Open User Map

Open User Map

Create a customizable, simple or interactive map. Anyone can add new markers without registering — perfect for collaborative and community projects.
Rating:
5.0
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Active Installations:
5000+
Last Updated:
May 26, 2024
WordPress Version:
5.5 or higher
Tested up to:
6.5.4

Customizable Maps

Create a custom map with your own locations or an interactive map where anyone can add pins without registering. Approve new locations before publishing.

User Collaboration

Allow visitors to add location markers to your map and collaborate with other users. Search for addresses, add custom fields, and collect the data you need.

Regional Navigation

Add regional tabs to your map and easily navigate between locations that are far apart. Explore the demo map to see this feature in action.

Extensive Customization

Customize your map with over 60 options. Use Gutenberg Block or Elementor Widget, enable marker clustering, customize text and UI elements, and more.

1.3.42

  • Bugfix: Filterbox not visible

1.3.41

  • Bugfix: Collapsed filterbox on mobile
  • Bugfix: Linebreaks in list view
  • Bugfix: Marker Categories dropdown doesn’t show up
  • Optimizing Settings page

1.3.40

  • Bugfix: Marker Category Icons
  • Improve Marker Category Box styling

1.3.39

  • 🎉 Feature Request: Marker Categories can now be multi-select (adjust in the settings)
  • Dynamic Marker Icon size
  • Marker Icon mouseover animation
  • Adding map tile provider attribution
  • Freemius SDK update

1.3.38

  • Bugfix: much better json encodes (should prevent code breaks)
  • Bugfix: Prevent failing shortcode/block rendering by Slim SEO plugin
  • Style fixes
  • plugin version fix

1.3.36

  • Bugfix: List View: Allow more than two locations
  • Bugfix: jQuery error on single location pages
  • 🎉 Default Single Location Template if no content or custom template is set
  • 🎉 Better popup placement
  • Set location image as featured image initially (on admin approval)
  • Set location description as excerpt initially (on admin approval)

1.3.35

  • Remove “made with OUM” notion
  • Fixing incompatibility (image upload) with “Featured Image from URL (FIFU)” plugin
  • UI Improvements

1.3.34

  • Bugfix: Single map missing API key when using Mapbox
  • Feature Request: Get Google route link with shortcode [open-user-map-location value=”route” post_id=”12345″]
  • Feature Request: Shortcode to get all locations as list view
  • Feature Request: Hook to customize output of the locations list item
  • Reduced images file sizes (-75%)
  • Freemius SDK Update

1.3.33

  • Bugfix: CSV import validation
  • Freemius SDK Update

1.3.32

  • Bugfix: white text on white background
  • ensure MapBox API key input
  • Gutenberg Block: better UI
  • temporary disable Freemius Garbage Collector [Beta]

1.3.31

  • Freemius SDK update (incl. Garbage Collector [Beta])
  • Block: move custom settings to Settings sidebar
  • re-enable OUM attribution
  • set WordPress downward compatibility to 5.5

1.3.30

  • Bugfix: Trial workflow
  • disable OUM attribution
  • ensure WordPress 6.4 compatibility

1.3.29

  • Ensure backend block styles are always correct
  • Bugfix: Trial workflow

1.3.28

  • Bugfix: php warnings
  • Bugfix: oumMap and oumMap2 not available inside additional JS

1.3.27

  • Make the map in the form accessable to JS customizations (oumMap2)
  • Security improvement

1.3.26

  • Bugfix: Trial workflow
  • Removing Stadia Map Style (automatic switch to CartoDB Positron)
  • New commercial map styles (MapBox)
  • “MapBox” as geosearch provider option
  • Fixing style issues

1.3.25

  • Feature Request: extending the max world bounds a little bit (cheers to NZ!)
  • Feature Request: New Map Style: Satellite
  • Bugfix: compatibility issue with MapPress’s leaflet library
  • Bugfix: compatibility issue with Complianz plugin
  • Bugfix: compatibility issue with All In One SEO “Run Shortcodes” feature
  • Bugfix: start longitute 0
  • textarea font reset
  • renaming “address” field to “Subtitle”
  • renaming “notify on publish” to “Notify me when it is published”
  • renaming “Enter address” to “Search for address”
  • wording & language updates

