{"id":815,"date":"2025-03-24T14:27:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/settings-overview-for-locations-countries\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:24:06","slug":"settings-overview-for-locations-countries","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/location-manager\/settings-overview-for-locations-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Settings Overview for Locations > Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t This is the settings overview for <strong>Locations &gt; Countries<\/strong> page.<\/p>\n<section class=\"alert alert-warning\">\n\t You need to have the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/downloads\/location-manager\/\">Location Manager<\/a> extension installed and activated to access these settings.<\/section>\n<h2>Countries<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t This page lists <strong>all the countries that have been added to your directory<\/strong>, much like WordPress lists all posts and pages that you may have created. The table provides <strong>information about each country<\/strong>, as below:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t <img width=\"920\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/country-lm-1024x339.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/country-lm-1024x339.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/country-lm-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/country-lm-768x254.png 768w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/country-lm.png 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Country &#8211; <\/strong>Shows the country name.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Slug &#8211; <\/strong>Shows the permalink slug of the country. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Country after translation &#8211; <\/strong>Shows the name of the country after importing the translations. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Slug after translation &#8211; <\/strong>Shows the slug of the country after importing the translations. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Image &#8211; <\/strong>Shows the country image, if any. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Regions &#8211; <\/strong>Shows the number of regions added to that country. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Cities &#8211; <\/strong>Shows the number of cities added to that country. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Listings &#8211; <\/strong>Shows the number of listings added to that country. <br \/> <strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Edit Button &#8211; <\/strong>You can use the <strong>Edit<\/strong> icon on the far right to edit meta data and other info about the countries. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bulk Actions<\/h2>\n<div>\n<section class=\"alert alert-info\">\n<p>\t\t You can translate the countries via .po file and then upload the .mo file to your server. See <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-tos\/how-to-translate-or-localize-geodirectory\/\">How to Translate GeoDirectory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>\n\t\t Once you have uploaded the .mo files, tick the countries you translated. Select the <strong>&#8220;Translate&#8221;<\/strong> option from the <strong>Bulk Actions <\/strong>dropdown, and click the <strong>Apply<\/strong> button. This will translate country slug in URL.&nbsp;\n\t<\/p>\n<h2>Editing a Country<\/h2>\n<dl>\n<dt>\n\t\t1\n\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\t\tThe <strong>Edit Button <\/strong>is at the extreme-right of the Countries list.&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/dd>\n<p>\n\t\t\t <img width=\"920\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-yCJNz3GBxf-1024x339.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-yCJNz3GBxf-1024x339.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-yCJNz3GBxf-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-yCJNz3GBxf-768x254.png 768w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-yCJNz3GBxf.png 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<dt>\n\t\t2\n\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\t\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>&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\n\t\t <img width=\"598\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-N67aTzRhDG.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-N67aTzRhDG.png 598w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-N67aTzRhDG-300x286.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\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; Countries page. You need to have the Location Manager extension installed and activated to access these settings. Countries This page lists all the countries that have been added to your directory, much like WordPress lists all posts and pages that you may have created. 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