For most of locators functions we use one of best Geo plugins for wordpress – Geo My WordPress
What you can do with plugin? There are some examples
- Add location to your products, so, Test Product
- Add location to stores, so, buyers can search stores in their area
- Add location to directory posts.
- Auto detection of user location (based on google map API)
After installing plugin, you need to enable extensions in Geo My WP – Extensions: Post Locator if you need locators for directory or products, Member Locator if you need store/user locator, and Single Location (for both). Member Locator works only with Buddypress, so, if you need Store Locator you must also have enabled Buddypress plugin on site, because Stores in all multivendor plugins are based on Members.
Then, go to Geo My WP – settings and add your own Google API keys and Post types (if yo need Post locator)
Please, note, if you want to make auto detection of user location, your site must be on https:// (ssl), because