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WP Go Maps Documentation

Initial Setup

3
  • Installing the Plugin
  • Map Engine Selection Guide
  • Changing your Map Engine

Map Engines

8
  • Creating a Google Maps API key
  • Protecting your Google Maps API key from unauthorized use – Setting up website restrictions (HTTP referrers)
  • Creating an Azure Maps subscription key
  • Creating a Stadia Maps API Key
  • Creating a MapTiler API Key
  • Creating a LocationIQ Access Token
  • Address Providers
  • Tile Servers & Tilesets

First-time users

3
  • Creating your first map
  • Creating your first marker
  • Displaying your Map on your WordPress site

Map Features

50
  • Map Features Overview
  • Accessibility and WCAG Compliance
  • Shortcodes
    • Shortcodes – Quick Start
    • Map Shortcode
    • Store Locator Shortcode
    • Category Filter Shortcode
    • Category Legends Shortcode
    • Infowindow Shortcode
    • Marker Listing Shortcode
    • Directions Shortcode
    • Using WP blocks
  • Markers
    • Editing a Marker
    • Marker Gallery
    • Fine-tuning a Marker’s position
    • Adding video to your Marker
    • Embedding iframes in your markers
    • Customizing your info Window
    • Info Window Styles
    • Using Custom marker Icons on your map
    • Sticky Markers
    • Adding Custom fields to your Marker
    • Marker Listing
    • Enabling distance features
  • Map Display
    • Setting your Map type
    • Using your map in a widget
    • Styling Wizard
    • Using GET variables to Control your Map
  • Filtering
    • Store Locator
    • Marker Filtering
    • Enabling the category Legend
    • Shape Filtering
  • Shapes
    • Shape Info Windows
    • Shape Library
    • Polyline & Polygon Line Styles
  • Performance & Analytics
    • Optimization
    • Map Insights
    • Marker Caching
  • Drawing Tools
    • Adding a Polygon
    • Adding a Polyline
    • Adding a Circle
    • Adding a Rectangle
    • Adding an image overlay
    • Adding a Point Label
    • Adding a Heatmap
  • Themes
    • Creating a Custom Map Theme – Google maps engine
    • Change your Map Theme – Theme Presets for OpenLayers & Leaflet
    • Edit your Map Theme – Theme Editor for OpenLayers & Leaflet
    • Using a custom image as a map tile
  • Directions
    • Enabling Directions
    • Enabling Directions with OpenRouteService

Integrations

8
  • Integrations Overview
  • WooCommerce – Checkout Map
  • WooCommerce – Product Location Editor
  • Translating the plugin with WPML
  • Post Type Locations
  • Advanced Custom Fields
    • Advanced custom fields
    • Enabling simple ACF Fields for display in the description field of the Info Windows of your ACF Map
    • Using Custom images as the marker icons for your ACF map markers

Importing and Exporting Data

5
  • Importing Files
  • Exporting Data and Settings
  • Bulk JPEG Import
  • Using KML and GeoRSS files
  • Improving Reliability of Scheduled Imports

Frequently Asked Questions

30
  • System Requirements
  • How to create an Administrator account for Support agents
  • GDPR
  • Licensing & Account
    • Purchase Model
    • Plugin Licenses
    • I am an NPO
    • I did not receive my invoice?
    • How can I upgrade my purchase of WP Go Maps
    • Where can I get a new download of the plugin
    • How do I update WP Go Maps?
  • Map Functionality
    • Map Tilt Controls
    • Marker Render Mode
    • Finding Custom Marker Icons
    • Why did my suggestions stop working?
    • How do I change scroll/pan behaviour on a mobile device
    • How do I dynamically set the search area in the Store locator
    • How do I Start the map in Street View
    • How to Create a Marker Cluster (Group)
    • How to use real time tracking
    • Marker Ratings
    • Why aren’t my ACF, WooCommerce or Post Locations Markers showing on my map?
  • Technical
    • How to add Support agents to your Google API Project
    • How do I change the WP Go Maps Plugin Language
    • How do I restrict Autocomplete to a Specific Country
    • Using WP Go Maps with Elementor
    • How can I disable externally hosted Google fonts so that I can be GDPR compliant?
    • WP Go Maps and Webcraftic Clearfy
    • I have a Customization Request
  • User Generated Content
    • How to allow visitors to create markers
    • Separating the VGM form from the Map

Troubleshooting

12
  • Autocomplete Disabled
  • Use my location is not working
  • I’m Getting a Maps Multiple API Error
  • I’m Getting a “jQuery not found” Error
  • My Map is Not Showing On My Website
  • Markers Are Not Showing on My Map on the Front-end
  • API Not Activated Map Error
  • This page can’t load Google Maps correctly
  • This API project is not authorized to use this API
  • Geocode failed (Request denied) error
  • My import is not working – Geocode failed (Missing address, lat and lng) (Rows: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8….)
  • This folder does not exist, please create it.

