FW Real Estate – Documentation

Installing FW Real Estate

1. Download the plugin ZIP from your account on fastw3b.com.
2. In the WordPress admin go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
3. Choose the ZIP and click Install Now, then Activate.
4. A top-level FW Real Estate menu appears in the admin sidebar.

What activation does

Activation is safe to run more than once — it never overwrites anything you have already edited. It does three things:

• Creates the database schema. The plugin creates its own tables and, on later runs, adds any new tables or columns. This is non-destructive: it only creates what is missing and never drops or alters existing data. Default inquiry-email templates and the currency list are seeded where those values are still unset.
• Copies the bundled add-ons into your uploads folder. The add-ons are placed under wp-content/uploads/fwre/addons/ so they survive future plugin updates. See Where your files live below.
• Schedules the hourly cron job. WordPress cron then drives feed imports and alert emails (saved-search matches, price changes, favourite price drops, agent search matches, and status changes).

Activation does not create any pages. You create the pages yourself, place the FW Real Estate blocks (or shortcodes) on them, and the plugin finds those pages automatically. See Setting up the front-office pages for the full walkthrough.

Where your files live

Everything you own lives under wp-content/uploads/fwre/ — never inside the plugin folder. This matters because when WordPress updates a plugin it deletes the entire plugin directory and unpacks the new version in its place. Anything left inside that folder is destroyed.

• wp-content/uploads/fwre/properties/ — property photos and generated thumbnails
• wp-content/uploads/fwre/agents/ — agent portraits
• wp-content/uploads/fwre/addons/ — installed add-ons, including designs
• wp-content/uploads/fwre/lang/ — downloaded language packs
• wp-content/uploads/fwre/updates/ — scratch space used during downloads

Two practical rules follow from this:

• Back up wp-content/uploads/fwre/ together with the database. That pair is your real estate content. The plugin folder itself is fully replaceable.
• Do not place any custom files inside wp-content/plugins/fw-real-estate/ — including template overrides. The next update will remove them.