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7 Best Free Google Maps Plugins For WordPress

Last updated on September 1st, 2015 by Editorial Staff
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7 Best Free Google Maps Plugins For WordPress

Are you looking to add Google Maps on your WordPress site? There are plenty of free Google Maps plugins available for WordPress which makes it difficult to know which is the best. In this article, we will show you the 7 best free Google Maps plugins for WordPress.

Adding Google Map in WordPress

Before we discuss Google Maps plugin, it’s important to emphasize that Google Maps offer an embed code which you can customize and paste in your WordPress posts or pages without using any plugins.

Manually embed a Google Map

However, you will have to switch to the text editor to add it in posts or pages.

Also, there are not many customization options available for the default embed code. You cannot add custom information to the map.

This is where Google Maps plugin come in handy. Using a plugin will allow you to add locations, markers, directions, routes, etc. Your map will be interactive and more useful to the users.

Having said that, here is our list of the best free Google Maps plugins for WordPress.

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1. MapPress Easy Google Maps

MapPress settings page

MapPress Easy Google Maps is one of the most popular free Google maps plugin. It allows you to easily add a Google map to any WordPress post, page or custom post type by simply typing the address.

You can embed the map automatically before or after a post. You can also use a shortcode to insert the map within the post. See our tutorial on how to add Google Maps in WordPress for more detailed instructions.

2. Google Maps Builder

Maps Builder - Google Maps Plugin

Maps Builder comes with a beautiful map customization experience with tons of options. You can easily add locations, choose map size, controls, map types, and even choose a map theme. All of this can be done in a visual customizer.

Adding a map to a post is easy. All you need to do is click a button on the post editor and select your map. Maps builder also allows you to add custom markers, and you can even show nearby places with Google places.

3. WP Google Maps

WP Google Maps

WP Google Maps is another free Google maps plugin. You can easily create maps by entering an address, get directions, set markers, etc.

It comes with a map widget that you can add to your WordPress site’s sidebar or any widget ready area. Your users can also switch to street view without leaving your site.

4. WP Google Map Plugin

WP Google Map Plugin

Another great option for highly interactive Google maps is WP Google Map Plugin. It comes with a great set of features allowing you to create beautiful maps with lots of custom information.

You can add colorful markers, information windows, redirect users when they click on map, and easily embed maps with shortcode. You can save multiple locations and then create a map showing these locations with custom markers.

5. Google Maps Widget

Google map widget

Want to quickly display a map in a sidebar widget? Google Maps Widget allows you to easily add a Google Map in your sidebars or any other widget ready areas. Clicking on a map will open the map in a lightbox popup with a larger view. You can also choose pin colors and even use your own image as a pin.

6. Basic Google Maps Placemarks

 Basic Google Maps Placemarks

Want to add a Google map to your site with your own custom placemarks? Basic Google Maps Placemarks allows you to add placemarks with address, assign them categories, add custom marker if you like.

You can create as many placemarks as you need and then display them all together on a map using shortcodes. You can also create categories to create different maps showing different locations and placemarks.

7. CP Google Maps

CP Google Maps

CP Google Maps plugin allows you to easily associate geo location data to a post and display map with your custom images. You can choose a custom marker to be placed on the map for a location. Most of the plugin’s other great features are locked and require the paid version of the plugin.

We hope this article helped you find the best free Google Maps plugin for your WordPress site. You may also want to check out our comparison of 5 best contact form plugins for WordPress.

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  1. Echo says:
    Oct 28, 2020 at 6:14 pm

    You should add Pros & Cons to your articles. I think that’s a great way to let folks know that you found this one great, but here are a few cons that you might want to know about too.

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Oct 30, 2020 at 9:42 am

      Thank you for your feedback :)

      Reply
  2. Jim Hamann says:
    May 21, 2018 at 12:02 pm

    We have a list of 20 volunteers available to scan found pets for a microchip. Is it possible to create a map with coverage area for each volunteer?

    Reply
  3. Graham says:
    Jun 27, 2017 at 12:02 am

    Is there aw way to embed a map in a wordpress page or post and then have that map image parsed to a twitter post ? or pinterest or anywhere for that matter

    Reply
  4. Daniel says:
    May 4, 2016 at 6:00 pm

    I have a client that wants a way for Google maps to track her at her current location. She has a food truck and she wants people to access her website and look at a Geo Locator so people know where she is parked. Will this do the job?

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      May 4, 2016 at 10:23 pm

      Contact MapPress support, they allow you to store locations in custom fields on a post and then display them on the map. You can figure out a way to update location information in the custom field based on client’s location.

      Reply
  5. Neels says:
    Feb 27, 2016 at 10:13 am

    Hallo Guys

    Great Post. We have a members login on our website. we waant to connect members to a map location to search for them in a local area. How is that possible?

    Regards
    neels

    Reply
  6. Shafee says:
    Dec 30, 2015 at 2:39 pm

    I have this contact form input bar button in one page and I have a custom gooogle map in another page. When someone puts in a valid UK post code in the contact form, I want it to redirect it to that page and show the map of that particular post code, not the map of whole london.
    I’m using wp-google maps plugin and contact form 7.

    Reply
    • Sekita says:
      Jul 5, 2016 at 7:47 am

      Google Map Created a Problem in this site. So Please Guide me

      Reply
  7. Tran says:
    Sep 30, 2015 at 4:43 pm

    Hi guys
    Many thanks for the work.
    I need some help please.
    Is there anything in WordPress, that when you scroll down or up with the mouse, the map follows the moving?

    Reply
  8. Piet says:
    Sep 15, 2015 at 12:58 am

    What about Geo Mashup? I would say the best free Google Maps plugin currently available. And more flexible than most plugins in the above list.

    Reply
    • Chris says:
      Apr 1, 2016 at 2:05 pm

      I agree having tried numerous plugins Geo Mashup is my favourite !

      Reply
  9. Daniel Brown says:
    Sep 1, 2015 at 1:49 am

    Thanks for sharing such a nice post. You would also want to give a try to our WPME Google Maps plugin, very easy to use and supports caching. New version also supports Multiple Locations on a Map, Custom Marker for Each Location, Clickable Markers to Show Attached Content, Custom Content for Each Marker’s Info Popup and Manage Maps and Locations. I hope you will like it :)

    Reply
  10. Charlotte says:
    Aug 31, 2015 at 7:15 pm

    Hi Syed,

    Thanks for your article.

    I was wondering if you knew of any WordPress plugin to draw itineraries / routes on maps?

    I am currently using WP Google Maps and Nomad Map but as a travel agent we would need a tool that can draw this kind of map:

    Thank you in advance,
    Charlotte

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Sep 2, 2015 at 10:09 am

      We think Map Builder can do this with the help of two features Directions and Layers. Also it has themes and you can disable the information you don’t want to show on the map.

      Reply
      • Charlotte says:
        Sep 2, 2015 at 7:58 pm

        Thank you very much, I will look into it.

        Reply
  11. John says:
    Aug 31, 2015 at 1:06 pm

    Hi there Guys,

    Great list of plugins thank you for the work but you have missed a very simple one out. “WEN Map Marker” which you can find in the WordPress Plugin repository. You can use it on Pages and Post and it is very simple for adding maps to any page of your website.

    Kind regards
    John

    Reply

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