Locatoraid WordPress store locator

Version updates

We strive to make Locatoraid as close to your needs as possible. That is why we release new updates on regular basis to provide you with a dependable online store locator plugin at a reasonable cost.

Version 3.9.73 20 Aug 2026
  • Security update.
  • Compatibility with WordPress 7.1.
Version 3.9.72 2 Jul 2026
  • Security update.
Version 3.9.71 1 Jun 2026
  • Compatibility with WordPress 7.0.
Version 3.9.70 23 Apr 2026
  • Minor fixes.
Version 3.9.69 22 Apr 2026
  • Security update.
Version 3.9.68 27 Feb 2026
  • Added an option to add a "Click for more details" link to the map info box that will lead to the respective entry in the results list. It can be helpful if the information in the list is more detailed that the map's info box.
Version 3.9.67 17 Feb 2026
  • Set the default group label to the empty string as the "Uncategorized" option were confusing for most users.
Version 3.9.66 18 Jan 2026
  • Code cleanup and minor fixes.
Version 3.9.65 6 Dec 2025
  • Added an option to provide a custom group label for locations that don't have a property used to group results.
Version 3.9.64 18 Nov 2025
  • Added an option to enter new location coordinates right in the new form if they are already known.
  • Added an option to either view the new location or create another location after adding a new one.
  • Added a link to add a new location from editing an existing location form.
Version 3.9.63 31 Oct 2025
  • Code cleanup and minor fixes.
Version 3.9.62 30 Sep 2025
  • Code cleanup and minor fixes.
Version 3.9.61 25 Aug 2025
  • BUG: When editing a location's coordinates by moving the map icon the same value was being filled for both coordinates.
Version 3.9.60 16 Jul 2025
  • Added the "skipgeo" attribute for the shortcode to discard search results from geocoding if there are any database string matches.
Version 3.9.59 21 Apr 2025
  • Tested up to WordPress 6.8.
Version 3.9.58 5 Mar 2025
  • Added the "partial" attribute for the shortcode that outputs only the part of the display. It allows to put the parts of the front end view into separate sections/divs/containers on the same page with multiple shortcodes.
Version 3.9.57 4 Feb 2025
  • BUG: There was a JavaScript error in the front end if the Google Maps files were initially loaded by the site's theme or by other plugins.
Version 3.9.56 3 Feb 2025
  • BUG: There might appear a JavaScript error after searching in the front end with certain configurations.
Version 3.9.55 23 Jan 2025
  • BUG: The custom icons didn't work if the custom map style was used (Pro version).
Version 3.9.54 17 Jan 2025
  • BUG: New Google Maps JavaScript code occasionally broke the ability to use custom map styles, now it is fixed.
Version 3.9.53 15 Jan 2025
  • Added a configuration option if to load Google Maps in async mode. With turned on it may improve performance but may have issues with caching plugins.
Version 3.9.52 14 Jan 2025
  • Updated Google Maps JavaScript code to recent guidelines.
Version 3.9.51 30 Dec 2024
  • Security hardening update.
Version 3.9.50 18 Nov 2024
  • Ensure compatibility with WordPress 6.7.
Version 3.9.49 6 Nov 2024
  • Misc JavaScript adjustments for better compatibility with other plugins.
Version 3.9.48 12 Oct 2024
  • Security hardening update.
Version 3.9.47 8 Oct 2024
  • Added an option to delete multiple locations through the REST API.
Version 3.9.46 2 Sep 2024
  • BUG: rendering of HTML templates used to display results in the front end might have failed with certain themes or other plugins.
Version 3.9.45 12 Aug 2024
  • Ensure Wordpress latest version compatibility.
  • Minor fixes.
Version 3.9.44 6 Jul 2024
  • BUG: map error when locate=1 shortcode attribute was used.
Version 3.9.43 4 Jul 2024
  • BUG: when using the search from widget or block and if the main locator page contained the radius drop-down (with radius-select="1" shortcode argument), the initial results list didn't use the radius setting.
Version 3.9.42 2 Jul 2024
  • When we configure to display a custom field for an email address without a label on the front end, it now renders the email address as the link title rather than the field label.
Version 3.9.41 16 May 2024
  • When one of the address fields changed, after update we redirect to the coordinates edit form. The old coordinates still remain rather than automatically reset.
Version 3.9.40 9 Apr 2024
  • Security hardening update.
Version 3.9.39 5 Apr 2024
  • Bug: code error notices when WordPress debug mode was set to on.
  • Bug: the REST API interface didn't work if the request was JSON-encoded.
Version 3.9.38 25 Mar 2024
  • Bug: when marker clustering was used with the map options, the info window didn't open properly for locations inside any cluster.
Version 3.9.37 9 Feb 2024
  • Bug: the "translate dynamic content" module didn't translate strings that contained spaces.
  • Bug: if the "search-bias-country" parameter was used in the shortcode with multiple country options, they were not translated.
Version 3.9.36 6 Feb 2024
