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1.4.39

Bugfix: Missing markers when Marker Clustering was enabled
Bugfix: Private custom fields appear empty on Edit
Improved: Location Submissions Settings

1.4.38

Improved: Better performance through lazy loading for location popups

1.4.37

Improved: Font size in geosearch results
Improved: Better performance through lazy loading for location popups
Freemius SDK update

1.4.36

Bugfix: Faster Batch Loading failed for single markers

1.4.35

Improved: Increased Cluster Radius
Improved: Coordinates Sanitization (Import)
Improved: Faster Batch Loading for Markers

1.4.34

NEW: Setting to disable marker popups
Improved: Compatibility with lazyloads

1.4.33

Improved: Compatibility with lazyloads

1.4.32

Bugfix: Allow Location post type to be accessible to Elementor
Improved: Security

1.4.31

Improved: Auto-publish workflow is now consistent – admins always auto-publish, other roles depend on “Registered users can add locations without approval” (default: off)
Improved: Flush rewrite rules when toggling single-page mode so location permalinks update immediately
Improved: Store individual zoom levels with locations
Improved: Fast zoom for maps in settings
Improved: Wizard & Settings UI

1.4.30

NEW: Sort lists by title, date or custom fields (shortcode attribute)
Improved: Handling of output buffer enhancements (automatic opt out for OUM outputs)
Improved: CSV exports in chunks now allows very large datasets to be processed
Improved: Compatibility with Complianz plugin
Improved: Location search in the dashboard
Bugfix: Prevent JS crash when fullscreen popup container is missing
Bugfix: Prevent JS crash when map element is missing during loader initialization
Bugfix: Prevent fatal error when mbstring extension is unavailable
Bugfix: Prevent vote AJAX warnings on malformed requests
Bugfix: Prevent opening-hours parser crash on unexpected field names
Bugfix: Handle unavailable WordPress upload directories in upload flows
Bugfix: Add defensive DOM guards for frontend form and backend settings interactions
Bugfix: Prevent CSV import crashes when file handles cannot be opened
Bugfix: Harden CSV import against malformed and empty rows

1.4.29

Temporary Fix: Manual opt in for handling output buffering layers

1.4.28

Revert changes related to handling output buffering layers (1.4.25 and 1.4.26)

1.4.27

Bugfix: Site layout crashed after updating to version 1.4.26

1.4.26

Bugfix: Site crash on plugin activation when Freemius initialization fails (e.g., expired licenses, recovery mode)
Improved: Compatibility with themes that add output buffering layers

1.4.25

Improved: Allow rewrite slug to be customized (buggy in 1.4.24)

1.4.24

Bugfix: Plugin crashes on activation (in rare circumstances)
Improved: Debug Info (Settings > Help & Getting Started > Debug Info)

1.4.23

NEW: Custom Field Type “Opening Hours”
NEW: Star Rating
NEW: Auto-generate address from marker location (Reverse Geocoding)
NEW: Hook to modify location data before rendering
Bugfix: Admin notification on new location proposals
Bugfix: Elementor breaks video player
Bugfix: Breaking issues with Elementor’s Element Cache
Improved: Post Type Location is now available to Elementor by default
Improved: Elementor editor block style
Improved: “Edit” button is now cache independent

1.4.22

NEW: Visual Editor to position custom overlay image on the map
Improved: Keep map focus in fixed position
Bugfix: Ensure Custom JS is loaded in all environments

1.4.21

Improved: Location popup style
Improved: Aspect ratio of form map
Bugfix: Admin notifcation on auto draft
Bugfix: Placeholder for query filters in Bricks Builder

1.4.20

Improved: New CSV import setting: Publish imported locations immediately
Improved: Stay on the active settings tab when saving
Improved: Update notice
Improved: Display current version in the settings
Improved: Getting Started notice
Bugfix: Mark custom field label as “required”

1.4.19

Improved: Form styles
Improved: Replaced composer auto-load with custom solution
Improved: Allowing to set AND/OR relation for checkbox filter (Advanced Filter Interface)
Bugfix: Custom CSS did not load

1.4.18

Bugfix: CSS did not load in rare cases

1.4.17

Improved: Webhook Data
Improved: Initial Map Position
Improved: Font styles
Security Fix

1.4.16

NEW: New map style: Custom Image [PRO]
NEW: Advanced Filter Interface [PRO]
NEW: New shortcode attribute to filter by Custom Fields
NEW: New shortcode attribute to filter by date
NEW: Advanced Settings > Custom CSS field
Improved: Adding data-custom-field-label to custom field wrapper for better css customization
Improved: Auto-publish for registered users by default
Improved: Allow multiple selections in custom field of type “select”
Improved: oumConditionalField() function
Improved: Add visible labels to all form fields
Improved: Map Settings: smaller zoom steps
Improved: Allow JSON return for [open-user-map-location] shortcode
Improved: Better UX for code snippets (Help Section)
Improved: Added JS API Documentation to Help & Getting Started
Improved: Freemius SDK update
Bugfix: Compatibility with Borlabs Cookie Content Blocker
Bugfix: Renaming “address” field to “subtitle” (CSV & Docs)
Bugfix: Custom map style on location map value
Bugfix: Sanitization on link fields
Bugfix: Incorrect Nonce
Bugfix: Elementor Widget Flexbox issue (no width set by default)
WordPress 6.9 compatibility

