Nearby Places is an extension of Progress Map WordPress plugin. The “Nearby Places” plugin allows you to display various places – also known as “Points of Interest” – nearby a location/post on the map. The points of Interest are those provided by Google Maps.
The plugin was designed to be used with the posts/locations added from “Progress Map”. It also provides a powerful search form that allows the users to target their position or to enter a given address, then, display all nearby points of interest.
The power of this plugin doesn’t end here. This plugin supports all the place types in Google Maps. When a user selects a place type (e.g. Schools), a list of all nearby places will be displayed. Each place comes with a details page that can be accessed by the user in order see the place address, distance, website, ... photos and reviews. The user will have the possibility to display the route to the place on the map, the possibility to switch between the different travel modes (Driving, Transit, Walking & Bycicling), and the possibility to display the directions to the place. All of this was designed to be displayed inside a widget without the need to reload the browser’s page.
The plugin was designed with customization in mind. It can be customized from the admin panel in order to match the general look of your website.
To use this plugin, you must install “Progress Map Wordpress Plugin v3”!
Improvements
15.03.2024 - version 3.1
- Fixed a conflict with "Full-Site-Editing / block themes" where it wasn't possible to enqueue scripts
14.07.2023 - version 3.0
- Removed dependency on "Redux Framework". The plugin can now be used without the need of installing "Redux Framework".
13.10.2022 - version 2.7
- Made the plugin compatible with PHP 8
20.05.2021 - version 2.6.7
- Make it compatible with the changes made in "Progress Map 5.6.5"
20.12.2020 - version 2.6.6
- Fixed several compatibility issues with WP 5.6
05.06.2020 - version 2.6.5
- Added support for default autocomplete settings added in "Progress Map v5.6" under the menu "Progress Map => Default Autocomplete Settings"
23.03.2020 - version 2.6.4
- Fixed an error that occurs when using one place type with the map
08.02.2020 - version 2.6.3
- Added support for changes made in "Progress Map 5.3" regarding displaying infoboxes when reaching a specific zoom level
- Added support for changes made in "Progress Map 5.3" regarding displaying infoboxes close button
20.01.2020 - version 2.6.2
- Added support for changes made in "Progress Map 5.2" regarding overriding the API Key
- Added support for custom infobox title & content added in "Progress Map 5.0"
15.06.2019 - version 2.6.1
- Added some quality improvements required by Envato.
17.05.2019 - version 2.6
- New: Added the "Plus code" address to the place details. More infos at https://plus.codes/
- Improved the performance of the plugin.
- Added some quality improvements required by Envato.
- Make it compatible with the changes made in "Progress Map v4.9".
25.07.2018 - version 2.5
- Make it compatible with the changes made in "Progress Map v4.0".
05.07.2018 - version 2.4.2
- Make it compatible with the changes made in "Progress Map v3.9.2".
23.06.2018 - version 2.4.1
- Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to open infoboxes on marker click on touch devices.
19.06.2018 - version 2.4
- New: Possibility to sort places by distance or importance (Nearby places => General settings => Display Order).
- Improved the whole places search system so it can reduce requests.
- Make it compatible with the changes made in "Progress Map v3.9".
04.06.2018 - version 2.3
- Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to change the plugin's main colors.
- The following types have been deprecated and are no longer supported by the service Google Places (Establishment, Finance, Food, General contractor, Grocery or supermarket, Health, Place of worship).
12.02.2018 - version 2.2
- Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to change the map style using the shortcode attribute "map_style".
26.01.2018 - version 2.1
- New: Added support for media files intoduced in "Progress Map 3.5". By click on the location marker, media files (Gallery, video, audio etc...) will pop-up (only if available!).
- New: Added new shortcode attribute "hide_modal" to activate/deactivate popping up the location media files.
09.06.2016 - version 1.3
- New: When a customer have choosed to use the plugin with one single place type, the map will automatically list all the places of that type.
- Added an alert message that inform the users that they need to activate the geolocalization on their browser when trying to use the map with their position.
16.05.2017 - version 2.0
- Make it Compatbile with "Progress Map v3".
Note: You must watch the following videos before your update to v2:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jJBqU6FNIo
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hFoSCi6aFI
16.03.2017 - version 1.4
- Removed the "jquery custom scrollbar plugin" and moved it to "Progress Map"
09.06.2016 - version 1.3
- New: When a customer choosed to use the plugin with one single place type, the map will automatically list all the places of that type.
- Added an alert message that inform the users that they need to activate the geolocalization on their browser when trying to use the map with their position.
14.04.2016 - version 1.2
- Moved the code that removes and/or adds styles & scripts from "Progress Map" to "Nearby Map".
20.03.2016 - version 1.1
- New: Possibility to translate the plugin using .mo and .po files.
- Remove the CSS file "bootsratp.css" and move it to "Progress Map".
- Combined all CSS files into one file in order to load it when the option "Loading scripts & styles / Combine files" has been selected in "Progress Map".
- Combined all JS files into one file in order to load it when the option "Loading scripts & styles / Combine files" has been selected in "Progress Map".
Credits
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