20 Cool WordPress Google Map Plugin Collection
Integrating maps on your website is a great approach to help your visitors find your location. If you are running on WordPress, you can use a WordPress Google Map plugin for the purpose. There are lot of these plugins around and they offer not only map views but also satellite imagery of the location you want to display. Depending on the plugin, you can make some of them display additional information or description using an HTML bubble.
Of course, there are also free and premium solutions that you can choose from depending on your needs. If you don’t want to spend anything of course you can use free items. If you want something with extra features and an assurance for future updates and support, a premium WordPress Goggle map plugin would prove to be beneficial for you for the long term. In this post we are sharing with you a variety of plugins that you can use to help your business become visible to your readers. Please feel free to add more in this showcase and to share this post to your friends.
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5sec Google Maps – COMPLETE INFO
Key Features: No API Keys, No Setup, No Code Editing, Works in sidebars, posts, pages and custom post types, Fully customizable HTML bubble/description
5 sec Google Maps plugin for WordPress is an awesome mapping and locator plugin with lots of features.
WiLD Google Maps – COMPLETE INFO
Key Features: Geocoding marker, Map preview in real time, Multiple markers per map, TinyMCE plugin to add maps to your page/posts
Wild Google Maps is a versatile and mapping tool with great features.
Contact Route – COMPLETE INFO
Key Features: Calculate a Walking or Driving (by car) Route, Add Multiple Locations, add HTML content to your locations
With the WordPress Google Maps Contact Route plugin it becomes very easy to add contact routes to your destinations.
Roo Maps – COMPLETE INFO
Key Features: Dragging, Unlimited Map Markers and Lens Zooming.
Roo Maps is a WordPress plugin used to display large images in Google Maps style. It can be implemented in a page or a post. It features dragging, unlimited map markers and lens zooming. It also features features HTML5 compliance, speed and performance and seamless integration with WordPress styles.
Map List Pro – COMPLETE INFO
Key Features: Creates searchable, sortable, filterable lists in second, Create categorised locations easily, Automatically find locations
Map List Pro for WordPress lets you quickly display locations in, in a paged, sortable, searchable, and filterable list. It comes ready to go with 25 styles and is fully customisable.
Mapped contact form pro – COMPLETE INFO
Key Features: Ajax contact form inside a google maps marker info window, Easy to use, just add a shortcode to any post or page
This plugin is an Ajax contact form inside a google maps marker info window. Works for one or multiple locations. A different email address for every location can be configured. If only on location is on the map, the info window with the contact form opens when the map is loaded.
Google Maps + Sliders – COMPLETE INFO
Key Features: Google Maps v3 APIs, Image sliders on the map, Image sliders on the map, Allows to restyle the map
This is a jQuery javascript project around Google Maps. But it’s different from other Google Maps scripts because it can display Google Maps in different styles. It also has a nice image slider that lets you impose animating images on the map.
Mapify.it – COMPLETE INFO
Key Features: Google Map Integration, Location-Based Information, jQuery Effects
Mapify.it allows 100% control over a map anywhere within your WordPress site, whether you choose to stick with Google Maps, or to use your very own images. It enhances Google Maps with custom pin-point graphics, limitless locations, and pop-up galleries, but also allows the use of ANY custom map image of your choosing, all while keeping the great zoom (2 levels of zoom with custom images, unlimited in Google Maps mode) and pan effect of Google maps!
Responsive Google Maps – COMPLETE INFO
Key Features: Responsive and Styled Maps, Show / Hide any Map Control, 20 pre-defined color styles, Multi-Language Direction
This WordPress plugin is the only one that generates responsive and already-styled maps, using a simple shortcode! The plugin’s admin panel comes with a shortcode generator, so you don’t have to write the shortcode by hand.
Google Maps Module – COMPLETE INFO
Key Features: Geolocation of two ways: With HTML5 for recent browsers and With Google AJAX API to others; English and French,
Google Maps module was created to provide a simple service for those who need to provide a route easily. With geolocation, you can provide a route from anywhere to your home, business, factory etc. In addition, the geolocation is compatible with all browsers that support javascript account. In fact, if your browser is not compatible with the geolocation HTML5 , it will take place with Google AJAX API.
JQMap Route Calc – COMPLETE INFO
Key Features: 8 waypoint for standard account, interactive info direction panel, Autocomplete on searc destinations
This plugin provides to calculate a route from point to point.
Google Maps Editor – COMPLETE INFO
Key Features: 5 exclusive colors, Infinite Markers, A Great Map Editor in WordPress Text Editor
Google Maps Editor for WordPress let you create beautiful maps within the WordPress text editor. You have the choice between classical Google Maps style and five exclusive color themes made for Google Maps API.