1.4.15

Security Fix

1.4.14

style improvments

1.4.13

New: Use Shortcode [open-user-map-form] to display the “Add Location” form stand-alone without showing the map
New: Showing category icons in the form
New: Showing category icons next to location title (optional)
New: Customize the “Close and refresh map” button text
Fix: PHP Notice
Freemius SDK update

1.4.12

New: “Select all” toggle for categories
Fix: Required option for custom field type Select is broken
Fix: Required image upload field is invalid on Edit although image already exists
Fix: < Symbol gets removed from the custom text field
Fix: oum_get_vote_count (admin_ajax) takes too much loading time (list view)
Fix: YouTube URLs are missing in the CSV export
Fix: Carousel navigation areas
Fix: server error when error_log function has been disabled
Fix: vote count resets on edit
New: Hook to customize the default single location content template
Security improvements

1.4.11

Bugfix: Default Marker Icon setting was ignored
New PRO Feature: Vote Button (Like, Upvote, Flag, …) for Locations

1.4.10

New: Shortcode option types-relation=”AND” to show only locations that match all selected categories
New: Special icon for locations with multiple categories (can be customized)
Fix: Featured images were duplicated instead of reused when selecting an existing image

1.4.9

Clean UTF-8 encoding for location data (Repairs data if needed)
Update Help Section: Use oum_get_location_value(‘images’) instead of oum_get_location_value(‘image’)
Advertise Trial in the Settings (New Tab “Start Free Trial”)
Load Textdomain earlier (init with Prio 1)
Freemius SDK update

1.4.8

🚀 Performance Boost: Preload media library attachment IDs

1.4.7

Attaching German translations to the PRO version
Bugfix: Prevent JS error on failed map initialization
Bugfix: CSV import for multisite setups
Backend style fixes
Freemius SDK update

1.4.6

New Setting: Number of possible image uploads (1-5)
Assign the current user to locations that are not assigned already (on approval)
Style Fix: Read More
Bugfix: PHP Notice (_load_textdomain_just_in_time)
Bugfix: PHP Warning on empty locations array

1.4.5

WordPress 6.8 compatibility
Set Individual Map Zoom for each Location
UI Elements color setting is now available in free version
Add “post_id” to webhook payload
New option: Image Size in Popup (Original or Cover with Aspect Ratio)
Bugfix: Marker Search auto suggest
Bugfix: Use assigned Marker Category Icon for [open-user-map-location value=”map”]
Bugfix: Current Location

1.4.4

Restrict “Delete Location” button by “delete_oum-locations” capability
Bugfix: Doubled site path in image urls (only on Multisite with folder)
Bugfix: Youtube Video continues playing after closing the location (on mobile)
Bugfix: Edit icon not clickable on iPhone

1.4.3

Bugfix: Automatic creation of featured image and excerpt
Remove _blank target from custom field link
Storing images always as relative paths
Make sure site_urls with folder do work with relative images
PRO: Shortcode Attribute to filter locations by current user, user_id or a role

1.4.2

Bugfix: “Add Location” without image upload field failed
Bugfix: “Upload Media” label was missing
Bugfix: “use label as link text” did not work in list view
Prevent inline JS from being processed by Caching and Pagespeed plugins

1.4.1

Bugfix: Filter by Post IDs
Bugfix: Custom Field order not correct (Frontend)
Bugfix: No error message when adding images that are too large
Feature Request: %user_email% and %user_name% in admin notification email
Freemius SDK update

1.4.0

Feature Request: Multiple images (carousel) per location 🥳🥳🥳
Complete JS restructure for better performance and scalability
Performance Boost: Reduce number of db queries by 80%
Performance Boost: Better handling large number of custom fields
New Image Gallery Style
Optimized Settings UI
Optimized Single Location Template
Added ID column to OUM Locations table
ARIA-labels optimization
Freemius SDK update

1.3.54

Add “Edit Location” capability for “subscriber” role
Bugfix: Compatibility issues when using shortcode with some page builders
Feature Request: New Date Settings to show last modified date OR published date

1.3.53

Bugfix: Gutenberg Block Buttons
Bugfix: Removing “Mobile Map Ratio” due to incompatibility with Elementors new “container” element

