Title: MotorDesk Author: MotorDesk Published: September 14, 2022 Last modified: July 3, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/motordesk/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2785302) ![](https://ps.w.org/motordesk/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2784503) # MotorDesk By [MotorDesk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/motordesk/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/motordesk.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/motordesk/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/motordesk/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/motordesk/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/motordesk/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/motordesk/) ## Description [MotorDesk](https://motordesk.com/) is a revolutionary [car dealership management](https://motordesk.com/) platform, designed to simplify and modernise your automotive stock/inventory management, advertising, communication, sales, social media & website. The [MotorDesk](https://motordesk.com/) WordPress plugin connects your WordPress website to your MotorDesk account, giving you the full benefits of the MotorDesk platform combined with the flexibility of maintaining your own independent WordPress car dealer website. Whether you’re looking to integrate your car inventory into an existing WordPress car dealer website, or would simply prefer to build your used/new car dealership website in WordPress, the MotorDesk plugin is the perfect solution. Features & Benefits: * Connect your MotorDesk account to your WordPress website in seconds, simply install and insert the [MOTORDESK] shortcode into your page content. * Provides a powerful used car/automotive search tool with automotive inventory listings, helping your visitors find their perfect vehicle. * Provides individual vehicle information pages to help your visitors evaluate each car, motorbike and truck. * Designed with developers and customisation in mind. Start with the default layout, then endlessly customise the simple template files to suit your needs. * Provides access to all your MotorDesk vehicle data within your WordPress installation, including full vehicle specifications, optional extras and more. * Whenever you update a vehicle in MotorDesk it will update on your WordPress website automatically, within 1 minute. * Integrate with MotorDesk’s vehicle reservation and enquiry forms using iframes to take advantage of MotorDesk’s Leads & Chat system. ## Screenshots [⌊MotorDesk - Dashboard⌉⌊MotorDesk - Dashboard⌉[ MotorDesk – Dashboard [⌊MotorDesk - Leads & Chat⌉⌊MotorDesk - Leads & Chat⌉[ MotorDesk – Leads & Chat [⌊MotorDesk - Edit Vehicle Data⌉⌊MotorDesk - Edit Vehicle Data⌉[ MotorDesk – Edit Vehicle Data [⌊MotorDesk - Vehicle Background Report⌉⌊MotorDesk - Vehicle Background Report⌉[ MotorDesk – Vehicle Background Report ## Installation 1. Once you have installed the MotorDesk plugin simply log-in to your WordPress administration panel and select the ‘MotorDesk’ link. 2. Select ‘Connect MotorDesk’ and log-in to your MotorDesk account, then confirm the connection. 3. Once connected go to the ‘Pages’ section in your WordPress administration panel and create a page to be used for your vehicle search results. We recommend setting a permalink URL slug of ‘vehicles’, ‘used-cars’ or similar. 4. Add the [MOTORDESK] shortcode to the page content, and you’re done! 5. Visit the page on your website and you will see your vehicle search form and vehicles, and when selected you will be taken to an information page for each vehicle. 6. When you’re ready to customise your templates copy the files from the plugin’s / template/ directory into the /wp-content/uploads/motordesk/ directory, then modify the files there as you require. This location is outside the plugin folder, so your changes are preserved when the plugin is updated. (As of version 1.1.3 custom templates live in /wp-content/uploads/motordesk/ instead of the old /template_custom/ folder inside the plugin – see the Upgrade Notice for details.) 7. Alternatively you can maintain the template files in another location in which case you can set the full path to your templates directory on the plugin’s settings page. 8. You can include the search form and latest vehicles in other pages of your website using the shortcodes [MOTORDESK-SEARCH] and [MOTORDESK-LATEST]. ## FAQ ### Do you provide technical support? Yes, all our membership plans include comprehensive technical support for the MotorDesk platform. ### Can I modify the plugin? Yes, you are free to modify the plugin to suit your needs, but please keep in mind any modifications made to the plugin files will be lost when the plugin is updated. If you would like to modify the templates simply copy the files from the plugin’s/ template/ directory into /wp-content/uploads/motordesk/ and edit them there. This directory is outside the plugin folder, so it is protected from being overwritten by updates. If you previously customised templates in the old /template_custom/ folder inside the plugin, your templates are migrated to /wp-content/uploads/motordesk/ automatically the next time you open the MotorDesk settings page after updating, and a backup copy is also kept in the database. On hosting that does not allow WordPress to write files directly (for example servers that require FTP credentials) you may need to copy your customised template files into /wp-content/uploads/motordesk/ manually. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “MotorDesk” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ MotorDesk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/motordesk/) [Translate “MotorDesk” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/motordesk) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/motordesk/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/motordesk/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/motordesk/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/motordesk/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 First official release of plugin. #### 1.0.1 No changes, testing upgrade process with custom templates. #### 1.0.2 Adding [MOTORDESK] shortcode. #### 1.0.3 Adding custom template directory path setting in admin. #### 1.0.4 Maintenance update. #### 1.0.5 Adding dynamic page title for vehicle pages, related vehicles, latest vehicles and search page URL setting. #### 1.0.6 Adding dynamic page title for vehicle pages, related vehicles, latest vehicles and search page URL setting. #### 1.0.7 Adding search page options for default sort and number of vehicles per page, adding more example search form fields, and adding support for standard feature and optional extra categories. #### 1.0.8 Fixing JavaScript error. #### 1.0.9 Adding [MOTORDESK-SEARCH] shortcode for adding vehicle search form to other pages. #### 1.1.0 Adding [MOTORDESK-SOLD] shortcode for creating a sold vehicle listings page. #### 1.1.1 Adding support for vehicle categories. #### 1.1.2 Adding support for Yoast SEO plugin for meta description and OpenGraph data. #### 1.1.3 Security: Added nonce (CSRF) verification to the admin settings forms (search page URI, custom templates path and search options). Hardened the configuration option against PHP object injection, switched key/secret/token generation to a cryptographically secure random source, removed SSL verification bypass on API requests, escaped the search form action output, and applied WordPress input/output sanitisation and coding standards improvements. Custom templates now live in /wp-content/uploads/motordesk/( outside the plugin folder, so they survive updates) instead of /template_custom/; existing custom templates are migrated automatically and a copy is retained in the database as a safety net. Direct writes to the plugin folder have been removed in favour of the WordPress filesystem API. Please backup templates before updating! #### 1.1.4 Increased API timeout to improve vehicle data sync reliability. ## Meta * Version **1.1.4** * Last updated **4 days ago** * Active installations **20+** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 7.0 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/motordesk/) * Tags * [automotive](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/automotive/)[car dealer](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/car-dealer/) [Dealership](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dealership/)[inventory](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/inventory/) [Vehicles](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/vehicles/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/motordesk/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/motordesk/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/motordesk/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ MotorDesk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/motordesk/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/motordesk/)