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Initial Setup

3
  • Installing the Plugin
  • Map Engine Selection Guide
  • Changing your Map Engine

Map Engines

8
  • Creating a Google Maps API key
  • Protecting your Google Maps API key from unauthorized use – Setting up website restrictions (HTTP referrers)
  • Creating an Azure Maps subscription key
  • Creating a Stadia Maps API Key
  • Creating a MapTiler API Key
  • Creating a LocationIQ Access Token
  • Address Providers
  • Tile Servers & Tilesets

First-time users

3
  • Creating your first map
  • Creating your first marker
  • Displaying your Map on your WordPress site

Map Features

50
  • Map Features Overview
  • Accessibility and WCAG Compliance
  • Shortcodes
    • Shortcodes – Quick Start
    • Map Shortcode
    • Store Locator Shortcode
    • Category Filter Shortcode
    • Category Legends Shortcode
    • Infowindow Shortcode
    • Marker Listing Shortcode
    • Directions Shortcode
    • Using WP blocks
  • Markers
    • Editing a Marker
    • Marker Gallery
    • Fine-tuning a Marker’s position
    • Adding video to your Marker
    • Embedding iframes in your markers
    • Customizing your info Window
    • Info Window Styles
    • Using Custom marker Icons on your map
    • Sticky Markers
    • Adding Custom fields to your Marker
    • Marker Listing
    • Enabling distance features
  • Map Display
    • Setting your Map type
    • Using your map in a widget
    • Styling Wizard
    • Using GET variables to Control your Map
  • Filtering
    • Store Locator
    • Marker Filtering
    • Enabling the category Legend
    • Shape Filtering
  • Shapes
    • Shape Info Windows
    • Shape Library
    • Polyline & Polygon Line Styles
  • Performance & Analytics
    • Optimization
    • Map Insights
    • Marker Caching
  • Drawing Tools
    • Adding a Polygon
    • Adding a Polyline
    • Adding a Circle
    • Adding a Rectangle
    • Adding an image overlay
    • Adding a Point Label
    • Adding a Heatmap
  • Themes
    • Creating a Custom Map Theme – Google maps engine
    • Change your Map Theme – Theme Presets for OpenLayers & Leaflet
    • Edit your Map Theme – Theme Editor for OpenLayers & Leaflet
    • Using a custom image as a map tile
  • Directions
    • Enabling Directions
    • Enabling Directions with OpenRouteService

Integrations

8
  • Integrations Overview
  • WooCommerce – Checkout Map
  • WooCommerce – Product Location Editor
  • Translating the plugin with WPML
  • Post Type Locations
  • Advanced Custom Fields
    • Advanced custom fields
    • Enabling simple ACF Fields for display in the description field of the Info Windows of your ACF Map
    • Using Custom images as the marker icons for your ACF map markers

Importing and Exporting Data

5
  • Importing Files
  • Exporting Data and Settings
  • Bulk JPEG Import
  • Using KML and GeoRSS files
  • Improving Reliability of Scheduled Imports

Frequently Asked Questions

34
  • System Requirements
  • How to create an Administrator account for Support agents
  • GDPR
  • Licensing & Account
    • Why am I getting “Domain Limit Exceeded” for my License key
    • Purchase Model
    • Plugin Licenses
    • I am an NPO
    • I did not receive my invoice?
    • How can I upgrade my purchase of WP Go Maps
    • Where can I get a new download of the plugin
    • How do I update WP Go Maps?
  • Map Functionality
    • Map Tilt Controls
    • Marker Render Mode
    • Finding Custom Marker Icons
    • Why did my suggestions stop working?
    • How do I change scroll/pan behaviour on a mobile device
    • How do I dynamically set the search area in the Store locator
    • How do I Start the map in Street View
    • How to Create a Marker Cluster (Group)
    • How to use real time tracking
    • Marker Ratings
    • Why aren’t my ACF, WooCommerce or Post Locations Markers showing on my map?
  • Technical
    • How to add Support agents to your Google API Project
    • How do I change the WP Go Maps Plugin Language
    • How do I restrict Autocomplete to a Specific Country
    • Using WP Go Maps with Elementor
    • How can I disable externally hosted Google fonts so that I can be GDPR compliant?
    • WP Go Maps and Webcraftic Clearfy
    • I have a Customization Request
  • User Generated Content
    • How to allow visitors to create markers
    • Separating the VGM form from the Map
  • Integrations
    • WP Rocket – Map Won’t Load
    • Real Cookie Banner – Map Won’t Load
  • Hosting
    • One.com – Markers not loading

Troubleshooting

12
  • Autocomplete Disabled
  • Use my location is not working
  • I’m Getting a Maps Multiple API Error
  • I’m Getting a “jQuery not found” Error
  • My Map is Not Showing On My Website
  • Markers Are Not Showing on My Map on the Front-end
  • API Not Activated Map Error
  • This page can’t load Google Maps correctly
  • This API project is not authorized to use this API
  • Geocode failed (Request denied) error
  • My import is not working – Geocode failed (Missing address, lat and lng) (Rows: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8….)
  • This folder does not exist, please create it.

