by Norbert Preining 5 (3 reviews)

Slick Google Map

Name: Slick Google Map
Rating: 5.0 (3 reviews)
Author: Norbert Preining

Embed Google Maps (with your own API key) or OpenStreetMap/Leaflet maps via shortcode or Gutenberg block.

Slick Google Map ranks #20,795 among WordPress.org plugins with 50+ active installations, is #264 of 942 in the Maps & Location category, a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated May 27, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.7.9 (Current: 7.1.2)

v1.0.0 Current Version v1.0.0

Updated 3 months ago Last Update on 27 May, 2026

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#264 of 942 in Maps & Location Top 50% by installs

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#20,795

+54 this week

Active Installs

50+

-10.7%

KW Avg Position

80.7

3.7 worse

Downloads

5.9K

+1 today

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100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (3 reviews)

Next Milestone 60

Total Progress 30%

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.0.0
Last Updated: May 27, 2026
Requires WP: 6.4+
Tested Up To: 6.7.9
PHP Version: 8.1 or higher
Author: Norbert Preining

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 3
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Slick Google Map

Sign in to the Google Cloud Console (https://console.cloud.google.com/), create a project, enable Maps JavaScript API (and optionally Geocoding API), then Credentials → Create credentials → API key. Restrict the key to your site by HTTP referrer. Paste it into Settings → Slick Google Map → Google Maps API key. The Maps Platform gives you a ~\$200/month free credit, which is roughly 28,000 dynamic map loads — enough for most personal sites at no cost.

Only if you want to use Google Maps. The plugin ships a Leaflet/OpenStreetMap provider that requires no key, no account, and no billing. Pick it in Settings → Slick Google Map → Default provider, or per-map with provider="leaflet".

Without a Map ID, the plugin falls back to google.maps.Marker, which Google deprecated in February 2024 and logs a console warning for. Creating a Map ID (Google Cloud Console → Google Maps Platform → Map Management → Create Map ID → JavaScript) and pasting it into the plugin settings lets the plugin use the modern AdvancedMarkerElement and the warning disappears.

The safest option is plain decimal (43.6387194, -116.2413513). The plugin also accepts DMS forms: 43°38'19.39"N, 116°14'28.86"W 43 38 19.39, -116 14 28.86 43.6387, -116.2413 (semicolon also works as separator) If you provide an address="…" attribute instead, the plugin geocodes it once and caches the result.

Yes. The legacy shortcode is registered as a back-compat alias. The most-used attributes pass through to the modern renderer; obsolete ones are silently ignored. See PARITY.md on GitHub for the per-attribute mapping.

Yes. The rendered HTML is fully static (a <div> with a data-sgmp JSON payload). Map and tile loading happens in the visitor's browser. WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache, LiteSpeed Cache, and similar all work without configuration.

The saved-shortcodes admin and the TinyMCE Quicktag are gone (replaced by the Gutenberg block and, for Classic Editor users, a media button above the editor). The sidebar widget is also gone — use the block. See "Parity & rewrite" above and PARITY.md for the full list of dropped features and the reasoning.