Purpose of this article
The WP-ImmoMakler search request form automatically displays all property types, locations, usage types and marketing types that have ever been submitted - even if they are no longer actively marketed.
With a simple filter, you can enable manual editing of these categories in the WordPress backend and specifically delete entries that are no longer required.
Activate manual editing of categories
To make the fields visible and editable in the backend, add the following filters to the functions.php of your WP-ImmoMakler ChildSkin:
- Type of use:
add_filter(‘immomakler_show_ui_nutzungsart’, ‘__return_true’); - Marketing type:
add_filter(‘immomakler_show_ui_vermarktungsart’, ‘__return_true’); - Object type:
add_filter(‘immomakler_show_ui_objektart’, ‘__return_true’); - Location:
add_filter(‘immomakler_show_ui_ort’, ‘__return_true’);
Edit or delete categories
After inserting the filters, the named categories appear in the WordPress backend under :
WP-ImmoMakler → [Category]
(e.g. "Property types", "Locations" etc.)
There you can delete, edit or rename entries as usual, e.g:
- Remove "Investment objects" if you no longer offer them,
- Correct duplicate place names,
- Hide unused marketing types.
Note on data consistency
Deleting categories affects the search form - but not objects that have already been saved.
Make sure that no active properties are linked to the category to be deleted.
Making changes to the ChildSkin
Please place the filters in the functions.php in your WP-ImmoMakler ChildSkin to save the change in an update-safe manner.
Read more:
👉 What is a child theme in WordPress?
Link to main article
Would you like to understand or configure the search request form?
👉 Read our article:
Activating, managing and deactivating search requests in WP-ImmoMakler