Easy Google Maps

Main Settings
Control Bars Settings
Additional Navigation Options
Stylization
Info Window
In Map Properties settings tutorial you will find all detailed info about each point.

How to configure the marker settings?
After you have created and customized your map, you can add markers on it. Go to Markers Tab and click “New” button – in the centre of the map will appear a marker. Easy Easy Google Maps by Supsystic offers you a range of markers configuration: Marker Name, Description, Icon, Address, Marker coordinates, Marker Category, Marker Link and other settings.
For more detailed information follow our tutorial Markers Customization.
How to specify different categories to the markers?
In order to specify and perform markers categories, firstly, move to Marker Categories Tab of the plugin. Here is possible to –

Add Category
Edit Category
Delete Category
Search and Sort by Title and ID
Turn pages with categories
View – select the number of categories on one page

To create a new one, click Add Category button. In the new window you can establish:

Category Title – type your category name inside the field
Background Color – tick needed colour for marker icon background
Cluster Icon – Upload Icon you like or back to Default Icon variant for your markers category

When you have created the marker on the Marker Tab, scroll down till you find Markers Category, set the one you’ve created for a current marker and click Save Marker button.
How to add a map into site content?
You can add a map in the site content via shortcode or PHP code.
You can find the shortcode above map preview. Copy and paste the shortcode into your post or page and Easy Google Maps Plugin will automatically create the map on your page using the settings you choose above.
Learn more in tutorial How to add Google Map into website content**
How to generate Google Maps API Key?
After you’ve got your plugin installed, it’s highly recommended to add your own Google Maps API key to settings in order to prevent errors, when the page can’t load Google Maps correctly. To avoid this, you should go Easy Google Maps Plugin settings and find there "User API key" point. To create your own API key - check this article and follow the instruction.
How to list markers as a slider?
In order to use a slider, follow some simple steps:

Add text, images, links, etc. to markers description.
On the Map, Properties tab find Markers List option and click Select Markers List type button.
Select the type of markers list for displayed near the map and don’t forget to save changes.

How to use the filter for markers categories?
We have added a new type of listing to display marker categories. Now you can filter the categories by filter button and using the sidebar filter:
1. Add the Marker Categories.
2. When you have created the marker on the Marker Tab, scroll down till you find Markers Category, set the one you created for a current marker and click Save Marker button.
3. In Map Tab Settings you can select a Filter background colour for a sidebar.
4. Enable Filter "select all" button if you want to select and display all category by 1 click.
5. Move to the Markers List and select the 7th template.
6. Save Map and add to the site content via shortcode.

To use the custom icon, firstly move to "Markers" tab.
Then scroll down and click "Upload icon" button.
Choose "Upload files" and press the "Select Files" button.
Enter the path to your icon image (Recommended Icon Size 30-35px width; 45-50px height), select it and click “Open”
Upload the image, select your file and press “Choose Image”.
Then you can see your icon at the end of "Choose Icon" list.

How to zoom and centre the initial map on markers?
There are a few different ways to zoom and centralize map.
The easiest one is to drag your map using a mouse – "Draggable" option must be enabled, or with pan controller help in a live preview. More Info in How to zoom and centre Google Map tutorial.
How to create linked markers map?

Open “Marker” tab in the map settings.
Add the number of markers you want.
Enable “Marker Link” option in the marker's settings.
Paste link in the field under the option.
Enable the option “Open in new window”, if you want to link was opened in a new window.

Read more about linked markers creation in our tutorial.
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