Store Locator Plus® Updates: Easier Location Research, Editing, and Imports

Posted by lcleveland in Google Maps, Map Software, Release Notes, Research, Store Locator Plus

Since the September 10 release, Store Locator Plus® has focused on making large location directories easier to build and manage. The updates span the hosted dashboard and the core and Power WordPress plugins, with a new research workflow for eligible SaaS accounts and a more consistent experience for editing and importing locations.

SaaS Updates

The Store Locator Plus® SaaS dashboard adds a Locations Research workflow for Enterprise accounts. Search for places by region and business category, review the results, and add selected places to their location list. Results already found in the account’s locations are marked, helping avoid duplicate additions. The results table supports paging through larger searches, up to 1,000 results per search; narrower searches can help when a region has more matches.

The hosted dashboard also received refinements to the way newly added research locations appear in the Locations List.

This uses the AWS Location Services Places API to search for locations to add to a directory.

WordPress Plugin Updates

The core WordPress plugin now uses a newer location editor integrated with the Manage Locations screen. The editor layout and field labels have been refined, including marker selection. The Locations List also gained improvements to filters, table controls, and bulk actions, making it easier to work through a large set of locations.

The Power add-on has a redesigned location import interface. CSV uploads and loading locations from WordPress are brought together under the Import tab. A Recent Uploads view lets administrators review previously uploaded CSV files, preview their contents, run an import from an existing upload, or remove a file they no longer need. Import feedback and performance have also been improved, particularly for larger jobs.

Admin and Interface Refinements

Across the Store Locator Plus® dashboard and WordPress admin screens, action buttons and layouts are more consistent. The Locations List refreshes after an import or after locations are added through Research, so new records are easier to find without manually reloading the page. The Contact Us form has clearer label and placeholder positioning, and location-list controls have been adjusted for better spacing and sizing.

Fixes and Stability Improvements

This round also addresses location-list filter behavior and an issue that could interrupt the Locations List script. Import processing received safeguards to keep jobs associated with the correct SaaS customer site. Behind the scenes, older location-management interface code was retired as the updated screens took its place.

What You Need To Do

SaaS customers do not need to install plugin packages; hosted dashboard updates are delivered through the service. Locations Research is intended for Enterprise accounts and requires location-administration access.

If you manage your own WordPress site, update the core Store Locator Plus® plugin and any active add-ons through your normal update process. Power users who regularly import locations should take a look at the revised Import tab and Recent Uploads view. As with any production update, test first on a staging site if you have custom location workflows or large import files.

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Location List Pagination

Posted by lcleveland in Google Maps, Map Software, Plugins, Release Notes, SaaS, Store Locator, Store Locator Plus
Field and mountains: Location List Pagination

Store Locator Plus® Late February 2026 Updates

The late-February 2026 maintenance window focused on stability and cleanup across the Store Locator Plus ecosystem—especially around Locations import UI reliability, continued PSR-12/PHP 8 compatibility cleanup, and some Google Maps loading improvements.

Release window covered in this post: February 19, 2026 through February 26, 2026.

Pagination Fixes

The most important fix for this release is addressing pagination for lists of locations. A feature available to Enterprise SaaS users and Premier subscription users is the ability to page location search results. This allows for a smaller list of locations to appear on the user-facing location search and map interface with standard next page, previous page buttons. The functionality stopped working at some point in the past. This was brought to our attention by our clients and has been patched in this release.

Locations Import: Fixes for “Broken Tabs / Corrupted Admin UI”

Another important fix in this window was addressing an issue where HTML output from the Import tab could become malformed and then “bleed” into other admin panels. In practice, that could cause subsequent tabs or sections to render incorrectly or behave unpredictably.

Updates included:

  • Fix for rogue/corrupt HTML output in the Locations import UI.
  • Hardening work in Power add-on import to prevent Import tab output from impacting adjacent tabs.

If you’ve ever seen the Locations admin screen behave strangely after viewing Import, this release is aimed squarely at eliminating that fragility.

Google Maps Loading Improvements (Async + Dependency Fix)

We continued improving how Google Maps assets are enqueued and loaded—especially for admin-side usage—so maps can load more efficiently while reducing edge-case failures.

Highlights include:

  • Async script loading support for Google Maps enqueues (including appropriate URL attributes).
  • Defensive checks to ensure required keys are present before attempting to enqueue certain map assets.
  • Dependency fix related to Google Maps script loading (to prevent mis-ordered enqueues or missing prerequisites).

This is part of an ongoing effort to make map loading more consistent across WordPress admin screens and reduce the “works on one screen but not another” class of problems.

Payments / Subscription Workflow Patch (MySLP)

On the MySLP Payments side, this window included a small but important stability fix to prevent a case where subscription detail retrieval could return a WP_Error unexpectedly (stemming from return declaration/typing cleanup work).

Net effect: fewer “mysterious” failures when subscription details are being fetched and surfaced in the UI.

Compatibility & Maintenance: PSR-12 / Cleanup / Version Bumps

As usual, there were a number of housekeeping improvements that help keep the codebase modern and easier to maintain:

  • PSR-12 and typing cleanup in several components (core + Premier).
  • Removal of unused methods/properties to reduce surface area and future confusion.
  • Version bumps across multiple plugins/add-ons as part of packaging these updates.

What You Need To Do

SaaS users (dashboard.storelocatorplus.com): nothing—these updates are part of ongoing platform maintenance work.

WordPress plugin users: if you are impacted by Locations Import UI oddities or admin rendering glitches, you’ll want to update to the latest Store Locator Plus / add-on releases that include the late-February fixes.

If you run into anything unexpected (especially around Imports or Google Maps loading), contact us—those reports are extremely helpful for prioritizing the next round of stability patches.

About This Article

This article was written by an AI agent and refined by a human.

The AI agent was running the openai-codex/gpt-5.2 model with deeper context hints provide by the Store Locator Plus® Qdrant database. The database evaluates the code changes, commit notes, and R&D documentation on our internal documentation site. It generates a basic summary of what changed since the last production release.

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