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Advanced Custom Fields
Adds a Location field to Advanced Custom Fields. This field allows you to find addresses and coordinates of a desired location.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 2
- Active installs
- 900+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 28 Nov 2017
- Added
- Jul 2012
- Requires WP
- 3.4
- Tested up to
- WP 3.4.2
- Downloads
- 50,038
Our analysis
AI-assistedThe Advanced Custom Fields – Location Field add-on is a WordPress plugin that enhances the Advanced Custom Fields plugin by adding a location field. It allows you to input coordinates or an address, and displays a Google map where you can select a location. The plugin returns the coordinates and the complete address, with a marker indicating the chosen spot.
This add-on is specifically for users of the Advanced Custom Fields plugin who need to incorporate location data into their WordPress sites. It is useful for developers or site owners looking to add geographical information to their content.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for developers and site owners who use Advanced Custom Fields and need to add location data.
What it does well
- ✓Integrates with Advanced Custom Fields plugin
- ✓Allows input of coordinates or addresses
- ✓Displays a Google map for location selection
- ✓Returns both coordinates and complete address
- ✓Offers options for map settings
Where it falls short
- •Requires Advanced Custom Fields to function
- •Limited information available on updates and support
Verdict
The plugin provides a straightforward way to add location functionality to sites using Advanced Custom Fields, but its utility is limited to those already using that plugin.
From the developer
julienbechade's own description of Advanced Custom Fields, lightly tidied.
This is an add-on for the Advanced Custom Fields
WordPress plugin and will not provide any functionality to WordPress unless Advanced Custom Fields is installed
and activated.
The Location field provides:
- a search field where you can type in some coordinates or an address and hit
Enter. - a Google map which you can click at the desired location.
In both cases, Google will find the location and return the coordinates and the complete address, if you want it complete. A marker will be added at the desired location.
Source Repository on GitHub
https://github.com/julienbechade/acf-location-field
Bugs, Questions or Suggestions
https://github.com/julienbechade/acf-location-field/issues
Usage
Make sure you read the Advanced Custom Fields‘s documentation first.
Back-end
The Location field comes with 3 options:
- The map address let you choose the value(s) to return on the front-end:
- Coordinates & address
- Coordinates
- The map center let you set the coordinates used to center the initial blank map.
- The map zoom.
Front-end
Retrieving the value(s) on the front-end differs according to the Map address options.
- Coordinates & address
$location = get_field(‘location’); echo $location[‘address’]; echo $location[‘coordinates’]; - Coordinates
the_field(‘location’);
Tagged as
purpose
Custom Fields & Post Types
platform
Advanced Custom Fields
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