Gurbhagat Singh

Maps by G allows you to easily embed interactive maps on your WordPress site without needing a Google Maps API key. Simply use a shortcode with an address, and the plugin will display a beautiful map with a marker at that location.
Features:
<ul>
<li>No API key required – uses OpenStreetMap tiles</li>
<li>Simple shortcode embedding</li>
<li>Address geocoding via Nominatim</li>
<li>Custom marker titles with popups</li>
<li>Multiple tile providers (OpenStreetMap, CartoDB Light, CartoDB Dark)</li>
<li>Responsive design for all devices</li>
<li>Configurable zoom levels</li>
<li>Enable/disable scroll wheel zoom</li>
<li>Gutenberg block support</li>
<li>Lightweight and fast loading</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
Basic Shortcode:
<pre><code>[mbyg_map address="1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC"]
</code></pre>
With Custom Title:
<pre><code>[mbyg_map address="Eiffel Tower, Paris" title="Eiffel Tower" zoom="15"]
</code></pre>
Using Coordinates:
<pre><code>[mbyg_map lat="51.5074" lng="-0.1278" title="London" zoom="12"]
</code></pre>
Available Attributes:
<ul>
<li><code>address</code> – The address to display on the map</li>
<li><code>lat</code> – Latitude coordinate (use instead of address)</li>
<li><code>lng</code> – Longitude coordinate (use instead of address)</li>
<li><code>zoom</code> – Zoom level from 1-19 (default: 13)</li>
<li><code>height</code> – Map height in pixels (default: 400)</li>
<li><code>title</code> – Text shown in marker popup</li>
<li><code>provider</code> – Tile provider: openstreetmap, cartodb-light, cartodb-dark (default: openstreetmap)</li>
<li><code>zoomcontrol</code> – Show zoom buttons: true/false (default: true)</li>
<li><code>scrollzoom</code> – Enable scroll wheel zoom: true/false (default: true)</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin relies on the following third-party services to provide map functionality:
<h4>OpenStreetMap Tile Servers</h4>
This plugin displays maps using tile images from OpenStreetMap’s tile servers. Map tiles are loaded when a map is displayed on your website.
<ul>
<li>What it does: Provides the visual map tiles (the actual map images you see)</li>
<li>When data is sent: Every time a map is displayed on your site</li>
<li>What is sent: The geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude) and zoom level to determine which map tiles to load</li>
<li>Service provider: OpenStreetMap Foundation</li>
<li>Terms of Use: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy</li>
<li>Tile Usage Policy: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/tiles/</li>
</ul>
<h4>CartoDB/CARTO Tile Servers (Optional)</h4>
If you choose the CartoDB Light or CartoDB Dark tile providers, map tiles are loaded from CARTO’s servers instead.
<ul>
<li>What it does: Provides alternative styled map tiles</li>
<li>When data is sent: Only when CartoDB tile providers are selected</li>
<li>What is sent: Geographic coordinates and zoom level</li>
<li>Service provider: CARTO</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://carto.com/legal/</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://carto.com/privacy/</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nominatim Geocoding Service</h4>
When you provide an address (instead of coordinates), this plugin uses the Nominatim geocoding service to convert the address to geographic coordinates.
<ul>
<li>What it does: Converts street addresses to latitude/longitude coordinates</li>
<li>When data is sent: Only when an address is provided in the shortcode (not when using lat/lng coordinates directly)</li>
<li>What is sent: The address text you specify in the shortcode</li>
<li>Data caching: Geocoded results are cached for 24 hours to reduce API calls</li>
<li>Service provider: OpenStreetMap Foundation</li>
<li>Terms of Use: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy</li>
</ul>
Note: If you prefer not to use the geocoding service, you can always provide latitude and longitude coordinates directly using the <code>lat</code> and <code>lng</code> shortcode attributes.

Maps by G

Display addresses on beautiful, interactive maps using OpenStreetMap. An open-source alternative to Google Maps that requires no API key.

