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• Widgets updated to use Widget API – you can now add multiple widgets.
• Added recent locations widget.
• Added ‘wpgeo_base_country_code’ filter so you can default admin post map search to a base country.
• Added option to show maps in taxonomy archives.
• Fixed admin map not showing after publish if “Save map centre point for this post” checked but no marker added.
• Fixed some deprecated functions and undeclared variables.
• Fixed feeds – incorrect database table references.
• Fixed dashboard – uses SimplePie.
• Prevent post been saved when pressing enter in WP Geo post fields.
• Check that co-ordinates have been set in get_wpgeo_post_map().

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This release of WP Geo contains a few often-requested features and a few bug fixes.

• Added custom marker title setting per post.
• Added settings for custom zoom and map type per post.
• Added widget zoom option.
• Added Default Map Location setting.
• Croatian language added.
• Bulgarian language added.
• Show warning if the marker images folder has not been created.
• Fix marker tooltip text to be compatible with qTranslate plugin.
• Added filter hook to override ‘wpgeo_google_api_key’.

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Version 3.0.7 fixes a few bugs and introduces a few often-requested features:

• Added map button in rich text editor.
• Added setting to turn on/off polylines.
• Added setting to set colour of polylines.
• Added setting to override polylines in Widget.
• Widget map never zooms in more than default zoom setting.
• Added WP Geo news feed widget on admin dashboard.
• Admin panels re-implemented using WordPress API.
• Using v2.118 of Google Maps to prevent Javascript errors.

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Another small update to which adds language support. Currently the only languages supported are English and German. If you would like to contribute and translate WP Geo into your language please get in touch.

This release also includes many fixes including the following:

• Google maps not loading for widget in some circumstances.
• Maps break if post title contains apostrophe.
• Options are registered correctly for future versions of WordPress.
• Maps now zoom correctly – not snapping to marker.
• Added domain check so maps will not show or cause an alert if accessed through a proxy server (like Google cache results).
• The max-width style has been removed as it fixes some themes (like PrimePress) but break the Google Map scale. If you need to implement this fix for your theme read our Theme Incompatibility Fixes.
• Fixed bug where map didn’t show if mapTypeControl set to nothing.

Version 3.0 of WP Geo is a bit of a move on from the previous version with lots of minor tweaks and some new features.

Some of the most significant new features include:

• More settings
• Sidebar widget
• Custom markers
• GeoRSS points in feeds

There have also been many bug fixes including the suppression of the alert box that appears if you haven’t entered a Google API Key.

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