Developers
How to Create Custom Map Markers (the Complete Guide)
If you’ve ever tried to add custom map markers to a directory site, a Leaflet map, or a Mapbox dashboard, you already know the problem. The default markers look generic. If you’ve ever tried to add custom map markers to a directory site, a Leaflet map, or a Mapbox dashboard, you know the loop. The […]
OpenStreetMap vs Google Maps: Which One Actually Makes Sense for Your Project?
Most comparisons between OpenStreetMap and Google Maps are useless. They list features, throw in a pricing table, and stop there. That’s not how you choose a map. The real difference only shows up later. When your traffic grows, costs start creeping up, or you need something slightly custom and hit a wall. By then, the […]
Create an Airbnb-like listings page with GeoDirectory and Avada
approximately 6 months ago we released V2 of GeoDirectory and we promised it would be a lot easier to customize your design with it. Being compatible with most page builders and themes, you could already do fantastic template designs with GeoDirectory V2, but now that we are fine-tuning it, you will be able to do […]
Google Maps Platform New Pricing Model
Google Maps Platform, did you hear about it? Google announced today the launch of the Google Maps Platform. They described the new platform as: a simplified product structure, pay as you go pricing for all, and more Technically speaking, from a developers point of view there are no changes to how the Google Maps API […]
WordPress User Profile Plugin | UsersWP
The WP plugin directory has been missing a lightweight WordPress User Profile plugin for too long. Popular user profile plugins are basically full-fledged social network apps. Some even include content restriction features that generally belong in a membership plugin. Don’t get me wrong, they are great, but they provide far too many options for anyone […]
WP Invoicing + GD Payments Manager V2
If you are upgrading from GD Payments Manager V1 to V2, you must carry out some additional steps. Our new free plugin WP Invoicing will now be required to take payment, and the GD payment manager will still handle the price packages and restrictions. ( You can find out more about WP Invoicing here: https://wpgeodirectory.com/wp-invoicing/ […]
Advanced Custom Fields does not scale
Advanced Custom Fields is a fantastic plugin used by millions that convert WordPress into a full-stack CMS, allowing you to create unlimited custom field groups, and types and add them to any type of custom post type. However not many know about Advanced Custom Fields Scalability limits. Quite often we get asked if GeoDirectory uses […]
Loading WordPress language files correctly
WordPress localization features allows you to make plugins and themes easily translatable through WordPress Language files (po/mo files). This is true especially since WordPress 3.7 and it got a whole lot easier since WordPress 4.6. A lot of improvement has been made to the whole translation system for WordPress, I felt it really needs a […]