{"id":368904,"date":"2025-10-26T10:12:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T04:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=368904"},"modified":"2025-10-26T10:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T04:12:55","password":"","slug":"general-tab","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/docs\/general-tab\/","title":{"rendered":"General tab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the General tab, you can set up some essential preferences for your directory: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CleanShot-2025-07-20-at-11.42.29@2x-907x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-362797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CleanShot-2025-07-20-at-11.42.29@2x-907x1024.png 907w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CleanShot-2025-07-20-at-11.42.29@2x-266x300.png 266w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CleanShot-2025-07-20-at-11.42.29@2x-768x867.png 768w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CleanShot-2025-07-20-at-11.42.29@2x-1360x1536.png 1360w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CleanShot-2025-07-20-at-11.42.29@2x-1814x2048.png 1814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Directory Icon<\/strong>: Upload or choose an icon that visually represents the directory. This icon is often used in multi-directory interfaces or where directory identifiers are required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Default Listing Status<\/strong>: Select the default publication status for newly submitted listings. Options usually include Published, Pending, or Draft.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Default Listing Expiration Days<\/strong>: Define how long a listing will remain active before expiring automatically. This is useful for keeping your directory up-to-date.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Default Listing Preview Image<\/strong>: Set a fallback image that will be shown for listings that don\u2019t include any image during submission.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Export the Config File<\/strong>: Allows you to export the current configuration of the directory (form structure, layout, and field data) as a JSON file. This is helpful for backup or reusing the setup in another directory instance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the General tab, you can set up some essential preferences for your directory:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24585,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[708],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-368904","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-directory-builder"],"year_month":"2026-03","word_count":141,"total_views":"0","reactions":{"happy":"1","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"yousuf.sovware","author_nicename":"yousuf-sovware","author_url":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/author\/yousuf-sovware\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Directory Builder","term_url":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/docs-category\/directory-builder\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/368904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/368904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=368904"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=368904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}