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Geo2 Maps Add-on for NextGEN Gallery
NGG Geo2 Maps Add-on displays maps with photos, galleries, or albums using EXIF GPS data or geocoding. Requires NextGEN Gallery.
The facts
- Rating
- 3.3★ from 12
- Active installs
- 90+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 5 Apr 2026
- Added
- Feb 2012
- Requires WP
- 3.0.1
- Tested up to
- WP 6.9.7
- Requires PHP
- 7.2.0
- Downloads
- 25,581
Our analysis
AI-assistedGeo2 Maps Add-on for NextGEN Gallery is a WordPress plugin designed to enhance the NextGEN Gallery by adding geolocation features. It allows you to display maps with photos, galleries, or albums using EXIF GPS data or geocoding, leveraging Microsoft Azure Maps for functionality.
This plugin is suitable for users who want to integrate geolocation into their photo galleries, providing options such as different map representations, lightbox customisation, and route display. It is particularly useful for photographers or organisations that wish to showcase their images in a geographical context.
Best for: This plugin suits photographers or organisations looking to enhance their NextGEN Gallery with geolocation features.
What it does well
- ✓Flexible extension for NextGEN Gallery
- ✓Supports JPEG and WebP images
- ✓Utilises Microsoft Azure Maps
- ✓Offers multiple map representations and lightbox options
- ✓Includes route mode with various spatial data formats
Where it falls short
- •Requires a free Azure Maps API Key to function
- •Limited information on current plugin quality due to mixed ratings
Verdict
Geo2 Maps Add-on offers useful geolocation capabilities for NextGEN Gallery users, though it requires additional setup with Azure Maps. It may be worth exploring if you need these specific features.
From the developer
Pawel's own description of Geo2 Maps Add-on for NextGEN Gallery, lightly tidied.
!!! Please notice that “Ratings” do not represent the current plugin version quality – which was updated and corrected. Please check by yourself and leave feedback.
NGG Geo2 Maps Add-on is a flexible extension plugin for free or Pro NextGEN Gallery (tested up to version 4.0.4), displaying maps with your photos, galleries or albums located using EXIF GPS data or geocoding.
The goal of this plugin is to add to WordPress similar geolocation functionality as other web-based self-hosted photo manager apps have like Gallery 3, Piwigo, PhotoPrism or LibrePhotos.
The plugin is using Microsoft Azure Maps and requires free Azure Maps API Key to function.
Features
- Maps with geo-located photos – Create maps with your photos, using their GPS data.
- Support for JPEG and WebP images, with fast, native metadata reading.
- Support for different representation of photos on a map: 7 Azure maps Pushpins, Thumbnails (round, rectangular)
- Preview photos by clicking on a Pushpins/Thumbnails in an Infobox or one of 3 Lightboxes (Fancybox, Slimbox 2 or Fancybox 3)
- Customise Lightboxes: colours and controls
- Fancybox 3 Bottom Caption Panel with additional image EXIF and GPS info
- Route mode with GPX, GML, KMZ, KML, GeoRSS, GeoJSON, spatial CSV support: displays your travel route together with photos or any other data
- Worldmap mode: shows all or specific photos, galleries and albums on an overview map, open or preview galleries (via Ajax)
- Include your maps by using Shortcodes
- Include maps automatically in every post with a NextGEN gallery
- Open maps on requests (via Ajax)
- Create maps with specific photos only
- Create multiple maps on one page
- Enlarge maps to full screen
- Mini Map module
- Different visual styles for maps
- Itemized options panel: configure many available options
- Language support: users can create translations (English, Polish included)
- Geolocation of galleries and albums in the Worldmap mode using Title
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