VillaTheme

Andy Ha

If you run a business with multiple locations, making it easy for customers to find your stores is essential. Whether you own a retail chain, franchise, dealership, or service center, a well-designed store locator helps customers search, locate, and navigate to your nearest stores effortlessly. That’s where 9Map comes in.
Meet 9Map – Map Multi Locations – a powerful and easy-to-use multi-store location plugin for WordPress, allowing you to display multiple store locations on an interactive Google Maps-powered map. With search, filtering, and geolocation features, customers can quickly find nearby stores, view store details, and get directions with ease.
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<h3>How to install and use the plugin</h3>
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<h3>Key Features:</h3>
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Display Multiple Store Locations: Add and showcase unlimited store locations on an interactive map.
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Easy Store Search and Filtering: Let users search by address, store name, categories, or custom fields.
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Geolocation Support: Automatically detect users’ locations and display nearby stores.
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Customizable Map Design: Adjust zoom levels, map styles, markers, and layouts to fit your website.
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Store Details Pages: Provide comprehensive information about each store, including address, contact details, website, and opening hours.
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Shortcode Integration: Easily add a store locator, store lists, or detailed store pages anywhere on your site.
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Distance-Based Sorting: Show results based on proximity or alphabetical order.
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Category and Custom Fields Support: Organize stores into categories and add custom fields for additional information.
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Store Search Results Customization: Choose which store details appear in search results, including images, descriptions, contact info, and more.
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Customizable Display: Modify how store details appear on the map and in lists.
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► Unlike many store locator plugins, 9Map – Map Multi Locations is the perfect solution for businesses with multiple locations, helping customers find stores quickly while enhancing user experience.
<h3>Important Notice:</h3>
<ul>
<li>It is released on WordPress.org and you can use the plugin as free to build themes for sale.</li>
</ul>
<h3>3rd party libraries & service</h3>
<ul>
<li>This plugin relies on Semantic UI, Select2, jQuery Address, JqColorPicker to build the settings function to work properly. 
► <a href="http://github.com/semantic-org/semantic-ui/" rel="nofollow ugc">Semantic UI: Form, Accordion, Button, Calendar, Checkbox, Dimmer, Dropdown, Form, Grid, Header, Icon, Input, Label, Loader, Menu, Message, Modal, Popup, Progress, Segment, Step, Tab, Table, Transition </a> 
► <a href="https://github.com/select2/select2/blob/master/LICENSE.md" rel="nofollow ugc">Select2</a> 
► <a href="https://jquery.com/license/" rel="nofollow ugc">jQuery Address</a> 
► <a href="https://github.com/PitPik/tinyColorPicker" rel="nofollow ugc">JqColorPicker</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin connects to Google maps API to obtain location information, it’s needed to show the address information and forecasts in the included widget. 
It sends the user’s location every time the Map is loaded (If the location isn’t available and/or the user hasn’t given their consent, it displays a configurable default location). 
This service is provided by “Google”: <a href="https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of use</a>, <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>.
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://docs.villatheme.com/?item=9map" rel="nofollow ugc">Getting Started</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Plugin Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://villatheme.com/extensions/" rel="nofollow ugc">Project Page</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.villatheme.com/?item=9map" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://villatheme.com/knowledge-base/security-is-our-priority/" rel="nofollow ugc">Report Bugs/Issues</a></li>
</ul>

9Map – Map Multi Locations

A powerful and easy-to-set-up store locator plugin for WordPress with interactive maps, geolocation, search filters, and customizable layouts.

