DMOPress
Build amazing websites powered by Places. Built for tourism offices, tour operators and other Destination Marketing Organizations.
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DMOPress shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 9 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.8 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where DMOPress stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| directory | >100 |
| dmo | #5 |
| maps | >100 |
| places | >100 |
| Tourism | #83 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About DMOPress
From the official readme · v2.3.0Description
Build amazing websites powered by Places. Built for tourism offices, tour operators and other Destination Marketing Organizations.
Features
- Works with any WordPress theme, including your current WordPress website!
- Adds a robust Places post type to WordPress
- Unlimited categories, features and tags to show your Places from a variety of different perspectives
- Easily create interactive Google Maps using any one of 6 beautiful built-in map themes, or create dynamic maps of many Places based on Categories, Features or Tags.
- Show popular ratings and reviews with 6 built-in TripAdvisor Widget shortcodes.
- Show current weather conditions and temperature at your destination with a new inline weather shortcode and widget.
- Embedded JSON-LD Schema.org metadata for richer search engine indexing and enhanced discoverability.
- WPML translation ready – fully internationalizable!
- Designer Friendly: Override all plugin HTML and CSS with your own templates.
- Works with parent and child themes.
- See the Theming Guide and API documentation for complete documentation and template samples.
- Developer Friendly: Well-documented API and easy to extend.
Installation
For installation instructions, check out our 10 Minute Quick Start Guide
Changelog
2.3.0
- Redesigned map marker callout windows contain a richer display of information, including a bolder heading and a Featured Image, if one is present.
- You can now request driving directions to any Place (walking directions coming soon) from the new marker callout windows. Requires Google Maps Directions API to be enabled in your Google Developers Console. Subject to Google Maps Directions API rate limits. This feature is off by default but can be activated with the new [dmo-map] shortcode parameter show-directions.
- Improved geolocation services: map now dims while location or directions are being retrieved and displays a status message.
- All map outputs (i.e. status messages, error messages) now have corresponding translation string coverage.
- Added 3 new dmo-map shortcode options: show-directions, show-google-link and show-post-thumbnail to support new map features.
- Added WordPress REST API support to Places post type, Place Categories taxonomy and Place Features taxonomy.
2.2.0
- Places can now have an icon/symbol association. This symbol can be used on map markers or in other theme locations. Choose from 175 location-oriented map icons.
- New SVG-based map markers with more styling/theming options.
- New dark map theme: Midnight
- New [dmo-map] shortcode parameters: marker-stroke-weight, marker-stroke-color, marker-stroke-opacity, marker-fill-color, marker-fill-opacity, marker-label-color, and marker-svg-path.
- Several minor improvements and bug fixes.
2.1.0
- A new inline weather widget and shortcode that integrates with the OpenWeatherMaps API service. Display current weather conditions for your destination just about anywhere, including Revolution Slider panels.
- All shortcodes are now integrated with Visual Composer, a popular WordPress layout manager.
- Settings for DMOPress can now be managed on the ‘classic’ settings page (Settings > DMOPress) as well as in the WordPress Customizer.
- Improved installation experience via automatic refresh of permalinks upon activation.
2.0.0
- The DMOPress WordPress Plugin is now FREE and open source. Follow us on Github.
- DMOPress now works with all WordPress themes!
- Create beautifully styled maps with 6 gorgeous new map themes.
- All Places now have embedded JSON-LD Schema.org metadata for richer search engine indexing and enhanced discoverability.
- Leverage reviews and ratings from the most popular travel website in the world with 6 new TripAdvisor widgets.
- DMOPress now integrates with the popular The Events Calendar and The Events Calendar Pro plugins. Replaces the default Venue field with a selection of your Places for a seamless event management experience.
- Built-in geocoding service converts addresses into map coordinates with a single click.
- DMOPress is now fully translation-ready and WPML compatible.
- Introduction of designer and developer API with 22 thoroughly documented functions.
- All DMOPress templates can be easily customized in parent and child themes with template inheritance.
- Detailed online documentation for users, theme designers and developers.
- Numerous behind-the-scenes improvements to stabilize the core API and adhere to WordPress best practices.
1.0.0
- Initial release.
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FAQ
DMOPress: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 6, 2026
Is DMOPress free?
Yes. DMOPress is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is DMOPress safe to use in 2026?
DMOPress shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use DMOPress?
DMOPress is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,094 times since it launched in March 2017. It was downloaded 52 times in the last 30 days.
Does DMOPress work with WordPress 7.1?
DMOPress is officially tested up to WordPress 4.8.0, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was DMOPress last updated?
The latest version, 2.3.0, was released on July 19, 2017 (9 years ago).
Who makes DMOPress?
DMOPress is developed and maintained by jasonpomerleau.
What are the best alternatives to DMOPress?
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