Mappress Changelog

2.60

  • Added: updated flex-based mashup list & popup templates with better thumbnail support – please update any custom template
  • Added: updated map popup template and CSS – please update any custom templates
  • Added: for classic editor: put the cursor on a shortcode to open that map in editor
  • Added: better infobox panning and sizing
  • Added: mashup thumbnail position can now be set in MapPress settings
  • Added: setting to open POIs on mouse hover
  • Added: map library now supports column sorting by mapid, map title, and post title
  • Added: window.location is now passed as argument ($args->url) to filter ‘mappress_pre_query’
  • Added: classic editor is now React-based

2.59

  • Fixed: JS files were not compiling for IE11. Note that IE11 is NOT a supported browser.
  • Fixed: Leaflet icons were not setting scale properly, interfering with marker spiderfier
  • Fixed: error when saving map center of 0,0
  • Added: new marker class to enable effects
  • Added: map data can be recovered after deletion
  • Added: highlighting on mouse over for list and marker hover
  • Added: better z-indexing for hovered marker

2.58.3

  • Added: selected icon can now be highlighted with a special icon or a circle
  • Fixed: error preventing KML files from being added to map

2.58.2

  • Fixed: jQuery warning was causing maps to not display in older WP versions

2.58.1

  • Fixed: places strim trim() not working for maps with center specified by lat/lng
  • Fixed: better error message for sites with obsolete jQuery and jQuery UI
  • Fixed: admin notices not showing correctly on settings page
  • Fixed: added warning for expired license
  • Fixed: errors for invalid KML files were not displaying

2.58

  • Added: new infobox with better panning and sizing
  • Added: infobox can now be used with Leaflet, in addition to Google
  • Added: standard Leaflet popups now fit to the map dimensions
  • Added: oembed has been enabled for popups, POIs can now include Youtube videos, music, etc
  • Added: maps can be attached/detached from posts in the map list and map library
  • Added: query by specific post IDs added for Gutenberg mashup blocks
  • Added: map type (style) added to the settings for Gutenberg mashup blocks
  • Added: filter ‘mappress_poi_excerpt’ can be used to control excerpts in map POIs
  • Changed: bigger popups for POI editor
  • Fixed: warning message for mashup widget in new widget editor
  • Fixed: Gutenberg plugin caused blank taxonomy names in mashup blocks

2.57.2

  • Fixed: remove extra translation json file

2.57.1

  • Fixed: language texts were not being picked up for JavaScript texts

2.57

  • Added: new map editor for WordPress Classic editor
  • Added: ‘add media’ button in map POI editor opens WordPress media library to insert images, etc. into POIs
  • Added: enabled POI list toggle in editors
  • Changed: leaflet popups can now size larger and not overflow the map area
  • Changed: editor popups are now larger
  • Changed: better positioning of popup pointer over map markers

2.56.11

  • Changed: move WPML settings to free version

2.56.10

  • Added: when using the WPML language plugin, maps are copied when duplicating a post from the original language

2.56.9

  • Changed: Google infoBox popups resize better to fit large content
  • Changed: exclude MapPress from Autoptmize to prevent “wp is not defined” errors in WordPress i18n scripts

2.56.8

  • Fixed: mashup markers linking to home page instead of individual posts

2.56.7

  • Changed: CSS improvements in map library
  • Changed: Nominatim PHP gecodoer now sleeps for 1 sec to comply with their usage limits
  • Changed: improved Nominatim address title parsing

2.56.6

  • Fixed: typo in initial open directions

2.56.5

  • Fixed: fixed version incompatibility in plugin header

2.56.4

  • Changed: enabled Gutenberg blocks for blogs that did not use beta versions

2.56.3

  • Fixed: directions form not working
  • Fixed: fatal error for missing icon upload

2.56.2

  • Changed: map font color set to black
  • Fixed: Next Gen Gallery plugin interferes with template output

2.56.1

  • Added: refresh button for Gutenberg mashup block
  • Added: workaround for Gutenberg ‘additional classes’ bug (https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45882)
  • Fixed: POI title was not set for POIs added using Nominatim geocoder
  • Fixed: autocomplete CSS styles are not applied
  • Fixed: Remove console log message

2.56.0

  • Release beta changes from 2.55

2.55.2

  • Added: map library, available in the MapPress settings
  • Changed: map ‘picker’ dialog now saves scroll position

2.55.1

  • Added: Gutenberg map and mashup blocks added
  • Added: mini mode setting (width at which the left POI list is collapsed)

