VenoMaps – geo map and custom markers (venomaps) free WordPress plugin

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VenoMaps – geo map and custom markers (venomaps) free WordPress plugin by Nicola Franchini

This plugin creates custom maps which can be placed anywhere: Contact pages, posts, sidebars, footer widgets, or directly into your theme’s files!

Select a custom style and a size for the map, upload your custom markers, set the map’s and the markers’ coordinates, insert some html content for the popup info boxes and publish your map.

The VenoMaps page also offers some geolocation utilities to get the coordinates typing an address, or placing the marker in a specific position on the map. VenoMaps Block available.

VenoMaps is an alternative to Google Maps, it is based on OpenLayers and OpenStreetMap, doesn’t require API keys and offers different custom maps.
You can also add your own styles with a free account at Maptiler.

Features

  • Easy to install and setup
  • Ability to add Maps on pages / posts
  • Gutenberg Block
  • Widget
  • Ability to set custom options for each Map
  • Manage custom markers with the WP media library
  • Rich text editor for the Info Boxes
  • 5 Default styles
  • Custom map styles, pixel perfect vector maps
  • Geolocation utility to get Latitude / Longitude from address
  • Responsive design

Create a Map

Go to your website admin panel, click on VenoMaps > Add New, give it a title and fill the coordinates as basic options.
You can add one or more markers with various options and attach a infobox to each marker. Publish the map.

Adding into posts/pages

Insert the Block VenoMaps inside your posts or page, or copy the shortcode from the field below the map’s title and paste it anywhere inside your posts or pages, that’s it.

Adding into widget

Under Appearance > Widgets you will find a new widget VenoMaps. Add it to your sidebar, select the desired map from the dropdown menu and save.

Default styles available

Default (OpenStreetMap)
Terrain (Stamen)
Toner (Stamen)
Watercolor (Stamen)
Wikimedia (Wikimedia)

Licenses and copyrights

Default maps data provided by:

OpenStreetMap ODbL
Stamen Design CC BY 3.0
Wikimedia Terms of use

Author: Nicola Franchini

Plugin folder: venomaps

Tags: location, map, maps, openlayers, places

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