Maps Marker Pro v4.29 with Stadia geocoding support and more is available

Posted on 20 April, 2024

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Pro-Version Releases
Attention: this is not the changelog for the latest stable version 4.29.1 (see related release notes)

We are happy to release Maps Marker Pro v4.29, which includes the addition of Stadia geocoding and performance improvements as highlights as well as several other optimizations and bugfixes.

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. Although your license key never expires, unless you renew your access to updates and support, you will not be able to get plugin updates including new features, optimizations, bug and security fixes, translations updates as well as access to our helpdesk with dedicated 1:1 support. Therefore we always recommend updating to the latest version of Maps Marker Pro.


add Stadia geocoding

With v4.27 we added support for Stadia Maps and with v4.29 due to feedback from our users we also added support for Stadia Maps Geocoding. For details on terms and instructions on how to setup Stadia Maps geocoding, please click here.


performance improvements

We have also made significant improvements to the performance of Maps Marker Pro, specifically targeting and reducing bottlenecks in websites that host a large number of markers. This resulted in the following performance optimizations which are included in v4.29:

  • improve performance and RAM usage plugin-wide by only selecting required columns in database queries
  • improve performance and RAM usage on maps/markers page by not loading data from hidden columns
  • significantly improve performance and RAM usage of batch tools

add copy button to share modal

The share button for markers now includes a copy button for higher usability:


Optimizations and improvements

  • add rate limit to license validation
  • rework Yoast SEO sitemap integration
  • rework Rank Math SEO sitemap integration
  • add sanity check before saving local key
  • show links to fullscreen maps instead of KML when using XML Sitemap Generator for Google
  • remove native geo sitemap
  • clear sitemap cache when a map has changed
  • use SVG menu icon
  • improve CSS on list all maps/markers page
  • hide the sort control when no sort options are available

3rd party library changes

  • update Google Mutant to 0.14.1
  • update Chart.js to 4.4.2
  • replace Select2 with Tom Select
  • update leaflet-locatecontrol to 0.81.0

Bugfixes

  • fix edge case not showing the correct amount of markers when using filter logic “and”
  • prevent redirect loops on list all maps/markers page
  • fix last modified date for map URLs not showing correctly when using XML Sitemap Generator for Google
  • fix deleting a map via action row not working on list all maps page
  • fix delete link on edit map page not shown in some cases
  • fix JS error when selecting maps for “batch update map settings” on tools page
  • fix some (error) message not showing up correctly on tools page
  • fix batch update layers toggle to switch between all maps and specific maps having its role reversed
  • fix add new map page unnecessarily loading a list of marker IDs

Translation updates

Thanks to our translators this release also includes updated translations, see full changelog for details.

If you want to join our team of more than 235 translators and 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 4.29 - released on 20.04.2024 (release notes)

add Stadia geocoding
add copy button to share modal
add rate limit to license validation
improve performance and RAM usage plugin-wide by only selecting required columns in database queries
improve performance and RAM usage on maps/markers page by not loading data from hidden columns
significantly improve performance and RAM usage of batch tools
rework Yoast SEO sitemap integration
rework Rank Math SEO sitemap integration
add sanity check before saving local key
show links to fullscreen maps instead of KML when using XML Sitemap Generator for Google
remove native geo sitemap
clear sitemap cache when a map has changed
use SVG menu icon
improve CSS on list all maps/markers page
hide the sort control when no sort options are available
update Google Mutant to 0.14.1
update Chart.js to 4.4.2
replace Select2 with Tom Select
update leaflet-locatecontrol to 0.81.0
fix edge case not showing the correct amount of markers when using filter logic "and"
prevent redirect loops on list all maps/markers page
fix last modified date for map URLs not showing correctly when using XML Sitemap Generator for Google
fix deleting a map via action row not working on list all maps page
fix delete link on edit map page not shown in some cases
fix JS error when selecting maps for "batch update map settings" on tools page
fix some (error) message not showing up correctly on tools page
fix batch update layers toggle to switch between all maps and specific maps having its role reversed
fix add new map page unnecessarily loading a list of marker IDs
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 Czech translation thanks to Viktor Kleiner and Vlad Kuzba→ 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 Galician translation thanks to Fernando Coello, Jorge Castro Ruso→ 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 Korean translation thanks to Andy Park→ contribute
updated Lithuanian translation thanks to Donatas Liaudaitis and Donatas Liaudaitis→ contribute
updated Punjabi translation thanks to Vikas Arora, janbasktraining.com→ 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”.


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).


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