Disable distance

Hello,

search pages return results based on relevance,and when the autocomplete value for a location is not chosen, as when the string california is entered, the search will return results ‘near’ the center of California, leaving out results which might be shown in a search with no search string but ‘IN’ California, the case when the autocomplete for California is chosen.

The latter is closer to the same output as the location page for california, which is not filtered.
You can read more about this here:
https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/search-filters-overview/#near