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  • Blocks Available

    Post: Update: 22 blocks are now available in Inventory Presser Development is underway to provide block equivalents for all Inventory Presser widgets and shortcodes. A feature plugin called Inventory Presser – Block Preview Plugin containing this progress is available for download here. Features Plans How to try the blocks Install and activate the Block Preview…

  • Inventory Presser is Free and Open Source

    Post: Today is the day Inventory Presser, a WordPress plugin for automobile dealerships, launches as a free and open-source product at the core of an ecosystem of add-on plugins. 🎉 All development will happen on Github before new versions are released in the official WordPress Plugin Repository. Manage inventory and vehicle listings in WordPress Our…

  • Inventory Presser integrates CarStory Market reports

    Post: Websites powered by the car dealer WordPress plugin, Inventory Presser, can now easily inform car shoppers with CarStory.com Market Reports and Vehicle Badges. A new add-on plugin, CarStory Market Reports, makes it easy to add vehicle badges to vehicle listings and inline market reports to vehicle details pages. The plugin provides two widgets, one…

  • Inventory Presser integrates NextGear Digital Vehicle Inspections

    Post: Friday Systems has published Inventory Presser 12.2.4, the first version of the car dealership WordPress plugin with support for NextGear Digital Vehicle Inspection links. NextGear is a Bolt On technologies product. Any vehicle stored in Inventory Presser now has a designated place to store a URL that points shoppers to a NextGear inspection. Buttons…

  • We’ve submitted Inventory Presser to the WordPress.org Plugin Repository

    Post: Almost five years after the dealership website went live running Inventory Presser, Friday Systems has submitted the plugin for inclusion in the official WordPress.org Plugin Repository. The review team currently has a backlog of almost 20 plugins, so a response may arrive in a few weeks rather than a few days. Until the plugin…

  • Inventory Presser’s Vehicle is ACF Compatible

    Post: Inventory Presser is fully-compatible with Advanced Custom Fields. ACF is a popular plugin used to store additional pieces of data with objects in WordPress. Vehicles in Inventory Presser are stored in a custom post type, making them easily manipulated with ACF. Here’s a screen shot that shows how to create a new field group…

  • Updating Car Dealer Inventory via the WordPress REST API

    Updating Car Dealer Inventory via the WordPress REST API

    Post: In 2018, Inventory Presser retired its vehicle importer plugin that used a combination of WP-Cron, XML files, and FTP transfers to maintain inventories on dozens dealership websites. It hasn’t been replaced with a better importer–the web servers running Inventory Presser no longer need to listen for inventory changes. One hundred percent of dealership sites…

  • Lift Kit Makes Any Theme A Dealership Theme

    Lift Kit Makes Any Theme A Dealership Theme

    Post: As we continue building dealer websites on Inventory Presser, we need to introduce new layout options for our customers. It is also clear that agencies and freelancers using our plugins need help designing custom themes for their dealership clients. We are happy to introduce Lift Kit, a free and open-source code repository to enable…

  • WordPress Tips for Building Car Dealer Websites

    WordPress Tips for Building Car Dealer Websites

    Post: Here are few things we’ve learned while launching the first 100 dealership websites on Inventory Presser, our WordPress plugin for automotive dealers. Set WordPress’ thumbnail sizes to match the aspect ratio of the dealer’s photo uploads Find the width and height dimensions of the dealership’s vehicle photos, and determine thumbnail sizes in Settings >…

  • Friday Systems Vehicle Importer 3.0.0 Has Launched

    Friday Systems Vehicle Importer 3.0.0 Has Launched

    Post: UPDATE: We don’t do this anymore! Read Using the REST API to Update Vehicle Listings in WordPress. We are thrilled to launch version 3 of our Vehicle Importer WordPress plugin. This plugin imports car, boat and power-sport vehicles into WordPress websites running Inventory Presser, an inventory management plugin for dealerships. While some customers in…