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Theme Options – Search – Save Search and Email Alert

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The Save Search feature allows registered users to save a property search and receive email alerts when new properties match their saved criteria.

Email alerts can be sent daily or weekly, depending on the option selected in Theme Options.

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Save Search overview

With Save Search enabled, users can save a search from the search results page. After that, the theme checks for newly published properties that match the saved criteria.

If new matching properties are found, the user receives an email notification based on the selected alert frequency.

Important: Save Search requires users to be able to register and log in. If registration or login is disabled, users cannot save searches.

Step 1: Create the Saved Searches dashboard page

First, create the dashboard page where users will see their saved searches.

  1. Go to Wp-admin → Pages → Add New.
  2. Add a page title, for example Saved Searches.
  3. From Page Attributes → Template, select User Dashboard Saved Searches.
  4. Publish the page.


User Dashboard Saved Searches page template

Go to Theme Options → Search → Save Search Settings.

From this section, you can:

  • Enable or disable the Save Search feature.
  • Choose if saved search alert emails are sent daily or weekly.


Save Search Settings in Theme Options

Note: The user receives an email only if new properties matching the saved search criteria are published on the website.

How the Save Search feature works

This is the front-end user flow:

  1. The user selects the search criteria and clicks Search Properties.
  2. On the search results page, the user can save the search.
  3. If the user is not logged in, they must click Login and log in or register first.
  4. After logging in, the user gives the saved search a name.
  5. The saved search is added to the user dashboard.

When the user clicks Login, the login/register modal opens.


Login and register modal for Save Search

After the user is logged in, they can name the search they want to save.


Name a saved search

Saved Searches in the user dashboard

Users can view their saved searches from the Saved Searches page in the user dashboard.

From this page, users can delete a saved search if they no longer want to receive email alerts for it.


Saved searches in the user dashboard

Saved Search email alerts

The user receives an email when new properties matching the saved search are published.

The email is sent daily or weekly, depending on the option selected in Theme Options → Search → Save Search Settings.

The email lists the new matching properties, as shown in the example below.


Saved Search email alert example

The email design is managed from:
Theme Options → Email Management → Email Settings.

The email subject and content are managed from:
Theme Options → Email Management → Email Content.

To disable the Save Search feature, go to Theme Options → Search → Save Search Settings and set the Save Search option to No.

After saving, users will no longer be able to create new saved searches.

Note: If users already have saved searches, they can remove them from the Saved Searches dashboard page.

Save Search cron

Saved Search email alerts are sent by a WordPress cron event.

The cron name is:

wpestate_check_for_new_listings_event

This cron can run daily or weekly, depending on the Save Search settings.

Note: On some servers, you may need to save the search again to activate the cron event.

If you need to inspect or edit WordPress cron events, a plugin such as WP Crontrol can help you review the scheduled tasks available on the site.

WP Crontrol plugin

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