1.3.52

Preserving the global Leaflet instance to prevent conflicts with other plugins

1.3.51

Bugfix: List View style
Bugfix: Marker Search input style
Bugfix: Video style
Feature Request: Trigger Webhook on new or updated Locations

1.3.50

This release prioritzes feature requests regarding the flood disaster in Spain
🎉 Feature Request: Searchbar to Live Filter Markers (PRO)
Feature Request: Allow template overrides
Bugfix: Editing a location loses the image/audio
Bugfix: Edit location button conditions
Improving oumConditionalField feature to accept multiple event listeners

1.3.49

This release prioritzes feature requests regarding the flood disaster in Spain
Feature Request: Users can delete their own locations
Feature Request: Backend search for locations now searches all fields
Feature Request: show modified date instead of creation date
Edit Form: “Add a new location” –> “Edit Location”

1.3.48

This release prioritzes feature requests regarding the flood disaster in Spain
Feature Request: New Icons (Attention, In Progress, Done, House, Person)
Feature Request: Add YouTube & Vimeo videos to a location (PRO Feature)
Close-Button for Filterbox
Better responsive styles for Filterbox
Ensure WordPress 6.7 compatibility

1.3.47

Freemius SDK update

1.3.46

Bugfix: Multilingual locations are not filtered by language
Bugfix: Frontend adding
Style optimizations
Add location slug to searchable content (solves oe / ö search requests)
Freemius SDK update

1.3.45

Bugfix: “Locate” button failed
Bugfix: Form Map position is initialy slightly off
Bugfix: Mapbox address search failed sometimes
Bugfix: Custom JS not loaded on Simple Map
Bugfix: Using Mapbox/Here in registration form
Bugfix: Mandatory image field in Frontend Editing
Bugfix: Edit icon not clickable on iPhone
🎉 Feature Request: Registration: Set post author in favor of “User ID” field (now removed)
Feature Request: wp_author_id field in export/import

1.3.44

🎉 Feature Request: Frontend Editing! Logged in users can now edit their locations directly within the map.
Better Full Screen option (now available also on iOS)
Data attributes to custom fields (list view)
Use label instead of value for custom field “Link” (optional)
Bugfix: Initial minimum zoom
Freemius SDK Update

1.3.43

Bugfix: Import breaks on empty line
Bugfix: font colors on dark theme
Add data attributes to custom fields
Freemius SDK Update
Ensure WordPress 6.6 compatibility
Make locations translatable

1.3.42

Bugfix: Filterbox not visible

1.3.41

Bugfix: Collapsed filterbox on mobile
Bugfix: Linebreaks in list view
Bugfix: Marker Categories dropdown doesn’t show up
Optimizing Settings page

1.3.40

Bugfix: Marker Category Icons
Improve Marker Category Box styling

1.3.39

🎉 Feature Request: Marker Categories can now be multi-select (adjust in the settings)
Dynamic Marker Icon size
Marker Icon mouseover animation
Adding map tile provider attribution
Freemius SDK update

1.3.38

Bugfix: much better json encodes (should prevent code breaks)
Bugfix: Prevent failing shortcode/block rendering by Slim SEO plugin
Style fixes
plugin version fix

1.3.36

Bugfix: List View: Allow more than two locations
Bugfix: jQuery error on single location pages
🎉 Default Single Location Template if no content or custom template is set
🎉 Better popup placement
Set location image as featured image initially (on admin approval)
Set location description as excerpt initially (on admin approval)

1.3.35

Remove “made with OUM” notion
Fixing incompatibility (image upload) with “Featured Image from URL (FIFU)” plugin
UI Improvements

1.3.34

Bugfix: Single map missing API key when using Mapbox
Feature Request: Get Google route link with shortcode [open-user-map-location value=”route” post_id=”12345″]
Feature Request: Shortcode to get all locations as list view
Feature Request: Hook to customize output of the locations list item
Reduced images file sizes (-75%)
Freemius SDK Update

1.3.33

Bugfix: CSV import validation
Freemius SDK Update

1.3.32

Bugfix: white text on white background
ensure MapBox API key input
Gutenberg Block: better UI
temporary disable Freemius Garbage Collector [Beta]

1.3.31

Freemius SDK update (incl. Garbage Collector [Beta])
Block: move custom settings to Settings sidebar
re-enable OUM attribution
set WordPress downward compatibility to 5.5

1.3.30

Bugfix: Trial workflow
disable OUM attribution
ensure WordPress 6.4 compatibility

1.3.29

Ensure backend block styles are always correct
Bugfix: Trial workflow

1.3.28

Bugfix: php warnings
Bugfix: oumMap and oumMap2 not available inside additional JS

1.3.27

Make the map in the form accessable to JS customizations (oumMap2)
Security improvement

1.3.26

Bugfix: Trial workflow
Removing Stadia Map Style (automatic switch to CartoDB Positron)
New commercial map styles (MapBox)
“MapBox” as geosearch provider option
Fixing style issues

