10 Best Basic Google Maps Placemarks Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Basic Google Maps Placemarks has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Basic Google Maps Placemarks
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CodePeople Post Map
Closest matchCodePeople Post Map for Google Maps
4.2 (31) 3,000+ active installsCodePeople Post Map lets you geotag posts and seamlessly integrate your blog with Google Maps for a smooth, location-aware experience.
Shares the Google Maps, marker tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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Leaflet Maps Marker (Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Bing Maps)
4.6 (245) 9,000+ active installsThe most comprehensive & user-friendly mapping solution for WordPress
Shares the Google Maps, map tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.4, last updated December 5, 2025.
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4.8 (66) 7,000+ active installsEmbed Google Maps shortcodes in pages and posts, either by center coordinates or street address, or by URL to a Google Earth KML file.
Shares the Google Maps, map tags on WordPress.org. About 2.3 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.4, last updated May 12, 2026.
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4.6 (512) 30,000+ active installsAre your Google Maps slow? Try Map Widget for Google Maps. You'll have a fast Google Maps widget with a thumbnail & lightbox map in minutes!
Shares the Google Maps, map tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.4, last updated 22 days ago.
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4.6 (252) 20,000+ active installsGoogle Maps with markers, locations and clusterization, KML layers and filters. Custom Google map markers with text, images, videos, links.
Shares the Google Maps, map tags on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.4, last updated 3 days ago.
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MapSVG – Vector maps, Image maps, Google Maps
4.5 (31) 1,000+ active installsCreate interactive vector maps, floor plans, and image maps. Support for Google Maps integration, custom markers, tooltips, and popups.
Shares the Google Maps, map tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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Maps Plugin using Google Maps for WordPress – WP Google Map
4.8 (172) 10,000+ active installsGoogle Map plugin for WordPress is very Simple, light-weight and Easy to use Google Custom Map with markers in Posts, Pages, Sidebar as shortcode.
Shares the Google Maps, map tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.4, last updated 23 days ago.
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4.6 (21) 20,000+ active installsMap block for Gutenberg editor powered by Google Maps. Simple. Fast. Just a map block.
Shares the Google Maps, map tags on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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5.0 (24) 3,000+ active installsExtends the WordPress Plugin Leaflet Map with Leaflet Plugins and other functions.
Shares the marker tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 27 days ago.
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WP Go Maps – Google Map, OpenStreetMap, Leaflet Map
4.8 (3,037) 300,000+ active installsThe easiest to use WordPress map plugin! Create a custom map, map block, store locator or map widget with high quality markers.
Shares the Google Maps, map tags on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.4, last updated 6 days ago.
Switching from Basic Google Maps Placemarks: common questions
What is the best alternative to Basic Google Maps Placemarks?
CodePeople Post Map is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 3,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Basic Google Maps Placemarks alternative has the most users?
WP Go Maps, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Basic Google Maps Placemarks alternative is rated highest?
WP Go Maps, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 3,037 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Basic Google Maps Placemarks alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Basic Google Maps Placemarks score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Basic Google Maps Placemarks on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
CodePeople Post Map is the closest match to Basic Google Maps Placemarks by the data we track, and WP Go Maps has the widest reach with 300,000+ active installs. MapSVG shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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