by David Shanske 4.6 (8 reviews)

Simple Location

Name: Simple Location
Rating: 4.6 (8 reviews)
Author: David Shanske

Adds geographic location and weather support to WordPress.

Simple Location ranks #11,003 among WordPress.org plugins with 300+ active installations, is #142 of 927 in the Maps & Location category, a 4.6/5 rating from 8 reviews, and was last updated Jul 28, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7.0.4 (Current: 7.1)

v5.0.25 Current Version v5.0.25

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 28 Jul, 2026

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#142 of 927 in Maps & Location Top 25% by installs Downloads +27.7% this week

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Active Installs

300+

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62.2K

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92%

Review 4.6 out of 5

4.6 (8 reviews)

Next Milestone 400

Total Progress 22%

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Plugin Details

Version: 5.0.25
Last Updated: Jul 28, 2026
Requires WP: 6.2+
Tested Up To: 7.0.4
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: David Shanske

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6
Reviews: 8
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and bloggers who want to attach geographic and weather information to their posts, comments, users, and attachments. It solves the problem of manually tracking and displaying location and weather context by automating geocoding, mapping, timezone adjustment, and weather data retrieval through pluggable third-party providers.

Adds geo coordinates to posts
Location taxonomy for archives
Textual location description field
Weather data widgets
HTML5 geolocation lookup
Automatic location from image metadata
Per-post timezone adjustment
Multiple map and geocoding providers

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Simple Location

API Keys are required to use certain services. * Google * Mapbox - To retrieve style list inside the UI, you need a token with the styles:list scope * Bing * OpenWeatherMap * MapQuest * HERE * Compass * Weatherstack * Weatherbit * GeoNames - requires a username * LocationIQ * Met Office UK * OpenRoute Service * GeoApify * Visual Crossing * Meteostat * Pirate Weather * TomTom * AerisWeather - Individuals who share their personal weather station data with PWSWeather.com are offered a free contributor account. At this time, all map services require an API key, but most permit limited non-commercial use. Nominatim does not require an API key, but it does ask for an email address, which will be the admin email of the site If not provided there will be no map displayed regardless of setting, reverse geo lookup will not work Without a weather provider this service will not work. API Keys may have free limits, or may incur fees if overused. This plugin only uses a request when you post, which is usually well within the free tier which is usually thousands of requests. In all cases, you must comply with the provider's terms of use. The appropriate API keys should be entered in Settings->Simple Location or will move to Indieweb->Location if the Indieweb plugin if installed.

add_post_type_support( 'geo-location'); add_post_type_support( 'weather' ); The software uses two custom features to declare that the post type supports these features, otherwise the location and weather features do not show in the editor.

The terms of service of most map providers expressly forbid this. While the likelihood of one of these providers coming after an individual is slim, this would be a violation of WordPress plugin guidelines. This is why the plugin does not save maps to the media library. The only self-serve option being offered at this time is to self-host a caching static map API endpoint.

The custom map provider is an endpoint you provide yourself. You can install and use the repository here, which is a fork of a project by Aaron Parecki. The custom provider was designed around the parameters in this code. All the commercial static map APIs used assemble the pieces of a map from public tile servers, which

This allows you to use a custom endpoint that returns current weather conditions in json, using the property names used by this plugin, which can be found outlined in the class-weather-provider.php file. The configuration for this takes a URL and an ID. So you could run a script that generates a static page anywhere from any source with this data.

Currently, only Visual Crossing supports historic weather data on their basic plan. Meteostat consists solely of historical data and has no current data.

Several providers, including the custom provider, the National Weather Service(US), and the Met Office(UK) only provide limited locations for retrieving weather data. This specifies where to look if the first provider fails. This may be replaced with better logic in future.

Simple Location uses WordPress Geodata to store location, as does the WordPress app. So setting location with the app should allow it to be displayed by Simple Location. The only major difference

also known as protected, which shows a textual description of the location but does not display a map or geographic coordinates.

The Location Icon does not retrieve my location. Chrome Users: Retrieves the location using the HTML5 geolocation API(available in your browser) will not work on Chrome if your website is not secure(https). This is a Chrome decision to ensure safe control of personal data. You can take advantage of the other built-in location providers, for example, one uses the location of the user or create your own location provider as a separate plugin.