HomeRunner Toolkit is an add-on for your HomeRunner site that bundles dozens of focused upgrades to search, maps, reviews, branding, and checkout. Turn on only the features you want from one place.
What Toolkit is #
Toolkit installs on top of your HomeRunner site and adds optional features you can switch on individually. Each feature is a small, self-contained module with its own on/off toggle and, where relevant, its own settings panel. You are never forced to use a feature you do not want.
Everything lives in one screen: the Toolkit Hub, under the HomeRunner menu in your WordPress admin. From there you enable a module, open its settings if it has any, and the change takes effect on your live site.
This overview groups every Toolkit feature by what it helps you do. Open any article for setup steps and tips.
Search and discovery #
Help guests find the right property faster.
- Searchbar Pro gives you a refined, conversion-focused search bar.
- Flexible Search returns useful results even when an exact match is not available.
- Property Map Display polishes how your property map looks and behaves on desktop and mobile.
- Explorer Mobile Sheet turns your mobile search results into a full-screen, map-first experience.
- Destination Filter replaces the plain Locations dropdown with a tabbed “Find Your Destination” popup.
- Bathroom Display shows full and half bathroom counts separately on each property.
- Clustering collapses identical listings into one search result so duplicate units do not crowd the grid.
- Destination Index builds a directory of your destinations that powers destination search suggestions, including the Nearby option in Searchbar Pro.
- Internal Property Search gives your own team a private way to look up any property by PMS name, unit ID, address, or post ID.
- Guest Picker gives guests a clean adults, children, and pets selector with per-property rules.
Guest reviews #
Collect, import, and showcase reviews that build trust.
- Review Importer brings existing reviews onto your site by CSV or one at a time.
- Review Solicitation emails confirmed guests after checkout and collects new reviews through an approval queue.
- Review Visibility lets you choose exactly which reviews appear on your site.
Branding and conversion #
Make the site look like yours and measure what works.
- Label Designer creates visual badges and labels on your property cards.
- HomeRunner Skin restyles your search bar and property cards from a live visual playground.
- Single-Property Homepage serves your property page as your site’s homepage, for a one-property booking site.
- Conversion Tracking connects GA4, Google Tag Manager, and the Facebook Pixel with accurate booking events.
- AI Booking Channel publishes machine-readable property feeds so AI assistants can discover your listings and send guests to book direct.
Booking and checkout #
Smooth the path from interest to confirmed booking.
- Group Booking surfaces companion rooms for guests booking for a group.
- Checkout Survey asks guests a short question during checkout.
- Checkout Guest Step turns checkout into a two-step flow that captures guest details up front.
- Conditional Add-Ons hides booking add-ons on listings they do not apply to, such as a pet fee on a home that does not allow pets.
- Rate Plan Control controls which rate plans are shown and promoted.
- Lowest Rate Availability makes sure the “starting at” price a guest sees is one they can actually book.
- Fee Line Separator keeps chosen fees on their own line in the price breakdown while the rest stay consolidated.
- Explorer Dynamic Min Stay makes the search date picker reflect each date’s real minimum-night requirement.
- Guesty Hosted Checkout routes checkout through Guesty’s hosted payment page for Guesty-connected sites.
- Reservations Pro hardens the admin reservations table with export and reliable rendering.
- Advance Notice Blocking greys out dates inside your advance-notice window and replaces the technical checkout error with a clear message.
- Payment Split Notice tells guests up front when only a deposit is due today.
- reCAPTCHA v3 quietly screens your contact and inquiry forms for bots without making guests solve puzzles.
Data and personalization #
Bring in outside data and recognize returning guests.
- External Custom Fields syncs custom property data from a Google Sheet or CSV.
- Form Entries saves every guest form submission to one Entries screen, with delivery status and one-click resend.
- Guest Identity provides the behind-the-scenes guest profile that powers personalization.
Always-on improvements #
Some Toolkit modules run automatically with no setup. See Under the Hood (Automatic Optimizations) for the background features that improve reliability, accuracy, and accessibility the moment Toolkit is active.