2.55

  • Added: clustering is now supported, enable it in the MapPress settings screen
  • added: maps with POI list on the left go into ‘mini’ mode when small: list is hidden and buttons can be used to toggle map or list
  • Added: custom icons can now be uploaded directly in the MapPress settings screen
  • Added: a new widget is available to display a single map, in addition to the mashup widget
  • Added: .jpg icons are now supported in addition to .png and .gif
  • Added: mashup filters dropdown includes post counts for each term
  • Added: filter ‘mappress_options’ allows global options to be changed before maps are displayed
  • Added: mashup queries now only read post title and body if ‘POI content’ setting is set to ‘Post title + post excerpt’
  • Added: new PHP filters are available for mashup queries: mappress_pre_filter($filters), mappress_pre_query($query) and mappress_post_query($map)
  • Changed: algolia autocomplete has been removed and replaced with jquery autocomplete
  • Changed: because of data discrepancies, algolia places no longer provides autocomplete results for Nominatim/Mapbox geocoders
  • Changed: Nominatim/Mapquest autocomplete requests will affect quotas with those services, only Algolia is “free”
  • Changed: for the ‘left’ map layout, directions are displayed in the sidebar like the POI list
  • Changed: mashups with blank query now show ALL posts: [mashup] is now equivalent to [mashup query=”all”]
  • Changed: to show current posts, use [mashup query=”current”] instead of leaving query blank
  • Changed: PHP templates have been converted to JavaScript templates (for example, file ‘map.php’)
  • Changed: mashup filter CSS has been converted to a grid layout
  • Changed: Leaflet updated to version 1.7.1
  • Changed: JS map ‘close’ and ‘open’ methods changed to ‘poiOpen’ and ‘poiClose’
  • Changed: like Google, the Leaflet API is now downloaded from CDN rather than the plugin directory
  • Changed: action ‘mappress_map_save’ receives entire $map object, not just $mapid
  • Fixed: some geocoders were not properly using the country/language parameters
  • Fixed: color picker not positioning correctly when opened
  • Fixed: popup not positioning correctly when opened

2.53.6

  • Changed: additional CSS changes to migrate layout to flex
  • Changed: map font switched to sans-serif (overriding theme – change mappress.css if needed)
  • Fixed: warning in settings when switching map engine type
  • Fixed: warning in PHP log when displaying empty mashups
  • Fixed: mashup sometimes deselected current POI in list for small maps

2.53.5

  • Added: curly braces can now be used in mashup queries to pass array parameters
  • Changed: map layout switched to CSS flex
  • Fixed: exclude mashup shortcodes from Gutenberg REST requests

2.53.4

  • Added: ‘dragging’ and ‘keyboard’ shortcode attributes for Leaflet maps
  • Fixed: map shortcode not working in archive text widget
  • Fixed: a few themes/plugins trigger wp_footer too early, preventing templates from loading before scripts

2.53.3

  • Changed: removed space in version string because of conflict with some CDNs
  • Changed: editor made slightly (25px) taller
  • Changed: restored mashup option to open post in same tab
  • Changed: internal changes to remove correctedAddress property

2.53.2

  • Fixed: custom styles stopped working after MapBox URL change
  • Fixed: updated line unused method for PHP 7.2 compatibility checker

2.53.1

  • Changed: minor internal updates to geocoders
  • Fixed: centering not working on maps from old versions of plugin

2.53

  • Added: Algolia, Nominatim and MapBox geocoders can be selected on MapPress settings screen
  • Changed: updated Algolia Places to latest version
  • Changed: updated Leaflet to 1.4.0
  • Fixed: added missing left float for mashup thumbnails (to modify it, see ‘.mapp-body .wp-post-image’ in mappress.css)
  • Fixed: dead directions link if setting ‘none’ was imported from prior versions

2.52.5

  • Added: setting to display KML POIs in mashup maps
  • Fixed: conflict with 2017 theme and Leaflet zoom buttons
  • Fixed: maps output in Gutenberg REST requests when option to load scripts in header is selected

2.52.4

  • Added: a ‘check now’ button has been added to the settings screen to force license check
  • Fixed: priority was too high for default ‘mappress_poi_props’ filter

2.52.3

  • Added: geocoding errors are now shown on the settings screen

2.52.2

  • Fixed: map controls language code not saving/displaying correctly

2.52.1

  • Fixed: ajax error when opening map for edit

2.52

  • Fixed: prevent enter press in map list search from publishing post
  • Changed: updated map editor search/filter function
  • Changed: internal function Mappress::ssl() renamed Mappress::is_ssl() – please update any custom directions.php or search.php to use the new name

