Quick Maps – Google Maps Without API Key
by Renzo Johnson · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 41K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add responsive Google Maps to WordPress with a simple shortcode. No API key, billing account, or Google Cloud setup required.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈70 estimated
Momentum
+22%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “directions”, “geolocation” and “google maps” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
84 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 5.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
- Version
- 26.10.05.19
- Last updated
- 25d ago
- Added
- 2019-11-24 · 6 yrs old
- Requires WP
- 6.2
- Tested up to
- 7.1.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 25 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 21d
16%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 21d
+0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| google driving directions | #4 | #10 | 0 |
| responsive maps your tag | #18 | #24 | 0 |
| fr map | #7 | #16 | down 1 |
| google maps and directions | #17 | #22 | down 1 |
| google maps directions | #17 | #22 | 0 |
| google maps api key | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| cloud billing | #22 | #21 | up 1 |
| embed google maps | #24 | #22 | — |
| directions your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| geolocation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| google maps your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| map shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
26 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 18 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “directions”, “geolocation” and “google maps” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 31 Oct 2024 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 487 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 70.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add responsive Google Maps to WordPress with a simple shortcode. No API key, billing account, or Google Clo..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 11 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 11 of 11 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Google Maps, Zoom.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,904 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("geolocation", "map shortcode", "responsive maps" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-26 60+ → 70+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2026-09-26 50+ → 60+ up
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).
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Track Geolocation Of Users Using Contact Form 7 800+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A - S Simple Fields Map extension 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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WP Google Auto Directions Path Finder 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Location Share on Checkout by PrismaSell — installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
xLocate — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Category Maps — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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