Leaflet Maps Marker

As of January 2020, the free version of the Maps Marker plugin has earned its retirement: It will still be usable, but it we will only add occasional security updates, no new features and bugfixes. Our recommendation is to upgrade to Maps Marker Pro – read more in our sticky forum post & retirement FAQ at https://www.mapsmarker.com/news/leaflet-maps-marker-retirement

We are working hard on delivering the best mapping solution available – helping you to share your favorite spots and tracks.

Display locations and directions on your WordPress site. Organize customized icons in tidy layers on a variety of maps. Leaflet Maps Marker is your individual Geo-CMS that features highest security standards and a moral code.

With Leaflet Maps Marker, you can

• pin your favorites places with markers,
• search for locations by using geocoding providers like MapQuest Geocoding or Google Places
• show directions for your locations,
• choose from over 1000 free, customizable icons from Maps Icons Collection,
• add popup description text or images for each marker,
• organize your markers in layers,
• choose an individual basemap, size and zoom level for each marker and layer map
• display your maps by just adding a shortcode – e.g. [mapsmarker marker=”1″] – to posts, pages, widgets and templates
• on the basemap of your choice: Open Street Map, Google Maps (road, satellite, hybrid, terrain), Bing (aerial, aerials + labels, road), Mapbox (road, satellite) and any custom WMTS-map

This plugin is built by a team with a vision. We follow a moral code and value the plugin’s security, your privacy and the documentation of our work. Read our mission statement here.

Full feature list

Frontend

• show directions for your locations using Google Maps, yournavigation.org or openrouteservice.org
• configure up to 10 WMS servers to display additional information from external geo data providers (like the European Environment Agency) on your maps
• export your markers as KML file for displaying in Google Earth (view screenshot) or Google Maps (view screenshot)
• export your markers as GeoJSON for embedding in external websites or apps
• subscribe to your markers via GeoRSS or for embedding in external websites or apps
• export your markers and layers as XLSX, XLS, CSV or ODS-file
• show recent marker entries in a widget anywhere on your site
• unobtrusive scale control
• keyboard navigation support for maps
• display a list of markers below layer maps
• show standalone maps in fullscreen mode
• automatically generated geo sitemap for all maps (for submitting to Google)
• automatically add microformat geo-markup to maps to make them machine-readable
• create QR codes for standalone maps
• automatically add meta-tags with location information to maps
• use maps that do not reflect the real world (e.g. game, indoor or photo maps) by adding basemaps created by maptiler

Backend

• support for geocoding providers MapQuest Geocoding and Google Geocoding
• organize your markers in layers or multi-layer-maps
• option to switch between simplified and advanced editor
• TinyMCE button for easily searching and adding maps on post/pages edit screen
• support for custom marker timestamps for more precise KML animations (view example youtube video)
• option to set WordPress roles (administrator, editor, author, contributor) which are allowed to add/edit/delete markers and layers
• option to add marker directly to posts or pages without saving them to your database
• audit log for changes on markers & layers (saving first created by/on and last updated by/on info)
• mass actions for markers (assignment to layers, deletions, duplications)
• option to reset plugin settings to defaults
• dynamic preview of maps in backend (no need to reload)
• option to select plugin default language in settings for backend and frontend
• WordPress Admin Bar integration to quickly access plugins features
• admin dashboard widget showing latest markers
• support for google maps and bing map localization (cultures)

Technical details

Frontend

• full support for responsive designs (automatic resizing of maps if viewport is wider than map width)
• full RTL (Right-to-Left) language support
• full UTF8-support for cyrillic, chinese or other alphabets on marker/layername and marker popup text
• support for 46 languages – please check out our translations platform if you want to contribute
• support for Retina displays to display maps in a higher resolution
• GeoJSON feeds for every marker and layer with JSONP support
• option to select plugin default language in settings for backend and frontend

Backend

• WordPress MultiSite compatibility
• integrated check for known incompatible plugins (and instructions on how to fix)
• use of WordPress settings API for storing options
• TinyMCE editor on backend for editing popup texts
• dynamic changelog to show all changes since your last plugin update
• Security Coding: best practice (use of prepared SQL statements to prevent SQL injections; use of WordPress nounces on forms to prevent attacks and input mistakes; use of custom function names and enqueue plugin scripts/css only on plugin pages to prevent conflicts with other plugins)
• smooth update functions
• complete uninstall: one-click removal with zero data residue (also on WordPress MultiSite installations)

Read the full description on the official page →