Launching a business directory or local listings site with GeoDirectory on Reign means generic page templates that don't match the rest of your community theme. Reign GeoDirectory Addon brings professionally designed directory layouts, featured listings accessible from BuddyPress profiles, PeepSo support, and a favorites system so you can build a Yelp or TripAdvisor-style site on your own stack.
Bundled translations for Arabic, German, German (formal), Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch. These are a machine-translated first pass rather than a reviewed translation; refine them per site in Loco Translate.
Fix
Saving the GeoDirectory settings tab no longer wipes other Reign addons' settings when Reign is not the active theme; the handler reads the shared reign_options fresh and updates only the GeoDirectory keys.
The Places layout default is validated against the layouts the UI actually offers, repairing sites that stored an invalid value.
Activation can no longer write an invalid value into the shared reign_options.
Restored the text-domain loader so the addon's bundled /languages translations apply (loaded on init, so no WordPress 6.7+ "loaded too early" notice).
The "My places" profile menu label is now translatable.
Security
The settings save checks capability before the nonce, and direct-access guards were added to the files that lacked them.
Escaped the location link, title attribute, and title text in the new-location activity string.
Compat
Requires at least is now WordPress 6.5 (was 4.6) and Requires PHP is now 8.0 (previously undeclared). Tested up to WordPress 7.0. Both floors are declared in the plugin header, so a site below them is refused the update instead of fataling on it. Check the PHP version on older sites before advising a customer to update.
Note
The PeepSo "My places" listing is now paginated with a filterable page size, so a profile with many listings no longer loads them all at once.
v2.3.0
June 18, 2026
Fix 1 Compat 1
Fix
Security and code-quality audit pass: tightened nonce and capability checks, guarded optional host-plugin calls, and removed dead code.
Compat
Verified compatible with Reign 8.0.0 and its new token-based color system (light, dark, and auto modes).
Duplicate posts and "Undefined array key" warnings on GeoDirectory category archives.
WPCS compliance - resolved 728 coding standard errors across all plugin files.
Possible fatal errors during plugin initialization.
Removed duplicate `global $post` declarations.
v2.1.0
New 3 Improve 8 Fix 5
New
Translation support for better localization.
Generalized function for PeepSo settings handling.
Notice hiding logic when BuddyPress or PeepSo is disabled.
Improve
“Add Place” button size and UI.
Plugin activation notice and improved string labels.
File names and added function-level docblocks.
Nonce verification for marking notifications as read.
Code refactoring and structure optimization.
Database performance by reducing unnecessary calls.
JS and CSS are now enqueued only where required.
Redundant CSS and unnecessary code during class initialization.
Fix
Notification count and display issues.
Places tab issue with PeepSo integration.
Thumbnail visibility on single place posts.
PHP warnings and deprecated notices.
PHPCS issues for improved code quality.
v2.0.0
Improve 7 Fix 9
Improve
UI fixes and improvements.
Added place icon compatibility with Youzify.
Created a general function to retrieve settings options.
Removed unnecessary code and the `hard-g` folder for cleaner code.
Minified CSS and JS for better performance.
Improved location categories UI.
Updated profile "Places" tab UI after slug changes.
Fix
Resolved multiple PHPCS issues across various files.
Fixed notification mark-as-read issue.
Fixed PHP warnings related to notifications.
Fixed fatal error during plugin activation.
Fixed errors and warnings while marking a place as favorite.
Fixed review and place activity issues when approved by admin.
Fixed issue with activity creation for unpublished places.
Fixed review redirection issue when accessed from notifications.
Resolved deprecated warnings.
v1.9.5
Fix 1
Fix
License did not deactivate when response failed.
v1.9.4
Fix 8
Fix
(#107) Undefined variable warning fixes
BuddyPress v12 compatibility fixes
License issue
(#106) Place review notifications were not clickable
(#105) UI fixes
(#103) Admin menu name and slug change
(#100) Implemented standard favorite activity format
(#101) Place tab missing in admin menu
v1.9.3
Fix 2
Fix
Updated license panel classes and text-domain
(#97) Fixed favorite place notification and activity
v1.9.2
Fix 2
Fix
(#82) Managed alert info UI on single profile page
(#82) Dark mode fixes
v1.9.1
Fix 1
Fix
Removed color scheme filters, new scheme applied via Reign theme
v1.9.0
Fix 2
Fix
(#80) Added RTL support and fixes
(#78) Managed UI fixes with GeoDirectory 2.2.5
v1.8.0
Fix 11
Fix
(#66) Fixed review notification issue
(#65) Review notification UI fixes with PeepSo
(#65) PeepSo notification link issue
(#67) Tooltip not showing with PeepSo
(#68) Places tab UI with PeepSo
(#63) PeepSo notification issues
(#64) Review activity issue
(#61) PeepSo activity content generation issue
(#62) Reign GeoDirectory backend UI issue with PeepSo
(#56) New Place notification issue
(#58) Added pagination on BuddyPress profile tab if more than five places
v1.7.1
Fix 1
Fix
License fixes
v1.7.0
Fix 3
Fix
(#53) UI managed, removed unwanted code
Removed duplicate language files
(#54) Fixed escaping functions
v1.6.0
Fix 5
Fix
Removed "Add Place" button
(#48) Member name on review notifications
(#44) Place review notification format
(#43) Favorite activity not working
(#43) Add place and review activity not generated
v1.5.0
Fix 4
Fix
Admin notice for Reign theme
Separate files for PeepSo & BuddyPress
(#2) Thumbnail image in activity format
Updated language file
v1.4.0
Fix 6
Fix
(#34) Places page UI updates
(#21) "My Places" tab UI updates (grid and list view)
(#25) PeepSo activities not listing
(#23) PeepSo notification layout and URL
PeepSo integration added
Fatal error for undefined `bp_is_active` function
v1.3.0
Fix 1
Fix
Maintenance update
v1.2.0
Fix 1
Fix
Removed BuddyPress dependency
v1.1.0
Improve 13
Improve
(#4) Styled "Single Places" review section
(#7) Review styling improvements
(#9) Improved places archive layout
(#9) Mobile view styles for place archive
(#13) Pagination styles
(#10) Single place layout styles
(#9) List view style updates
(#12) GeoDirectory widgets and tabs styling
(#12) Sidebar widget styles
(#12) Recent reviews styling
(#15) Add listing page style updated
(#16) Search page layout managed
(#12) Category container anchor styles
v1.0.0
Note 1
Note
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