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This plugin allows you to add multiple addresses to a post/page and have those addresses automatically plotted on a Google Map in a sidebar widget.

Google Map Sidebar Widget This is a great plugin to help localize your stories, events, news, etc. Hovering over a plot will display the title of the post, address, and also a thumbnail from the post if any images exist. Easily add and delete a single or multiple addresses to each post/page.

Viewing a single post/page displays only addresses attached to that post/page, viewing anything else will show the most recent plots across your entire site. You can also specify categories that you want display as tabs above the map widget.

Easily set a custom title and description for each address saved. If no title or description is entered the post title and excerpt will be used. Plot images can be added by uploading images to the /markers folder.

Post Google Map has been tested and works with WordPress and WordPress MU 2.8.1

Installation Instructions

Upload the post-google-map folder to the plugins directory in your WordPress or WPMU installation
Activate the plugin
Click on the “Post Google Map” under Settings. You MUST obtain a Google Maps API key for this plugin to work. http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html
Add the “Post Google Map” widget to your sidebar
Add addresses to any posts/pages

Addresses will automatically be plotted on the map for each post/page that contains addresses in the sidebar widget.

Visit the Post Google Map Plugin homepage or download it from WordPress.org.

Add Address Admin Screenshot Add multiple addresses to any post or page

Google Maps Plugin Settings Page Settings page for Post Google Map plugin

Wordpress Directory says:

July 23, 2009 at 1:00 pm

This is a great plugin, I’d been looking for the feature to plot multiple locations like this without using a bunch of code for a long time!

Ryan says:

July 24, 2009 at 12:28 am

This is a great little plugin you’ve made here. I don’t have a use for it myself, but I could see this being mega helpful for anyone with a site which involves posts about various geographic locations.

Ted says:

August 10, 2009 at 12:03 pm

I’m a little biased, since I commissioned Brad to develop this plugin for my hyperlocal blog initiative in NJ, but he met the challenge brilliantly. Check out http://freehold.injersey.com for an example of how we’ve implemented it. There’s still some room for improvement — in particular, I’ve suggested that Brad redesign the “Add Location” portion in the admin screen to be ajaxy in the same way that custom fields is — but even as is, it is a plugin that was sorely needed and works quite well.

David Markland says:

August 11, 2009 at 2:34 am

Is there any way to make this work inline on a page or post, not just as a sidebar? So, for example, a large map could be featured on the front page of a site, or a separate page could feature the map, instead of relegating it to a widget?
Very exciting find!