Maps Marker Pro v4.17 with measure control and more is available

Posted on 15 May, 2021

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Pro-Version Releases
Attention: this is not the changelog for the latest stable version 4.28 (see related release notes)

We just released Maps Marker Pro v4.17 with a newly added measure control as one major highlight.

For details and other highlights about this release please see below. An updated to the latest version is – as always – highly recommended. If you access to updates and support has expired, please click here for more information on how to optionally renew your access.


add measure control

With v4.17 it is now possible to show a measure button which allows you to easily measure the distance between several points. Example:

The measure control can be added on the page “add/edit maps”, tab “controls”, with additional options available if “Show advanced settings” is enabled:


add option to show coordinates in list of markers

On “add/edit map” pages, tab “list” you will find a new option “Show coordinates”:

Enabling this setting will show the coordinates of the markers in the list of markers. Example:


other optimizations and improvements

  • only load Google API if a Google basemap is added to the map
  • apply default sorting settings to list of markers even when search and sort is disabled
  • update Leaflet-Geoman to 2.10.0
  • update Google Mutant to 0.13.4
  • remove jQuery dependency introduced with 4.16

bugfixes

  • fix ordering by created/updated not working in list of marker
  • fix missing coordinates detection during CSV import
  • fix preview for custom basemaps with bounds on edit marker page

security: improve SSRF protection for external GPX downloads

At Settings / Misc / “WordPress integration” you will find the new option “Redirect to external GPX files”:

Enabling this setting redirects to external GPX files rather than processing them like internal GPX files when clicking on the download button. Enabling this will save server traffic, but can cause external GPX files to be opened in the browser instead of being downloaded.


translation updates

Thanks to 210+ translators this release also includes some update translations, see full changelog for details.

If you want to contribute to translations (in exchange for free licenses), please visit https://www.mapsmarker.com/glotpress/projects/mmp/ for more information.


Full changelog

Changelog for version 4.17 - released on 15.05.2021 (release notes)

add measure control
add option to show coordinates in list of markers
only load Google API if a Google basemap is added to the map
apply default sorting settings to list of markers even when search and sort is disabled
update Leaflet-Geoman to 2.10.0
update Google Mutant to 0.13.4
remove jQuery dependency introduced with 4.16
fix ordering by created/updated not working in list of marker
fix missing coordinates detection during CSV import
fix preview for custom basemaps with bounds on edit marker page
improve SSRF protection for external GPX downloads
updated Catalan translation thanks to Roc, Efraim Bayarri, Vicent Cubells and Marta Espinalt→ contribute
updated Chinese translation thanks to John Shen and ck→ contribute
updated Danish translation thanks to Mark Aabo Pedersen, Mads Dyrmann Larsen and Peter Erfurt→ contribute
updated Dutch translation thanks to Ronald Smeets, Marijke Metz, Patrick Ruers, Fokko van der Leest and Hans Temming→ contribute
updated Finnish translation thanks to Jessi Björk→ contribute
updated French translation thanks to Vincèn Pujol, Rodolphe Quiedeville, Fx Benard, Cazal Cédric, Fabian Hurelle and Thomas Guignard→ contribute
updated German translation by Maps Marker Pro team and Daniel Luttermann→ contribute
updated Japanese translations thanks to Shu Higash and Taisuke Shimamoto→ contribute
updated Russian translation thanks to Ekaterina Golubina (supported by Teplitsa of Social Technologies - http://te-st.ru) and Vyacheslav Strenadko, http://slavblog.ru→ contribute
updated Slovenian translation thanks to Igor Čabrian→ contribute
updated Swedish translation thanks to Olof Odier, Tedy Warsitha, Dan Paulsson, Elger Lindgren, Anton Andreasson and Tony Lygnersjö→ contribute
updated Turkish translation thanks to Emre Erkan, Mahir Tosun and Cagatay Demir→ contribute

If you experience any issues, please search our knowledge base or submit a helpdesk ticket.

Happy mapping!

Your Maps Marker Pro team


How to update

The recommended way to update is to use the WordPress update process: login with an user who has admin privileges, navigate to Dashboard / Updates, select plugins to update and press the button “Update Plugins”. The pro plugin checks every 24 hours if a new version is available. You can also manually trigger the update check by going to Plugins and clicking on the link “Check for updates” next to “Maps Marker Pro”.

If there is an update available, please start the update by clicking the link “update now”.

If you try to update from v3.1.1 or lower, please see this user guide in our knowledge base for installation instruction and a migration tutorial.


Additional information for beta testers

No additional changes needed (as there was no beta release for this release).


Additional information for Database API users

No additional actions are required for Database API users when updating to this version.


How to install Maps Marker Pro from scratch

For directly downloading and installing the Maps Marker Pro as zip file, please click here.


How to verify the integrity of the plugin package

For the SHA-256 hash value and the number of files for this release please check the following file: https://www.mapsmarker.com/SHA256SUMS.txt

This file is digitally signed with our PGP key, key signature file available at https://www.mapsmarker.com/SHA256SUMS.txt.sig

Click here for a tutorial on how to verify the integrity of the plugin package (recommended if the plugin package for a new installation was not downloaded from https://www.mapsmarker.com – verification is not needed though if the automatic update process is used).


Questions? Feedback? Comments?

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