10 Best Map Block Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Map Block has 7,000+ 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 Map Block
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Flexible Map
Closest match4.8 (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, map tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated May 12, 2026.
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4.6 (25) 9,000+ active installsA sitemap plugin to make it easier for your site to show all your pages, posts, archives, categories and tags in an easy to read format.
Shares the map tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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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 map tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated December 5, 2025.
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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 map tag on WordPress.org. About 4.3 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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4.9 (58) 30,000+ active installsInteractive maps and markers on your posts and pages with simple shortcodes.
Shares the map tag on WordPress.org. About 4.3 times the installs, last updated 16 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 map tag on WordPress.org. About 2.9 times 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 map tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, 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 map tag on WordPress.org. About 2.9 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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Interactive Geo Maps
Paid version availableMapGeo – Interactive Geo Maps
4.5 (64) 40,000+ active installsCreate interactive vector maps of the world, continents, any country in the world and specific regions, including individual US state county maps.
Shares the map tag on WordPress.org. About 5.7 times the installs, last updated August 7, 2026.
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Open User Map – Interactive Leaflet Maps
5.0 (68) 10,000+ active installsCreate custom interactive maps with free Leaflet-based styles, no Google Maps API key, frontend marker submissions, search and filters.
Shares the map tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 4 days ago.
Switching from Map Block: common questions
What is the best alternative to Map Block?
Flexible Map is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 7,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Map Block alternative has the most users?
Interactive Geo Maps, with 40,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Map Block alternative is rated highest?
Open User Map, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 68 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Map Block 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 Map Block 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 Map Block 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
Flexible Map is the closest match to Map Block by the data we track, and Interactive Geo Maps has the widest reach with 40,000+ active installs. Easy Google Maps 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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