Title: Whereabouts
Author: Florian Ziegler
Published: <strong>September 10, 2014</strong>
Last modified: July 25, 2023

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

![](https://ps.w.org/whereabouts/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2943192)

# Whereabouts

 By [Florian Ziegler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/florianziegler/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/whereabouts.0.7.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/whereabouts/#description)
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 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/whereabouts/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/whereabouts/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/whereabouts/)

## Description

Each user can save his/her current location and the corresponding time (zone). The
information is stored as user meta data.

The Whereabouts widget displays the location and time (zone) of a specified user(
select user in the widget options).

You can – of course – add multiple widgets to show more than one user/location.

#### Dashboard-Widget

Each user can comfortably set her/his current location directly on the WordPress
dashboard.

#### A little help from Google

Activate the use of the Google Geocoding and Timezone API in the settings:

You can then use the browser’s geolocation API to determine your location, and the
Plugin will automatically fetch the time zone of your whereabouts.

Want to use another location? Just type in a location name and the plugin will get
all the relevant information for you.

You can also set the language in which the results of the api requests are returned.

#### Requirements

 * PHP 5.3
 * WordPress 3.9.2
 * In some modern browsers your website needs to have a working SSL-certificate 
   in order to use the geolocation api.

#### Support

 * [Open a new topic here](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/whereabouts)

#### Website

 * [Whereabouts](https://where.abouts.io/)
 * [Github](https://github.com/florianziegler/whereabouts)

#### Author

 * [Website](https://florianziegler.de/)
 * [Twitter](https://twitter.com/damndirty)

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Use the Whereabouts dashboard widget to enter your location. If activated, Google
   will fill out the time zone information for you.
 * [[
 * Customize the Whereabouts widget

## Installation

 1. Upload the `whereabouts` folder to your `/wp-content/plugins` directory.
 2. Activate the “Whereabouts” plugin in the WordPress administration interface.
 3. Go to “Settings” -> “Whereabouts” and activate “Use Google to get location data”,
    enter you API key and set the “API Request Language”.
 4. On the dashboard, set your location.
 5. Go to “Appearance” -> “Widgets” and add a Wherebouts widget to a sidebar of your
    choosing. (You have the options to chose the user, whose location you want to display,
    link the location to Google Maps and display the time zone name.)

**Please note:** The widget will only be displayed if the specified user has set
his/her location.

#### Styling

There is **no extra styling** for the widget. You can however do it yourself, in
your theme. This is what the HTML looks like:

    ```
    <dl class="whab-info">
        <dt class="whab-label whab-label-location">Current Location:</dt>
        <dd class="whab-location">...</dd>
        <dt class="whab-label whab-label-time">Local Time:</dt>
        <dd class="whab-time">12:34 <span class="whab-timezone-name">...</span></dd>
    </dl>
    ```

#### Shortcode

You can also generate this HTML code anywhere in your theme by using this shortcode:

    ```
    [whereabouts user="2" link_location="1" time_format="H:i" show_tz="1"]
    ```

You need to enter a valid user id and the specified user must have saved his/her
location for the widget to be displayed.

#### Filter

There is a filter available to change the html output of the widget/shortcode:

**whab_widget_output**

Three argument variables are availabe:

 * `$output` The html Whereabouts generates by default as a string
 * `$args` The widget settings as an array
 * `$location` The location values as an array

You could use it in your theme’s `functions.php` like this:

    ```
    add_filter( 'whab_widget_output', 'my_function_to_change_location_widget', 10, 3 );

    function my_function_to_change_location_widget( $output, $args, $location ) {

        $output = '<p class="my-location">' . $location['location_name'] . ', ';

        $output .= date( $args['time_format'], time() + $location['utc_difference'] );
        if ( $args['show_tz'] ) {
            $output .= ' (' . $location['timezone_name'] . ')';
        }
        return $output . '</p>';
    }
    ```

This will change the html output to:

    ```
    <p class="my-location">Paris, France, 12:34 (Central European Standard Time)</p>
    ```

## FAQ

### Why am I not getting any results when I use my browser’s geolocation api?

Usually it is a privacy issue: Make sure your browser and your website are allowed
to use the location functionality of your device (eg. your smartphone). In general
these settings are found in your device’s privacy or location settings.

### Upgrade from version 0.3.0

When you upgrade from 0.3.0 to a newer version, you have to (re) enter you location
and (re) add the Whereabouts widget.

Go to “Appearance > Widgets” and drag the Whereabouts widget to the sidebar of your
choosing.

From version 0.4.0 (or newer) the location is saved _per user_. You can choose the
user, whose location you want to display, in the widget’s options.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Whereabouts” is open source software. The following people have contributed to 
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Florian Ziegler ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/florianziegler/)

“Whereabouts” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/whereabouts/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Whereabouts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/whereabouts)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/whereabouts/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/whereabouts/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/whereabouts/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/whereabouts/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.7.0

 * Adapt to changes in Google’s APIs
 * Important: You now need a Google API key to use the geolocation feature!
 * Also: In most modern browser your website needs a working SSL-certificate to 
   use the geolocation feature!

#### 0.6.1

 * Update Google Maps API language selector
 * Fix PHP 7 issues

#### 0.6.0

 * You can now use the browser’s geolocation API to set your current location.

#### 0.5.6

 * Bugfix

#### 0.5.5

 * Added a filter function, which you can use to change the widget’s html output
   to your heart’s content.

#### 0.5.0

 * The admin can now allow/deny access to the dashboard widget by user role
 * Display the location anywhere in your theme by using the shortcode [whereabouts]

#### 0.4.0

 * Per user location: Each user can now set her/his individual location via the 
   WordPress dashboard.
 * You can also choose which user’s location to display per widget.

#### 0.3.0

 * You can now choose the time format in which the local time is displayed

#### 0.2.0

 * Whereabouts is live

#### 0.1.0

 * Somehow this got skipped…

## Meta

 *  Version **0.7.1**
 *  Last updated **3 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.6.30**
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/whereabouts/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/whereabouts/),
   and [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/whereabouts/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/whereabouts)
 * Tags
 * [location](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/location/)[timezone](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/timezone/)
   [travel](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/travel/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/whereabouts/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Florian Ziegler ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/florianziegler/)

## Support

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