Kyle Phillips

Why use Simple Locator?
Simple locator is ideal for developers who are looking for a way to implement location search for any post type. Simple locator is different in that it allows the selection of any existing custom fields for use as the geocoded data sources.
Don’t have an existing post type with geocoded latitude and longitude fields? Simple Locator includes a default “Locations” post type with fields for latitutde, longitude, address, phone number, website, & more. This post type’s name and labels are configurable through the plugin settings.
Simple Locator also offers developer-friendly options for adding custom Google Maps styling. Select from an existing list, leave the default styles, or add your own JSON styles.
Using Simple Locator
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<li>Add locations. This can either be the included “locations” post type or an existing custom post type with existing geocoded fields. Locations can also be imported in bulk using the included CSV importer.</li>
<li>Use the Shortcode [wp_simple_locator] or Widget to display a search form. The shortcode offers more options for map and form customization.</li>
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For more information visit <a href="http://locatewp.com" rel="nofollow ugc">locatewp.com</a>.
Important: Simple Locator requires WordPress version 3.8 or higher, and PHP version 5.4 or higher.
<h3>More Information</h3>
<h4>Shortcode Options</h4>
The shortcode to display the form and results is [simple_locator]. There are several options available for customizing the form and results:
<ul>
<li>distances – A comma separated list of numbers used to customize the list of available distances to choose from in the form. Defaults to 5,10,20,50,100</li>
<li>mapheight – The height of the map in pixels. Defaults to 250.</li>
<li>mapcontainer – The unique ID of a custom container in which to load the map (ID parameter of HTML element).</li>
<li>resultscontainer – The unique ID of a custom container in which to load the search results (ID parameter of HTML element).</li>
<li>buttontext – Text to display in submit button. Defaults to “Search”.</li>
<li>addresslabel – Customize the address form label</li>
<li>mapcontrols – Hide or show the map controls</li>
<li>mapcontrolsposition – Google Maps formatted position for map controls (ex: TOP_LEFT)</li>
<li>showgeobutton – Whether to show or hide the “Use My Location” button. This button is hidden on sites that do not include an https connection. Defaults to false.</li>
<li>geobuttontext – Customize the text content of the geolocation button if shown. Defaults to “Use My Location”.</li>
<li>ajax – Whether to submit the form with an ajax request. Defaults to true.</li>
<li>formmethod – The method of which the form submits. Default to “post”. If using a GET method with a non-ajax request, a results page must be specified.</li>
<li>placeholder – Customize the search input placeholder text. Defaults to “Enter a Location”</li>
<li>noresultstext – Customize the text displayed if no results are returned. Defaults to “No results found”.</li>
<li>ajax – To disable AJAX form submission, use ajax=”false”. NOTE: custom map/results containers are not available for non-AJAX forms (added in v1.3.0)</li>
<li>perpage – Used in conjunction with AJAX option. If a perpage option is included in a non-AJAX form, the results will be displayed with simple pagination, limited to the number per page specified. (Ex: ajax=”false” perpage=”15″). Pagination is not available with AJAX forms.</li>
<li>resultspage – If a non-ajax form is being submitted (see ajax option), a separate results page may be specified.</li>
<li>taxonomies – To include taxonomy filters in the search form, use a comma-separated list of taxonomy names/slugs. The form will include select menus for each of the taxonomies specified. (AJAX only)</li>
<li>taxonomy_field_type – If taxonomy fields are displayed, the field type may be either “select” or “checkbox”. Defaults to “select”.</li>
<li>allowemptyaddress – Set as “true” to allow empty address fields to be submitted (useful for returning all locations regardless of the user-specified location)</li>
<li>showall – Whether to show all locations on page load. Defaults to false.</li>
</ul>
Visit <a href="https://locatewp.com#documentation" rel="nofollow ugc">locate.wp</a> for more detailed information.
<h4>Widget Use</h4>
Options include the title, distance options, and the map height. To use the widget outside of a predefined sidebar area, use the following function in your template, as outlined in the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_widget" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress documentation</a>. The widget name is SimpleLocator\Widgets\Form (must include namespaces).
<h4>Form Options</h4>
To enable Google Places autocomplete in the search form, visit Settings > Simple Locator > General, and select the “Enable Autocomplete in Search” option. Your form will now include an autocomplete dropdown populated by the Google Places API.
<h4>Singular View</h4>
By default, a map of the location is added to the content on singular views. To remove this feature, update the setting under Simple Locator > General Settings.
<h4>Extending & Customizing Map Display</h4>
A number of JavaScript functions are provided to extend and customize the map results. Visit <a href="http://locatewp.com#documentation" rel="nofollow ugc">locatewp.com</a> for a list and usage details.
<h4>Filters</h4>
For a complete description of available filters and example usage, see the <a href="http://locatewp.com#documentation" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin website</a>.
<ul>
<li><code>simple_locator_form($output, $distances, $taxonomies, $widget)</code> – Customize the search form HTML</li>
<li><code>simple_locator_result($output, $result, $count)</code> – Customize the result output within the result list</li>
<li><code>simple_locator_infowindow($infowindow, $result, $count)</code> – Customize the display of results within the Google Maps infowindow</li>
<li><code>simple_locator_post_fields()</code> – Add additional fields to the search parameters (field names for $_POST data)</li>
<li><code>simple_locator_sql_select($sql)</code> – Add additional fields to the SELECT sql query during search</li>
<li><code>simple_locator_sql_join($sql)</code> – Join additional fields in the sql query during search</li>
<li><code>simple_locator_sql_where($sql)</code> – Add additional WHERE parameters to the sql query during search</li>
<li><code>simple_locator_form_in_results($display_form)</code> – Whether to show the form in results (bool)</li>
<li><code>simple_locator_all_locations_text($text)</code> – Filter the text output of “All Locations”</li>
<li><code>simple_locator_map_pin_single($html)</code> – Filter the single view map pin</li>
<li><code>simple_locator_js_map_options($options)</code> – Filter the Javascript options passed to Google Maps for map display</li>
<li><code>simple_locator_autocomplete_js_options($options)</code> – Filter the Javascript options passed to the Google Maps Autocomplete API</li>
<li><code>simple_locator_form_taxonomies($taxonomies)</code> – Filter the taxonomies displayed in the search form</li>
</ul>

Simple Locator

This is a great plugin.
I literally spent two days testing out various free and premium locator plugins so I could get exactly what I needed. I needed a locator that stored the locations as a custom post type, allowed for categories, didn't clog up my database, and allowed me to extend onto of it. Simple Locator does all of that.



Just What I Needed

"Simple enough for plug and play, flexible enough for a customized location search solution." 

No kidding, impressive work. 

So slick.

Add Google Maps location search functionality for any post type.

9Map – Map Multi Locations vs Simple Locator