{"id":2665,"date":"2026-10-20T08:35:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/add-listings-outside-the-default-location\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:40:40","slug":"add-listings-outside-the-default-location","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-features\/add-listings-outside-the-default-location\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add listings outside the default location"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tick Remove default city limit at GeoDirectory &gt; Settings &gt; General &gt; Default Location. With it ticked, listings can be added anywhere. With it unticked, the add listing map only accepts addresses in your default city and shows &#8220;Please choose any address of the (city) city only.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The setting is ticked by default on new installs, so if you see that message on a site without Location Manager, it has been turned off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you use Location Manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the Location Manager add-on active, the core setting no longer applies and the limits come from GeoDirectory &gt; Locations &gt; Settings. Country, Region and City each have their own mode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enable default country (or region, or city): only your default one is allowed, and its drop-down is hidden on the add listing form and the location switcher.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enable multi countries (or regions, or cities): any location is allowed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enable selected countries (or regions, or cities): only the ones you pick are allowed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a listing is refused with &#8220;Please choose any address of the (name) country only&#8221; or the region or city version of that message, change the matching mode to multi, or add the location to your selected list. See <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/location-manager\/settings-overview-for-locations-settings\/\">Settings overview for Locations &gt; Settings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To move your default location somewhere else, see <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/location-manager\/how-do-i-change-the-default-location\/\">How do I change the default location?<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tick Remove default city limit at GeoDirectory &gt; Settings &gt; General &gt; Default Location. With it ticked, listings can be added anywhere. With it unticked, the add listing map only accepts addresses in your default city and shows &#8220;Please choose any address of the (city) city only.&#8221; The setting is ticked by default on new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[],"article\/categories":[421,213],"class_list":["post-2665","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_placecategory-core-features","gd_placecategory-extensions-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2665","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=2665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2809,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2665\/revisions\/2809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=2665"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=2665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}