1.3.25

Feature Request: extending the max world bounds a little bit (cheers to NZ!)
Feature Request: New Map Style: Satellite
Bugfix: compatibility issue with MapPress’s leaflet library
Bugfix: compatibility issue with Complianz plugin
Bugfix: compatibility issue with All In One SEO “Run Shortcodes” feature
Bugfix: start longitute 0
textarea font reset
renaming “address” field to “Subtitle”
renaming “notify on publish” to “Notify me when it is published”
renaming “Enter address” to “Search for address”
wording & language updates

1.3.24

Major Bugfix: wrong JS dependency management
leaflet providers library update
updating map style (Stamen > Stadia)
new custom field type “email”
custom fields: open links in new tab
better checkbox & radio button styles
translations .pot file update
Freemius SDK update

1.3.23

Bugfix: wizard style

1.3.22

rename “OUM Locations” menu item to “Open User Map”
move “Settings” to “Open User Map > Settings”
Wording
prevent moving/zoom outside main world bounds
Bugfix: Bubble images don’t cover (grey borders)
Bugfix: Touchpad zoom too slow

1.3.21

Bugfix: Map inside form uses custom icon
Geoapify & Here as geosearch provider
New shortcode attribute: map_type
New shortcode attribute: enable_cluster
New shortcode attribute: enable_fullscreen
New shortcode attribute: enable_searchbar
New shortcode attribute: enable_searchaddress_button
New shortcode attribute: enable_searchmarkers_button
New shortcode attribute: enable_currentlocation
New shortcode attribute: disable_regions
hide “made with OUM” notion (PRO)

1.3.20

Remove attribution by default
Wizard > Simple Map: disable extra features (searchbar, searchbuttons, fullscreen, current position, date) by default

1.3.19

Feature Request: New hook to customize image output
Bugfix: direct links to markers
new base color
style optimizations
video tip

1.3.18

Bugfix: long CSV files failed on import
Bugfix: Wizard misses Step 3/3
Bugfix: missing markers when using cluster (conflicts with min zoom)
Bugfix: remove/ignore whitespaces around custom field options
Bugfix: Prevent html in title field (breaks JS)
Ensure WordPress 6.3 compatibility

1.3.17

Bugfix: Apostrophe in location name
New “How To” videos

1.3.16

Better “Map Type” settings
Bugfix: Link to “Manage you locations here”

1.3.15

Bugfix: JS error on location detail rendering other than map
Bugfix: on smallscreen the marker has moved out of sight when the popup gets closed
Bugfix: Zoom Level setting was limited to max 15
Gutenberg Block: Custom settings to be less distracting
Freemius SDK update to 2.5.10
Update translations

1.3.14

Whitelisting inline JS for Complianz plugin
Custom JS field in the Advanced Settings
Zoom on markerid equals zoom level on marker search setting
Alphabetic order of legend
Bugfix: loading times due to external images
Bugfix: bubble content positioning on click
Bugfix: no default icon for imported marker categories
Bugfix: fullscreen display issue
Bugfix: missing image thumb on external images

1.3.13

Wording (Renaming “Type” to “Marker Category”)
Allow Subscribers for “Restrict Frontend Adding to logged in users only”
Better location zoom in Edit view
Bugfix: Map is incomplete inside Gutenberg Accordion
Bugfix: Map doesn’t respect fixed header
Bugfix: Avada Motion Effects incompatibity
Bugfix: Marker Category Filter does not work correct on single locations per category
Bugfix: “Getting started” notice always shows up
Fixing height without unit
Fixing line height in location fullscreen container

1.3.12

Feature Request: Regions and Pre-selected regions
Feature Request: GDPR ready map style (server in Germany)
Feature Request: Map inside the form should have the same view as the current main map
Feature Request: Label next to Image/Audio upload buttons
Feature Request: direct link to location backend in admin notification
Feature Request: adjustable zoom level for marker search
Bugfix: Map is incomplete inside Gutenberg Accordion
Bugfix: Title max length not working
Freemius SDK Update (2.5.8)
UI optimizations

1.3.9

Feature Request: allow Featured Image for single location page
Bugfix: Popups not in the front
Bugfix: Markers disappear after upgrading to 1.3.8

1.3.8

Feature Request: “notify me on publish” text customizable
Feature Request: drop marker on current position
Feature Request: Enable scroll wheel zoom (optional)
Fix and optimize Quick Setup
Freemius SDK Update (2.5.7)
Bugfix: automatic popup open fails
Bugfix: Title field can’t be unrequired
Bugfix: Import fails behing reverse proxy

1.3.7

Feature Request: Single Location template is now available in Site Editor

1.3.6

Feature Request: Location images should always be excluded from Jetpack’s Lazy Loading Feature
Bugfix: PHP error on missing user roles
Bugfix: images not loading on WordPress subdirectory installs
Freemius SDK Update

