Google Static Maps Builder - WordPress Plugin

A WordPress plugin designed to make it easy for users to create and embed static maps using Google’s Static Maps API. The interface that the plugin provides (built with Advanced Custom Fields Pro) solves the problem with the Google Static Maps API of it being complicated and unintuitive to set up.

Below are 4 examples of static maps made with this plugin to demonstrate the different options available for configuring the maps and their markers.

Example 1

London Map

Map Details

  • Size: 640 x 250
  • Zoom: 13
  • Scale: 1.5
  • Map Type: Roadmap

Marker Information

Two marker groups – both containing two markers for a total of 4 markers.
One marker group is red, medium sized and with the label A.
One marker group is blue, medium sized and with the label B.

Example 2

Amsterdam Map

Map Details

  • Size: 400 x 400
  • Zoom: 14
  • Scale: 1
  • Map Type: Hybrid

Marker Information

Two marker groups – One containing 3 markers and the other containing 2 for a total of 5 markers.
The marker group with 3 markers is orange, medium sized and with the label X.
The other marker group is yellow, small sized and with no label.

Example 3

New York City Map

Map Details

  • Size: 400 x 640
  • Zoom: 12
  • Scale: 1.5
  • Map Type: Terrain

Marker Information

Two marker groups – One containing 6 and the other containing 4 for a total of 10 markers.
One marker group is purple, medium sized with the label 1.
The other marker group is green, medium sized with the label 2.

Example 4

West Country, UK Map

Map Details

  • Size: 640 x 640
  • Zoom: 9
  • Scale: 1.6
  • Map Type: Satellite

Marker Information

Three marker groups – One containing 4 markers, one containing 3 markers and another containing 3 markers for a total of 10 markers.
One marker group is orange, tiny sized and with no label.
One marker group is red, small sized and with no label.
The last marker group is green, medium sized and with no label.