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1998 film photography from a collection entitled "Sonora Province". Read about and view more by visiting Temporal Fragments, my own website, here: https://cosmicfuz.com/sonora-province/
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Matt’s big review of WordPress mapping plugins
I set out to learn which of the many map plugins available to WordPress users were good enough for a project that was pitched to me recently. I will need something that newbies can get on with.
This is going to be a big post with a lot of content. You may wish to use the menu below to jump to the bit that interests you.
Fedi-readers, the images are presented inline but due to federation limitations, they may appear under the text.
Table of contents (menu)
- Methodolgy
- How I selected map plugins
- What I need
- Why standards matter
- Notes for future me
- The plugins that I shortlisted
- Simple Location
- GEO my WP
- WP Map Block
- Leflet Map & Extensions Leaflet Map
- What’s missing?
- Conclusion and closing thoughts
- All the plugins
- Simple Location
- Out of the Block: OpenStreetMap
- OSM – OpenStreetMap
- Ultimate Maps By Supsystic
- Geolocation
- Geo Mashup
- ACF OpenStreetMap Field
- GEO my WP
- WP Map Block
- Leflet Map & Extensions Leaflet Map
Methodology
When assessing mapping plugins, it was on the basis of my use needs. I will give each plugin a general review so you can know if one is right for you. However, I will score them based on how right (or wrong) they were for me.
How I selected map plugins
I limited myself to plugins I could identify from the WordPress plugin repo as that is supposed to be where we find our plugins. (Even if the search is all kinds of janky). Then, when I could find no more promising leads, I asked social media.
How I tested each one
I have a fairly basic testing methodology. I install the plugin, make some posts and generally generate some test data. I check the database to see how it stored it and looked to see what other plugin’s data it was able to work with.
What I need:
- Ability for a noob to tag a post object with a pin (or ideally and area route)
- A way to gather up selected noob made contact and share it on a map with a featured image, post title, excerpt, author, and anything else that seems like a good idea. Templates would be nice.
- Aggressive server-side caching of map tiles to enable serious calling without abusing free or open API
- Should use OpenStreetMap
- Should use WordPress geo data standards.
Why standards matter
For many use cases, a single plugin that does what you need might be enough. In my case, I needed two things – tagging and mapping, which might not be carried out by the same plugin. Later, I will need to do other advanced things with the data. If the plugins all use an agreed standard, they will play well together and allow me to add new things without having to dive into someone’s uncommented code.
Plus, as time and budget allow, I may need to replace a plugin with another one – possibly one I will write. I do not want to be locked into some standard that made sense to some other developer when they were making a thing one time. I need to be able to use one or more tools and all have them play well together.
That’s why this standard matters to me.
Notes for future me
Plugins I’ve not tested but have noted because they show promise for related uses.
- Tiles Proxy for OpenStreetMap – this might cover my need for aggressive tile caching.
The plugins
This next section is my review of all the plugins I tried. I have listed a few that failed, but there were many that we old (one was 12 years since last update) and that just did not work or were too out of date to be anything but a security risk.
If you just want to see the plugins I shortlisted, skip back up to the menu where you will find shortcuts.
Simple Location by David Shanske
Simple Location is the IndieWeb plugin’s recommended mapping and geo-location tool. It does a lot of things, most of which I did not need. Weather and elevation among them. For a simple plugin, it has a lot of options.
As you can see, Simple Location put a geo-location thing at the bottom on my post. It was a bit ugly but nothing some custom CSS can’t fix.
What Simple Location did well
When it worked, Simple Location pretty much does what it says it will. Simple Location allows one to put data about location and weather on the post.
The standards compliant meta data I showed you in methodology was generated by Simple Location. That’s a win.
What I liked
I loved the standards-compliant data, which should have meant that other plugins would work with the data.
What was janky
The lookup option tended to throw errors on a few test blogs. They cleared up after a while on their own. This might have been due to some API rate limits caused by my testing.
Overall, this is not noob ready but could be a tool for admins if paired with other standards-compliant plugins.
How did Simple Location meet my needs?
As I was testing this for geo-tagging only some tests were skipped.
⛔ Noob friendly pinning
⁉️ Map generation (Not Tested)
✅ Uses OpenStreetMap
✅ WordPress geo data standards.
