This simple to use plugin gives a visitor the ability to calculate their ability to afford and purchase a home. A mortgage is one of the largest investments that the general consumer will make in their lifetime. Therefore, it is a great idea to provide this means of easy calculation in any post or sidebar of a WordPress website oriented towards home sales or financing.
Included Functionality:
- Quick and easy calculation to find out the type of payments that are affordable based off of the visitor’s income.
- Peruse available options to find the best solution for a mortgage loan based on what the visitor can afford to pay.
- In-depth calculator allows input of factors such as desired monthly payment, mortgage length, and interest to present a total sum for the long-term. This functionality will also provide an idea of the maximum loan the visitor can be approved for.
Installation
- Download and extract the ZIP file to your PC. Most PC’s will have a program with this functionality, otherwise there are free solutions available on the internet.
- Upload the folder to /wp-content/plugins/ through an FTP program. Alternatively, the user can upload the ZIP file through the WordPress installer.
- Visit the admin control panel of the WordPress administrator’s section and navigate to Plugins. Enable the Plugin.
- Widget: The widget can be enabled through the Widget Settings in the Appearance panel. Simply drag the widget box to the appropriate sidebar location.
How can the plugin be used in the body of an article?:
Include the tag (affordability-calc) but replace the parenthesis ( ) with square brackets [ ].
How can the plugin be upgraded?:
- Navigate to Plugins in the WordPress administrator’s panel.
- The Affordability Calculator Plugin must be deactivated through this panel.
- Download the latest version of the Affordability Calculator and install the files through FTP (extracted files) or through the WordPress installer (ZIP file).
- Navigate to Plugins in the WordPress administrator’s panel and re-enable the plugin.
Note
*The Plugin and Sidebar widget can both be used in the same locations without conflict.
Monthly mortgage payments are a very important consideration for a potential homebuyer. This plugin provides an in-depth report on Monthly Mortgage payments. The plugin or widget can be used by a visitor to generate a monthly report including amortization tables. Supported functionality includes being able to send a copy of the report to the visitor’s email address.
A combination of interest rates and the loan amount can be used to calculate monthly loan payments. The values can be amended at any time without needing to reload the page between each use, making it optimal for the visitor looking at several options.
- An “Extra Payments” tab allows the visitor the freedom to really explore their options and how their loan will affect them in the long run.
- The “Send Report to Email” functionality can be used to give visitors a way to make easy comparisons as they work to find the right mortgage for their needs.
- Reports are generated through use of the “Calculate” command and only takes a handful of seconds to produce informative results.
The plugin function to send an email saves the visitor’s statistics and email only after they select to receive result as an email report. Those details are saved under table wp_a_m_c_reports of your WordPress Database. Uninstalling the plugin will delete all associated tables.
Installation
- Extract the ZIP file to your PC using compression software, free solutions are available online if the PC does not have one.
- Using Notepad, edit the file monthly-mortgage-calc.php.
**Navigate to Line 161 and change www.wpplug.com with your URL.
**Navigate to Line 67 and change reports@wpplug.com with your email.
**Save and close the file.
- The file must then be uploaded to /wp-content/plugins/ through FTP, or as a ZIP file through the WordPress Installer.
- Enable the plugin through the administrator’s panel of WordPress, in the plugins section.
- The widget can be dragged to the desired location in the Widget Settings of the Appearance section.
*Can this plugin be used in the body of an article?
Post the tag (monthly-mortgage-calc) in the body of the article, replace the parenthesis ( ) with square brackets [ ].
Upgrading the Plugin:
- Deactivate the Mortgage and Loan Calculator plugin through the Plugins section of the admin panel.
- Extract the new files to your PC and upload them through FTP, or upload the ZIP using the WordPress Installer the same as with a new installation.
- Reactivate the plugin.
Note
*The plugin and sidebar widget will not conflict if used on the same pages.
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