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Tradeplate

Your contractor licence number on every page, under every contact form and in your schema markup, linked to the state board's lookup - and a check of your pages for wording California's rules forbid.

For US contractors on WordPress, especially California CSLB licensees. CSLB's Industry Bulletin 20-21: the licence number goes on all advertising, including websites (Business and Professions Code 7027, 7029.5, 7030.5 and CCR 861); advertise only within your classifications; and never advertise that you are bonded.

Not legal advice. Ads off the website - vehicles, print, directories - need the number too.

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What it does

Inside Tradeplate

The licence line - "CA License #1012345 (B, C-10)", linked to the CSLB lookup - in the footer of every page and under every Contact Form 7 and WPForms form.

[tradeplate] - a badge with the number and a "check this licence" link.

schema.org - the business as a HomeAndConstructionBusiness with each licence as a credential recognised by its board.

The page check - reads every published page and post and quotes each place that says "bonded", and each trade offered with no classification for it (roofing with no C-39, plumbing with no C-36, and so on - with the B licence's two-unrelated-trades rule explained).

Renewal - a warning on every admin screen from 60 days before the licence expires, and an error once it has.

Other states - enter the board and its lookup page; the number is shown and linked (the wording check is California's).

What it needs

Before you start

WordPress 6.0 or newerPHP 7.4 or newer