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MapTip

MapTip is a jquery tooltip plugin. It is used to display map of a city or place, when mouse is hovered over the city name. It very easy to use.

Active installs10+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d73▲ +35.2% vs prev. 30d
Rating—0 reviews
Health score23/100At risk
All-time downloads1.7KSince Nov 2016
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 3.0PHP any
Downloads · 7d6▼ -70% week over week
Our verdict

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MapTip shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 10 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 4.0 (latest is 7.1)

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Daily downloads

258Jul 12Aug 25Oct 9
Yesterday2
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day11May 3, 2026
Last 12 months590

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

Rankings

Where MapTip stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
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image tooltip >100 1,142 Best image tooltip plugins →
jquery tooltip wordpress plugin >100 353 Best jquery tooltip wordpress plugin plugins →
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wordpress tooltip plugin >100 1,918 Best wordpress tooltip plugin plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.0100.0%

About MapTip

From the official readme · v1.0

Description

MapTip is a jquery tooltip plugin. It is used to display map of a city or place, when mouse is hovered over the city name. It very easy to use.
The basic tooltip facility is borrowed from tooltipster wordpress plugin.
Link to the Tooltipster Jquery Library: http://iamceege.github.io/tooltipster/
URL for Tooltipster plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/tooltipster/

it has 10+ features in the base tooltipster plugin.
example animation, position, title, text, image, speed, delay,icon ,theme, trigger etc.

After installing the plugin, you have to enclose the city name within opening and closing shortcodes like below:
[MapTip]Mumbai[/MapTip]
[MapTip]Jakarta[/MapTip] is capital of indonesia.
We were travelling from [MapTip]New Delhi[/MapTip] to [MapTip]Kolkata[/MapTip]

The plugin refers to Overpass api for finding latitude and longitude from the place name.(http://overpass-api.de/)
You can find more about Overpass API (formerly known as OSM Server Side Scripting) at : http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API
If the place name is misspelled or it doesn’t exist in openstreetmap database, the tooltip shows
the message “Map Not Found”.
You can use animation values ‘fade’, ‘grow’, ‘swing’, ‘slide’, ‘fall’
You can override default theme (i.e colors, borders and general appearance).
There are four themes available “tooltipster-light” , “tooltipster-noir” , “tooltipster-punk” and “tooltipster-shadow”
There are other options available like delay, animationduration etc.
For using them, you have to pass them as arguments to the shortcode like:
[MapTip animation=”swing”]Mumbai[/MapTip] is capital of Maharashtra

[MapTip theme=”tooltipster-noir”]Pune[/MapTip] is the second most big city of Maharashtra

[MapTip animation=”grow”]new delhi[/MapTip] is capital of India

[MapTip]Chiplun[/MapTip] is a place in konkan region.

The map shown in the tooltip has some default zoom factor. You can override the zoom factor by specifying
it in the shortcode.

[MapTip zoom=”10″]Chiplun[/MapTip] is a place in konkan region.

My friend stays in[MapTip]London[/MapTip].

For getting the map images, Mapquest staticmap api is used.
For more information about staticmap refer: http://www.mapquestapi.com/staticmap/
Both openstreetmap and MapQuest have “Fair Usage Policy” in place , so if
there are too many requests from a single IP, that IP is temporarily blocked.

Known issues:
If there are multiple places with the same name, all the records are returned by the API and
the first one is selected for displaying the map tip. So, you may not see the map of the place you intend to see.

Installation

  • From WP admin > Plugins > Add New
  • Search \”Tooltipster\” under search and hit Enter
  • Click \”Install Now\”
  • Click the Activate Plugin link

Changelog

Hello , Tooltipster has a new version . if you update it you can find more features

1.0
First Release

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

Tooltip with Image
Tooltip with Image
Tooltip with Headline
Tooltip with Headline

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FAQ

MapTip: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 10, 2026

Is MapTip free?

Yes. MapTip is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is MapTip safe to use in 2026?

MapTip shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.

How many websites use MapTip?

MapTip is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,676 times since it launched in November 2016. It was downloaded 73 times in the last 30 days.

Does MapTip work with WordPress 7.1?

MapTip is officially tested up to WordPress 4.0.38, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was MapTip last updated?

The latest version, 1.0, was released on November 4, 2016 (10 years ago).

Who makes MapTip?

MapTip is developed and maintained by aviket.

What are the best alternatives to MapTip?

The most popular alternatives to MapTip are Tooltipster (100+ installs).

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