2.51

  • Added: mashups with a center but no zoom will perform a radius search
  • Fixed: KML markers showing POI text instead of text from KML file
  • Fixed: mashup initial center and zoom have been improved
  • Fixed: mashups not displaying on some servers; updated gzip detection
  • Changed: internal mashup query and layers control changes

2.50.10

  • Fixed: PHP 7.2 notice on widgets_init
  • Fixed: blank map when initial centering for mashups using Google engine

2.50.9

  • Added: support for high-resolution MapBox tiles on high DPI (retina) devices
  • Changed: mashups with multiple POIs will now honor shortcode zoom
  • Changed: Leaflet updated to 1.3.4
  • Fixed: notice on multisite settings screen when user is not super-admin

2.50.8

  • Added: dropdowns for language/country codes
  • Fixed: blank map occurs if other plugins trigger window resize before map is initialized
  • Fixed: only print mashup templates in Pro version
  • Fixed: continue execution if map container is missing

2.50.7

  • Fixed: Google maps not displaying in editor when no styles defined

2.50.6

  • Fixed: search toolbar not hidden when editing map

2.50.5

  • Fixed: 2nd style bug preventing map display

2.50.4

  • Fixed: bug in styles could prevent map from displaying

2.50.3

  • Added: Mapbox token can be set in wp-config.php for multisite with: define(‘MAPPRESS_APIKEY_MAPBOX’)
  • Fixed: editor now shows ALL results when searching for maps
  • Fixed: Google styles were not being applied

2.50.2

  • Added: easy entry of Mapbox Studio style names in the MapPress settings screen
  • Fixed: custom styles are now retained when switching engines
  • Fixed: initialopeninfo parameter was not working for Leaflet maps
  • Fixed: better CSS for search box in firefox

2.50.1

  • Fixed: updater was not correctly checking major versions, e.g. 2.50 vs 2.50.1

2.50

  • Added: updated editor map list in the map editor now allows searching across all posts
  • Fixed: POI list was not refreshing when filtering in some installations

2.49.8

  • Added: error message when places API not loaded
  • Added: enter points into map editor as “lat,lng”
  • Changed: mashups should now show all POIs
  • Changed: mashups with a single POI will honor shortcode zoom
  • Fixed: map not resizing when a tab is displayed

2.49.7

  • Added: filters to set MapBox studio styles and custom map tiles
  • Changed: mapping engine now defaults to leaflet
  • Fixed: removed links pointing to beta documentation
  • Fixed: KML popup could appear multiple times when editing multiple maps
  • Fixed: unable to drag markers in editor when using Leaflet

2.49.6

  • Fixed: autocomplete conflict with WordPress tag search fields

2.49.5 BETA

  • Fixed: missing leaflet layer control images

2.49.4 BETA

  • Fixed: incorrect documentation URLs

2.49.3 BETA

  • Fixed: missing files for algolia/leaflet in build version

2.49.2 BETA

  • Fixed: bug preventing new POIs using Google engine
  • Fixed: mashup POI list not refreshing on first zoom/pan (Google)
  • Fixed: map dialog appearing under ‘hamburger’ menu
  • Fixed: removed ‘mapp-static’ class
  • Fixed: notice on some sites during settings save
  • Fixed: duplicate texts in .POT translation file

2.49.1 BETA

  • Fixed: mashups were using the map-popup and map-item templates instead of mashup-popup and mashup-item
  • Fixed: removed extra ‘mapp-iw’ tags from popup templates
  • Fixed: javascript error when centering on invalid place (leaflet only)
  • Fixed: removed CSS min-width for leaflet popup
  • Fixed: notice in admin plugins search screen (updater was not setting ‘plugin’ field in version response)
  • Fixed: error for leaflet KML layers (setZindexOffset)
  • Fixed: maximum mashup POIs was locked at 5

2.49 BETA

  • Added: support added for Leaflet, MapBox, and Algolia search
  • Added: mashups are now searchable – see the search options on the MapPress settings screen
  • Added: client-side templating system and template editor on MapPress settings screen
  • Changed: filter fields now output more data (type, meta_type, etc)
  • Changed: the ‘mini’ map mode (with list/map toggles) has been temporarily removed
  • Changed: Pro updater is now available by default

2.48.7

  • Fixed: restored inline directions form
  • Changed: updated ‘directions.php’ template file and CSS
  • Changed: updated plugin with new mappresspro.com URL
  • Changed: re-added use of inline script functions for themes that match tags inside content (json) data

