We will explain the code introduced in the HivePress code recipe.

[HivePress] Make the listing price optional (optional setting)

Add to function.php

The code is added to function.php.

• Create a child theme and add it to function.php
• Added using the code snippets plugin

<?php
add_filter(
	'hivepress/v1/models/listing/attributes',
	function( $attributes ) {
		if ( isset( $attributes['price'] ) ) {
			$attributes['price']['edit_field']['required'] = false;
		}
 
		return $attributes;
	},
	1000
);

Please edit function.php in one of two ways.

This blog post explains the prerequisites you need to know before editing function.php!