Let Visitors Add Their Own Markers to Your Map
Turn your map into a collaborative platform. With Visitor Generated Markers, your audience can submit locations with titles, descriptions, images, and categories. You stay in control with approval workflows, email notifications, and access restrictions.
Form Fields
A Complete Submission Form for Your Visitors
Give your audience everything they need to submit detailed, well-structured markers. The form includes fields for title, description, address, link, image, categories, and custom fields. Address autocomplete makes it easy to pinpoint the right location, and the modern responsive layout looks great on any device.
- Title, description, address, link, and image fields
- Google Places address autocomplete
- Category selection via dropdown or checkboxes with multi-select
- Custom fields for collecting additional data
- Modern responsive form layout
- Fully customisable form text labels
Right-Click or Tap to Place Markers
Visitors can place markers directly on the map with a simple right-click on desktop or a tap on mobile. Once placed, the marker is draggable so they can fine-tune the exact position. The address field updates automatically to match the selected coordinates.
Right-Click to Place
Desktop visitors right-click anywhere on the map to drop a marker at that position.
Mobile Touch Support
On mobile and tablet devices, a simple tap places the marker. No right-click needed.
Drag to Adjust
After placing, visitors can drag the marker to fine-tune its position on the map.
Auto-Fill Address
The address field updates automatically to display the coordinates of the placed marker.
Approval Queue
Full Approval Workflow and Email Notifications
Stay in complete control of every marker that gets submitted. Choose between auto-approving markers instantly or requiring manual approval before they appear on the map. Pending markers are clearly highlighted in the admin area, and you receive an email notification with the full submission details every time a visitor adds a marker.
- Auto-approve markers instantly or require manual review
- Pending markers highlighted with grey background and red alert dot in admin
- Email notification sent to admin on every new submission
- Notification includes all submitted fields for quick review
- Map centres and zooms to the marker when auto-approved
- Pending approval notice shown to the visitor after submission
Privacy, Security, and Access Control
Protect your maps and your visitors. Control who can submit markers, add a GDPR consent checkbox to meet data protection requirements, and enable Google reCAPTCHA to block spam. You can also place the submission form on a separate page using the standalone shortcode, or redirect visitors to a custom URL after they submit.
Access Control
Allow anyone to submit markers, or restrict to registered and logged-in WordPress users only.
GDPR Consent
Add a consent checkbox to the form so visitors agree to data storage before submitting.
reCAPTCHA
Enable Google reCAPTCHA to prevent automated spam submissions on your maps.
Standalone Form Shortcode
Place the submission form on any page with [wpgmza_vgm_form] and link it to a specific map.
Redirect After Submission
Send visitors to a custom thank-you page or any URL after they submit a marker.
Disable Form Per Map
Use the disable_vgm_form attribute to hide the form on specific maps.
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Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Visitor Generated Markers in WP Go Maps.
How do visitors add markers to my map?
Visitors right-click (or tap on mobile) anywhere on the map to place a draggable pin, then fill in the submission form with a title, description, address, and any other fields you have enabled. The form supports address autocomplete, image uploads, category selection, and custom fields.
Can I review markers before they go live?
Yes. You can choose between auto-approving submitted markers or requiring manual approval. Pending markers are highlighted in the admin area with a grey background and red alert indicator so you can review, approve, or reject them before they appear on the map.
Do I get notified when markers are submitted?
Yes. The VGM add-on sends an email notification to the site administrator every time a visitor submits a new marker. The notification includes all submitted details so you can review the submission without logging into WordPress.
Can I restrict who can submit markers?
Yes. You can allow anyone to submit markers or restrict submissions to registered and logged-in WordPress users only. This gives you full control over who can contribute content to your maps.
Does the form support GDPR consent?
Yes. You can enable a GDPR consent checkbox on the submission form. Visitors must check the consent box before submitting their marker, helping you meet data protection requirements.
Can I place the form on a separate page?
Yes. The VGM add-on includes a standalone form shortcode that lets you place the marker submission form on any page or post, independent of the map. You can link the form to a specific map and redirect visitors to a custom URL after submission.
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