Nicolas Blois

<p>This plugin adds geolocation functionnalities to your wordpress, it allows you to find posts around you or a location with a specific distance radius.<br />
You can select a specific location with the widget or you can make a request with URL by providing latitude, longitude and distance as GET parameters.<br />
The widget and the shortocode consists of a Google Autocomplete and a distance range slider.</p>
<h4>Widget :</h4>
<p>Go in widget area, then place the widget in a zone.<br />
Have fun !</p>
<h4>Shortcode :</h4>
<p>Simply add this code where you want to place the search box : [wpgeoloc]</p>
<h4>Play with URL:</h4>
<p>For example : on an archive page, you are looking restaurants located in a 10 miles radius from this latitude [50.8385607] and this longitude [4.37526040] :</p>
<ul>
<li>http://www.example.com/category/restaurant?latitude=50.8385607&longitude=4.37526040&distance=10</li>
</ul>
<p>You can do it on the search page with the keyword “super” :</p>
<ul>
<li>http://www.example.com/?s=super&latitude=50.8385607&longitude=4.37526040&distance=10</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirement :</h4>
<p>If you want to use the widget and the Google place autocomplete, then you need a Google Places API KEY.<br />
How to get a Google Places API key :<br />
* https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/get-api-key</p>
<h3>Contributions</h3>
<ul>
<li>github : https://github.com/NicolasBlois/wp-geoloc</li>
</ul>
<h4>Special Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>URL : search with latitude, longitude, distance provided as GET parameters in URL.</li>
<li>Widget : the widget consists of a Google Autocomplete and a distance range slider.</li>
<li>Shortcode : the shortcode generates a Google Autocomplete and a distance range slider. Usage : [wpgeoloc]</li>
</ul>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<ul>
<li>English – default, always included</li>
<li>French</li>
</ul>


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