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CM Map Locations – Visualize and share your locations in a few clicks icon
Actively maintained Tested up to 7.0.6 #2 in business locations

CM Map Locations – Visualize and share your locations in a few clicks

Display locations on an interactive map with Google Maps. Use as a store locator, showcase business locations, and improve navigation.

Active installs70+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d235▲ +29.1% vs prev. 30d
Rating2.5/54 reviews
Health score59/100Fair
All-time downloads24.5KSince Nov 2015
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 5.4.0PHP 5.2.4+
Downloads · 7d57▲ +5.6% week over week
Our verdict

Use with caution

CM Map Locations works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 70+ sites, is rated 2.5/5 and was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 59/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (70+ active installs)
  • Low rating so far — 2.5/5 from only 4 reviews

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

234669Jul 2Aug 15Sep 29
Yesterday12
Daily average (1y)5
Peak day101May 23, 2026
Last 12 months1.7K

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where CM Map Locations stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
business locations #23 1,575 Best business locations plugins →
Google Maps >100 2,597 Best Google Maps plugins →
map >100 4,884 Best map plugins →
maps >100 4,885 Best maps plugins →
Store locator #47 159 Best Store locator plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 2.1100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 2.5 from 4 reviews

  • 5★25.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★25.0%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★50.0%

About CM Map Locations

From the official readme · v2.1.9

Description

Pro Plugin Page | Videos | Demo | User Guide

Enables users to easily manage and organize multiple locations. With integrated Google Maps functionality, it also provides a seamless store locator experience.

The Google Maps Locations plugin empowers users to effortlessly add a location, multiple locations, or points of interest to a Google maps.

⭐ We’re excited to introduce the updated version of CM Map Locations! Now featuring a Setup Wizard and new tools to enhance your mapping experience. Explore the improvements and take your maps to the next level.

Location Detailed Description

Each map location is showcased on a dedicated page, featuring comprehensive details like descriptions, images, videos, full addresses, and zip codes.

Furthermore, all locations are highlighted on Google Maps, with each marked by a distinct icon based on its category or user selection.

Map and Index Page with all Locations

The Google Maps plugin generates an index page displaying all locations on a Google Map and as a list.

Clicking on any location on the map or the list can either direct users to the location page or display a tooltip with additional details when clicked on the map.

Google Maps and Locations Plugin Premium Editions

The Google Maps and Location Plugin Premium editions includes even more powerful features, such as: versatile shortcodes, use of polygons for marking locations and areas, user location tracking support, API support and much more.

Google Maps and Locations Plugin Introduction Video (Pro Version)

Locations Plugin Use Cases

  • Store Locator – Easily add multiple physical store locations, customize the location icons, images and description.
  • Business Locations – Create a directory index of businesses with their locations visible on Google Maps.
  • Niche Business – Ideal for showcasing locations on Google Maps in a structured and stylized way.
  • User Aggregated Directory – Increase engagement by letting users post locations and content. The admin edits the content before approving and publishing the submissions.

Basic Features

  • Place a location on a Google maps.
  • Add description for each location.
  • Show all locations on an index page showing one map for all locations.
  • Allow user to see all their posted locations in a dashboard, add new locations or control the status of existing locations.
  • Images and videos can be added to each location.
  • Search locations by any keywords in location description or title.
  • Display snippet or map of the location using shortcodes.
  • Control which content should appear on the location page.
  • Includes a user-friendly Setup Wizard for quick and easy plugin configuration.

Pro Version Features

Pro Version Detailed Features List | Demo Site

  • Locations index map display – Choose between several display templates to support use cases such as store locator, store list, point of interest and more.
  • Import and export locations using KML, GPX or CSV format.
  • Categories – Place locations in categories and assign a unique icon for each category.
  • Weather information – Weather information is shown near each location.
  • Location Icon – Override location category icon with a unique icon per each specific location.
  • Upload Location Icon – Upload your own location icon.
  • Images – Images and videos can be added to each location.
  • Extended Set of Shortcodes – Several shortcodes are supported. Shortcodes can be embedded in posts and show a single location, a map with all locations in a category, and more.
  • Tags – Tags can be added to locations and allow filtering of locations.
  • Search location using zip, radius and text.
  • Modify all text labels in the plugin.
  • Access Control – Set which role can create or view locations.
  • Location moderation and notifications.
  • Allow users to use an iframe and share location map on another site.
  • Tiles/Layers support – Show extra information from external services as an additional map layer.
  • Display Markers As Numbers – Use numbers instead of icons as location markers.
  • Polygon support – Draw a beautiful shape overlay.
  • Track users location – Create a link that allows user to show their location on the map in real time.
  • Automatically add links to Waze and Google directions for each location.
  • Create time-based locations and polygons. Users can filter the map according to date and time to view these locations.
  • Route Manager – Integrates with the Route Manager plugin to show both locations and routes on a joint map.

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Installation

  1. Upload the plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Add a Google API key.
  4. Add as many locations as you want. Each will have it’s own location page and will show up on the index map.
  5. There are a handful of other optional preferences available in the dashboard.

Changelog

2.1.9

  • Restricted image uploads to users with the upload_files capability.

2.1.8

  • Improvements

2.1.7

Release Date: 05 Jul 2025
* Fixed vulnerability issue related to search bar

2.1.6

Release Date: 12 Jun 2025
* Added restrictions for deactivating a plugin and send reason should be admin user

2.1.5

Release Date: 15 May 2025
* Updated pricing

2.1.4

Release Date: 14 Apr 2025
* Improvements

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

Setup Settings
Setup Settings
General Settings
General Settings
Index Page Settings
Index Page Settings
Location Page Settings
Location Page Settings
Dashboard Settings
Dashboard Settings
Location Form Settings
Location Form Settings
Available Shortcodes
Available Shortcodes
Managing Locations - Back-end
Managing Locations - Back-end
Locations Index Page - Front-end Example
Locations Index Page - Front-end Example

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FAQ

CM Map Locations: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026

Is CM Map Locations free?

Yes. CM Map Locations is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is CM Map Locations safe to use in 2026?

CM Map Locations works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 70+ sites, is rated 2.5/5 and was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 59/100 on our health check.

How many websites use CM Map Locations?

CM Map Locations is active on 70+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 24,472 times since it launched in November 2015. It was downloaded 235 times in the last 30 days.

Does CM Map Locations work with WordPress 7.1?

CM Map Locations is officially tested up to WordPress 7.0.6, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

What PHP version does CM Map Locations need?

CM Map Locations requires PHP 5.2.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.

When was CM Map Locations last updated?

The latest version, 2.1.9, was released on July 29, 2026 (2 months ago).

Who makes CM Map Locations?

CM Map Locations is developed and maintained by CreativeMindsSolutions.

What are the best alternatives to CM Map Locations?

The most popular alternatives to CM Map Locations are Store Locator for WordPress📍 (1K+ installs), Interactive Map Widget (10+ installs) and Mapsmith (<10 installs).

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