1.3.5

Bugfix: color inside location info

1.3.4

Feature Request: Search for markers
Feature Request: Better UI on small screens
Feature Request: Tags for multiple custom field values
Feature Request: IDs for backend sections
Bugfix: Apostrophe in title
Bugfix: error message on empty select custom field
Bugfix: SSL related error (very slow page loading)
Bugfix: Import CSV on WordPress Multisite
Bugfix: name & email (Notification Feature) should be mandatory
Bugfix: Submit button background color
Freemius SDK Update
UI Updates (settings page)
.pot Update

1.3.2

Add .pot file for translation
CSS resets
Feature Request: WordPress Hooks (see Help section)

1.3.1

Better map focus and default min zoom
Update: Leaflet v1.9.3 and add-ons
Bugfix: Translation Handling
Feature Request: Location date info now uses publish_date instead of last_modified_date

1.3.0

Ensure WordPress 6.1 compatibility
Renaming Menu “Open User Map” to “OUM Locations”
Add Wizard on initial setup
Map Size & Height as Block Attributes (Elementor, Gutenberg, Shortcode)
Bugfix: Catch error when EXIF PHP library is missing
Feature Request: CSV import/export for locations
Experimental Feature: Conditional Fields via JS (see Help section)

1.2.26

Bugfix: JS comments could break minification (3rd party plugins)
Bugfix: PHP warning
Feature: Elementor Widget

1.2.25

Bugfix: Disable Audio Uploads doesn’t work
Bugfix: Shortcode in Elementor leads to JS error
Design optimization for Gutenberg Block (in Editor Mode)
Add chunked loading for very many markers

1.2.24

Rename “Types” to “Marker Catgories”
Refactor and Rearrange Plugin Settings
Feature Request: Show location date (optional)
Feature Request: Relocate Close button & close on backdrop click and on ESC Key
Feature Request: Dropdown options for Type now correspond to pre-selection
Bugfix: Fullscreen not working
Bugfix: PHP notice (undefined index)

1.2.23

Ensure overlay compatibility with nested page sections
FR: Option to allow empty type selection
Readme Info: How to export locations

1.2.22

Bugfix: Get custom field value

1.2.21

Feature: Shortcodes for single location values
Feature: Archive pages (when single page are enabled)
Freemius SDK update

1.2.20

Bugfix: Make map globally available to lazy loading triggers (use oumMap.invalidateSize())
Bugfix: Shaking map on fixed position
Bugfix: oum-location post type not showing up in Elementor
Bugfix: & symbol in title results in &
Bugfix: `symbol in title or description breaks the code
Feature Request: address searchbar should be optional
Add gallery shortcode attributes (url, number)

1.2.19

Bugfix: Audio Upload on iPhone

1.2.18

Add debug info under Settings > Open User Map > Help
Feature Request: Allow comments for single pages
Feature Request: Custom fields should get option to be private
Feature Request: custom min zoom, custom map bounds
Feature Request: support m4a audio format
Feature Request: address search field on map
Feature Request: shortcode [open-user-map-gallery] to render all images as gallery
Feature Request: URL-Parameter &markerid=123 to auto-open specific location
Bugfix: automatic scroll to top of form

1.2.17

Bugfix: issues with output buffer
Bugfix: JS error with disabled audio upload
Bugfix: wrong image thumbnail
Feature Request: new setting to collapse filterbox design (on map)
Feature Request: display full image in the location edit screen

1.2.16

Bugfix: Default marker icon
better on-boarding
optimized backend style

1.2.15

Bugfix: Admin notification failed sometimes
Bugfix: Error on missing default roles
Feature Request: Better “Show me where I am”-Icon

1.2.14

Bugfix: JS error in the backend (color-picker & custom fields)
Bugfix: Image uploaded from the backend missing thumbnail
Bugfix: Missing image rotation for mobile uploads
Feature Request: All texts are now customizable
Feature Request: New custom field “HTML”
Feature Request: New capabilities that allow edit access for registered users
Feature Request: Remove button for image & audio uploads
Feature Request: Loading Icon on submit
Optimized settings layout
Code optimization

1.2.13

Bugfix: php warning (type undefined)
Feature Request: Allow refresh, redirection or text message after validation
Feature Request: Notify admin on incoming location proposals
Feature Request: Redirect “Add Location”-Button to registration form (when restricted to registered users only)
Feature Request: Allow to limit the number of characters on text fields
Feature Request: Allow empty option value
Feature Request: Allow auto-publish for unregistered users

1.2.12

Bugfix: Styling of checkboxes
Bugfix: map paning on 1st click on marker incorrect due to lazy loading image dimensions
Feature Request: new option to auto-generate title allowing locations without title
Feature Request: Allow to change the title of the form and the title of the buttons
Feature Request: limit map to specific location
Feature Request: limit map to specific type
Feature Request: adjustable map height (desktop & mobile)
FEATURE: Customize Gutenberg Block with attributes

