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Name	WordPress Store Locator
Version	3.43
Author	Viadat Creations
Rating	90
Last updated	2015-03-09 05:00:00
Downloads	195752
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Home page

Delta: -9%

Post page

Delta: 0%

WordPress Store Locator plugin has Huge impact on PageSpeed score.

Home page PageSpeed score has been degraded by 9%, while Post page PageSpeed score has been degraded by 0%

WordPress Store Locator plugin added 312 kB of resources to the Home page and 265 bytes of resources to the sample Post page.

WordPress Store Locator plugin added 2 new host(s) to the Home page and 0 new host(s) to the sample Post page.

Great! WordPress Store Locator plugin ads no tables to your Wordpress blog database.

Resources Added (Post page)

Description

Power your site with this WordPress-integrated map making & location management system possessing some of the best free mapping tools to create store locators, store finders, and other location address maps. Manage and display a few or thousands of your important stores, points of interest, or product locations anywhere on Earth using Google Maps.

Its strength is best seen in its flexibility to allow you to easily manage any number of locations from your WordPress admin interface and the several addons featuring top-level features that are available to further boost its capabilities. Also referred to as an address map, address location map, locator map, store finder, dealer locator (locater), shop finder, and zip code or zipcode search.

Important Links

All Downloads | Addons & Themes | New Features & Updates Blog | Documentation

New in Version 3

New: Individual Addons -- select addons to use as needed
New: Addons Platform Lite -- All the power of the full Addons Platform to power your addons, at a fraction of the price.
New: Super Geocoder addon -- Avoid upgrading to more expensive hosting, or buying dedicated IP addresses -- successfully geocodes even when the default geocoder runs in Google's geocoding quotas (requires Store Locator v3.0+)
Now, in addition to using the shortcode [STORE-LOCATOR] on Pages & Posts, display on Store Locator in PHP page templates if needed (explained in changelog & docs).
Several new icons with shadowing; several current icons refreshed with shadowing for 3D effect on map

New in Version 2

Now uses Google Maps V3
Streamlined admin interface (more powerful yet much simplier)
Implemented much faster code (reduced database use {insert/update/delete} in code by 81.4% & applied fastest functions throughout)
Admin Dashboard: Pull-out interface that provides you with the latest Store Locator news, installation & usage instructions, your website's hosting server information, available shortcode parameters to create multiple maps of specific groups of locations, general settings, and the activation interface for the Addons Platform & G1 (Generation 1) addons
Availability of the Addons Platform:
Ability to auto-locate your website visitors in order to show locations based on where visitor is currently located
40+ new Google Maps country domains
New address map icons
New default fields: Fax & Email Address

Target Users

Those who create sites for clients using WordPress
Those who want to show your important locations (stores, buildings, points of interest, etc.) in an easily searchable manner.

Great Built-In Functionality & Features

You can use it for numerous countries, which will continue to be added as Google adds new countries to their Google Maps API. See the documentation for the latest
Supports international languages/translations and character sets
Allows you to use unique map icons or your own custom map icons --- great for branding your map
Gives your map the desired look by using our MapDesigner settings interface in the WordPress admin section
Pick other cool Google Maps options, such as an inset box, zoom level, map types (street, satellite, hybrid, physical), and more
You can use miles or kilometers
Automatically restricts loading of Javascript & CSS to only pages that display the map (or that might need access to the JS & CSS) for better site performance
Option to show dropdown list of cities allows visitors to quickly see where your locations are and choose their search accordingly

Upgrades

If you need additional features, enhance your store locator with addons & themes. Upgrade Here

Addons Platform

The Addons Platform provides you with a growing number of Generation 2 (G2; comes with the Addons Platform) addons & themes to save you time, provide you highly-advanced features, and impress your clients. Below is a list of the G2 addons available (view documentation for more details on each):

Categorizer
Multiple Mapper
Advanced Theme Manager
Location Pages
CSV Importer/Exporter G2
DB Importer G2
Multiple-Field Updater G2
Custom Field Manager
Super Geocoder
"U.L.S" (bonus addon - Addons Platform users & Early Access members)
"F.T" (bonus addon)
"S.S" (bonus addon)

All addons available previous to Store Locator 2.0 are now called "G1" (Generation 1) addons, and can still be used, with or without the Addons Platform installed (if you purchased an addon prior to Store Locator 2.0, re-download it via the emailed link of your purchase and install a slighty updated version that allows it to work with 2.0).