Giorgos Sarigiannidis

A map block for Gutenberg which uses <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org" rel="nofollow ugc">OpenStreetMap</a> and <a href="https://leafletjs.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Leaflet.js</a>. It needs no API keys and works out of the box (or, out of the Block, if you prefer). Benefiting from Gutenberg’s potential, the plugin tries a different take on how to add your locations on the map and rethinks a few things, UX-wise.
Instead of manually adding coordinates for each one of your markers, just click-and-drop them directly on the map. You want to adjust their position? Just drag them wherever you want. And instead of filling-in custom fields to set each marker’s popup content, just open that popup and start writing in it, the Gutenberg way (it supports WYSIWYG editing, with links, images, and all). It even stores the map’s zoom level as you use it so that you don’t have to set it by hand.
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FGe7zJnrIgo?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/gsarig/ootb-openstreetmap" rel="nofollow ugc">Follow the project’s development on GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/gsarig/ootb-openstreetmap/releases" rel="nofollow ugc">Release history</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/users/gsarig/projects/1" rel="nofollow ugc">Roadmap</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/gsarig/ootb-openstreetmap?tab=readme-ov-file#hooks" rel="nofollow ugc">Hooks🪝</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/gsarig/ootb-openstreetmap?tab=readme-ov-file#shortcodes" rel="nofollow ugc">Shortcodes</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>No need for API keys. Just install and use it.</li>
<li>Support for multiple markers.</li>
<li>Support for a different icon per marker.</li>
<li>Support for polygons and polylines.</li>
<li>Marker clustering: group nearby markers into clusters that expand as you zoom in.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gsarigiannidis.gr/wordpress-gutenberg-map-block-openstreetmap/" rel="nofollow ugc">Dead-simple interface</a>. Don’t search for coordinates and don’t get overwhelmed by too many fields when using multiple markers. Just point and click on the map to add your marker where you want it and edit it’s popup content directly from there.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gsarigiannidis.gr/openstreetmap-place-search/" rel="nofollow ugc">Place search</a>. Find locations by typing keywords.</li>
<li>Remembers the zoom that you set when adding the markers and stores it so that you don’t set it by hand (which you can do anyway if you prefer).</li>
<li>AI integration which allows you to add markers by using commands in natural language. Just say “please” to activate (e.g. “Please, show me where GOT was filmed”). Requires an API key from an AI Provider, or a site-level AI connector on WordPress 7.0+. <a href="https://www.gsarigiannidis.gr/openstreetmap-openai-integration/" rel="nofollow ugc">Read more</a>.</li>
<li>Query Maps: Supports creating a map out of maps added on other posts or post types. This can be quite powerful when, for example, you have a custom post type for “Places” with each place having its own map, and you want to dynamically gather-up all the places on a single map.</li>
<li>Shortcode support: You can use the shortcode <code>[ootb_query]</code> as an alternative way to use the aforementioned Query Maps feature (see the FAQ for more info).</li>
<li>Support for a location custom field, which can be used to store a post’s or post type’s location, following the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Geodata" rel="nofollow ugc">Geodata guidelines</a>. Read more in the <a href="https://github.com/gsarig/ootb-openstreetmap/releases/tag/2.8.0" rel="nofollow ugc">v.2.8.0 release notes</a>.</li>
<li>Adjust the map height.</li>
<li>Change the default marker icon with a custom one.</li>
<li>Enable or disable map dragging.</li>
<li>Enable or disable touch zoom.</li>
<li>Enable or disable double-click zoom.</li>
<li>Enable or disable scroll wheel zoom.</li>
<li>Set a minimum and maximum limit that the user can zoom on the frontend. Setting the same value to both fields will lock the zoom at that level.</li>
<li>Support for other Layer Providers: MapBox (using your own API key) and Stamen.</li>
<li>Option to export locations in a JSON file</li>
<li>Option to import locations from a JSON file</li>
</ul>

Out of the Block: OpenStreetMap

Just because we don't need an API license key, and we can have multiple pins per map among other things, for me this is the best mapping block. And of course, the plugin works exactly as advertised.

Until now, I was using my own map block I had created with ACF Pro, but that was just simple Google Map embed, which again did not require an API key, but was restricted to one pin per map, and of course no live data like traffic and other visuals, along with no street view.

Well done, and thank you,
Nick.

The best map block


In 5 minutes I had a map with a marker. Easy!


Loved it!

A map block for Gutenberg using OpenStreetMap and Leaflet that needs no API keys and works out of the box. Or should we say, ...Out of the Block?

Maps by G vs Out of the Block: OpenStreetMap