1.2.11

Security Update
Bugfix: “notify me on publish” was not translatable
Feature Request: multiple links (separated with |)
Feature Request: Add more Social Media Icons
Feature Request: “Type” can have a custom label

1.2.10

“Add location” button can be disabled entirely
create and use automatic image thumbnails
Better styling & validation for fieldsets
hide empty custom fields
Feature Request: “Full width”, “Fixed Size” & “Reponsive size” option
Feature Request: marker categories filter
Feature Request: single pages for locations
Feature Request: automatic Social Media Icons
Feature Request: dynamic image size

1.2.9

better styles for “+”-Button
better settings overview
Feature Request: change allowed audio file extensions to ‘mp3’, ‘wav’, ‘mp4’
Feature Request: individually disable “audio” and “image” upload
Feature Request: mark “description”, “audio” & “image” as required fields
Feature Request: custom colors for ui elements
Feature Request: more custom field types
Feature Request: description texts for custom fields
Bugfix: custom fields not showing correctly in the backend
Bugfix: multiple approval confirmation emails

1.2.8

Bugfix: default audio and image upload sizes
optimized loading of settings
fixing minor bugs
ensure WordPress 5.9 compatibility

1.2.7

Bugfix: “Address” & “Description” don’t hide (thanks @tom29)
Feature Request: pre-fill address field when geosearch succeeds

1.2.6

Feature Request: Custom fields
Feature Request: “Address” and “Description” fields can be disabled
Feature Request: Search leads to marker placement

1.2.5

PRO: use marker categories with individual marker icons

1.2.4

Bugfix: enabling current user location

1.2.3

Bugfix: UI settings page

1.2.2

PRO: use your own custom marker icon
PRO: add a button that relocates the map to the users current location (optional)

1.2.1

wording

1.2.0

major update provides access to PRO version
better code structure
limit max. filesize for image/audio uploads to 10MB
PRO: user email notification after approval (optional)
PRO: customize max. filesize for image/audio uploads
PRO: auto-publish for registered users (optional)
PRO: restrict “Add location” feature to registered users only (optional)
PRO: add “Add location” feature to WordPress registration (optional)

1.1.10

bugfix: dashicons

1.1.9

FUN FEATURE: let your visitors upload audio to locations (xmas feature request)
better frontend form
code optimization

1.1.8

new feature: use shortcode attributes to set initial map focus

1.1.7

bugfix: escaping quotes

1.1.6

escaping single quotes from HTML input

1.1.5

better initial map position when adding new locations
adding plugin contributers (thanks!)

1.1.4

bugfix: fullscreen on ios
better initial map position when adding another location
better responsive styles for small screens

1.1.3

style fixes

1.1.2

style fixes

1.1.1

better styling for overlay

1.1.0

Add Fullscreen control
Settings: custom “Thank you”-message
better opt-in screen

1.0.0

basic free features
media assets & readme

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Create a custom map featuring your own locations or an interactive map where anyone can add location pins without registering. New locations will wait for your approval before getting published.

The map is based on Leaflet Map JS and offers you many free map and marker styles. You do not need an API Key, Access Token or any other external registration (unlike Google Maps). Additionally you have access to awesome MapBox map styles.

🔥 See Live Demos | 🚀 Start 7-day PRO Trial (No Credit Card) | 📖 More Info | ❓ Help

Why Choose Open User Map?

✅ Fully interactive – let visitors add pins instantly!
\n✅ No API keys required – avoid Google Maps restrictions.
\n✅ Supports multiple map styles – including MapBox, and GDPR-friendly OpenStreetMap.
\n✅ Powerful search options – live search, address search & category filtering.
\n✅ Customizable forms & fields – add multiple images, videos, custom descriptions, and more!
\n✅ Works with Gutenberg, Elementor & Shortcodes – easily embed maps anywhere.
\n✅ Perfect for directories, community maps, travel blogs, and business locations.

Get a Map in 1 Minute

🍿 Watch Video on YouTube: Getting Started with Open User Map

With Open User Map, you can easily create:

📍 A Simple Custom Map – Show only your own marker pins (no user submissions).
\n👥 A Crowdsourced Interactive Map – Let visitors add new locations with names, descriptions, images and videos.
\n📡 A Store Locator – Showcase business locations and allow users to search for nearby places.
\n🔎 A Filterable Map – Add categories & custom fields to organize locations.
\n😎 Personalized Maps – Offer individual maps to your signed in users

🌏 How to create a Simple Map

Integrate a customized and clear map showcasing only your own location markers, without the option for other users to add new locations. Additional features will be deactivated by default.

