Free v3.9.7 focuses on security improvements – please see below for a detailed changelog.
For even more features and optimizations (see the comparision page), please use the integrated pro upgrader to start a free 30-day-trial of Maps Marker Pro.
Pro v2.2 has also been released today with additional security updates, like delivering updates via https for future releases.
Let me know what you think about this new release by submitting a review!
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Now let´s get to the highlights of free v3.9.7:
The Map Icons Collection is a set of more than 700 free icons to use as placemarks for your POI (Point of Interests) locations on your maps. The project was originally created by Nicolas Mollet and thanks to many contributors it has become a central ressource for free map icons on the internet over the years:
Leaflet Maps Marker respectively Maps Marker Pro has also been configured to work out of the box with those icons (you can even use the integrated upload feature to easily enhance the default icon set shipped with the plugins).
Unfortunately the Map Icons Collection suffered many server issues lately. In the end the former hosting provider decided to block the website as they considered the usage was against their hosting policy (more details here).
In order to help Nicolas and to deliver a more reliable hosting for all users of the Map Icons Collections (including Leaflet Maps Marker respectively Maps Marker Pro users), I agreed with him to host the project website on https://mapicons.mapsmarker.com (thx to my hosting provider twosteps.net for quickly helping out here!)
The project rules and usage conditions of the Map Icons Collection will not be changed through this hoster change: Nicolas will continue to lead the project and icons are still available under the Creative Commons 3.0 BY-SA license.
As Google will begin ranking mobile-friendly sites higher starting April 21, we prepared a new mobile-friendly version of www.mapsmarker.com. If you access our site with your mobile device, you should from now be automatically redirected, example screenshot:
In order not to run into any issues with the payment process, some pages like pricing, store or customer area are initially excluded from the mobile version of the framework.
If you run into any issues on your mobile device, please let us know!
Many servers hosting WordPress still use old PHP versions (which is not directly an issue for Maps Marker Pro as the minimum requirement is PHP 5.2), but as the support for PHP 5.3 was discontinued recently, still using a version below 5.4 is potentially insecure for your whole site and an update to 5.4 (or better even higher) is highly recommended.
To address this issue, a new project called wpupdatephp.com by Coen Jacobs was started, with the aim to make end users aware of this issue.
To support this project, Leaflet Maps Marker respectively Maps Marker Pro now displays a warning message in the dynamic changelog section if you are using a PHP version below 5.4 with details on how to upgrade respectively what to tell your hoster, if you are not managing your server by yourself:
Thanks to many motivated contributors, this release includes updates to the following translations:
If you want to contribute to translations (new Hindi translators would be appreciated!), please visit https://translate.mapsmarker.com/projects/lmm for more information.
Please note that translators are also compensated for their contribution – for example if a translation is finished less than 50%, the translator gets a free 25 licenses pack worth €149 as a compensation for completing the translation to 100%.
Please see the roadmap for a rough schedule for planned features of the pro version and please subscribe to this blog (via RSS or Email) or follow @MapsMarker on twitter (= most current updates) if you want to stay up to date with the latest development news.
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Map Icons Collection now hosted on mapicons.mapsmarker.com |
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mobile version of mapsmarker.com launched |
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show warning message in dynamic changelog if server uses outdated and potentially insecure PHP version (<5.4) – supporting wpupdatephp.com |
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improved sanitising of GeoJSON, GeoRSS, KML, Wikitude API input parameters |
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PHP undefined index warnings when adding new recent marker widget |
| Translation updates In case you want to help with translations, please visit the web-based translation plattform |
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updated Czech translation thanks to Viktor Kleiner and Vlad Kuzba, http://kuzbici.eu |
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updated German translation |
How to download / update
The easiest 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”. Alternatively you can also download the current version here, unzip the package and overwrite the plugin´s files on your webserver.