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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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Infowindow Shortcode

< 1 min read

This specialized shortcode allows you to display a marker’s detailed information box (infowindow) as a fixed element on the page, separate from the map view.

Shortcode Example

[wpgmza_infowindow id="1"]

Shortcode Attributes

id (number)The Map ID you would like to show
hide_title (bool)Hide the Title (true or false)
hide_address (bool)Hide the Address (true or false)
hide_description (bool)Hide the Description (true or false)
hide_category (bool)Hide the Category (true or false)
hide_links (bool)Hide the Links (true or false)
hide_custom_fields (bool)Hide the Marker Fields (true or false)
hide_image (bool)Hide the Image (true or false)

Note: Shortcode must be placed on a page with a map present

Updated on October 28, 2025

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