How to make a permanent change in plugin ?

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October 13, 2017 at 7:40 pm #400541

mah1973
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Hello,
each time the plugin is updated the change I made is gone. How can I preserve the changes made in the core plugin even after updates ?

can you please provide some code to use it in “Code Snippets” plugin ?

I only want to change the url in geodirectory/geodirectory-functions/custom_fields_predefined.php
from
maps.apple.com
to
maps.google.com

because apple link is not working with my android app at all. ( I know the apple redirects to google but it’s not working in the app )

Can this small edit be done with code snippets to avoid upgrade issues ? please help

October 14, 2017 at 12:35 am #400582

Guust
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I’ll get a developer to have a closer look for you.
Thanks

October 14, 2017 at 6:32 am #400615

Alex Rollin
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Hello!

You can use a child theme to preserve changes. You can read up about how to use a child theme here:

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/01/create-customize-wordpress-child-theme/

A search through the forum found this, where a user wanted to have a button to open the directions in Google Maps.

https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/show-button-open-in-google-maps/

October 14, 2017 at 9:24 am #400635
Stiofan O’Connor
Site Admin

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Yes please use the code snippets plugin and use the following snippet.
```
add_filter('geodir_custom_field_output_text_key_get_directions','_my_change_map_link',11,3);
function _my_change_map_link($html,$location,$cf){
  
  $html = str_replace("maps.apple.com","maps.google.com",$html);
  
  return $html;
}
```
Thanks,

Stiofan
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