This article provides a detailed guide on the tools available under Listivo Panel > Advanced > Tools. All of these tools are useful in very specific scenarios. We created these tools to help troubleshoot problems or execute functions that normally would require custom coding, but are now available with a single click.


Expired Ads - "Check Expired"
Clicking "Check Expire" does the same thing as the cron job configured to run every 60 seconds. You can find more information here: https://support.listivotheme.com/support/solutions/articles/101000466117-wp-cron-system 


It checks all expired and featured ads and changes their status if needed.


Connect Terms

If you have an ad (e.g., imported ads via WP All Import) with two taxonomy fields that are related via the Parent Option, such as:

  • City
  • Boroughs


and for some reason, the ad uses these fields but Manhattan is not yet assigned to City New York (this can happen when you import ads via WP All Import and the system does not know yet that Manhattan has the parent New York),

clicking this button will automatically set it for you. If it spots an ad in your database that has both Boroughs: Manhattan and City: New York, it will assign this connection for you.

With one click, you can set many connections based on ads. This is especially useful if you imported a large number of ads, as it quickly establishes all connections. 


Files - "Clear Files"

The "Clear Files" button helps you manage your hosting space by removing files that are no longer in use. The number of files that will be removed is shown in brackets on the button. This feature is designed to periodically free up space by eliminating unnecessary assets. Below is a list of the types of files that will be removed if they are not currently used on the website:

  • Ad Images: Uploaded through the frontend panel for ads.
  • Ad Attachments: Uploaded through the frontend panel for ads.
  • User Profile Pictures: Uploaded through the frontend panel.
  • Review Photos: Submitted through the review form that are not assigned to any listing, user, or review.


Order by most relevant - Fix order by most relevant when using WP All Import

When importing listings via WP All Import, you need to specify if an ad is Featured or not by writing 1 for Featured and 0 for not Featured. This creates two options: true (1) or false (0). If you don't specify this, all imported ads will have a status of "null," which is neither "0" nor "1." This can cause problems with the Sort by Most Relevant feature, which displays featured ads first and then regular ads from newest to oldest. Clicking this button will change all "null" statuses to "0," making all ads with "null" regular (0) and ensuring the Sort by Most Relevant feature works correctly.


Regenerate Ads Titles > Regenerate

This button is related to another option for auto-generating titles: https://support.listivotheme.com/support/solutions/articles/101000527385-how-to-auto-generate-ad-titles.


If you use fields for auto-generating titles, it will show on Listivo modules (ad cards, my ads, etc.) but will not affect how it is named in the backend. This button allows you to regenerate all old ad titles based on your newly selected fields. For example, if you select Make + Model + Year for a car website, this button will update the titles in the backend to follow that structure.

This is useful because some third-party plugins (e.g., SEO plugins like Yoast) may use this built-in WordPress ad title field as a variable. Simply selecting new fields does not automatically update titles created in the past.