1.3.24

  • Major Bugfix: wrong JS dependency management
  • leaflet providers library update
  • updating map style (Stamen > Stadia)
  • new custom field type “email”
  • custom fields: open links in new tab
  • better checkbox & radio button styles
  • translations .pot file update
  • Freemius SDK update

1.3.23

  • Bugfix: wizard style

1.3.22

  • rename “OUM Locations” menu item to “Open User Map”
  • move “Settings” to “Open User Map > Settings”
  • Wording
  • prevent moving/zoom outside main world bounds
  • Bugfix: Bubble images don’t cover (grey borders)
  • Bugfix: Touchpad zoom too slow

1.3.21

  • Bugfix: Map inside form uses custom icon
  • Geoapify & Here as geosearch provider
  • New shortcode attribute: map_type
  • New shortcode attribute: enable_cluster
  • New shortcode attribute: enable_fullscreen
  • New shortcode attribute: enable_searchbar
  • New shortcode attribute: enable_searchaddress_button
  • New shortcode attribute: enable_searchmarkers_button
  • New shortcode attribute: enable_currentlocation
  • New shortcode attribute: disable_regions
  • hide “made with OUM” notion (PRO)

1.3.20

  • Remove attribution by default
  • Wizard > Simple Map: disable extra features (searchbar, searchbuttons, fullscreen, current position, date) by default

1.3.19

  • Feature Request: New hook to customize image output
  • Bugfix: direct links to markers
  • new base color
  • style optimizations
  • video tip

1.3.18

  • Bugfix: long CSV files failed on import
  • Bugfix: Wizard misses Step 3/3
  • Bugfix: missing markers when using cluster (conflicts with min zoom)
  • Bugfix: remove/ignore whitespaces around custom field options
  • Bugfix: Prevent html in title field (breaks JS)
  • Ensure WordPress 6.3 compatibility

1.3.17

  • Bugfix: Apostrophe in location name
  • New “How To” videos

1.3.16

  • Better “Map Type” settings
  • Bugfix: Link to “Manage you locations here”

1.3.15

  • Bugfix: JS error on location detail rendering other than map
  • Bugfix: on smallscreen the marker has moved out of sight when the popup gets closed
  • Bugfix: Zoom Level setting was limited to max 15
  • Gutenberg Block: Custom settings to be less distracting
  • Freemius SDK update to 2.5.10
  • Update translations

1.3.14

  • Whitelisting inline JS for Complianz plugin
  • Custom JS field in the Advanced Settings
  • Zoom on markerid equals zoom level on marker search setting
  • Alphabetic order of legend
  • Bugfix: loading times due to external images
  • Bugfix: bubble content positioning on click
  • Bugfix: no default icon for imported marker categories
  • Bugfix: fullscreen display issue
  • Bugfix: missing image thumb on external images

1.3.13

  • Wording (Renaming “Type” to “Marker Category”)
  • Allow Subscribers for “Restrict Frontend Adding to logged in users only”
  • Better location zoom in Edit view
  • Bugfix: Map is incomplete inside Gutenberg Accordion
  • Bugfix: Map doesn’t respect fixed header
  • Bugfix: Avada Motion Effects incompatibity
  • Bugfix: Marker Category Filter does not work correct on single locations per category
  • Bugfix: “Getting started” notice always shows up
  • Fixing height without unit
  • Fixing line height in location fullscreen container

1.3.12

  • Feature Request: Regions and Pre-selected regions
  • Feature Request: GDPR ready map style (server in Germany)
  • Feature Request: Map inside the form should have the same view as the current main map
  • Feature Request: Label next to Image/Audio upload buttons
  • Feature Request: direct link to location backend in admin notification
  • Feature Request: adjustable zoom level for marker search
  • Bugfix: Map is incomplete inside Gutenberg Accordion
  • Bugfix: Title max length not working
  • Freemius SDK Update (2.5.8)
  • UI optimizations

1.3.9

  • Feature Request: allow Featured Image for single location page
  • Bugfix: Popups not in the front
  • Bugfix: Markers disappear after upgrading to 1.3.8

1.3.8

  • Feature Request: “notify me on publish” text customizable
  • Feature Request: drop marker on current position
  • Feature Request: Enable scroll wheel zoom (optional)
  • Fix and optimize Quick Setup
  • Freemius SDK Update (2.5.7)
  • Bugfix: automatic popup open fails
  • Bugfix: Title field can’t be unrequired
  • Bugfix: Import fails behing reverse proxy