Geolocation Plus Google Maps Places Autocomplete – COMPLETE INFO
Key Features: Use Google Places Autocomplete to easy pick locations, Options page for default controls, 7 shortcode options
Geolocation Plus Google Places Autocomplete gives any WordPress post-type a named location. With support for frontend management, this plugin is a must for every WP event, media or travel site.
Pronamic Google Maps – COMPLETE INFO (Free)
Key Features: Google Maps API 3, Shortcodes, Custom Post Types
This plugin makes it easy to add Google Maps to your WordPress post, pages or other custom post types.
Comprehensive Google Maps – COMPLETE INFO (Free)
Key Features: Free Plugin, With over 250 amazing custom marker icons to choose from, Support for custom overlays
A simple and intuitive, yet elegant and fully documented Google map plugin that installs as a widget and a short code.
Leaflet Maps Marker – COMPLETE INFO (Free)
Key Features: Pin your favorites places with markers, use integrated address search, choose from up to 800 custom free map icons
Pin, organize & show your favorite places through OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Google Earth (KML), Bing Maps, APIs or Augmented-Reality browsers.
WP Google Maps – COMPLETE INFO (Free)
Key Features: Google Streetview supported, Super easy to use, no coding required, Edit your markers with the click of a button
The easiest to use map plugin! Create custom maps with high quality markers containing locations, descriptions, images and links.
Google Maps Route Plugin – COMPLETE INFO (Free)
Key Features: Easily manage locations through Dashboard, Easily change the color, transparency and width of Route through Dashboard.
Google Maps Route is an open source a solution built for WordPress to display several locations along a route on Google Maps.
Basic Google Maps Placemarks – COMPLETE INFO (Free)
Key Features: Options to set the map type (street, satellite, etc), Setup unique maps on different pages
Embeds a Google Map into your site and lets you add map markers with custom icons and information windows.
Responsive Google Maps – COMPLETE INFO (Free)
Key Features: Responsive Design, All controls on the map (zoom, scale, etc) can be turned on/off, color styled.
A WordPress plugin that generates responsive (mobile friendly) and already-color-styled maps, using a simple shortcode!
Hi Sonny,
thanks a lot for also listing my pluign “Leaflet Maps Marker” – FYI: there will be a pro version available by June 2013 which will have even more great features. Please visit http://www.mapsmarker.com for more details.
best,
Robert
http://codecanyon.net/item/wp-google-map-pro/5211638 – Best google map plugin I think.
Do you know a plugin which lets Users in frontend collect locations and create maps?
in frontend we have adress data / geo positions and want to let users create a map with one or of these positions, save them, print or download
I can’t find any of these…
Cheers. Connie
For travel routes on Google Maps checkout: http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-maps-travel-route/
Please tell is there any plugin available for map locator using northing and easting as user inputs.
We just launched a pretty neat plugin to enhance Google Maps too, which includes custom pinpoints, sorting/search, geolocation, store locator features and such. Hopefully it helps fellow readers: http://www.mapifypro.com
Nice post! I just bought this premium plugin and it’s really useful! Google Maps Generator for WordPress.
You can create a map through a control panel and you can change the skin of the map, the marker and it’s responsive and works with shortcodes too! Take a look 🙂
http://codecanyon.net/item/google-maps-generator-for-wordpress/5612451
We just lunched Simplified Google Maps (SGM) http://codecanyon.net/item/simplified-google-maps/5674572
The Simplified Google Maps plugin allow user easily to:
– Live administrate all your maps – this means that all actions user takes are instantly visible, no more “click to preview”.
– Globally administrate maps – all maps can be defined and maintained in one place, but used everywhere.
– Add as many places as you want – each can have individual customization.
– Move places on map by drag and drop or by directly specifying the coordinates.
– Customize the place icon – we provide 90 custom made icons, but if this is not enough user can upload his icon.
– Add place detail rich content, it can be used simple text, images links, videos etc.
– Focus map on any location by simply searching the desired address.
– Full customization of map look and feel.
– Configure the map basic settings – map size, zoom, type, custom overlay(info box) etc.
– Street view mode – this feature combines traditional map with street view.
– Direction – this feature indicates step by step how to reach any specified location.
– Full-screen – for more usability and engagement switch map to full-screen and back at any time.
– And yes… No coding skills required! It’s just works!
not a WordPress plugin, but this might also be a great Google Maps addon http://codecanyon.net/item/colors-for-google-maps/6057236
You should also checkout bepro listings. It has a google map feature with search and filter. You can add tons of icons with the $5 icons addon. You can categorize map listings and have detailed information about them. Download the base plugin for free http://wordpress.org/plugins/bepro-listings