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WordPress Classic Widget (Plugin) Google Maps

Last updated: 28.03.2026
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WS GMaps is a classic widget (plugin) Google Maps for WordPress CMS. The widget allows you to set multiple points on the map. In addition, there can be several widgets on one page. You can download the plugin for free. For the plugin to work, you need to specify the Maps JavaScript API key for Google Maps. You can generate an API key in the Google Cloud Platform (https://console.cloud.google.com/).

In the admin panel, the plugin settings look like this:

WP Google maps admin

If you use the classic widget display, the plugin settings in the admin panel will look like this:

WP Google maps admin

You can set a description for a point on the map that will appear when clicked. This marker description can use HTML. You can see how this works in the example.

If there are multiple markers on the map, you can specify the map center in the designated fields. If the map center is not specified, the first marker will be used as the center.

You can download the WS GMaps plugin from this website – Download
Or you can download it from GitHub.

Installation

Upload the plugin archive in zip format using your website’s admin panel.

install plugin

Even though the plugin is free, you can still thank the plugin author if the widget was useful to you.

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Other ways to donate are here

The plugin was tested on WordPress version 6.8
The minimum PHP version is 8.0
The current version of the plugin is 0.1.6

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Author: Igor Rybalko
I have been working as a front-end developer since 2014. My main technology stack is Vue.js and WordPress.

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