Force sorting of list places by featured image

I see that you intend to have featured listings also to have more options than a not-featured listing. The simplest would be to use the Payments and Prices addon and add a featured package with a zero price.
You cannot override GD ratings, they are calculated based on visitor submissions.

Hi Kathy,

if you search near a location, it will order listings by distance. You will need to enable the location autocompleter for the near field to achieve what you want.

For example, if you search near new york here: https://wpgeo.directory/hotels/

and you don’t select an option from the autocompleter, it will search near the center of NY and featured listings will not be on top of everything. In this case the 1st listing is featured, but is showing on top only because it’s the closer to the city center. Otherwise it would be impossible to sort by distance when a ZIP or street address are entered.

https://wpgeo.directory/?geodir_search=1&stype=gd_hotel&s=+&snear=New+York&sgeo_lat=40.7127837&sgeo_lon=-74.00594130000002

if you select New York (City or Region) from the autocompleter, it will sort them by featured.

https://wpgeo.directory/?geodir_search=1&stype=gd_hotel&s=+&snear=&set_location_type=3&set_location_val=119&sgeo_lat=40.7127837&sgeo_lon=-74.00594130000002

Thanks

The auto-completer is one of the features of the Advanced Search addon: https://wpgeodirectory.com/downloads/advanced-search-filters/

That’s because you could add a street address or zip, not just a city name and users would expect to get results near that Zip code or street address, not featured listings 1st if they are not the closest.

If you add the location switcher to your menu or any other area of your website and users select the location before searching, the results will be sorted by featured. Because you would be searching WITHIN the location and not NEAR the location. (same as with the autocompleter of the advanced search add-on).

Thank you

hi,

that’s because your current URL structure doesn’t include /united-states/, where did you get that link from?

This is the correct link: http://www.dentistnearmereviews.com/dentist/illinois-1/general-dentist/

Let us know,

Thank you

Ok, in that case you should create a 301 redirect for those links. It will save you losing rankings.

Thanks