  • Bug: it might have produced an Ajax error in the front end if an entered search string could not be geocoded.
Version 3.9.35 6 Feb 2024
  • Added an option to translate dynamically generated content, such as country names, product labels, custom field labels etc.
Version 3.9.34 29 Jan 2024
  • Updated the language template file locatoraid.pot to up-to-date strings used in the plugin.
Version 3.9.33 26 Jan 2024
  • Bug: locations coordinates might be accidentally reset.
Version 3.9.32 25 Jan 2024
  • Minor fixes.
Version 3.9.31 8 Jan 2024
  • Bug: fixed a crutical error that appeared in version 3.9.30 if locations had products/categories in the Pro version with PHP 8.
Version 3.9.30 5 Jan 2024
  • Minor fixes.
Version 3.9.29 30 Dec 2023
  • Adjusted the map-start-zoom shortcode parameter so it also affects the start state of the map with results too, before it affected the empty map only.
Version 3.9.28 11 Dec 2023
Version 3.9.27 28 Oct 2023
  • Bug: "where-product" shortcode parameter was not taking effect since version 3.9.26.
Version 3.9.26 26 Oct 2023
  • Minor fixes
Version 3.9.24 5 Sep 2023
  • If search-bias-country contains multiple options separated by comma then we add a drop-down box with the country list.
Version 3.9.24 22 Aug 2023
  • Bug: Configuration, Products, All Options Checked By Default setting didn't take effect.
  • Minor fixes
Version 3.9.23 8 Aug 2023
  • Minor fixes
Version 3.9.22 16 June 2023
  • Added an option to turn on all product options by default on a front end page.
  • Minor fixes
Version 3.9.21 30 May 2023
  • Added Gutenberg blocks for the main map with results display and search form widget.
  • Minor fixes
Version 3.9.20 18 May 2023
  • BUG: filtering by product/category may be incorrect in the front-end.
Version 3.9.19 10 May 2023
  • Code security issues fixed.
Version 3.9.18 5 May 2023
  • Added {{website_url}} tag to present the raw URL of the location's website.
  • BUG: minor PHP notice that might corrupt the wp-admin view in the Pro version.
Version 3.9.17 29 Apr 2023
  • Added a shortcode parameter not to display the location title on mouse over the map marker.
Version 3.9.16 26 Apr 2023
  • Minor updates.
Version 3.9.15 17 Apr 2023
  • Minor fixes.
Version 3.9.14 28 Feb 2023
  • BUG: It might result in Ajax error on front end with some data.
Version 3.9.13 22 Feb 2023
  • If a custom field content starts with "+", it renders it as tel: link.
  • Minor fixes.
Version 3.9.12 9 Feb 2023
  • Minor fixes.
Version 3.9.11 3 Feb 2023
  • Compatibility with PHP 8.2.
  • Minor fixes.
Version 3.9.10 30 Nov 2022
  • Added an option to skip automatic conversion to HTML for custom fields (for images, web and email addresses).
  • Minor fixes.
Version 3.9.9 29 Sep 2022
  • BUG: It wasn't possible to disable name and address display in the list or in the location map details by adjusting the respective settings.
  • Minor fixes.
Version 3.9.8 26 May 2022
  • BUG: When using Locate Me option, the search form resubmit reset the current customer position.
  • Disable form submit ability untill our scripts are completely loaded that should prevent potential errors.
  • Added options for variable page size in admin locations listing.
Version 3.9.7 1 Apr 2022
  • BUG: Fatal error after adding a product on sites with PHP 8. (Pro Version)
Version 3.9.6 10 Jan 2022
  • BUG: If marker clustering was enabled, old (now wrong) markers from the previous search were not removed properly.
  • Minor fixes.
Version 3.9.5 19 Aug 2021
  • Minor fix to avoid possible geocoding freeze when there were too many locations with empty address.
  • Minor fixes.
Version 3.9.4 15 Jun 2021
  • For shortcode for a single location (with the id parameter) we added the location details display too.
  • Minor fixes.
Version 3.9.3 11 Apr 2021
  • Added form-after-map shortcode option to display the search form below the map.
  • Minor fixes.
Version 3.9.2 24 Feb 2021
  • PHP 8.0 compatibility fix.
Version 3.9.1 14 Feb 2021
  • Custom fields are also used for search. (Pro Version)
Version 3.9.0 7 Feb 2021
  • Re-added an option to share the same database accross all sites of a multi-site network. (Pro Version)
Version 3.8.9 18 Jan 2021
  • If the results list is grouped, we added an option to display a select list to quickly jump to a group (group-jump shortcode parameter).
  • Misc JavaScript and CSS adjustments for better compatibility with other plugins.
Version 3.8.8 16 Dec 2020
  • BUG: Selecting a default custom map icon didn't work properly in the free version.
Version 3.8.7 28 Sep 2020
  • Modified the search algorith to prefer geocoding matches over database partial address or zip code match.
Version 3.8.6 3 Sep 2020
Version 3.8.5 22 Aug 2020
  • Minor modifications to front end JavaScript code.
Version 3.8.4 28 Jul 2020
  • Added a setting to force map language.
  • Increased number of custom fields to 20 (Pro Version).
Version 3.8.3 23 Jun 2020
  • Added export option for search log.
Version 3.8.2 26 May 2020
  • REST API moved to the main plugin rather than a separate one.
Version 3.8.0 1 May 2020
  • Locatoraid's ownership has been changed to Plainware.