Simple Google Map

The map can be displayed in posts, pages, or as a sidebar widget.

Google recently released version 3 of their Maps API.

They made it smaller and faster, but with less features. The biggest advantage is that it doesn’t require an API key.

So, no API key is needed.

Installation:

Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.

Features:

• Simple usage.
• Insert into posts or pages using only shortcode
• Insert into your sidebar as a widget.
• Set default options = less necessary shortcode and widget options.
• Modify the default CSS or turn it off completely and style the map yourself.
• Add a form for getting directions by simply adding your destination address.

What is new in this release:

• Added option to specify default map type (roadmap, satellite, etc).
• Created widget capability.
• Added default CSS styling. Now you don't have to be a programmer to use the plugin.
• Added settings page in admin to manage global default options, edit styles, or turn off styles.
• Made directions form optional.
• Escaped necessary characters from info window content.
• Fixed a bug on windows hosting that caused php code to show up at the top of the admin pages (changed all <? to <?php).
• Changed submit button from "Get directions" to "Directions" to save space.

Requirements:

• WordPress 2.5 or higher

Limitations:

• There can only be one map one a page. A widget map counts as one.
• The size of the info window (speech bubble) is dictated by the size of the map, thus the size of the containing div, div#SGM
• If you wish to use html in the content value in shortcode, be sure and type it in visual mode (not HTML mode). the pointy brackets will be special html characters in HTML mode and are converted back into pointy brackets by the plugin.