🍿 Watch Video on YouTube: How to create a Simple Map

👩🏾‍🚀🤵👩🏻‍🎤👩🏽‍🌾👩🏿‍💻 How to create an Interactive Map

Create a community map! Visitors to your page can add new location markers to the map. You will receive a notification to approve each location before it is published. Your visitors can search for addresses or markers worldwide to quickly find the right spots. You can add custom fields and descriptions to the form to collect the data you need. Image, Video and Audio uploads are possible and much more. Let your users collaborate!

How your website visitors add new markers to your map:

Just by clicking a “+”-Button a form will popup to let the visitor enter location details the same comfortable way you can do it in the backend. After submit the location proposal will be “pending” and wait for your review approval to get published.

🍿 Watch Video on YouTube: Add a new Location

🆕 Regions

Add regional navigation tabs and let your visitors ‘fly’ back and forth between locations that are far apart from each other. See the Demo Map.

🍿 Watch Video on YouTube: Regions

More than 60 options to customize

Use the Gutenberg Block or Elementor Widget to integrate your map or place the shortcode anywhere on your site. Close by locations will group together in clusters. Make use of Custom Fields to create the form accoding to your needs.

Free Features:

frontend adding (can be disabled)
frontend editing of locations (for registered users)
admin approval for pending locations
based on Leaflet
no API Keys
multiple map styles (including MapBox)
GDPR ready map tiles (Server in Germany)
multiple marker styles
Regions as tabs 🆕
full width map size
keep map focus in fixed position (stay in an area)
scroll wheel zoom (optional) 🆕
Search for Markers 🆕
Search for Address (OSM geosearch)
Auto-generate address from marker location (Reverse Geocoding) 🆕
locations with custom fields! 🥳
private custom fields
Pre-Filter locations by custom fields
Pre-Filter locations by date or daterange
conditional fields (🪄 experimental, please see Help section)
“subtitle”, “description”, “image”, “audio” and even “title” fields can be disabled
“subtitle”-field links to google route
every text bit can be customized
locations with images & audio
multiple images (slider) per location 🆕
Shortcode with with custom settings
Gutenberg Block with custom settings
Elementor Widget with custom settings
marker clustering
fullscreen option
refresh, redirection or thank you message after submit
use URL-Parameter &markerid=123 to highlight a specific marker on the map
get a specific value from a location by using the PHP function oum_get_location_value( ‘YOUR VALUE’, $post_id )
use WordPress Hooks to extend the plugin functionality with your own code (including hook to modify location data before rendering) 🆕
use Shortcode [open-user-map-form] to display the “Add Location” form stand-alone
Custom JS inputs
Custom CSS inputs

🚀 PRO

The Open User Map plugin is also available in a professional version which includes more styles, more funtionality and more flexibility!

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Filterable Marker Categories
\nOrganize locations in multiple filterable marker groups. Each group (category) can have an individual marker icon and will be accessible to visitors.
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Live Marker Filter
\nUse the search bar to filter markers as you type. Instantly see relevant locations on the map.
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Advanced Filter Interface
\nCreate a filter sidebar that appears next to your map, allowing visitors to filter locations by any custom field you’ve configured. You can also add custom HTML content sections to display additional information or branding.
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Custom Image map style
\nAdd a custom image layer to your map or replace it entirely with a custom image (like floor plans or event maps) while retaining all interactions, clustering, and popups.
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Pre-Filter locations by user or role
\nShortcode Attribute to filter locations by current user, user_id or a role. Works for map, list and gallery.
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Vote button for locations
\nAdd a customizable button for Likes, Upvotes, or Flagging – with flexible privacy controls.
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Star Rating
\nLet visitors rate locations with a customizable star rating system.
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More custom field types
\nAdd custom fields like links, radio buttons, checkboxes, dropdowns, Opening Hours, and even HTML. Social media links will automatically be rendered as icons.
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Additional geosearch providers (Geoapify, Here, MapBox)
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Videos from YouTube & Vimeo
\nUse videos instead of images to highlight each location.
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Export & Import locations
\nMaybe you already have a list of places you need to show on the map. No problem – just make use of the CSV Export & Import feature. This also comes in handy for bulk editing a lot of locations.
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Email user notification
\nUsers get notified by email after their location has been approved.
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Email Admin notification
\nSend notifications to an Admin email account on incoming location proposals.
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Zapier/Webhook Integration
\nTrigger an external webhook on new or updated locations.
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User restriction
\nRestrict “Add location” feature to registered users only. Redirect your visitors to the registration form.
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Auto-publish
\nWhen activated registered users will publish directly without admin approval. This can also be enabled for unregistered users.
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Extend user registration
\nIntegrate the “Add location” feature to the WordPress user registration form.
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Custom filesizes
\nCustomize max. filesize for image/audio uploads (default: 10MB).
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Custom marker icons
\nUse your own custom marker icon.
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Current location
\nAdd a button that relocates the map to the users current location.
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Limit visible locations
\nYou can limit the locations to be shown by marker categories and by post ids. So it is possible to show only locations of a specific type or to render only one single location. This can be done in the block settings or with shortcode attributes.
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Single pages for locations
\nPer default locations will not have a single page. This should ensure that all the locations wont negatively affect your SEO. But if you’d like to add more content to locations you can easily enable it in the PRO version.
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Default template for Single pages
\nIf Single pages are enabled locations will automatically have a post thumbnail, an excerpt as well as a default content template. And you can show locations within query loop blocks to setup your own list or grid view.
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Shortcodes for single location values
\nUse the shortcode [open-user-map-location value=”YOUR VALUE” post_id=”POST ID (optional)”] to easily display a value from a location. You will need this when creating single pages for locations. See all the available values in the Help section of the plugin settings (Open User Map > Settings > Help).
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Show all location images as gallery
\nUse the shortcode [open-user-map-gallery] to get a nice gallery view of all the location images. Each image is linked to the location marker on the map.
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Show all locations as list or grid
\nUse the shortcode [open-user-map-list] to get a list view of all the locations. Alternatively you can use the native query loops block to build a custom list or grid.
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Allow registered users to edit their locations
\nOpen User Map PRO extends WordPress capabilities to allow backend access. If assigned to the user role registered users get access to read, edit and delete their locations from within the map.
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🔥 Start 7-day PRO Trial (No Credit Card)