2.48.6

  • Fixed: geocoding bug in editor
  • Removed: drawingmanager

2.48.5

  • Fixed: shake in editor caused by Google API update
  • Fixed: API compatibility setting not applied in admin screens
  • Changed: removed inline directions, shape editor

2.48.4

  • Added: maps now support full-screen control: [mappress fullscreenControl=”true”]
  • Fixed: map center was changing when resizing
  • Fixed: mashups were ignoring custom POI list template
  • Changed: mashup filter now shows term names instead of term slugs

2.48.3

  • Added: dismissible notices
  • Fixed: incorrect sorting for mashups with ‘orderby’ clause in query
  • Fixed: incorrect CSS in settings screen
  • Changed: use gzip only for mashups, not for maps, added checks for PHP libraries

2.48.2

  • Fixed: POI list was being hidden on small maps with ‘inline’ vertical layout
  • Fixed: empty ‘ghost’ link if post thumbnail is absent

2.48.1

  • Updated version number

2.48

  • Updated version number

2.47.10

  • Fixed: centering error for fixed centers

2.47.9

  • Fixed: PHP 7 error on ‘break’ statement

2.47.8

  • Fixed: bug in free version prevented editing

2.47.7

  • Fixed: internal javascript error

2.47.6

  • Added: prevent javascript caching when upgrading from free to Pro
  • Added: enable gzip compression for AJAX data (depends on server settings)
  • Added: ‘compatibility’ setting to prevent loading maps API by other plugins/themes
  • Added: new layout with POIs on left. Use settings or [mashup layout=”left”] for a single map
  • Added: shortcode ‘center’ can be a place or ‘user’ to geolocate, for example: [mashup center=”new york”] or [mashup center=”user”]
  • Changed: mashup query updated to improve performance
  • Changed: faster excerpts for mashup POIs
  • Changed: Pro update settings are now enabled by default
  • Changed: automatic centering zooms out less whenever possible (viewport padding reduced to zero)
  • Changed: clickableIcons defaulted to false (prevent clicks on Google landmarks)
  • Changed: removed extra code for xhtml validity checkers
  • Changed: updates to directions and template ‘map-directions.php’
  • Changed: detection for Jetpack infinite scroll improved

2.47.5

  • Added: filter labels can now include an icon in braces, for example [blue-dot]
  • Added: filter ‘mappress_query_filter’ for post-query filtering
  • Fixed: workaround for older versions of WordPress which have error in underscore library

2.47.4

  • Added: setting to open POIs in a new tab/window. For shortcodes use [mashup mashupClick=”postnew”]
  • Fixed: mashups for custom post types were displaying all post types
  • Fixed: maps saved from custom fields in older versions were not auto-centering properly

2.47.3

  • Fixed: Pro version updater bug fixes

2.47.2

  • Fixed: Pro version automatic updater was not notifying about new updates (it may be necessary to update to the current version manually).

2.47.1

  • Changed: the settings for mashup POI title and body display have been combined. Select either poi title + body or post title + excerpt. For shortcodes use [mashup mashupbody=”poi”] for poi title + body, or [mashup mashupbody=”post”] for post title + excerpt

2.47

  • Added: filter dropdown now includes icons from the ‘automatic icons’ setting (for use as a map legend)
  • Fixed: editor spawner multiple icon color pickers, so popups were sometimes in the wrong position
  • Changed: ‘directions’ and ‘mashupClick’ (POI click behavior for mashups) are now global, set them from the settings screen instead of the shortcode
  • Changed: templates ‘map.php’ and ‘map-list.php’ were updated, please update any custom templates
  • Changed: list CSS class ‘mapp-pois’/’mapp-poi’ were changed to ‘mapp-items’/’mapp-item’

2.46.10

  • Changed: pro updater cache name changed to ‘mappress_updater_[action]’

2.46.9

  • Fixed: POI editor error if tinyMCE is disabled in user settings

2.46.8

  • Fixed: default style not being applied
  • Fixed: infoWindow displaying even when type = ‘none’

2.46.7

  • Fixed: maps in Jquery tabs control not automatically resizing

2.46.6

  • Fixed: sorting in editor not working after first re-sort

2.46.5

  • Fixed: javascript error on settings screen
  • Fixed: improved check for multiple API keys
  • Fixed: custom template not applied for mashup POIs

2.46.4

  • Fixed: mashup poilist not shown if shortcode enabled and global setting disabled
  • Fixed: default map style not always applied

2.46.3

  • Fixed: editor not loading properly in 2.46.2
  • Fixed: minZoom not working in shortcodes

2.46.2

  • Fixed: Pro version automatic updater communications errors
  • Fixed: icon picker was not working on MapPress settings page