Conclusion: B-Rank Indie Thing
David Shanske’s Simple Location plugin probably does more than I need, but it might lend itself to being used by admins to edit geo-tag data.
Out of the Block: OpenStreetMap by Giorgos Sarigiannidis
Out of the Block: OpenStreetMap is a nicely Gutenberg-ready block plugin that uses leaflet.js (a super nice library for putting things on maps).
What Out of the Block: OpenStreetMap did well
Out of the Block: OpenStreetMap posts maps without shortcodes, which is by far the more modern and noob friendly way to do things.
What I liked
I liked that my noobs could just chuck a block into a post.
What was janky
Out of the Block: OpenStreetMap ignores post_meta geo_* values and instead allows block importing of all posts using the map block. I have no idea how it does this because the geo_data does not end up in the post’s meta table.
The screenshot for this one is of a map I generated with Out of the Block: OpenStreetMap. It features only the post with the Out of the Block: OpenStreetMap block in it. That’s nice, but you will notice that this map is all about pinning addresses.
You don’t stick a pin in the map; you use search to find an address. That’s not what I wanted.
How did Out of the Block: OpenStreetMap meet my needs?
Out of the Block: OpenStreetMap works with itself. A noobie could probably get along with it but it does not play with others and I would feel locked in until I figure out how sync from posts works.
✅/⛔ Noob friendly pinning
✅/⛔ Map generation
✅ Uses OpenStreetMap
⛔ WordPress geo data standards.
Conclusion: B-Rank Business Thing
Out of the Block: OpenStreetMap is a nice plugin. It uses all the cool modern toys, but it was not designed for what I wanted. If I understood what it was doing under the hood, maybe I could work with it (or mod it to work for my needs).
The posts are not linked from the map. This is fine if posts act as your list of locations to map, but not for posts tied to locations.
For a business website, Out of the Block: OpenStreetMap could be exactly what you need. Out of the Block: OpenStreetMap would work well for any use case where you just need to give directions to something.
OSM – OpenStreetMap by MiKa
OSM is an all singing all dancing map plugin. It allows you to tag a post with a pin in the map UI, create every kind of map you can imagine, and a load of other features I did not even get to testing.
What OSM did well
OSM uses a pin on the map system, and it shows posts on the map. I tagged three posts in a hyperlocal blog of mine. You can click the pins, get a link and go visit the post. I liked it for this particular use case.
What I liked
Right out of the box, OSM has geo-tagging and maps of posts all syncing up and working. While the pins used on the “just this map” view are not the same as on the map of everything view, for my hyperlocal blog, this was good enough.
What was janky
There’s no way my noobies are going to find OSM easy to use. To tag the post, you need to scroll to the bottom of the page, find the sixth tag (Add Location), set the location, hit save, and then not panic when the post’s location no longer shows up the next time you drop in to edit the post.
Additionally, I did not find a way to get OSM to show the featured image or other details. Sure, the headline is better than nothing, but that’s not exactly what I want. Maybe I will find out that adding pictures and snippets is some nightmare project, which is why it was not added here. Who knows. I don’t.
How did OSM meet my needs?
OSM falls down on just two deal breakers for me. It uses its own post metadata format, and the UI is not good for newbie users. The custom data standard is simple enough that I could write a script to translate and sync between it and the standard, but keeping two sets of data synced is a fool’s errand. One set of data will always be definitive, and the other one will always be getting overwritten. That’s a recipe for endlessly upset and confused users.
⛔ Noob friendly pinning (close but nope)
✅ Map generation
✅ Uses OpenStreetMap
⛔ WordPress geo data standards.
Conclusion: A-Rank all-rounder for experts only
I honestly liked using OSM. Whatever mapping thing you need, OSM will probably do the job. As long as you can deal with the heavy UI and lack of standards integration, you will be fine. A halfway decent intermediate WordPress dev could convert the map data if you change plugins down the road.
Ultimate Maps By Supsystic
Ultimate Maps By Supsystic is a tool for making maps with custom markings on them.
What Ultimate Maps By Supsystic did well
It has a nice, easy-to-use UI.
