Thanks very much for the quick feedback!
You’re correct of course…my field naming on the general tab is sloppy.
Will fix that in 1.0.2….
I’m sort of torn on NAP because the idea is that you can put in the name and a bit of info you have about the place just like a google search (since that is in fact what it is).
Google place reviews, shortcode are on the roadmap.
Likely I’ll do the shortcode first because I’m not certain on how to integrate the reviews in a meaningful way other than to give them to the user and let them figure out how to style them.
Thanks again for the feedback.
Really glad to see you’re being active with this, there is a surprising shortage of options for integrating Google assets with WordPress. Especially the Places data. Google dev console touts a lot of features that would enhance websites beyond a map: Place data as known by Google, Place Photos, Reviews. And apparently you can use the website as a gateway back into Google where people can do reviews from the website. Engagement… Data Relationships…
I hear what you say about NAP and if can be flexible and versatile to return data then that is better.
shortcode versatility would be huge. I’m looking to populate websites using info I have in CSV’s. Adding things like non-static reviews, photos, and other place data would be golden. I have longitude and latitude which I believe can be used through Google API to find the placesID that they want. And to be able to use the business name, or address to find it too would differentiate your plugin from all others.
Thanks
Yeah…that’s why I wrote it…I knew the info was available but couldn’t figure out how to expose it within WP. (or find a plugin that would for me).
I don’t know if I’ll go so far as pushing reviews back to google as that seems to extend into a scope of user-input as opposed to admin input which is not an area I have interest in for quite a few reasons.
So, my plan going forward is to create a settings page where users can decide whether to auto-include the basic <div> (as the plugin is currently written) and what info to show the user as well as settings area to format the CSS
OR allow the user to turn off the <div> entirely and utilize shortcodes to access the specific attributes they want. [WP_Places address] [WP_Places hours] or something like that…
Hey wasanajones,
Wanted to let you know that I’ve added shortcodes.
Let me know if you give a it a shot…
Thanks
Hi – great news. I’ll be working on a project over the next several days that this might be ideal for. I’ll provide some feedback as warranted. Thank you.
Great…1.1.4 has some known bugs with the shortcode for Phone Number, Longitude, and Hours of Operation.
I’ve fixed those in 1.1.5 and hope to push that tonight.
So, keep your eyes peeled for 1.1.5 as that will give you most of what you need.
Oh! I haven’t updated documentation yet…
The shortcodes available are listed in the readme.
Hi Gary –
I think my dream feature request goes a bit beyond what you might have intended for the plugin – or I’m not using it correctly.
I’m trying to get Google Places information for many different businesses, particularly using their longitude/latitude coordinates to identify them (which I have) — meaning a short code [wp_places Places Details long=”40.676700″ lat=”-95.852600″ attribute=”rating” attribute=”hours”] pulls results for that location and displays ratings and hours. (and optionally anything else google might know about a particular place such as photos etc)
seems like you’re not setup for that
regards
Hmm…that is interesting.
I consider this plugins roll to be adding ancillary data to a post.
It sounds like what your’e looking for is a plugin that given a CSV input will create posts?
I’m interested in this…can you provide me a sample of a few lines of the csv?
you can email me plugins at myusername.com (binarygary.com)
haha role…not roll…
anyway…closing this
