location, price, beds, baths, area, features, keyword, sort); Results URL; Show result count; Show active chips
Property Grid	A grid of cards without building the card yourself	Same sources as the loop; Number; Order; Status; Columns; Card style (Card / Row / Overlay); Pagination; Empty text; Phone layout
Property Carousel	A swipeable rail	Sources; Cards per view; Autoplay and interval; Arrows; Dots; Card style
Agent Card, Agents Grid	One agent, or a grid	Style (Full / Compact / Horizontal); Show stats and buttons; Number; Columns; Order; Serves location
Location Grid	Neighbourhood tiles with photo, count and median	Parent; slugs; Number; Layout (Editorial mosaic / Grid / Chips); Columns; Order; Show count and median; Hide empty
Market Stats	Median price, price per area, active listings, days on market, price cuts, per-neighbourhood chart	Location; Deal; Style (Band / Cards / Chart); Title; Chart metric; Chart bars
Stats Counter	Big numbers that count up	Items (value|label|prefix|suffix per line, or empty for live numbers); Count up; Style
Favorites List, Compare Table	The visitor’s saved homes; the side-by-side table	Empty text; Columns; Toolbar; “Only differences” toggle
Valuation Form	“What’s my home worth?”	Title; Intro; Button text; Benefits panel; Instant ballpark; Two-step form
Map Search	Split view: filters, result cards and the clustered price-pin map with draw-to-search (one per page)	Deal; Type; Location; Per page; List width; Map style; Show draw; Show filters; Height; View
Area Map	A teaser map linking to map search	Location; Deal; Height; Zoom; Limit; Link text; Map style
Property Map	One listing, optional nearby comparables, directions link	Property; Height; Zoom; Show nearby; Show area
Theme toggle	The light/dark switch that remembers the visitor’s choice	Variant (icon / switch)

The three map blocks and the theme toggle show auto-generated inspector labels in the block editor (their Elementor widgets have proper ones). The controls work as described above.

Block theme

Templates, parts and patterns

Doorstep is a full-site-editing theme. Every page type is a template of ordinary blocks that opens in the Site Editor; there is no theme options screen and no Customizer section.

The demo front page open in the Site Editor: List View on the left reaches every block inside every card, and the Stepfox Looks sidebar on the right holds desktop, tablet and mobile values for spacing, colours and typography.

The Templates list. Page templates such as Saved homes or Market report are matched by page slug, and are also offered in the page editor’s Template picker.

Template	Serves	Built from
Front Page	The static home page	Cover hero with Search Form, featured Property Loop, Area Map, two Location Grids, two Property Carousels, Market Stats, Agents Grid, journal Query Loop
Properties archive	/properties/ and every /feature/…/ archive	Header part and a full-height Map Search; no footer
Single Property	/property/…/	Property Context › Header, Gallery, Key Facts, Description, Features, Details, Floor Plans, Video, Property Map, Mortgage Calculator, Contact Agent, two “similar” loops
Agents archive, Single Agent	/agents/, /agent/…/	Stats Counter + Agents Grid; Agent Context with photo, name, role, stats, socials, buttons, bio, Contact Agent, the agent’s listings
Location, Type and Deal archives	/area/…/, /property-type/…/, /deal/…/	Hero with image, count and median + Market Stats + preset Map Search + sub-areas; Search Filters + paged loop + Loop Pagination + Location Grid
Saved homes, Compare homes	Pages with slug saved, compare	Favorites List; Compare Table
Neighborhoods, Market report, Sell, Contact, About	Pages with slug neighborhoods, market, sell, contact, about	Location Grid + Market Stats + Area Map; Market Stats ×3 + report posts; Valuation Form + Stats + Agents + FAQ; office Contact Agent + Agents Grid (with ?topic= modes); Cover + Stats + Agents
Journal, Single Post, Archive, Category, Search, 404, Page, Index	The editorial layer and fallbacks	Query Loops of posts with a Property Loop rail

Template parts and navigation

• Header: site logo, a core Navigation block with Buy, Rent, Map search, Neighborhoods, Agents, Market, Journal and List your home, the Saved Homes Link and the Theme toggle. The theme registers no classic menu locations; edit links in the Site Editor.
• Footer: a “Get market updates” band (it files into Enquiries), link columns, ten neighbourhood chips, credits and social links.
• Links inside the templates are written for the demo and rewritten to your own site address at render time and in the editor, so nothing points back at the demo after install.

Patterns (category “Doorstep”)

Hero with property searchNeighborhood bandSell with DoorstepAgent spotlightNeighborhood chipsBuyer FAQFeatured listingsJust listed carouselMap search teaserMortgage calculator CTAListing alerts sign-upOpen house bannerMarket stats bandClient testimonialsWhy Doorstep

theme.json: palette, type and spacing

Setting	Values
Layout	Content 1240 px, wide 1440 px
Palette	Paper #f7f5f0, Card, Sand #efeae1, Hairline, Ink #14181f, Slate #5d6672, Sunset coral #e0553d, Ocean teal #0f766e, Lagoon #14b8a6, Harbor navy #1d3557, Mint wash #dcefe9, Brass #8a6400, Glass bar, Glass panel, Lit edge, Transparent
Gradients	Sunset, Ocean, Dusk, Photo scrim
Fonts (self-hosted)	Display — Fraunces, Interface — Manrope, Body — Inter, Numbers — Manrope
Font sizes	Tiny 12 · Small 14 · Medium 16 · Large 20 · Extra large 28 · Headline 42 · Display 72
Spacing scale	Hair 4 · Tight 8 · Snug 12 · Base 16 · Roomy 24 · Block 32 · Section 48 · Band 64 · Stage 96
Shadows	Flat, Rest, Card, Lifted card, Floating panel, Hairline ring, Coral focus ring
Style variation	“Night” (styles/dark.json) swaps the palette permanently; the header toggle is the runtime alternative

Because the theme has no stylesheet, restyling is done per block: select a card in List View, open the Stepfox Looks panel and change the value for desktop, tablet or mobile. The change becomes a block attribute, so there is no child theme to maintain and nothing to override.