What I liked
The UI, as I mentioned, was pretty good.
What was janky
Ultimate Maps By Supsystic is not a tool for geo-tagging. So no posts on maps with this one.
How did Ultimate Maps By Supsystic meet my needs?
It didn’t. This was not the tool I was looking for.
⛔/✅ Noob friendly pinning
⛔/✅ Map generation
✅ Uses OpenStreetMap
⛔ WordPress geo data standards.
Conclusion: A-Rank, but only if you want to make posts about maps
Ultimate Maps By Supsystic is a very nice mapping plugin. For me, it did none of the things I wanted.
Geolocation [Version 1.9.7] By Yann Michel
The plugin caused a fatal error and could not be activated.
I had high hopes from the description. I hoped it might be my newbie-friendly post tagging solution. But, it was broken or did not get on well with one of the other bajillion plugins I’m testing (or something, IDK).
Conclusion: F-Rank
Maybe it will get fixed, but, for now, that’s a no from me.
Geo Mashup
Geo Mashup broke the cardinal rule – never make the user feel stupid. After tabbing through a lot of settings, I tried to make a post. There was a Google map with an error message. I could not figure it out and gave up because if I can’t make it work, my newbies stand no chance.
Conclusion: F-Rank
Maybe it is exactly what you want. It was not for me.
ACF OpenStreetMap Field
ACF OpenStreetMap Field is a leaflet.js and OpenStreetMap thing that adds location data as an AFC entry. It was one of a few ACF plugins for maps and had by far the highest number of installs.
What ACF OpenStreetMap Field did well
It was easy to install. I figured out how to use it with no problem. The new field appeared as needed in the post editor.
What I liked
It just worked.
What was janky
AFC (Advanced Custom Forms) stores data in its own unique way. It was no surprise to learn that this new field type was stored with the AFC standard. If it turns out my newbies would do well with AFC, then, yes, okay. Otherwise, that is not for me.
How did ACF OpenStreetMap Field meet my needs?
It got pretty close. It was light and worked well enough. But I really don’t want this project to sag under the weight of ACF. That’s a lot of plugin for one field.
✅ Noob friendly pinning
✅ Map generation (Not Tested)
✅ Uses OpenStreetMap
⛔ WordPress geo data standards.
Conclusion: B-Rank – it does its thing well enough
This was a lovely mapping and location plugin that may be perfect for a site already invested in using AFC. The lack of standards compliance and eco-system lock in was not for me.
GEO my WP (free edition)
GEO my WP hides a lot of powerful options behind a paywall. However, the free options appear to be nicely standards-compliant. I was able to use the map to add a map pin to a post (and save it). When I came back to the editor, the map had forgotten, but Simple Location knew the details still (which means GEO my WP was using the WordPress standard).
What GEO my WP did well
- Putting a pin in a map and saving it properly.
- Using standards so it plays well with others.
What I liked
GEO my WP is noob friendly. Well, mostly newbie-friendly. That small wrinkle about not reloading the pin for the map for easy editing aside.
What was janky
Showing a map and doing searches are all premium content, and the tagging map does not remember the post data.
How did GEO my WP meet my needs?
I’ve got to say, this might be the tool I use for my noobs to add geo-data.
✅ Noob friendly pinning
⛔ Map generation
✅ Uses OpenStreetMap
✅ WordPress geo data standards.
Conclusion: A-Rank – a potential winner
As long as I can find (or make) something to display the maps, this could be what I need.
WP Map Block
WP Map Block is a map plugin with a really cute interface. It gives you a map from WordPress standards metadata that remembers what you last told the editor the post’s location was.
What WP Map Block did well
The sidebar was a thing of beauty. I was strongly impressed.
What I liked
In terms of noob support, this sidebar element is darn near perfect.
What was janky
The devs really want you to move to aBlocks, which is a lot of content stuff that I don’t want. This breaks the principle of granular control, and the least-features viable product rule.
How did WP Map Block meet my needs?
Aside from not making it easy to make an all posts or filtered posts map (or possible, I gave up early because I don’t have all day), I’d say this fits really well.
✅ Noob friendly pinning
⛔ Map generation
✅ Uses OpenStreetMap
✅ WordPress geo data standards.
