We unplugged it to make it easer to publish great places.

So as a startup its hard to know how things will come out until you work with your customers and listen. What we found is that the places database, and the requirement that site owners create and save places into our cloud database was getting in the way of people using our product. Now that’s a teaching moment. So what we did was take the stuff out that was getting in the way. We are going to use all that stuff, dont worry. We streamlined the product and made it simpler, we hope you agree. So now let’s do a little Q & A about the new release.

What will happen if I upgrade to 1.2.21?

• Your existing places will continue to work.
• Your registration requirements will evaporate. There is no more registration tab in the settings and all requirements have been removed. Your account on api.welocally.com will be deprovisioned within the next 30 days.
• You can no longer search places from our cloud database, that is being transitioned to a new product.
• You can add places through the meta box for the post editor and the Place Manager in settings.
• Your existing category and place tags should work just fine.

What will happen if I DON’T upgrade?

• Your existing places will continue to work.
• Find places will stop working in 30 days.
• You will not be able to add places.

How do I get the new version?

Welocally Places Plugin for WordPress is open source, that means if you don’t need support its completely free and available for download on the WordPress Plugin Directory. If you want support we work with binpress to sell a version of the license that includes 1 year support for $29.99, its a great deal and cheaper than we have ever sold the product before. We also have multisite and developer licenses that let you run on many sites with support. We hope you will go there now and buy one of our site licenses.

We aren’t complain’n, we’re explain’n

We know this is a big change, but we think its better for everyone because we got a ton of feedback from site owners that our product was just too complex, and to be honest we have to agree. Working in the WordPress ecosystem has challenges, and its compounded by the fact that we have a product that mashes up wordpress, location, and maps. We are dedicated to delivering quality products, and we can do better. That’s not an excuse, its an explanation on why we are changing a few things. We want you to be a part of that improvement, please be a part of the community and feel free to give us feedback about what you think of these changes.

Thanks, and welocally hopes you will continue to work with us!