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Manage Brands and Brand-specific data

A Brand is a reusable entity related to Stores. Use it when several locations share an identity, logo, website, or Brand-level custom values. Do not duplicate the same Brand name into every Store as plain text.

Create a Brand​

Go to Store Locator → Brands → Add New.

Under Identity:

  • Name is required and appears in admin/public Brand values;
  • Slug is required, generated from Name, and can be edited;
  • Website accepts the Brand's canonical URL.

Under Branding, choose a Logo from the WordPress Media Library and enter the Brand Description.

Add Brand custom fields​

  1. Open Store Locator → Custom Fields.
  2. Create a field and set Applies To → Brands.
  3. Save it, then reopen a Brand.
  4. Fill the new field under the Brand's Custom Fields group.

The definition is shared by every Brand, but each Brand stores its own value. Store-scoped custom fields do not appear here.

Assign a Brand to Stores​

  1. Save the Brand first.
  2. Open Store Locator → Stores.
  3. Edit a Store and select its Brand.
  4. Save and repeat for other locations.

The Brand filter queries this relationship. Mentioning the Brand in a description, Category, or custom text field is not equivalent.

Add Brand filtering to a Layout​

Edit a Layout and add Brand filter. Choose Dropdown or Chips, set its label, and set the reset option (default: All Brands). Brands do not use the Category tile/drill-down modes.

To publish a permanently Brand-scoped locator without showing the Brand control, use:

[cliq_store_locator id="123" brand="7"]

7 is the Brand's numeric ID. The Gutenberg Store Locator block provides the same selection under Default filters → Brand.

Diagnose missing Brand results​

Check in this order:

  1. the expected Store has the Brand relationship saved;
  2. the Store is Active or included by the Store List's visible statuses;
  3. another default Category/country/search term is not excluding it;
  4. the published page uses the Layout you edited;
  5. the shortcode/block does not contain an old Brand default.

Deleting a Brand removes a relationship used by every attached Store. Prefer editing or migrating relationships before deletion.