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April 28, 2020 at 1:32 PM #79230vissersjParticipant
<span style=”color: #32373c; font-family: ‘Open Sans’, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; background-color: #fbfbfb;”>I think there is a bug in the search function, because it also give results if you enter a location name. I think the search function should only search in the postal codes and addresses from the locations.</span>
Example: Go to https://tinyurl.com/y6wwm47m and search for ‘foenix’ or ‘2switch’ . It’s not a post code, address or city, only a location name.
April 28, 2020 at 1:45 PM #79232CiciKeymasterThat is not a BUG: Perhaps this is the simplest way to explain the situation….Google interface and how Google map works when performing a search.
https://docs.storelocatorplus.com/search-panel-settings/
Google API now requires the Places API because that is where they now have the geolocation service.Google API Key Setup
If you elected to go with the “we can do it ourselves” option by using the WordPress plugin you’re going to need an API key for Store Locator Plus® to work on your website. You need to:
Go to the Google Maps Platform site
Get Started
Check off Maps and Places
If you do not have a Google account they’ll make you create one
Setup a billing account with Google
Add your credit card information
Copy the API key they gave youjs Client for Google Maps Services. The Places API and the client libraries are for use in server applications. … The Places API is a service that returns information about places using HTTP requests. Places are defined within this API as establishments, geographic locations, or prominent points of interest.
Next time you post Please read the Posting instructions and provide your WPSLP plugin environment
April 28, 2020 at 1:48 PM #79233CiciKeymasterDo you have an add-on enabled? please provide your plugin environment
https://docs.storelocatorplus.com/search-panel-settings/
You can always change your search box label and just put in the words zip code instructing visitors to only use a zip code
- This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Cici.
April 29, 2020 at 3:33 AM #79238vissersjParticipantThanks, I understand now that results are generated by Google Maps API and in practice that means that almost every word/input will give a result. I don’t use add-ons.
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- This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by vissersj.
April 29, 2020 at 12:17 PM #79241CiciKeymasterIn your case, it is returning the actual location in your database from the location name. If I were to put in a name of something, for example the name of a restaurant here, and Google did not have that in their MAP that was within your radius set no locations would be shown.
It is a combination of what Google recognizes as a place AND what is within your locations, within your radius settings. Lower the default radius and you may not find any locations returned even if you have the store name in your locations.
(See search by radius for more info).
For instance if I go your site and search for a restaurant near me. Broken Egg, nothing is returned. Because it is not already geolocated in your SLP locations NOR a city or a state or a country that Google interprets and that is also in your database. The city or state or name HAS to be in your locations database and within the results you set for it to return a result.
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