Settings and Data Storage

This page describes where the addon stores its data and what it does and does not create. It is useful when integrating, migrating, or debugging.

Settings option

All admin settings are stored inside the Reign theme’s shared option, not in a dedicated addon option.

• Option name: reign_options
• BuddyPress section: reign_options['reign_geodirectory']
• PeepSo section: reign_options['reign_peepso_geodirectory']

Read settings through the addon helper rather than reading the option directly:

$enabled = reign_geo_general_settings_options( 'places_tab_checkbox', 'reign_geodirectory' );
$layout  = reign_geo_general_settings_options( 'selected_places_layout', 'reign_peepso_geodirectory' );

The helper tolerates a missing section, validates the layout against the supported list (falling back to gridview_onehalf), and returns strings for label/slug keys and an array for bp_listing_cpts.

Setting keys

Key	Section	Notes
places_tab_checkbox	both	on or unset
selected_places_layout	both	one of the five layout keys
geodir_new_place_activity	both	activity toggle
geodir_favorite_activity	both	activity toggle
geodir_review_activity	both	activity toggle
geodir_new_place_notification	BuddyPress only	notification toggle
geodir_review_notification	both	notification toggle
geodir_mark_fav_notification	both	notification toggle
place_tab_label	both	text
place_tab_slug	BuddyPress only	text
bp_listing_cpts	BuddyPress only	array of post type slugs

Because these settings share the theme option, the save handler reads reign_options fresh and updates only the addon’s own keys, so it never overwrites other Reign addons’ settings.

Other data written

Data	Where	Why
reign_options	WordPress options	Addon settings (above), seeded on activation.
geodir_settings['fast_ajax']	WordPress options	Set to 0 on activation so favorite-place activity is captured.
Reign_Geolocation_edd_license_key / _status	WordPress options	EDD license key and status for updates.
BuddyPress activity and notification rows	BuddyPress tables (via BuddyPress APIs)	Activities and notifications.
PeepSo activity posts and notifications	PeepSo storage (via PeepSo APIs)	Activities and notifications.
PeepSo per-member preference meta	User meta (peepso_geodirectory_enable_*)	Member activity opt-out switches.
PeepSo activity markers	Post meta (is_peepso_geodirectory_activity, peepso_geodirectory_activity_type, peepso_geodirectory_activity_info)	Identify and render addon activities in the PeepSo stream.

What the addon does not create

• No custom database tables.
• No custom post types or taxonomies.
• No REST API routes.
• No AJAX (wp_ajax_*) actions. Notification “mark as read” is handled on template_redirect with a nonce, not an AJAX endpoint.
• No shortcodes of its own. It renders GeoDirectory’s [gd_listings] shortcode internally.

Scheduled work

The addon uses one WP-Cron single event, reign_geodir_new_place_notification_batch, to send new-place BuddyPress notifications in background batches. It is scheduled on publish and re-schedules itself until all members are processed. See Hooks and Filters.