Customization

9
  • Customization Guides
  • Markers & Info Windows
    • Dynamic Marker Creation
    • Open Marker by Title (URL)
    • Open Marker by Marker Field (URL)
    • Updating Panel Info Window Dynamically
  • Maps
    • Map Manipulation
    • Refresh Map in Realtime
  • Database
    • Creating a Marker (PHP)
    • Edit & Remove Marker (PHP)

Developers

91
  • Basic Changelog
  • Pro Changelog
  • Gold Changelog
  • VGM Changelog
  • Templates
    • Template Overrides
  • Hooks
    • Filters
      • Basic
        • wpgooglemaps_filter_map_div_output
        • wpgmza_admin_persistent_notices_dynamic_titles
        • wpgmza_admin_persistent_notices_dynamic_messages
        • wpgmza_admin_persistent_notice
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_menu_current_action
        • wpgmza_create_{$class}
        • wpgmza_gdpr_notice
        • wpgmza_gdpr_settings_tab_content
        • wpgmza_plugin_get_default_settings
        • wpgmza_google_maps_api_params
        • wpgmza_internal_engine_build_version_plugins
        • wpgmza_internal_engine_build_version_flags
        • wpgmza_internal_engine_build_version
        • wpgmza_xml_cache_generated
        • wpgmza_fetch_integrated_markers
        • wpgmza_plugin_get_localized_data
        • wpgmza_settings_danger_zone_truncate_tables
        • wpgmza-get-library-dependencies
        • wpgmza_global_settings_tabs
        • wpgmza_global_settings_tab_content
        • wpgmza_global_settings_save_redux
        • wpgmza_map_shortcode_get_default_attributes
        • wpgmza_shortcode_map_options
        • wpgmza_map_shortcode_get_html_attributes
        • wpgmza_shortcode_map_components
        • wpgmza_shortcode_map_container_before
        • wpgmza_shortcode_map_container_inside
        • wpgmza_shortcode_map_container_after
        • wpgmza_sl_shortcode_get_default_attributes
        • wpgmza_standalone_component_classlist
        • wpgmza_standalone_component_wrap_attributes
        • wpgmza_store_locator_radii_options
        • wpgmza_localized_strings
        • wpgmza_system_info_compile_items
        • wpgmza-map-editor-navigation-{$dataGroup}
        • wpgmza-map-editor-settings-{$dataGroup}
        • wpgmza-map-editor-settings-blocks
        • wpgmza-map-editor-sidebar-blocks
        • wpgmza_styling_settings_save
    • Actions
      • Basic
        • wpgmza_admin_notice_process_background_action
        • wpgooglemaps_hook_user_js_after_core
        • wpgooglemaps_basic_hook_user_js_after_core
        • wpgooglemaps_hook_user_js_after_localize
        • wpgmza_admin_persistent_notices_create_defaults
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_menu_registered
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_menu_items_added
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_content_before
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_{$action}_before
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_{$action}_after
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_content_after
        • wpgmza_check_map_editor_backwards_compat
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_content_before
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_{$pageSlugged}_before
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_{$pageSlugged}_after
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_content_after
        • wpgmza_country_select_created
        • wpgmza_require_feature_classes
        • wpgmza_installer_page_created
        • wpgmza_installer_page_on_post
        • wpgmza_map_list_page_created
        • wpgmza_xml_cache_saved
        • wpgmza_page_dom_add_form_nonces
        • wpgmza_plugin_core_on_activate
        • wpgmza_plugin_core_on_deactivate
        • wpgmza_plugin_core_on_init
        • wpgmza_plugin_core_on_first_run
        • wpgmza_plugin_load_scripts
        • wpgmza_plugin_core_update_all_xml_files
        • wpgmza_settings_danger_zone_before_delete
        • wpgmza_settings_danger_zone_after_delete
        • wpgmza_register_rest_api_routes
        • wpgmza_rest_api_init
        • wpgmza_script_loader_enqueue_styles
        • wpgmza_enqueue_scripts
        • wpgmza_script_loader_enqueue_scripts
        • wpgmza_script_loader_localize_data_complete
        • wpgmza_script_loader_enqueue_custom_js
        • wpgmza_script_loader_enqueue_custom_css
        • wpgmza_script_loader_enqueue_codemirror
        • wpgmza_script_loader_enqueue_writersblock
        • wpgmza_global_settings_page_created
        • wpgmza_shortcodes_registered
        • wpgmza_shortcode_before_output
        • wpgmza_base_upgrade_hook
        • wpgmza_map_edit_page_created
        • wpgmza_styling_page_created

