Keep your theme
Works with standard WordPress themes and page builders. Property pages can be designed in Elementor Pro or with the Conversion Kit template customizer.
HomeRunner for WordPress
HomeRunner on WordPress for direct bookings
HomeRunner installs on your WordPress site as a plugin. Listings, photos, rates and availability come straight from your PMS, guests search and book on your own domain, and the reservation lands in your PMS. Live today on more than 200 websites.
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How it works
A plugin that turns your WordPress site into a booking engine.
Install HomeRunner, connect your PMS and place shortcodes where you want search, property pages and checkout to appear. Your theme, menus and content stay as they are.
Live PMS sync keeps rates, availability and bookings current. Feature coverage varies by PMS.
- Search and property pages
- Search results, maps, filters and a full property page for every listing, rendered inside your theme.
- Booking and checkout
- Date picker, quote and checkout on your domain, with the reservation sent to your PMS.
- Shortcodes
- Place search, booking widgets, reviews, specifications and more on any page or template.
- Add-ons
- Conversion Kit, AI Concierge and the Toolkit install alongside the core plugin.
- Design control
- Customize property page templates, text strings and styles without leaving WordPress.
Your website
Your theme. Your builder. Your content.
HomeRunner renders inside the WordPress site you already run, so the design, SEO and editing workflow you have stay in place.
Build around your properties
Destination guides, collection pages and campaign landing pages link to live listings through shortcodes and pre-filtered landing pages.
Pick your hosting
Run HomeRunner on the WordPress host you already use, or let Hudson Creative Studio build and host the site for you.
Your team keeps managing content and SEO where it already does. Search visibility still depends on your content, technical setup and ongoing work. A booking engine on its own does not do that work for you.
Getting started
How to set up HomeRunner on WordPress.
You will need a WordPress site you can install plugins on, a HomeRunner account and administrator access to your PMS.
Read the installation guideSetup time depends on your PMS account, your site and payment readiness. Confirm requirements before scheduling your launch.
Create your HomeRunner account
Sign up, then download the plugin and copy your API key from the HomeRunner dashboard.
Install the plugin
Upload the HomeRunner plugin in WordPress, activate it and enter your API key.
Connect your PMS
Add the connection in your HomeRunner dashboard. Listings, photos, rates and availability import to your site.
Place your pages and test a booking
Add search and property pages with shortcodes, set up checkout and run a test reservation before launch.
Themes, builders and hosting
Works with the WordPress you already have.
HomeRunner is theme-agnostic. It outputs standard markup inside your theme’s layout, and property page templates can be customized with the Conversion Kit template customizer or built in Elementor Pro.
It runs on any WordPress host. Hudson Creative Studio, the team behind HomeRunner, also designs, builds and hosts WordPress sites for operators who want a new site rather than a retrofit.
Coming from a PMS-hosted website? See how operators made the switch in the case studies.
Choosing your approach
Retrofit your current site or start fresh?
Both routes use the same plugin and the same subscription. The question is whether the site you have is worth keeping.
- Your existing WordPress site + HomeRunner
- A fit when the design and content are worth keeping. Install the plugin, add the booking pages and keep everything else.
- A new WordPress site
- A fit when the site itself is the problem. Start from a studio template or a custom design, with HomeRunner built in from day one.
HomeRunner pricing
A flat subscription.
No booking percentage.
HomeRunner charges a monthly subscription based on your listing tier, not a percentage of your bookings. The price is the same on every website platform.
Hosting, payment processing and website design are separate from the subscription. Add-on pricing is listed in the docs.
A few more details
WordPress FAQs.
Have a question about your own site? We can check your theme, host and PMS before you start.
Talk through your setupWhich hosts are supported?
Any host where you can install plugins on a current WordPress release. Managed WordPress hosts are fine.
Does it work with my theme?
Yes. HomeRunner renders inside your theme. Property page layout is controlled through the template customizer or your page builder.
Does it work with Elementor and other page builders?
Yes. Shortcodes drop into any builder, and Elementor Pro can design the property page directly.
Is checkout on my domain?
It depends on your PMS. Several run the full checkout on your domain; others hand the final payment step to a PMS-hosted page. See feature support by PMS.
What are the add-ons?
Conversion Kit, AI Concierge and the Toolkit are WordPress plugins that install alongside HomeRunner. See add-on pricing.
Can I run HomeRunner on a site I have not built yet?
Yes. Start from a studio template, a custom design or a HomeRunner expert, with the plugin in place from the first page.
Put a booking engine on your WordPress site.
Create your account, install the plugin and connect your PMS. Our team helps with setup and launch.