1.3.7

  • Feature Request: Single Location template is now available in Site Editor

1.3.6

  • Feature Request: Location images should always be excluded from Jetpack’s Lazy Loading Feature
  • Bugfix: PHP error on missing user roles
  • Bugfix: images not loading on WordPress subdirectory installs
  • Freemius SDK Update

1.3.5

  • Bugfix: color inside location info

1.3.4

  • Feature Request: Search for markers
  • Feature Request: Better UI on small screens
  • Feature Request: Tags for multiple custom field values
  • Feature Request: IDs for backend sections
  • Bugfix: Apostrophe in title
  • Bugfix: error message on empty select custom field
  • Bugfix: SSL related error (very slow page loading)
  • Bugfix: Import CSV on WordPress Multisite
  • Bugfix: name & email (Notification Feature) should be mandatory
  • Bugfix: Submit button background color
  • Freemius SDK Update
  • UI Updates (settings page)
  • .pot Update

1.3.2

  • Add .pot file for translation
  • CSS resets
  • Feature Request: WordPress Hooks (see Help section)

1.3.1

  • Better map focus and default min zoom
  • Update: Leaflet v1.9.3 and add-ons
  • Bugfix: Translation Handling
  • Feature Request: Location date info now uses publish_date instead of last_modified_date

1.3.0

  • Ensure WordPress 6.1 compatibility
  • Renaming Menu “Open User Map” to “OUM Locations”
  • Add Wizard on initial setup
  • Map Size & Height as Block Attributes (Elementor, Gutenberg, Shortcode)
  • Bugfix: Catch error when EXIF PHP library is missing
  • Feature Request: CSV import/export for locations
  • Experimental Feature: Conditional Fields via JS (see Help section)

1.2.26

  • Bugfix: JS comments could break minification (3rd party plugins)
  • Bugfix: PHP warning
  • Feature: Elementor Widget

1.2.25

  • Bugfix: Disable Audio Uploads doesn’t work
  • Bugfix: Shortcode in Elementor leads to JS error
  • Design optimization for Gutenberg Block (in Editor Mode)
  • Add chunked loading for very many markers

1.2.24

  • Rename “Types” to “Marker Catgories”
  • Refactor and Rearrange Plugin Settings
  • Feature Request: Show location date (optional)
  • Feature Request: Relocate Close button & close on backdrop click and on ESC Key
  • Feature Request: Dropdown options for Type now correspond to pre-selection
  • Bugfix: Fullscreen not working
  • Bugfix: PHP notice (undefined index)

1.2.23

  • Ensure overlay compatibility with nested page sections
  • FR: Option to allow empty type selection
  • Readme Info: How to export locations

1.2.22

  • Bugfix: Get custom field value

1.2.21

  • Feature: Shortcodes for single location values
  • Feature: Archive pages (when single page are enabled)
  • Freemius SDK update

1.2.20

  • Bugfix: Make map globally available to lazy loading triggers (use oumMap.invalidateSize())
  • Bugfix: Shaking map on fixed position
  • Bugfix: oum-location post type not showing up in Elementor
  • Bugfix: & symbol in title results in &
  • Bugfix: `symbol in title or description breaks the code
  • Feature Request: address searchbar should be optional
  • Add gallery shortcode attributes (url, number)

1.2.19

  • Bugfix: Audio Upload on iPhone

1.2.18

  • Add debug info under Settings > Open User Map > Help
  • Feature Request: Allow comments for single pages
  • Feature Request: Custom fields should get option to be private
  • Feature Request: custom min zoom, custom map bounds
  • Feature Request: support m4a audio format
  • Feature Request: address search field on map
  • Feature Request: shortcode [open-user-map-gallery] to render all images as gallery
  • Feature Request: URL-Parameter &markerid=123 to auto-open specific location
  • Bugfix: automatic scroll to top of form

1.2.17

  • Bugfix: issues with output buffer
  • Bugfix: JS error with disabled audio upload
  • Bugfix: wrong image thumbnail
  • Feature Request: new setting to collapse filterbox design (on map)
  • Feature Request: display full image in the location edit screen

1.2.16

  • Bugfix: Default marker icon
  • better on-boarding
  • optimized backend style

1.2.15

  • Bugfix: Admin notification failed sometimes
  • Bugfix: Error on missing default roles
  • Feature Request: Better “Show me where I am”-Icon

