IDX Broker developer · WordPress & MLS integration
Live MLS search on your website, not someone else's portal.
We connect your MLS to your real estate website through IDX Broker: full search, map search, featured listings and lead capture, styled to your brand and ready the day your MLS approves.
What IDX adds to your site
Everything buyers expect from a home search
IDX Broker supplies the MLS data, search pages and compliance displays. We design it into your site so it looks and feels like yours.
Full MLS search
Visitors search every active listing your MLS allows you to display, by city, price, beds, baths and more.
Map search
Draw on the map, zoom into neighborhoods and browse listings the way buyers actually shop for homes.
Lead capture
Registration prompts, saved searches and listing alerts turn anonymous browsers into contacts you can follow up with.
Featured listings
Showcases, carousels and sliders put your own listings, or any saved search, front and center on any page.
WordPress integration
The IMPress for IDX Broker plugin adds search bars, widgets and shortcodes, and wraps IDX pages in your theme.
Built for phones
Responsive search and listing pages so buyers can browse, save and contact you from the device in their pocket.
Live demo
See it running on a real site
Our demo site, idxapi.com, runs IDX Broker on WordPress with live listings from a demo MLS feed. Try the map search, home page styles and every widget before you sign up.
- Five home page styles: luxury, neighborhood, lead generation, agent team and more
- Search bars, showcases, carousels, city links and lead capture forms
- Saved searches that power curated listing pages
How it works
From sign-up to live listings
Four steps. The only real wait is MLS approval, and we use that time to build.
Step 1Sign up through our link
Choose your IDX Broker plan and MLS. Your account is connected to us so we can set it up.
Step 2MLS approval
Your MLS sends approval paperwork. Returning it quickly is the biggest factor in how fast you go live.
Step 3Billing starts at sign-up
IDX Broker bills from account creation, even while approval is pending, so we start building right away.
Step 4We build while you wait
Pages, search, widgets and lead capture are ready to launch the day your MLS approves.
Who it's for
Built for how you sell
Agents
Your own branded search site that captures leads instead of sending them to the big portals.
Learn more →Brokerages & teams
Office-wide MLS search, agent rosters and lead routing on one site your whole team can share.
Learn more →Web designers & agencies
Add IDX to client sites without learning every MLS rulebook. We handle the integration.
Learn more →Guides
Learn how IDX and MLS integration work
IDX lead capture: settings that convert without annoying buyers
How to tune forced and optional IDX registration, saved searches, alerts, contact forms and lead routing, plus follow-up and email and text compliance basics.
Read the guide →How-toIDX on WordPress: how IDX Broker and the IMPress plugin work
How IDX Broker connects to WordPress: IMPress widgets and shortcodes, the dynamic wrapper, saved links, widget builder embeds and a custom IDX subdomain.
Read the guide →PillarIDX vs VOW vs RESO Web API: which MLS data access do you need?
IDX, VOW and broker back office feeds are MLS licenses; the RESO Web API is how data moves. Compare them and see when IDX is enough or a custom build fits.
Read the guide →Questions
IDX basics
What is IDX?
IDX (Internet Data Exchange) is the set of MLS policies and data feeds that let a licensed agent or broker display other brokers' active listings on their own website. An IDX provider such as IDX Broker handles the data feed, search pages and compliance displays.
Do I need MLS approval?
Yes. Every MLS approves IDX access for its members, usually with a short agreement signed by you and your broker. IDX Broker emails the instructions for your MLS when you sign up.
Does IDX Broker work with WordPress?
Yes. The free IMPress for IDX Broker plugin adds search widgets, listing showcases and shortcodes to WordPress, and IDX pages can be wrapped in your theme so they match the rest of your site.
How long does setup take?
Most of the wait is MLS approval, which depends on your MLS and how quickly the paperwork comes back. We build your site during that time so it is ready when access is approved.
Next step
Ready to put live MLS search on your website?
Sign up for IDX Broker through our developer link and we handle the setup, or book a walkthrough first and see it running on a real site.