Integration with Motors theme

With the help of Motors VIN Decoder Pro autocomplete feature, you can easily match and categorize the listings of your cars or car accessories.

After activating it, you should import your theme layout. This plugin works with dealership layouts and classified layouts 1-4. As an example, Motors Theme Classified layout will be used below.

After the API key input field, you can see the NHTSA API options are available in the following image. The highlighted selection dropdown list which is come from Motors - Car Dealership, Classifieds & Listings plugin.

Each VIN service provides different API options and car standard information.

You can match those API options due to your VIN Service that will be automatically shown on your listings page. Or you can just skip these options with defaults. API options matching is used when you add a new vehicle to your cars' listing.

First, let's see how the autocomplete feature works. In all six providers, it works in the same manner. You should match API options from the selection list:

After saving your API options matching, you should open the add a car page in your dashboard or in the front view.

Frontend View example with autocomplete feature:

Backend View (WP Dashboard) with autocomplete feature before applying the code:

Backend View (WP Dashboard) with autocomplete feature after applying the code:

As you can see, make, model, year, fuel type, mileage options are the same in the backend and in the frontend.

Below we will discuss all VIN Services, their API options with autocomplete feature, and integration with the Motors Theme and will see sample examples relatively. However, there is the same step for all VIN services, and this step is inserting the shortcode into the page and the result of it.

Adding STM VIN History Widget

Vehicle History Data gives you the history report of the vehicle with a stolen, accident, and the odometer information in addition to vehicle specifications.

After activating the pro version of this plugin, you will see the Vin-Decoder History Providers section. You can choose your service according to your Vin-Decoder Specification Providers.

In order to add the STM Vin history widget, please go to WordPress Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets section.

Scroll down the widgets page and find an STM Vin History widget:

Open that widget and add it to STM Listing Car Sidebar by clicking the Add Widget button:

Go to WordPress Dashboard > Listings > All Items(Motors - Car Dealership, Classifieds & Listings plugin) :

Choose any of your created vehicles and view it to check the STM Vin History widget appearing on the sidebar:

The opened car page will be like below with the Check VIN History button on the right sidebar, click that button:

You can see the history data like below:

You can also see the specifications of the vehicle like below:

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