WP Trip Summary

Is this plug-in a good fit for you?

This plug-in is very good for you if:

• you are a travel blogger and you’re writing a lot about your trips, as this is a very good way of also providing a bit of extra information (actually, I’m the occasional travel blogger myself and I wrote it with this very purpose in mind).
• you are a niche travel agency, as this would be a very helpful tool to have a highly professional approach to presenting your trips;
• you are a hotel or an accomodation unit and want to present the options your guests would have for spending time around you;
• you are government agency concerned with promoting turistic attractions, as you can have a website up and running in no time: just install WordPress, add this plug-in and you are ready to go.

Features

• attach technical information to a post (ex. how long was your trip, how much did you totally climb, where from and where to, how hard do you think it has been, what kind of roads or trails did you encounter etc.);
• attach GPS data to a post (GPX and GeoJSON files are currently accepted as data sources) and display that track on a map;
• allows management of the look-up data used to populate the fields presented as single or multi-selection options list (ex. Difficulty Level, Open During Seasons etc.);
• allows customization of the map layer:
  • map tile source (comes by default configured with OpenStreetMap);
  • enabling/disabling of available map controls;
  • customizing the visual representation of the track).
• allows customization of the measurement unit system used to represent various values (ex. Total distance, Total climb etc.);
• multi-language.

More details

This plug-in provides two basic features:
– allow some structured information to be filled in, according to a selected trip type;
– allow some GPS track to be uploaded and then rendered on a map.

Structured information is supported for the following types of trips:
– Bike trips;
– Hiking trips;
– Train rides.

For bike trips the following fields are available:
– Total distance;
– Total climb;
– Difficulty level;
– Access information (how to get to the start point and return from the end point);
– Open during seasons;
– Path surface type (eg: dirt, asphalt, grass etc.);
– Recommended bike type (eg: MTB, road bike etc.).

For hiking trips the following fields are available:
– Total distance;
– Total climb;
– Difficulty level;
– Access information;
– Open during seasons;
– Path surface type;
– Route markers.

For train rides the following fields are available:
– Total distance;
– How many trains were exchanged;
– Line gauge (mm);
– Railroad operators used;
– Line status (closed, operational etc.);
– Whether the line is electrified or not;
– Line type.

Requirements:
– PHP version 7.4.0 or greater;
– MySQL version 5.7 or greater (with spatial support);
– WordPress 6.0.0 or greater;
– libxml extension;
– SimpleXml extension;
– mysqli extension;
– mbstring – not strictly required, but recommended;
– zlib – not strictly required, but recommended.

Available in English and Romanian.

Important note:
For those with plug-in versions older than 0.2.1, please see here notes on updating to plug-in version 0.2.1: https://github.com/alexboia/WP-Trip-Summary/blob/master/README-UPDATE-021.md