Customization

9
  • Customization Guides
  • Markers & Info Windows
    • Dynamic Marker Creation
    • Open Marker by Title (URL)
    • Open Marker by Marker Field (URL)
    • Updating Panel Info Window Dynamically
  • Maps
    • Map Manipulation
    • Refresh Map in Realtime
  • Database
    • Creating a Marker (PHP)
    • Edit & Remove Marker (PHP)

Developers

91
  • Basic Changelog
  • Pro Changelog
  • Gold Changelog
  • VGM Changelog
  • Templates
    • Template Overrides
  • Hooks
    • Filters
      • Basic
        • wpgooglemaps_filter_map_div_output
        • wpgmza_admin_persistent_notices_dynamic_titles
        • wpgmza_admin_persistent_notices_dynamic_messages
        • wpgmza_admin_persistent_notice
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_menu_current_action
        • wpgmza_create_{$class}
        • wpgmza_gdpr_notice
        • wpgmza_gdpr_settings_tab_content
        • wpgmza_plugin_get_default_settings
        • wpgmza_google_maps_api_params
        • wpgmza_internal_engine_build_version_plugins
        • wpgmza_internal_engine_build_version_flags
        • wpgmza_internal_engine_build_version
        • wpgmza_xml_cache_generated
        • wpgmza_fetch_integrated_markers
        • wpgmza_plugin_get_localized_data
        • wpgmza_settings_danger_zone_truncate_tables
        • wpgmza-get-library-dependencies
        • wpgmza_global_settings_tabs
        • wpgmza_global_settings_tab_content
        • wpgmza_global_settings_save_redux
        • wpgmza_map_shortcode_get_default_attributes
        • wpgmza_shortcode_map_options
        • wpgmza_map_shortcode_get_html_attributes
        • wpgmza_shortcode_map_components
        • wpgmza_shortcode_map_container_before
        • wpgmza_shortcode_map_container_inside
        • wpgmza_shortcode_map_container_after
        • wpgmza_sl_shortcode_get_default_attributes
        • wpgmza_standalone_component_classlist
        • wpgmza_standalone_component_wrap_attributes
        • wpgmza_store_locator_radii_options
        • wpgmza_localized_strings
        • wpgmza_system_info_compile_items
        • wpgmza-map-editor-navigation-{$dataGroup}
        • wpgmza-map-editor-settings-{$dataGroup}
        • wpgmza-map-editor-settings-blocks
        • wpgmza-map-editor-sidebar-blocks
        • wpgmza_styling_settings_save
    • Actions
      • Basic
        • wpgmza_admin_notice_process_background_action
        • wpgooglemaps_hook_user_js_after_core
        • wpgooglemaps_basic_hook_user_js_after_core
        • wpgooglemaps_hook_user_js_after_localize
        • wpgmza_admin_persistent_notices_create_defaults
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_menu_registered
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_menu_items_added
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_content_before
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_{$action}_before
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_{$action}_after
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_content_after
        • wpgmza_check_map_editor_backwards_compat
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_content_before
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_{$pageSlugged}_before
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_{$pageSlugged}_after
        • wpgmza_admin_ui_render_content_after
        • wpgmza_country_select_created
        • wpgmza_require_feature_classes
        • wpgmza_installer_page_created
        • wpgmza_installer_page_on_post
        • wpgmza_map_list_page_created
        • wpgmza_xml_cache_saved
        • wpgmza_page_dom_add_form_nonces
        • wpgmza_plugin_core_on_activate
        • wpgmza_plugin_core_on_deactivate
        • wpgmza_plugin_core_on_init
        • wpgmza_plugin_core_on_first_run
        • wpgmza_plugin_load_scripts
        • wpgmza_plugin_core_update_all_xml_files
        • wpgmza_settings_danger_zone_before_delete
        • wpgmza_settings_danger_zone_after_delete
        • wpgmza_register_rest_api_routes
        • wpgmza_rest_api_init
        • wpgmza_script_loader_enqueue_styles
        • wpgmza_enqueue_scripts
        • wpgmza_script_loader_enqueue_scripts
        • wpgmza_script_loader_localize_data_complete
        • wpgmza_script_loader_enqueue_custom_js
        • wpgmza_script_loader_enqueue_custom_css
        • wpgmza_script_loader_enqueue_codemirror
        • wpgmza_script_loader_enqueue_writersblock
        • wpgmza_global_settings_page_created
        • wpgmza_shortcodes_registered
        • wpgmza_shortcode_before_output
        • wpgmza_base_upgrade_hook
        • wpgmza_map_edit_page_created
        • wpgmza_styling_page_created

Archived: Legacy (V9)