Elementor edition

Doorstep for Elementor

The Elementor theme renders the same records through 28 native widgets and 4 dynamic tags. With Elementor Pro the layouts are editable Theme Builder templates; without it, every route has a complete PHP fallback built from the same components.

The demo front page open in the Elementor editor. Widgets live in a “Real Estate” panel category; each one has Content controls plus a Style tab with colours, card corner radius, gap and typography.

The Appearance › Doorstep Setup wizard checks Elementor, the plugin, Elementor Pro (optional) and permalinks, then installs the demo layout: the kit, the pages, the menus and (with Pro) the Theme Builder templates. It is safe to re-run.

Widgets (category “Real Estate”)

Widget	Content controls
Map Search	Deal; Property type; Neighborhood; Results per page; Follow the archive; Results panel width; Map style (follow scheme / always light / always dark); Draw-to-search; Filter bar; Height; Initial view (map + list, map only, list only)
Area Map, Property Map	Neighborhood or Source; Deal; Maximum pins; Link text; Height; Zoom; Map style; Show nearby listings; Show area
Search Form, Search Filters	Default deal; Results page URL; Button text; Quick chips; Layout; which fields / filters; Show result count; Show active chips
Property Grid, Property Carousel	Listings (nine sources); Deal; Type; Neighborhood; Hand-picked; Number; Order; Listing status; Empty-state text; Follow the archive; Columns; Card style; Pagination or Cards per view, Autoplay, Arrows, Dots
Property Card	The one canonical card, for Loop Grid items or featured spots (no block equivalent): Card style (Card, Row, Photo overlay, Mini); Image size; Title tag; Summary and features; Badges; Save and Compare buttons; Photo count; Agent footer
Property Gallery, Header, Key Facts, Details, Features, Description, Floor Plans, Video & 3D Tour	Source (current property or a picked one) plus the same options as the matching blocks
Mortgage Calculator, Contact Agent	Home price; rate; term; down payment; button; donut — Agent (listing agent or named); Title; Schedule-a-tour tab; Sticky on desktop
Agent Card, Agents Grid, Neighborhoods, Market Stats, Stats Counter	Style; stats and buttons; Number; Order; Serving area; Columns; Layout; Chart metric and bars; Figures repeater; Count up
Saved Homes, Compare Homes, Home Valuation, Light / Dark Toggle, Saved Homes Link	Empty-state text; Columns; Toolbar; “Only differences”; Title, intro, button, two-step form, benefits panel, instant ballpark; Style; Saved page URL
Doorstep — Search hero, Doorstep — Journal (theme widgets)	Background photo, kicker, headline and tag, lede, search form, quick chips, live counts; Layout (feature + grid, lead story, card grid, compact list), columns, posts, category, empty message

Dynamic tags (group “Real Estate”)

• Real Estate Field: any property fact (title, prices, price drop, rooms, areas, year, address parts, neighbourhood, deal, type, status, label, MLS, open house, days on market, photo count, features, view, energy rating, summary, coordinates), any agent fact (name, role, agency, phone, e-mail, WhatsApp, licence, languages, years, homes sold, rating, reviews, listing counts, short bio) or any neighbourhood fact (name, parent, tagline, listing counts, median), plus raw meta keys. Option: plain text.
• Real Estate Image: cover photo, gallery photo N, floor plan N, agent photo or neighbourhood image, with resolution and fallback.
• Real Estate Link: property page, map directions, video, 3D tour, neighbourhood, type or deal archive; agent page, call, e-mail, WhatsApp; all properties, all agents.
• Real Estate Gallery: the photo set for Elementor gallery widgets, optionally including the cover and floor plans, with a maximum.

Theme Builder templates (Elementor Pro)

HeaderFooterFooter (Map search: none)Single PropertySingle AgentSingle PostSingle PageProperties (Map Search)Agents ArchiveNeighborhood ArchiveProperty Type ArchiveBuy / Rent ArchiveHome Feature ArchiveJournal (Posts Page)Blog ArchiveSearch Results404Search Result Card (Loop Item)

Each template carries its display condition (entire site, the properties archive, single property, and so on). Without Pro, the theme’s PHP files (header.php, single-re_property.php, archive-re_property.php, the taxonomy templates, single.php, search.php, 404.php…) render the same components, so nothing is missing.

Theme options

Where	What you can set
Customize › Doorstep header & footer	Header button label (“List your home”) and link, office address, phone, e-mail and opening hours, Instagram / Facebook / LinkedIn / X / YouTube URLs, footer legal note. Used by the PHP header and footer.
Appearance › Menus	Three locations: Primary, Footer — Explore, Footer — Company. The wizard creates and assigns Doorstep Primary, Footer — Explore and Footer — Company.
Elementor › Site Settings (kit)	Written by the wizard: coral / teal / ink system colours, the 16 palette colours, Fraunces / Manrope / Inter global fonts, 1240 px container, lightbox off, Google Fonts off with a self-hosted “Doorstep” font group.
Appearance › Doorstep Setup	Creates the pages (Home, Journal, Neighborhoods, Market, Saved Homes, Compare, Sell, Contact, About, Privacy Policy), sets permalinks, front and posts page, menus, kit and templates. Shows a notice until it has run once.

Go live

From zero to open house

The order that avoids rework: people and places first, then listings, then polish.

Good to know

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