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Oh.. so search is not Reg Ex, it looks for matching location word?
Have a read of this again: https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/gd-search/#near

The default GD search is not an IN search, but a search NEAR THE CENTER OF.
Although the default search for this field is a NEAR THE CENTER OF search, with the Advanced Search addon, you can set this field to auto-suggest locations based on the title of the listings, see Near Autocompleter settings.
Please note that if you have the Location Manager addon activated, the Near Autocompleter will start giving suggestions as your visitor starts searching, which if selected will search IN the location being entered (ie the city or region in the address of the listing) and will not search an area NEAR THE CENTER OF that location”

1. I turned your caching off: https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/known-issues/#cacheplugins

2. Review your listings and add addresses by dragging the marker or adding an address and clicking “set on map”. Unless listings have data in the address fields, the lat and lng will not be set and the listing cannot show on the maps.

3. I can’t find anything wrong with your registration setup.
Add the GD Login widget to allow submissions.

4. There is no requirement to add lat and lng when adding a listing. You can hide that setting at GD > Place Settings > Address custom field >

5. You don’t need Buddypress, GD will work fine without it. But you can use it or you can use UsersWP: https://userswp.io/
Both plugins will give your users a better dashboard experience and UsersWP has more registration options.

Thanks

Thanks for letting us know.

Thanks for letting us know 🙂

I’ll get a developer to have a look at your question after the weekend.

Thanks