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  • First-time users (Legacy)
    • Creating your first map (Legacy)
    • Creating your first marker (Legacy)
    • Displaying your Map on your WordPress site (Legacy)
  • Map Features (Legacy)
    • Store Locator (Legacy)
    • Shortcodes (Legacy)
    • Setting your Map type (Legacy)
    • Using GET variables to Control your Map (Legacy)
    • Using your map in a widget (Legacy)
    • Markers (Legacy)
      • Editing a Marker (Legacy)
      • Sticky Markers (Legacy)
      • Marker Gallery (Legacy)
      • Enabling distance features (Legacy)
      • Marker Filtering (Legacy)
      • Embedding iframes in your markers (Legacy)
      • Adding video to your Marker (Legacy)
      • Customizing your info Window (Legacy)
      • Marker Listing (Legacy)
      • Using Custom marker Icons on your map (Legacy)
      • Adding Custom fields to your Marker (Legacy)
      • Fine-tuning a Marker’s position (Legacy)
    • Drawing Tools (Legacy)
      • Adding a Polygon (Legacy)
      • Adding a Polyline (Legacy)
      • Adding a Circle (Legacy)
      • Adding a Rectangle (Legacy)
      • Adding a Heatmap (Legacy)
    • Themes (Legacy)
      • Creating a Custom Map Theme – Google maps engine (Legacy)
      • Change your Map Theme – Theme Presets (Legacy)
    • Directions (Legacy)
      • Enabling Directions (Legacy)
      • Enabling Directions for OpenLayers (Legacy)
    • User Interface Style (Legacy)
      • User Interface Style (Legacy)
  • Integrations (Legacy)
    • Advanced custom fields (Legacy)
    • Translating the plugin with WPML (Legacy)
    • WooCommerce – Product Location Editor (Legacy)
    • WooCommerce – Checkout Map (Legacy)
  • Importing and Exporting Data (Legacy)
    • Importing Files (Legacy)
    • Exporting Data CSV
    • Exporting Data (JSON)
    • Bulk JPEG Import (Legacy)
    • Using KML and GeoRSS files (Legacy)
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Marker Listing

1 min read

Overview #

This section covers how to enable and configure a marker listing for all map markers

Prerequisites #

The Following Plugin/s need to be installed and active

  • WP Go Maps
  • WP Go Maps Pro Add-on

Enabling the marker listing #

The marker listing feature can be enabled for your chosen map by navigating as follows, and choosing a Style other than Disabled:

Maps (edit your chosen map) -> Settings -> Marker listing -> General

Click Save Map to start displaying the a marker listing according to your chosen style on the map

General Settings #

Style #

The Marker listing styles include:

  • Basic list: Simple display including Icon, Title, Address
  • Basic Table: Tabulated display including, Title, Address, Icon, Custom Fields, Image
  • Advanced Table: Tabulated display including sortable headers for Icon, Title, Category, Address, Description, Link and Custom fields
    • Note, the Advance Table listing is the only Listing Style that includes a Search bar
  • Carousel: A marker carousel with blocks that include Image, Icon, Title, Category, Address, Description, Link and Custom fields. By default the items auto scroll
  • Grid: Marker block in a static grid displaying Image, Category Icon, Title, Address, Description, Link and Custom fields.
  • Category Grouped List: Groups listings by their primary category, which acts as a heading for the section. Minimal data.
    • Note, for the best results please set your Maps > Settings > Marker Listing > Show X items by default > To “ALL” to prevent pagination from interfering with groupings
  • Category Grouped Tabs: Groups listings by their primary category, into tabbed sections with additional navigation. Minimal data.
    • Note, for the best results please set your Maps > Settings > Marker Listing > Show X items by default > To “ALL” to prevent pagination from interfering with groupings
  • Panel: Clean display of Title, Address and image

Placement #

Marker listings can be placed inside the map on the left or right or they can be placed above or below the map.

Placement options automatically update based on the style you select, within the map editor.

Sorting markers #

The Markers displayed in the list can be sorted in Ascending or Descending order along the either of the following dimensions available in the Order Markers by Drop Down list

  • ID
  • Title
  • Address
  • Description
  • Category
  • Category Priority
  • Distance
  • Rating

Filtering #

Filter options are available by navigating as follows:

Maps (edit your chosen map) -> Settings -> Marker listing -> Filtering

Enabling the category filter and filter placement settings are available in this area.

DataTable settings #

By Default the Advanced Marker listing table includes a search box, this box can be disabled from this section toggling Remove search box:

Maps (edit your chosen map) -> Settings -> Marker listing -> DataTables

Global Settings #

Marker listings are subject to the global marker listing settings. Global settings cover marker listing Field and Column visibility, Number of items shown in a list, device specific configuration and Autoplay speed (for carousel listing) The global settings can be accessed at the following location:

Maps -> Settings -> Marker Listing

Updated on November 10, 2025

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Table of Contents
  • Overview
    • Prerequisites
  • Enabling the marker listing
  • General Settings
    • Style
    • Placement
    • Sorting markers
  • Filtering
  • DataTable settings
  • Global Settings
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