Conclusion: A-Rank – a potential winner (with caviats)
As long as I can find (or make) something to display the maps, this could be what I need. If the plugin continues to be supported and I can keep nags from my newbies, this will be nearly perfect for the geo-tagging part.
Also, the adverts everywhere are a bit much.
Travelers’ Map
Travelers’ Map is a pretty-looking mapping plugin that uses non-standard metadata storage, which was a huge disappointment.
What Travelers’ Map did well
It looked nice and had an extensive shortcode helper, so it would be possible to have all sorts of maps for different categories and whatnot.
What I liked
The brief feeling of hope that I had found a really good map display plugin.
What was janky
The non-standard all-in-one JSON or deserialised array or whatever.
How did Travelers’ Map meet my needs?
It didn’t.
⛔ Noob friendly pinning
✅ Map generation
✅ Uses OpenStreetMap
⛔ WordPress geo data standards.
Conclusion: C-Rank – So close to being great
If you are happy to geotag the Travelers’ Map way, this is fine. However, I need something that plays well with others, and that means standards compliance for the metadata.
Leflet Map & Extensions Leaflet Map (a recommendation)
I put out a request on the Mastodon federated network and got this recommendation from @Petra_ – Leflet Map & Extensions Leaflet Map.
What Leflet Map did well
Leflet Map has all the flexibility for map generation you could want. Including custom maps and images which is quite exciting for a world building project of mine.
What I liked
The options are well laid out and easy to understand.
What was janky
I did not find a direct summary of posts option. I thought I did but that did not seem to do what I thought it did.
How did Leflet Map meet my needs?
Not exactly a hit but not a swing and a miss either. At this stage what I need is map generation as I have found three plugins that could help my newbies geotag posts. Given the extensive shortcode stuff that I am still going to have to dive into, I might be able to code up a solution to work with Leflet Map and fill in the missing data.
⛔ Noob friendly pinning
✅ Map generation (Not Tested)
✅ Uses OpenStreetMap
⁉️ WordPress geo data standards.
What, if anything, is missing?
At this stage of writing my review, I have found some great ways to geo-tag posts and zero good ways to use standard-compliant geotags to generate nice maps. I do, however, have something I could hammer into a working solution which is better than nothing.
I’m honestly started to to think I would have to find the cleanest coded GPTravelers’ Maplugin and just fork it to make it a standards-compliant one instead. Travelers’ Map was the nicest looking, but I did not see the code.
That said, I helding out hope for a no-forks solution. I needed something that makes a nice map and uses the standards the other pin plugins use. This public standard right here. While I may be in no-forks territory, I’m not outside of the may-have-to-code zone.
Conclusion and closing thoughts
I suspect that not so many plugin authors know of the WordPress geotagging standard because so many reinvent the square wheel. I don’t blame those devs. A single field-value pair is much easier to pull with a simple SELECT statement than many rows. That said, if they had all picked one and did things the same way, that would have been fine too. I’m not married to the WordPress way of doing things I simply need my tools to all use the same data which cannot happen if they all stick the data in different places.
I found just enough to get started with what I want. I still see days of crawling though other people’s code in my future. It would have been nice to find a set of tools that just worked but I will take “works well enough that I can close the gap”.
Depending on your needs there are some great mapping plugins for WordPress. If the devs could get together and learn how to have their plugins use each other’s data we users would be all the better for it.
At the end of all that, my short list was as follows.
- Simple Location – good for admin stuff
- GEO my WP – pretty decent for my newbies
- WP Map Block – lovely for my newbies but may have to be forked
- Leflet Map & Extensions Leaflet Map – powerful but unready as it stands
- Some other option I did not find…
I’ll update this post if I find any further candidates in the next few months but any later than that will probably require a new post.
Please leave your thoughts as a comment, fedi-reply, or WebMention. I’m open to suggestions, recommendations, ideas, links to really good resources, and criticism, questions, and other on topic commentary. If I have misunderstood, been a fool, or made a mistake – tell me about it. Anything you have to add, I would love to hear it.
Nerdy P.S.
To make this article more readable, I edited the site’s CSS as well as adding specific CSS for this post only. You can leave me feedback on my changes if you like. That should count as on-topic too.
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