Car Route Planner Plugin
Route planner for car travelers. Calculator of various values for route, such as length, driving time, fuel amount and cost, customized cost.
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- Small user base (300+ active installs)
- Mixed reviews — 3/5 from 10 ratings
- No update in 2 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.4 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Car Route Planner Plugin stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| calculator | >100 |
| direction | >100 |
| distance | >100 |
| route | >100 |
| travel | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 3 from 10 reviews
About Car Route Planner Plugin
From the official readme · v1.7Description
The route planner can calculate different values for car routes around the world, such as route length, driving time, fuel amount and cost.
Main use cases:
- Routing for motorists (recreation or business trips on own or rented car)
- Calculation of estimated cost of your service depending on route length (transport logistics, shipping, moving companies, truck freight, delivery, intercity taxi, transfer, and etc.)
- Routing from an arbitrary point to your tourist site (recreation center, camping, hotel) with a simple web form.
Other use cases are also possible. The plugin has many settings and can be adapted to other scenarios.
Features
- shortcodes
- customizable design
- automatic adjustment of font size and font family
- mobile friendly
- worldwide routing (can be optionally limited by countries)
- switched on/off blocks in form and in results
- price calculation by your own formula
- async load via HTTPS, HTTP/2 support
- safe degradation if the routing server is not available
- autocomplete for input fields
- start/finish location can be pointed on the map
- geocoder with mistyping correction
- editing the route by drag and drop over map
- route scheme (cities with road types and driving time between them)
- separated speed limits for highway and other roads
- 11 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Polish, Italian, Malay, Dutch, Turkish
- 3 measure systems: metric, American, British imperial
- multiple currencies: ARS, AUD, BRL, CAD, CHF, CLP, CNY, COP, CZK, DOP, EUR, GBP, INR, IRR, MXN, MYR, NGN, PEN, PHP, PLN, RUB, SEK, TRY, USD, VEF, ZAR
Modes
The plugin has two modes. These modes are switched on the plugin settings page.
By default, the plugin works in minimal mode:
- the results of route calculation are displayed on the plugin developers website.
- there are no additional settings.
Advanced mode:
- the results of route calculation are displayed inside iframe on your website.
- after iframe, the hyperlink to the plugin developer’s site is displayed.
- additional settings are available.
How it Works
Technically speaking, the plugin is a bridge to web service www.drivebestway.com, which uses OSM data for routing.
Unlike other similar plugins, Google Maps is not used here. The routing is performed with open source routers, such as OSRM and Graphhopper.
See a full list of credits.
Documentation
The plugin is developed on the basis of HTML-widget, which options are documented on the developers’ site.
Installation
- Upload plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory.
- Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
- Insert “car route planner” block in Gutenberg editor or use shortcode
Frequently asked questions
How to create own price formula?
When composing a formula, you can use the following variables: Length – Route length DrivingTime – Driving time in minutes FuelConsumption – Fuel consumption FuelAmount – Amount of fuel required for the entire route FuelPrice – Unit price of fuel FuelCost – Fuel cost for the entire route You can also use the mathematical functions: min, max, round. Example of formula: max(150, FuelCost * 4 + 100)
How fuel cost is calculated?
The interface uses abstract term “fuel”, so that you or your user can substitute the price of gasoline, diesel or LPG based on your choice. The gasoline price is used by default.
How driving time is calculated?
The speed allowed by traffic rules (according to OSM data) on each specific route point is used for the calculation. You can setup extra speed limits in the shortcode configurator.
Can I display multiple shortcodes on one page?
You can display as many shortcodes as you like on one page.
Changelog
1.7
- Block for Gutenberg page editor.
- Options “Font family” and “Font size” are added.
1.6
- Options “Hide From field” and “Hide To field” are added.
1.5
- Italian, Czech, Polish and Malay translations are added.
- Dutch and Turkish translations are added.
1.4
- Bugfix: minor country-specific settings were not applied properly.
1.3
- Limiting results by countries
1.2
- Min/Max functions are supported in formula.
- Bugfix: some shorttag’s attributes were erroneously ignored.
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FAQ
Car Route Planner Plugin: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 2, 2026
Is Car Route Planner Plugin free?
Yes. Car Route Planner Plugin is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Car Route Planner Plugin safe to use in 2026?
Car Route Planner Plugin shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 300+ sites, is rated 3/5 and was last updated 3 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Car Route Planner Plugin?
Car Route Planner Plugin is active on 300+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 13,241 times since it launched in April 2018. It was downloaded 125 times in the last 30 days.
Does Car Route Planner Plugin work with WordPress 7.1?
Car Route Planner Plugin is officially tested up to WordPress 6.4.12, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Car Route Planner Plugin need?
Car Route Planner Plugin requires PHP 5.3 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Car Route Planner Plugin last updated?
The latest version, 1.7, was released on February 5, 2024 (3 years ago).
Who makes Car Route Planner Plugin?
Car Route Planner Plugin is developed and maintained by iGuk.
What are the best alternatives to Car Route Planner Plugin?
The most popular alternatives to Car Route Planner Plugin are Cost Calculator Builder (20K+ installs), Cost Calculator for Contact… (6K+ installs) and Calculator Builder (1K+ installs).
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