Hello,
Frankly, V1 UX is perfect for me, loading data, auto creating category, default image not an issue. location search just fine, just missed out a key feature I really want which is in V2 only, the visibility of widget.
auto creating category feature removed from v2 to speed import process when there is large amount of dat to import.
As V2 still live while we are loading V1 for launcbing, we already have new user registered and add listing. Is that a way to move these users and lsitings to V1?
To move users from one site to another site see https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-easily-import-and-export-wordpress-users/.
Listings can’t moved from GeoDirectory v2 site to GeoDirectory v1 site, it can be done manually.
In database, both showing and not showing default image listings have the same NULL value.
Did you set default_category value in csv? Please provide sample csv you tried to import.
Kiran