Velox Map Locator

Description

Velox Map Locator helps you manage business locations once and present them through reusable, configurable Locators anywhere on your WordPress site.

A Location can represent an office, store, kiosk, service centre, branch, dealer, facility, or any other place with coordinates. A Locator decides which Locations to show and how visitors interact with them.

Key features

• Unlimited Locations, Types, Groups, and reusable Locators.
• Structured addresses, coordinates, contacts, business hours, images, markers, and additional fields.
• Split Map + List, Map Only, and List Only layouts.
• OpenStreetMap Standard tiles through locally bundled Leaflet 1.9.4.
• Google Maps JavaScript API support using an administrator-supplied browser API key and Map ID.
• Reusable Custom XYZ raster tile profiles.
• Search plus Type, Group, Country, and City filters.
• Near Me distance sorting using visitor-approved browser geolocation. Velox does not store visitor coordinates.
• Automatic, enabled, or disabled marker clustering with coincident-location handling.
• Synchronized map markers and Location cards.
• Home, Fit All, zoom, scale, and fullscreen map controls.
• Structured weekly hours, split shifts, overnight hours, special-date overrides, and timezone-aware public status.
• Velox, Slate, Azure, and Forest themes with Light, Dark, or Auto modes.
• Responsive, RTL-aware layouts, including narrow page-builder columns.
• Interaction Privacy Mode that can keep an external map provider unloaded until the visitor chooses Load Map.
• CSV Import / Export with validation preview, External ID update/create behavior, portable Type and Group slugs, and spreadsheet-injection protection.
• Dynamic Gutenberg block and [velox_map_locator] shortcode.
• Built-in Help section with a complete workflow guide, task instructions, troubleshooting, and searchable glossary.
• No Velox telemetry, tracking service, remote Velox scripts, or Velox account requirement.

Recommended workflow

1. Open Velox Map Locator > Map Providers and configure the map services you intend to use.
2. Review Settings for global defaults such as distance units, default provider, map controls, appearance, and privacy behavior.
3. Create useful Types & Groups for classification and filtering.
4. Add several representative Locations with valid latitude and longitude values.
5. Create a Locator and choose All Locations, Selected Locations, or Dynamic Rules as its source.
6. Use the Locator Builder to configure layout, map, search, filters, content, appearance, behavior, and privacy.
7. Embed the Locator with the Gutenberg block or shortcode and test the public page at desktop and mobile widths.
8. Use Import / Export when bulk maintenance becomes more efficient than manual editing.

For detailed instructions, open Velox Map Locator > Help after activation.

Privacy

Velox Map Locator does not include Velox telemetry or tracking and does not set a Velox analytics cookie.

Near Me geolocation is user initiated and processed in the browser. Velox Map Locator does not persist visitor coordinates.

When a map is configured, the visitor’s browser may connect directly to the selected external map provider. Interaction Privacy Mode can defer those requests until the visitor chooses Load Map. Administrators remain responsible for the external services they configure.

External Services

Velox Map Locator can connect to external map services selected by the site administrator. These services are not operated by Velox Plugins. Requests are made directly by the visitor’s browser when the relevant map is loaded, or by an administrator when explicitly using a provider-specific admin action.

OpenStreetMap Standard tiles

When an OpenStreetMap-backed map loads, the visitor’s browser requests raster tiles from tile.openstreetmap.org. The map displays the required OpenStreetMap attribution. OpenStreetMap’s public tile service is subject to its usage policy and privacy practices.

• Service: https://www.openstreetmap.org/
• Tile usage policy: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/tiles/
• Privacy policy: https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy

Google Maps Platform

When a Google-backed Locator loads, the visitor’s browser requests the Google Maps JavaScript API and map content from Google. The browser API key is included in browser requests and should use appropriate Google Cloud restrictions.

When an administrator explicitly clicks Find on Map in the Location editor, the entered address is sent to Google’s browser-side geocoding service to resolve coordinates. Typing an address alone does not trigger Google autocomplete or geocoding.

• Service: https://mapsplatform.google.com/
• Google Maps Platform Terms: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms
• Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Administrators who enable Google Maps are responsible for complying with the applicable Google Maps Platform terms and end-user notice/privacy requirements for their own site.

Custom XYZ tile services

Administrators can configure their own HTTP(S) XYZ raster tile providers. When a Locator using such a profile loads, the visitor’s browser requests tiles directly from the configured URL. The administrator is responsible for the selected provider’s terms, attribution, privacy requirements, credentials, and usage limits. Any access token placed in a browser tile URL is visible to visitors and must not be treated as a secret.

Development Source

Human-readable source for Velox JavaScript and stylesheets is included under src/ alongside build/. Production assets are built with @wordpress/scripts; development configuration is included in the separate source distribution. Leaflet 1.9.4 source is available at https://github.com/Leaflet/Leaflet/tree/v1.9.4 and its bundled license details are in third-party-notices.txt.