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>


WP Geoloc

Search for posts around a location with a specific distance.

Dipankar Biswas

<p>Nearby Places Search: This Plugin integrates with the Google Places and GMap.</p>
<p>Shows a list of places of a certain type and configurable from the back-end<br />
settings within the specified radius for specified location.</p>
<h3>Requirement</h3>
<p>Google Maps API Key.</p>
<h3>Shortcode</h3>
<p>Shortcode : [nearby_places_search_code]</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ol>
<li>
<p>In path (wp-admin/options-general.php?page=searchsettings) configure the search settings for<br />
places.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>You can change the type of place, the center point and the radius from the<br />
center point in the configuration page.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Copy the shortcode [nearby_places_search_code],Paste the Shortcode into Your Page , Post or any custom post type.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<h3>Configuration Settings</h3>
<ol>
<li>
<p>Location Types – Location Type is restricted to select only one value.<br />
See https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/supported_types<br />
for supported types.<br />
Default values set as: Atm|Bank|Hospital|Park|Restaurant|School</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Google API Authentication Method – ‘API Key’ or ‘Google Maps API for Work’<br />
As per method selection add ‘Google Maps API Key’.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Location – The latitude/longitude around which to retrieve the information<br />
of place. This must be specified as latitude,longitude.<br />
Default value set to 18.5204, 73.8567 (Pune, Maharashtra, India).</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Radius – Defines the distance (in meters) within which to return place<br />
results. The maximum allowed radius is 50000 meters. Default set to 1000 meter.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Note : Default configuration value define at ‘config/nearby_places_search_config.php’</p>
<h3>Reference link</h3>
<p>https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/search#PlaceSearchRequests</p>


Nearby Places Search

Nearby Places Search: This Plugin integrates with the Google Places and GMap.

WP Geoloc vs Nearby Places Search