Google Maps Widget – Best Google Maps Plugin

Tired of buggy & slow Google Maps plugins that take hours to setup? With Google Maps Widget you’ll have a perfect map with a thumbnail & lightbox in minutes! No nonsense Google maps – we know you’re in a hurry! Join 100,000+ happy Google maps users.

Check out some examples on the Google Maps Widget site or give us a shout on Twitter @WebFactoryLtd.

General Google Maps Widget options

• title
• address

Thumbnail Google map options

Google Maps Widget thumbnail uses the Google Maps Static Maps API. It loads the entire google map in only one request compared to 20+ requests it takes other Google maps plugins to load them. This ensures your site loads as fast as possible!

• Custom google map size – map width & map height
• Choose any google map type you prefer – road map, satellite map, terrain map & hybrid map
• Plenty of google map color schemes – default, bright, gowalla, gray, midnight, refreshed, ultra light, mapbox + 11 extra & any custom google map style in PRO
• zoom level
• pin type
• pin color
• pin size
• pin label
• custom map pin icon – any image can be used
• 1500+ map pins library in PRO
• link type – lightbox map, custom URL, replace thumbnail map with interactive google map (PRO), immediately show interactive google map (PRO) or disable link
• image format
• google map language
• hide widget title
• text above google map
• text below google map

Interactive Google map options

Interactive google maps loads in a lightbox or as an in-place replacement for the thumbnail Google map if your using Google Maps Widget PRO. It has all the standard interactive google map features users are accustomed too.

• lightbox size – map width & map height (auto-adjusted on smaller screens) or fullscreen map in PRO
• map mode – place + in PRO: directions, search, view & google street view
• map type – road & satellite
• map color scheme – 15 map styles & any custom google map style in PRO
• pins clustering – PRO feature
• map zoom level
• lightbox skin – light, dark + 20 extra in PRO
• lightbox features – close on overlay click, close on esc key, close button & show map title
• map language
• header text
• footer text

Shortcode

• by using the [gmw id=”#”] shortcode you can display the google map in any page, post, or custom post type (PRO feature)

Multiple Pins

• full clustering and filtering support for pins on Google maps – demos available on site
• you can add unlimited pins with custom markers and descriptions to thumbnail and interactive Google maps (PRO feature)
• every map pin has the following options: show on the map thumbnail and/or interactive map, set custom map pin image, set on-click behavior: open custom description bubble, open URL in new/same tab or do nothing

Showcase & What others say about Google Maps Widget

• see a live example of Google Maps Widget showing off server locations around the world on Bitcatcha
• voted on the Top 100 List by WordPressian
• made it on the Tidy Repo as “well supported Google Maps plugin”
• reviewed 5/5 by Web Smush
• one of 3 best Google map plugins by The Torque Mag
• “an easier way to add Google maps to your site” says WP Beginner
• Design Crazed puts in on the top 20 Google maps list
• InkThemes shows how easy it is to use Google Maps Widget
• IndexWP calls it a “handy google maps plugin”
• A Painless Guide For Adding Google Maps In WordPress by WHSR

Google Maps Widget Translators (thank you!)

• English – original 🙂
• Swedish – Sofia Asklund
• Spanish – Jesus Garica
• Croatian – Gordan from Web factory Ltd
• German – Karimba
• French – Karimba
• Chinese simplified – Wyeoh
• Chinese traditional – Wyeoh
• Dutch – Arno
• Ukrainian – Victor Shutovskiy
• Serbian – Ogi Djuraskovic from FirstSiteGuide
• Russian – Ivanka

License info

• Select2 v4, licensed under MIT
• Colorbox 1.6, licensed under MIT