{"id":803,"date":"2025-03-24T14:27:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/settings-overview-for-locations-cities\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:24:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:24:04","slug":"settings-overview-for-locations-cities","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/location-manager\/settings-overview-for-locations-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Settings Overview for Locations > Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t This is the settings overview for <strong>Locations &gt; Cities<\/strong> page.<\/p>\n<section class=\"alert alert-warning\">\n\t You need to have the <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/downloads\/location-manager\/\">Location Manager<\/a> addon installed and activated to access this page.&nbsp;<\/section>\n<h2>Cities<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t This page lists <strong>all the cities added to your directory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t <img width=\"920\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-jWNY3YReUC-1024x356.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-jWNY3YReUC-1024x356.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-jWNY3YReUC-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-jWNY3YReUC-768x267.png 768w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-jWNY3YReUC.png 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Add New (Button) &#8211; <\/strong>Adds a new city. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Bulk Actions (Dropdown) &#8211; <\/strong>Performs actions such as Delete or Merge multiple cities. <\/li>\n<li><strong>All Countries (Dropdown) &#8211; <\/strong>Filters cities by a specific country.&nbsp; <\/li>\n<li><strong>All Regions (Dropdown) &#8211; <\/strong>Filters cities by a specific region (visible only after selecting a country). <strong><br \/>\n\t <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Default (Radio Button) &#8211; <\/strong>Specifies the default city. Note that the default city cannot be deleted. <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/location-manager\/how-do-i-change-the-default-location\/\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Edit Button (located in the table on the far right position) &#8211; <\/strong>You can edit meta data and other info for each city.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Delete Button <\/strong><strong>(located in the table on the far right position) &#8211;<\/strong> Delete the particular city. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bulk Actions<\/h2>\n<div>\n  You can use the <strong>Bulk Actions <\/strong>dropdown to perform two actions on cities: <strong>Delete <\/strong>and <strong>Merge. <br \/>\n\t <\/strong> <\/div>\n<div>\n<section class=\"alert alert-danger\">\n<p>\t\t When deleting cities, you should be aware that all listings for that city will also be deleted.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n  When merging two or more cities, <strong>you need to pick a primary city.<\/strong> The locations for the other non-primary cities will be copied over to the primary city.<br \/>\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t <img width=\"920\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-ZMPTEnPdjw-1024x440.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-ZMPTEnPdjw-1024x440.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-ZMPTEnPdjw-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-ZMPTEnPdjw-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-ZMPTEnPdjw.png 1169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Editing a City<\/h2>\n<dl>\n<dt>\n\t1\n\t<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tThe <strong>Edit Button <\/strong>is at the extreme-right of the Cities list.&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\n\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\n\t <img width=\"920\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-dSLiEqSFl4-1024x358.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-dSLiEqSFl4-1024x358.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-dSLiEqSFl4-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-dSLiEqSFl4-768x269.png 768w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-dSLiEqSFl4.png 1175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>\n\t2\n\t<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tUpon clicking the <strong>Edit Button, <\/strong>you can edit details such as <strong>meta title, meta description, location description, featured image <\/strong>and <strong>image tagline<\/strong>. Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/location-manager\/how-to-add-a-new-location\/\">here<\/a>.\n\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\n\t <img width=\"595\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-ZpXxGz444r.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-ZpXxGz444r.png 595w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-ZpXxGz444r-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<section class=\"alert alert-info\">\n\t General meta information for all locations can be set under <strong>GD &gt; Settings &gt; Titles &amp; Meta,<\/strong> here you can specify unique info for the location.<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the settings overview for Locations &gt; Cities page. You need to have the Location Manager addon installed and activated to access this page.&nbsp; Cities This page lists all the cities added to your directory. Add New (Button) &#8211; Adds a new city. Bulk Actions (Dropdown) &#8211; Performs actions such as Delete or Merge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[584,638,639,492],"article\/categories":[213,425],"class_list":["post-803","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-location-manager","gd_place_tags-add-cities","gd_place_tags-edit-cities","gd_place_tags-settings-overview","gd_placecategory-extensions-features","gd_placecategory-location-manager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/803","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"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=803"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}