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Store Locator Plus® May Updates

Posted by lcleveland in Google Maps, Map Software, MySLP SaaS, Release Notes, Store Locator, Store Locator Plus, WPSLP

Several minor updates have been made to the Store Locator Plus® application that was released this week. As always, our SaaS platform users do not need to do anything to receive the updates.

WordPress users will need to manually download and install the Store Locator Plus® base plugin to get updates since the WordPress plugin directory is not properly distributing updates at this time. Once upgrading to the latest version, the main Store Locator Plus® plugin will route directly to our update servers and start receiving inline updates (no manual download zip file, activate process).

The following items are included in this update…

Store Locator Plus® WordPress Plugin Updates

As noted in the opening of this article, the main Store Locator Plus® plugin for WordPress now pulls updated directly from our official update server. If you are on a version older than 2604.06.01, you will need to login to your our WordPress plugin store and manually download then install the new version. Note: Our SaaS platform users do NOT need to do this, head on over to the Store Locator Plus® Dashboard and login.

Make sure your .zip file does NOT have a different name as that can confuse WordPress. The file name should be store-locator-plus.zip. If you end up with store-locator-plus-2.zip (or any other version), WordPress will install multiple copies of the plugin as it assumes the prefix before the .zip extension is a unique plugin name. Not our design, that is legacy WordPress for you.

Another reason to think about replacing your self-managed WordPress plugin install with our fully managed SaaS version. (As an added incentive – we have more features coming to SaaS only with plans for better user interaction reports coming for all plan levels , joining our Settings History feature that was added for all SaaS users in Q4 2025.)

Google Map Domains (Country Codes)

In one of our recent updates, we extended the list of country codes that are supported to match the full list of 100+ countries available on Google Maps today. Two things happened with that update which we missed on release which are now fixed.

First – our Map Domain (country) selection was ordered by country codes (the 2-letter code assigned to each country) which did NOT match the order of the text displayed on the drop down menu. That meant that “United Kingdom” with a NEW country code of “gb” appeared in the middle of the “Gs” on our list. That’s not right! Easy fix to sort our dropdown list by displayed text not country codes. This was a non-functional change but makes the user experience work as expected.

Speaking of United Kingdom, apparently in the ancient history of the Google Map Domains there was an alternative country code of “uk” versus the standardized code of “gb”. Apparently Google Maps stopped supporting “uk” as a country code, which meant that any of our users that had “United Kingdom” selected as their map domain started having issues. Their country code of “uk” was not longer found, and Google did the obvious thing… use the first country code on the list of “Ascension Islands” to try to show the map and addresses. In the most recent update, Store Locator Plus® will automatically convert anyone with the “uk” code to the “gb” code on first launch of the plugin. SaaS user accounts have already been recitified.

Google Maps Latitude/Longitude Links

Another minor update related to Google and the map interface is the link in Location Details. Under each location is the latitude and longitude of the location. Google changed their map search URL which resulted in those links bringing up a 404 page. This has been resolved and once again show the location on a separate Google Maps window. This allows for a quick sanity check that the encoded latitude and longitude align with the Google Maps public service.

Image by Lance Cleveland from Pixabay

Location List Pagination

Posted by lcleveland in Google Maps, Map Software, MySLP SaaS, Release Notes, Store Locator, Store Locator Plus, WPSLP

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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Location Import Fixed (WordPress plugins only)

Posted by lcleveland in Map Software, Release Notes, Store Locator, Store Locator Plus, WPSLP

One of our users reported an issue where their location import stopped working after updating the Power add on to a new release. This was never an issue for our SaaS users given the strict nature of the directory configuration, WordPress version, and PHP version running on that platform.

If a user downloads a new version of the Power add on (a zip file) and already has a prior version of the slp-power.zip file in the download directory on their laptop, the browser may create a new file named slp-power-2.zip without direct notification or confirmation it has done so.

If the user uploads this file to the WordPress installation it will create a NEW installation of the Power plugin at ./wp-content/plugins/slp-power-2/. This may or may not reside alongside a version of the older installation at ./wp-content/plugins/slp-power/ which is the standard installation path.

Even if a user deactivates and deletes the existing Power add on , which is best practice, before uploading the new slp-power-2.zip , the new path for the plugin will not match the prior path.

This causes the JavaScript for location imports included in the Power add on to not be loaded.

While some users may still encounter this issue depending on how their servers are configured (WordPress version, PHP version, and other variables can impact how the plugins behave).

There is a patch out in the latest version of the Store Locator Plus® WordPress plugin v2511.05.01 and Power add on v2511.05.01 that make this process less fragile. That will alleviate issues on some server configurations, but best practices should still be followed when updating plugins.

Premier users can login to their account at the SLP WordPress plugin store, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the downloads link to get the latest versions of all SLP plugins.

Tired of dealing with plugin version issues, server issues, and Google API billings? Try the Store Locator Plus SaaS edition. It works with WordPress, no plugins required, as well as most other online presence services including Squarespace, Wix, Weebly, and others.