This guide covers everything you need to manage your vehicle inventory on the Corvette Corral website. No coding knowledge is required — all tasks are handled through the WordPress dashboard.
1. What This Plugin Does
The Corvette Inventory plugin gives you a "Vehicles" section in your WordPress dashboard (look for the car icon in the left‑hand menu). From there you can:
Add vehicles with details like year, make, model, VIN, mileage, and engine.
Upload a photo for each vehicle that appears on the inventory grid.
Link each vehicle card to its own detail page.
Drag‑and‑drop reorder vehicles so they display in exactly the order you want.
Mark vehicles as sold — sold vehicles are hidden from the public grid by default.
Embed the inventory grid on any page using a simple shortcode.
2. Adding a New Vehicle
In the dashboard, go to Vehicles → Add New.
Enter a title for the vehicle (e.g., 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray).
Scroll down to the Vehicle Details box and fill in the fields:
Field
Required?
Description
Year
✅ Yes
Four‑digit year, e.g. 1967
Make
✅ Yes
Manufacturer, e.g. Chevrolet
Model
✅ Yes
Model name, e.g. Corvette Stingray
VIN
No
17‑character Vehicle Identification Number
Mileage
No
Odometer reading — you can type commas, e.g. 83,765
Engine
No
Engine description, e.g. 427 V8
Detail Page
No
Pick an existing page to link the "View Details" button to
Sold
No
Check this box when the vehicle has been sold
On the right‑hand side, click Set featured image and upload or select a photo. This image will be used as the card thumbnail in the inventory grid.
Click Publish (or Update if editing).
Tip: The card title on the front end is built automatically from the Year + Make + Model fields. If all three are filled in, the card will display something like 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray.
3. Editing an Existing Vehicle
Go to Vehicles → All Vehicles.
Hover over the vehicle you want to change and click Edit.
Update any fields or swap the featured image.
Click Update to save.
4. Marking a Vehicle as Sold
Open the vehicle for editing (Vehicles → All Vehicles → Edit).
In the Vehicle Details box, check the Sold checkbox.
Click Update.
What happens:
By default, sold vehicles are hidden from the public inventory grid.
If you want to show sold vehicles on a specific page (e.g., a "Past Inventory" page), you can use the shortcode option show_sold="true" (see Shortcode Options below).
Sold vehicles that are shown will display a "SOLD" badge on their card image.
5. Deleting a Vehicle
Go to Vehicles → All Vehicles.
Hover over the vehicle and click Trash.
To permanently delete, go to Vehicles → All Vehicles, click the Trash link at the top of the list, then Delete Permanently.
6. Reordering Vehicles
The order vehicles appear in the front‑end grid is fully customizable:
Go to Vehicles → Reorder.
Drag and drop vehicles into the order you want — the vehicle at the top appears first on the page.
Click the Save Order button.
You'll see a confirmation message "Order saved!" when it's done.
Note: Newly added vehicles appear at the end of the list by default. After adding a new vehicle, visit the Reorder page to place it where you'd like.
7. Displaying the Inventory on a Page
The inventory grid is placed on your website using a shortcode. To add it to any page or post:
Open the page you want the grid to appear on (edit it with Elementor or the WordPress editor).
Add a Shortcode widget (in Elementor) or a Shortcode block (in the WordPress editor).
Type the following:
[corvette_inventory]
Save / Publish the page.
That's it — the grid will display all of your non‑sold vehicles in the order you set on the Reorder page.
8. Shortcode Options
You can customize the grid by adding options to the shortcode:
Option
Default
What It Does
columns
3
Number of columns in the grid (1–6)
per_page
All
How many vehicles to show per page. When set, page numbers appear below the grid.
show_sold
false
Set to "true" to include sold vehicles (they'll display a SOLD badge)
Examples
4‑column grid, 8 vehicles per page:
[corvette_inventory columns="4" per_page="8"]
Show all vehicles including sold ones:
[corvette_inventory show_sold="true"]
2‑column grid showing everything:
[corvette_inventory columns="2" show_sold="true"]
9. Settings (Dev Mode)
There is a settings page at Settings → Corvette Inventory in the dashboard. It contains a single toggle:
Dev Mode — This is a developer tool and should be left OFF for normal use. If you're ever working with a web developer to troubleshoot an issue, they may ask you to turn this on temporarily. When enabled, it shows an on‑screen error log.
Important: Keep Dev Mode disabled in day‑to‑day use. It's only needed for debugging.
10. FAQ & Troubleshooting
The inventory grid isn't showing up on my page
Make sure the shortcode [corvette_inventory] is placed on the page (check for typos).
Make sure at least one vehicle is published (not in Draft or Trash).
If using Elementor, make sure you're using the Shortcode widget, not typing it into a regular text area.
A vehicle isn't appearing in the grid
Open the vehicle and check that it is Published (not Draft).
Check that the Sold checkbox is unchecked (sold vehicles are hidden by default).
The "View Details" button isn't showing on a card
Open the vehicle and make sure a Detail Page is selected from the dropdown.
If a Detail Page was previously selected but has since been deleted or unpublished, the button will be hidden. Select a new page or republish the original.
My vehicle images look stretched or blurry
Upload images that are at least 768 pixels wide for the best results.
Use consistent image dimensions (e.g. all photos in landscape orientation) for a uniform grid appearance.
I rearranged vehicles but the order didn't change on the website
Make sure you clicked the Save Order button on the Reorder page.
If your site uses caching (e.g., a caching plugin or server‑level cache), you may need to clear the cache to see the updated order.