Archived: Legacy (V9)

39
  • First-time users (Legacy)
    • Creating your first map (Legacy)
    • Creating your first marker (Legacy)
    • Displaying your Map on your WordPress site (Legacy)
  • Map Features (Legacy)
    • Store Locator (Legacy)
    • Shortcodes (Legacy)
    • Setting your Map type (Legacy)
    • Using GET variables to Control your Map (Legacy)
    • Using your map in a widget (Legacy)
    • Markers (Legacy)
      • Editing a Marker (Legacy)
      • Sticky Markers (Legacy)
      • Marker Gallery (Legacy)
      • Enabling distance features (Legacy)
      • Marker Filtering (Legacy)
      • Embedding iframes in your markers (Legacy)
      • Adding video to your Marker (Legacy)
      • Customizing your info Window (Legacy)
      • Marker Listing (Legacy)
      • Using Custom marker Icons on your map (Legacy)
      • Adding Custom fields to your Marker (Legacy)
      • Fine-tuning a Marker’s position (Legacy)
    • Drawing Tools (Legacy)
      • Adding a Polygon (Legacy)
      • Adding a Polyline (Legacy)
      • Adding a Circle (Legacy)
      • Adding a Rectangle (Legacy)
      • Adding a Heatmap (Legacy)
    • Themes (Legacy)
      • Creating a Custom Map Theme – Google maps engine (Legacy)
      • Change your Map Theme – Theme Presets (Legacy)
    • Directions (Legacy)
      • Enabling Directions (Legacy)
      • Enabling Directions for OpenLayers (Legacy)
    • User Interface Style (Legacy)
      • User Interface Style (Legacy)
  • Integrations (Legacy)
    • Advanced custom fields (Legacy)
    • Translating the plugin with WPML (Legacy)
    • WooCommerce – Product Location Editor (Legacy)
    • WooCommerce – Checkout Map (Legacy)
  • Importing and Exporting Data (Legacy)
    • Importing Files (Legacy)
    • Exporting Data CSV
    • Exporting Data (JSON)
    • Bulk JPEG Import (Legacy)
    • Using KML and GeoRSS files (Legacy)
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Creating your first marker

1 min read

Overview #

This section covers how to create your first marker with WP Go Maps and should be read in conjunction with the subsequent page for Displaying your Map on your WordPress site

Setup #

Prerequisites #

The Following Plugin/s need to be installed and active

  • WP Go Maps

Creating your first marker #

Once you have completed Creating your first map, or select “edit” on an existing map you will automatically be navigated to the map editor.

From here you can navigate to the Markers page to view, add or edit existing markers

WP Go MAPS -> Maps -> Markers

Marker listing page

Marker listing page

To Add a new marker select the “Add Marker” text near the top of the page or select the + icon and then the marker icon that appears on the map preview

Adding a marker

Adding a marker

For a Basic Marker #

On the Marker Editor page:

  • Use the address field to add a marker.
  • Alternatively, right click on the preview map to manually position your marker.
  • Click and drag to adjust the markers position.
  • Click the Add Marker button at the bottom of the page to create the marker

For details regarding editing a marker and for an overview of the additional/advanced marker features available in in the Pro Add-on, please see Editing a Marker

Next Steps #

Displaying your Map on your WordPress site

Updated on January 14, 2025

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Creating your first mapDisplaying your Map on your WordPress site
Table of Contents
  • Overview
  • Setup
    • Prerequisites
  • Creating your first marker
    • For a Basic Marker
  • Next Steps
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