Why Your MLS Listing Is Not Showing on Your Website: IDX Plugin Fixes
You added the listing to the MLS and it is not on your website. The cause is almost always a setting, a missing field, or the feed itself.
This video walks the checklist: MLS internet display and syndication settings, broker restrictions, required fields, feed delays, and IDX plugin or vendor-side issues. If your IDX plugin keeps being the bottleneck, a WordPress MLS plugin is the other route: MLSImport imports listings over the RESO Web API into WordPress as real property pages, so you can see exactly what arrived and what did not.
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In this video, we cover:
How MLS syndication and IDX feeds work (and why your listings don’t automatically push everywhere).
The top 5 reasons a property doesn’t appear:
Syndication/Internet Display turned off in MLS.
Broker or office syndication restrictions.
Missing required fields (price, address, photos).
Feed delays (15 minutes to 24 hours).
Website or IDX vendor issues (settings, caching, co-listing filters).
A step-by-step checklist to confirm MLS settings, complete missing info, and check brokerage rules.
When to escalate to your IDX provider or MLS support.
Key takeaway: When a listing doesn’t show up online, it’s rarely a mystery. It’s almost always a missed setting, missing field, feed delay, or IDX glitch. Once you know what to check, you can fix it quickly and ensure your listings appear everywhere your clients expect.