Simple Location

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1. ★★★★★ Dennis Bareis

   2.8y ago

   Not sure how long this has been happening but this plugin prevents comment editing from working. The green “Update” button does nothing. I am doing this on a custom post type (with PODS). Console tools shows this message being generated: An invalid form control with name='<u>venue_id</u>’ is not focusable. <input class=”widefat” type=”number” name=”<u>venue_id</u>” id=”<u>venue_id</u>” step=”1″ min=”1″ value=”0″> If you expand Location (click EDIT) then click edit it says ” Venue: must be greater than or equal to 1″ This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by Dennis Bareis.

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2. ★★★★★ kartguru

   5.6y ago

   Doesn’t look like much but is doing a fair bit under the hood. It’s simple yet very effective and well thought out.

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3. ★★★★★ dave3535

   6.4y ago

   Great Plugin I utilize it a great deal. I would like to be able to use it on my pages too not just post though. I love the ease of use and the simplicity.

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4. ★★★★★ LewisCowles

   6.4y ago

   I really appreciated that the default was for private access and using Open providers. I downloaded and installed using the UK MetOffice provider. Thanks so much David

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5. ★★★★★ Khürt Williams

   7.1y ago

   I can’t imagine using the check-in post-kind without this. I love seeing a map displayed below my posts.

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6. ★★★★★ Interludic

   8.6y ago

   Thank you! Only took minutes to setup and do what it says and what i need. However i would like to change the way You can filter any query or archive by adding ?geo={all|public|text} to it to show only public posts with location. Adding /geo/all to the homepage or archive pages should also work. Instead a list of posts, a map with all the markers that link to the post would be so cool!

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7. ★★★★★ Chris Aldrich

   9.7y ago

   I’ve been wanting to add location data, addresses and maps to some of my posts in a simple and easy manner. This plugin does it incredibly well. I look forward to future improvements and iterations to the “Venues” portion! Pretty soon I won’t need to rely on Foursquare anymore as I can have my own version on my own site.

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8. ★★★★★ diumvarium

   10.0y ago

   There are so many geotagging plugins on WordPress, but they don’t support WordPress official geodata formats like geo_latitude, geo_longitude and geo_public. They use their own custom fields, and it makes compatible problems. I’ve spent so much time to arrive at this plugin. This plugin is currently the only plugin that supports the Wordpres geotag metadata that is used in mobile WordPress apps like Android and iOS.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 4 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-06-25 400+ → 300+ down after 7 days in tier
2. 2025-06-18 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2025-06-14 400+ → 300+ down after 4 days in tier
4. 2025-06-10 300+ → 400+ up after 6 days in tier
5. 2025-06-04 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-06-03 300+ → 400+ up after 5 days in tier
7. 2025-05-29 400+ → 300+ down after 18 days in tier
8. 2025-05-11 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier

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).

• Stellar Places 100+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
• Geo Mashup 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• Geo Controller 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• WT GeoTargeting 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• WP Geo 800+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
• M Map My Posts 100+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D

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Simple Location: 300+ active installs, 4.6★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-30. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-location