Use Cases

🍕 Restaurant & Food Guides

You want to build a collaborative map service where your visitors can add locations on their own. This could be a travel blog or a something like a bar and restaurtant guide. Where are the top locations for food and drinks in your city? Ask your audience for their recommendations! Prepare some categories like food, drinks, music etc. and let them drop the markers right in the frontend. Watch your map grow fast!

👭👬 Community Building

Extend the WordPress user registration form with an “Add location” input. Your new users can drop a marker on the map to share their location. Use it to build an awesome user map and help your audience connecting.

📺 Video Tour Map

Bring locations to life with video! Let your visitors enhance location markers by embedding YouTube or Vimeo videos directly on the map. This could be a video tour of a neighborhood, a restaurant walkthrough, or a cultural event highlight. Perfect for travel bloggers, city guides, or virtual tours—give your audience a dynamic, interactive experience by combining video with location markers.

🎤🎸 Sound Map

Get your audience a soundmap. Your visitors can not only upload text and images to their locations but audio as well! This way e.g urban (or remote) areas can be discovered by its specific soundscape.

🎯 Business Directory

List businesses on a map with categories & filters.

🗺️ Event or Travel Maps

Show tour locations, landmarks & routes.

🏠 Real Estate Listings

Display properties with images, videos & descriptions.

📍 Store Locator

Make it easy for customers to find physical store locations.

📖 View More Examples & Live Demos

The possibilities are endless. We are very curious about what you are building with the help of our plugin. Please don’t hesitate to let us know or ask for feature requests. As this plugin is under constant development we are keen to know what are the features that you need? Contact us!

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\nWhere do I report security bugs found in this plugin?\n\n

Please report security bugs found in the source code of the Open User Map plugin through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and notify the developers of this plugin.

\nHow to integrate the map?\n\n

Use the Block Editor or Elementor to insert the “Open User Map” block or just place the shortcode [open-user-map] anywhere in your content. Or integrate it within your theme template with PHP:

echo do_shortcode(\"[open-user-map]\")\n

\nDo I need an API Key or some external registration?\n\n

No, the plugin is based on Leaflet.js and offers you free map styles that don’t need any kind of registration.

\nThe map doesn’t show up with content preloading.\n\n

Some themes/plugins make use of content preloading. This can break the loading of the OUM map. In this rare case please disable preloading for the map section. Alternatively you could manually trigger the oumMap.invalidateSize() method after the content has been loaded. This reinits the OUM map.

\nCan I use custom fields?\n\n

Yes. You can add custom fields in the settings and use them instead of “subtitle” and “description”.

\nCan I use Elementor?\n\n

Yes! You will find the “Open User Map”-Widget. The minimum required Elementor version is 3.7.0. PHP needs to be at least version 7.3.

\nCan I use custom styles?\n\n

Yes, we encourage you to do so. This plugin is supposed to be developer friendly. Feel free to override the .open-user-map class in css to create your own awesome design.

\nWhere do I find help?\n\n

Please check our Knowledge Base and search the Support Forum.

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From your WordPress dashboard

Visit Plugins > Add New
Search for “Open User Map”
Install and activate Open User Map from your Plugins page
Use the default WordPress editor or Elementor to insert the “Open User Map” block onto a page. Alternatively, you can use the shortcode [open-user-map].
You can manage locations in the “Open User Map” menu.
You can manage styles and features under “Open User Map > Settings”.

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