{"id":2496,"date":"2026-10-20T08:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/one-listing-multiple-locations\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:39:19","slug":"one-listing-multiple-locations","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/franchise-manager\/one-listing-multiple-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"Can one listing have multiple locations?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A GeoDirectory listing has one address and one map marker. For a business with several branches, such as a restaurant chain, use the Franchise Manager add-on: it links a main listing to a separate listing for each branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Location Manager does something different. It lets your directory cover many cities, regions and countries, but each listing still has a single address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Franchise Manager works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You mark one listing as the main listing and then add a branch listing for every location. Each branch has its own address and map pin, so every location shows on the map and in location searches. Fields you lock on the main listing, such as the description or logo, can&#8217;t be edited on the branches, and changes you make to them on the main listing are copied to every branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Set it up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Install and activate Franchise Manager.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to Places &gt; Settings &gt; General, click Show Advanced, tick Enable Franchise? and save.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add or edit the main listing, tick Has Franchise? and choose any fields to lock in Lock Franchise Fields.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the front end, open the main listing and use the Add Franchise link to add each branch. The link comes from the GD &gt; Author Actions widget, so put that in the details page sidebar.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Branches can only be added from the front end, by the user who owns the main listing. With Pricing Manager you can charge per branch or turn the option off for some packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More detail: <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/franchise-manager\/franchise-manager-setup-guide\/\">Franchise Manager Setup Guide<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/franchise-manager\/how-to-add-main-and-branch-listings\/\">How to Add Main and Branch Listings?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A GeoDirectory listing has one address and one map marker. For a business with several branches, such as a restaurant chain, use the Franchise Manager add-on: it links a main listing to a separate listing for each branch. Location Manager does something different. It lets your directory cover many cities, regions and countries, but each [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[],"article\/categories":[213,412],"class_list":["post-2496","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_placecategory-extensions-features","gd_placecategory-franchise-manager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2574,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2496\/revisions\/2574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=2496"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=2496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}