Basic Google Maps Placemarks

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1. ★★★★★ drazon

   6.0y ago

   Well although this plugin hasn’t been updated the last 3 years it works perfectly well, and as I said if you need something simple without any bloat this is it. @iandunn if you could bump the plugin version to avoid some “security plugins” marking it as an abandoned plugin it would be great

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2. ★★★★★ correll250

   8.6y ago

   This saved me a lot of work adding Google Maps to my site. Thanks for all the work!

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3. ★★★★★ marinetg

   9.0y ago

   Looked for over 4 hours for the best and most customisable maps plugin. This is the winner. Great job and thanks!

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4. ★★★★★ psuba

   9.6y ago

   Great plugin if you want to start of customising one. I am using it to display mapped areas for a local orienteering club, and with some customisation it does exactly that – both a category page to show different types of areas on one page and with using the clustering feature, whilst also using it as I am displaying a single page with descriptions for each area itself. I have added category specific placemarks, and adjusted the description display instead to use excerpts, add a featured image (instead of using that as a placemark) and link to the page of the area itself. Done in two days. Thanks.

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5. ★★★★★ hello

   10.0y ago

   Good plugin, appreciate the cluster option. There are sometimes issues with with the display, need to drag the map to refresh.

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6. ★★★★★ azlivin008

   10.1y ago

   this plugin no longer works. Google requires an API for maps, and the plugin does not have anything in the settings to add an API. Maps come up “oops, something’s wrong”

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7. ★★★★★ Vsky

   10.2y ago

   Too much codes for a XXI sec plugin Nowadays is time for clicks and drags. Enough Linux or DOS similar things.

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8. ★★★★★ jadi100

   10.3y ago

   Fine and flexible plugin, that makes things as you expect it. Like it.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 10.8 [SECURITY] Fixed an unauthenticated arbitrary map-coordinate write vulnerability. An unauthorized person could alter the map’s center location. Capability and nonce checks were added to fix it. props pwnie for responsibl 10.8
2. — Version 10.7 [NEW] Added UI options and filters for entering a Google API keys. 10.7
3. — Version 10.6 [FIX] Load local copy of default marker clustering images, because remote copies no longer work . 10.6
4. — Version 10.5 [UPDATE] Changed the text-domain from bgmp to basic-google-maps-placemarks , to support language packs . 10.5
5. — Version 10.4 [NEW] Added Russian translation. props alexgr. [NEW] Added Serbo-Croatian translation. props Borisa Djuraskovic. [NEW] Added Dutch translation. props mardonios. 10.4
6. — Version 10.3 [FIX] Closed a minor XSS vulnerability in several Settings form fields in the Administration Panels. props trizaeron . 10.3

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.3 Basic Google Maps Placemarks <= 1.10.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Default Map Coordinate Update ↗
   2026-04-15 CVE-2026-3581 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.10.7 Patched in 1.10.8

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Translated into 77 languages, 9 at 90% or more

Plus 53 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-03-20 4K+ → 3K+ down after 399 days in tier
2. 2024-02-15 5K+ → 4K+ down after 292 days in tier
3. 2023-04-29 6K+ → 5K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Multiple Location Google Map 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
• Multi Location Marker 80+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
• WP Go Maps – Google Map, OpenStreetMap, Leaflet Map 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Maps Widget for Google Maps 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Easy Google Maps 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Map Block for Google Maps 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A

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Basic Google Maps Placemarks: 3K+ active installs, 4.4★ (51 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/basic-google-maps-placemarks