Description
Add a free, easy-to-use UK Stamp Duty Calculator to your WordPress website in seconds. Calculate stamp duty for property purchases in England, Scotland, Wales and commercial properties.
The Property Hive Stamp Duty Calculator plugin makes it simple to add an interactive stamp duty calculator to any WordPress website. Perfect for estate agents, property professionals and anyone looking to help website visitors understand the costs of buying a property.
Simply add a shortcode to any page or post, and visitors can instantly calculate the stamp duty payable based on the property purchase price.
Features
- Free WordPress stamp duty calculator – No subscription or ongoing fees.
- UK-wide coverage – Supports property tax calculations for England, Scotland and Wales.
- Commercial stamp duty calculator – Calculate stamp duty on commercial property purchases.
- Instant calculations – Visitors enter a purchase price and receive an immediate calculation.
- Easy shortcode integration – Add a calculator to any WordPress page or post in seconds.
- Simple to use – No complicated configuration or technical knowledge required.
- Works independently – Compatible with any WordPress website. Property Hive is not required.
- Kept up-to-date – When the rates change we’ll reflect is in the plugin.
Supported Stamp Duty Calculators
The plugin includes four calculators, each with its own shortcode:
England & Northern Ireland Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT)
[stamp_duty_calculator]
Scotland Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT)
[stamp_duty_calculator_scotland]
Wales Land Transaction Tax (LTT)
[stamp_duty_calculator_wales]
Commercial Property Stamp Duty Calculator
[stamp_duty_calculator_commercial]
How Does It Work?
Getting started couldn’t be easier:
- Install and activate the Property Hive Stamp Duty Calculator plugin.
- Choose the calculator you want to display.
- Copy the relevant shortcode into any WordPress page or post.
- That’s it! Visitors can now enter a property purchase price and instantly view the calculated stamp duty.
Perfect for Estate Agent Websites
Buying a property involves more than just the asking price. Stamp duty can represent a significant additional cost, and giving buyers a quick way to estimate this expense can help them make more informed decisions.
By adding a stamp duty calculator to your estate agency website, you can provide a useful tool for prospective buyers without sending them elsewhere to calculate their property purchase costs.
Do I Need Property Hive?
No! Although developed by the creators of Property Hive, this stamp duty calculator is a completely standalone WordPress plugin.
You don’t need to have Property Hive installed or be using it to manage your properties. Simply install the plugin and start displaying stamp duty calculators on your website.
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Installation
Automatic installation
Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install of Property Hive, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.
In the search field type “Property Hive Stamp Duty Calculator” and click Search Plugins. Once you’ve found our plugin you can view details about it such as the point release, rating and description. Most importantly of course, you can install it by simply clicking “Install Now”.
Manual installation
The manual installation method involves downloading the plugin and uploading it to your webserver via your favourite FTP application. The WordPress codex contains instructions on how to do this here.
Updating
Updating should work like a charm; as always though, ensure you backup your site just in case.
The Shortcode
Simply add the shortcode [stamp_duty_calculator], [stamp_duty_calculator_scotland], [stamp_duty_calculator_wales] or [stamp_duty_calculator_commercial] where you want it to appear.
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Contributors & Developers
“Property Hive Stamp Duty Calculator” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
1.0.29
- Declared support for WordPress 7.1
1.0.28
- Corrected issue where clicking FTB changed the purchase price
- Declared support for WordPress 6.9
1.0.27
- Corrected JS errors with Wales, Scotland and Commercial calculators
1.0.26
- Format prices as they’re entered (i.e. If someone enters 100000 automatically format it to 100,000)
- Declared support for WordPress 6.8.1
1.0.25
- Updated the stamp duty calculator rates to cater for 1st April 2025 changes
1.0.24
- Updated the Scotland LBTT calculator rates for second/additional homes following recent rate change
- Declared support for WordPress 6.7.2
1.0.23
- Security update ensuring attributes in templates are escaped accordingly
- Declared support for WordPress 6.7.1
1.0.22
- Updated additional home rates by 2% following Autumn budget
- Declared support for WordPress 6.7
1.0.21
- Declared support for WordPress 6.6.2
1.0.20
- Updated README containing shortcodes and docs link
1.0.19
- Allow both England and Wales stamp duty calculators to be used on the same page
- Declared support for WordPress 6.5.3
1.0.18
- Purchase price to have autocomplete disabled
- PHP8.2 compatibility
- Declared support for WordPress 6.4.3
1.0.17
- The Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) rate in LBTT calculator raised from 4% to 6% following change in December 2022
- Declared support for WordPress 6.1.1
1.0.16
- Updated Wales LTT calculator to include new rates that came into effect on 10th October 2022
1.0.15
- Added support for amended England/NI stamp duty rates introduced September 2022
- Declared support for WordPress 6.0.2
1.0.14
- Added support for Wales LTT calculator using new shortcode [stamp_duty_calculator_wales]
- Declared support for WordPress 5.9.1
1.0.13
- Remove references to stamp duty holidays
- Declared support for WordPress 5.8.3
1.0.12
- Added non-UK buyer option to standard Stamp Duty Calculator
- Changed ‘Stamp Duty’ reference in Scotland template to ‘LBTT’
1.0.11
- Removed reference to stamp duty rates for sales completing in June (Credit: https://github.com/marktiddy)
- Declared support for WordPress 5.8
1.0.10
- Declared support for WordPress 5.7.2
1.0.9
- Added support for amended stamp duty rates on or between 1st of July and 30th of September 2021
- Removed reference to reduced LBTT rates for sales completing in March
- Declared support for WordPress 5.7.1
1.0.8
- Added support for extended stamp duty holiday until June 20th 2021
- Declared support for WordPress 5.6.2
1.0.7
- Added support for Scottish LBTT rates by adding new [stamp_duty_calculator_scotland] shortcode
- Added support for commercial property stamp duty rates by adding new [stamp_duty_calculator_commercial] shortcode
- Declared support for WordPress 5.6.1
1.0.6
- Includes the new 2020/21 temporary reduced rates
- Declared support for WordPress 5.4.2
1.0.5
- Added ability to pass in ‘price’ attribute to shortcode for when being used on a property page
- Declared support for WordPress 4.9.8
1.0.4
- Update to include 2017 budget changes regading first time buyers
- Declared support for WordPress 4.9.1
1.0.3
- Provided ability to override template by creating a copy in yourtheme/propertyhive/stamp-duty-calculator.php
- Declared support for WordPress 4.7.3
1.0.2
- Fix odd formatting of recently added checkbox
- Declared support for WordPress 4.7
1.0.1
- Cater for Buy-To-Let and second homes where rates differ
1.0.0
- First working release of the plugin