2.46.1

  • Added: updated French translation, thank you to Serge
  • Fixed: directions were showing ‘null’ if empty

2.46

  • Added: NEW TEMPLATES – this release includes all new template files – please update any custom templates to match the new versions.
  • Added: mashup results can now be filtered by taxonomies, see the MapPress settings screen
  • Added: setting ‘Automatic updates’ allows automatic updates for the Pro version
  • Added: new layout with POIs on the left instead of under map, enable with: [mappresss layout=”left”]
  • Added: check for multiple Google Maps API loads
  • Changed: template names now use hyphens instead of underscores and some names have changed: map_layout.php => map.php, map_poi_list.php => map-list.php
  • Changed: CSS class names, for example for the POI list class ‘.mapp-poi-list’ is now ‘.mapp-list’. Please update any custom CSS.
  • Changed: use the ‘hamburger’ menu in the map editor to set a map’s center & zoom (previously a checkbox was shown in the map editor)
  • Changed: mashups now ignore any center/zoom settings and automatically center to show all POIs
  • Changed: directions now have a Google Maps link. Transportation modes have been removed
  • Changed: ‘my location’ shown only for SSL or localhost sites (Google has forbidden geolocation on non-secure sites)
  • Changed: maps automatically recenter on screen resize (previously this was the ‘adaptive’ setting)
  • Changed: scripts are now loaded in the header if JetPack Infinite Scroll is enabled

2.45.4

  • Fixed: default custom style not applied when displaying map

2.45.3

  • Fixed: bug when saving quotes (such as image tags) in POI body
  • Fixed: custom map styles not displayed properly

2.45.2

  • Removed: directions settings ‘from’ and ‘to’
  • Removed: ‘adaptive’ setting

2.45.1

  • Fixed: maps were not saving attributes correctly including title, size and map type
  • Fixed: maps with one POI were not setting zoom correctly
  • Fixed: setting for default poi zoom was not saving
  • Fixed: setting for POI click (‘mashupClick’) was ignored if used in shortcode
  • Changed: directions ‘to’ is added by default for all POIs
  • Removed: setting for no directions (directions=”none”)
  • Removed: POI links (‘poiLinks’) setting removed

2.45

  • Added: a new checkbox in the map editor allows you to choose whether to save the center and zoom. If unchecked, the map will auto-center when displayed.
  • Added: POI list sorting can now be set via the settings screen, the default is no sort
  • Added: POI list can now be clicked anywhere to select a POI (not just the POI title)
  • Added: a new ‘hamburger’ menu on the map provides map functions including centering and the bicycling, traffic, and transit layers
  • Added: a new ‘layers’ shortcode attribute enables bicycling/transit/traffic layers when map is initially displayed, for example [mappress layers=”bicycling”]
  • Changed: autoicons function simplified: only 1 rule type is allowed, unfortunately you must re-enter any existing autoicons settings.
  • Changed: mashup settings are now global including infowindow type (‘iwtype’), POI body (‘mashupBody’), and POI title (‘mashupTtitle’) – use the settings screen to set them, NOT the shortcode
  • Changed: obsolete map control settings have been removed, and settings have been simplified to match Google defaults
  • Changed: when centering a map, if the map has a saved center/zoom the viewport will be reset to that center/zoom, otherwise it will autocenter
  • Changed: the ‘initialopeninfo’ shortcode attribute now accepts only true or false, not a POI index
  • Changed: POI ‘directions’ links have been removed from the POI list (but still show in the POIs). This allows display of more POIs in the list.
  • Removed: mashup link (‘mashuplink’) setting, POI titles now always link to underlying post in mashups
  • Removed: settings ‘draggable’, ‘keyboardshortcuts’, ‘maptypecontrol’, ‘maptypecontrolstyle’, ‘maptypeids’, ‘overviewmapcontrol’, ‘overviewmapcontrolopened’, ‘pancontrol’, ‘rotatecontrol’, ‘scalecontrol’, ‘scrollwheel’, ‘streetviewcontrol’, ’tilt’,’tooltips’,’zoomcontrol’, ‘zoomcontrolstyle’
  • Removed: settings ‘template’, ‘templatedirections’, ‘templatepoi’, ‘templatepoilist’
  • Removed: settings ‘bicycling’, ‘traffic’, ‘transit’, ‘initialBicycling’, ‘initialTraffic’, ‘initialTransit’
  • Removed: ‘bigger map’ and POI ‘zoom’ functions
  • Removed: the ‘mapLinks’ setting is removed (these functions have been replaced by the new map menu)