1.2.14

  • Bugfix: JS error in the backend (color-picker & custom fields)
  • Bugfix: Image uploaded from the backend missing thumbnail
  • Bugfix: Missing image rotation for mobile uploads
  • Feature Request: All texts are now customizable
  • Feature Request: New custom field “HTML”
  • Feature Request: New capabilities that allow edit access for registered users
  • Feature Request: Remove button for image & audio uploads
  • Feature Request: Loading Icon on submit
  • Optimized settings layout
  • Code optimization

1.2.13

  • Bugfix: php warning (type undefined)
  • Feature Request: Allow refresh, redirection or text message after validation
  • Feature Request: Notify admin on incoming location proposals
  • Feature Request: Redirect “Add Location”-Button to registration form (when restricted to registered users only)
  • Feature Request: Allow to limit the number of characters on text fields
  • Feature Request: Allow empty option value
  • Feature Request: Allow auto-publish for unregistered users

1.2.12

  • Bugfix: Styling of checkboxes
  • Bugfix: map paning on 1st click on marker incorrect due to lazy loading image dimensions
  • Feature Request: new option to auto-generate title allowing locations without title
  • Feature Request: Allow to change the title of the form and the title of the buttons
  • Feature Request: limit map to specific location
  • Feature Request: limit map to specific type
  • Feature Request: adjustable map height (desktop & mobile)
  • FEATURE: Customize Gutenberg Block with attributes

1.2.11

  • Security Update
  • Bugfix: “notify me on publish” was not translatable
  • Feature Request: multiple links (separated with |)
  • Feature Request: Add more Social Media Icons
  • Feature Request: “Type” can have a custom label

1.2.10

  • “Add location” button can be disabled entirely
  • create and use automatic image thumbnails
  • Better styling & validation for fieldsets
  • hide empty custom fields
  • Feature Request: “Full width”, “Fixed Size” & “Reponsive size” option
  • Feature Request: marker categories filter
  • Feature Request: single pages for locations
  • Feature Request: automatic Social Media Icons
  • Feature Request: dynamic image size

1.2.9

  • better styles for “+”-Button
  • better settings overview
  • Feature Request: change allowed audio file extensions to ‘mp3’, ‘wav’, ‘mp4’
  • Feature Request: individually disable “audio” and “image” upload
  • Feature Request: mark “description”, “audio” & “image” as required fields
  • Feature Request: custom colors for ui elements
  • Feature Request: more custom field types
  • Feature Request: description texts for custom fields
  • Bugfix: custom fields not showing correctly in the backend
  • Bugfix: multiple approval confirmation emails

1.2.8

  • Bugfix: default audio and image upload sizes
  • optimized loading of settings
  • fixing minor bugs
  • ensure WordPress 5.9 compatibility

1.2.7

  • Bugfix: “Address” & “Description” don’t hide (thanks @tom29)
  • Feature Request: pre-fill address field when geosearch succeeds

1.2.6

  • Feature Request: Custom fields
  • Feature Request: “Address” and “Description” fields can be disabled
  • Feature Request: Search leads to marker placement

1.2.5

  • PRO: use marker categories with individual marker icons

1.2.4

  • Bugfix: enabling current user location

1.2.3

  • Bugfix: UI settings page

1.2.2

  • PRO: use your own custom marker icon
  • PRO: add a button that relocates the map to the users current location (optional)

1.2.1

  • wording

1.2.0

  • major update provides access to PRO version
  • better code structure
  • limit max. filesize for image/audio uploads to 10MB
  • PRO: user email notification after approval (optional)
  • PRO: customize max. filesize for image/audio uploads
  • PRO: auto-publish for registered users (optional)
  • PRO: restrict “Add location” feature to registered users only (optional)
  • PRO: add “Add location” feature to WordPress registration (optional)

1.1.10

  • bugfix: dashicons

1.1.9

  • FUN FEATURE: let your visitors upload audio to locations (xmas feature request)
  • better frontend form
  • code optimization

1.1.8

  • new feature: use shortcode attributes to set initial map focus

1.1.7

  • bugfix: escaping quotes

1.1.6

  • escaping single quotes from HTML input

1.1.5

  • better initial map position when adding new locations
  • adding plugin contributers (thanks!)

1.1.4

  • bugfix: fullscreen on ios
  • better initial map position when adding another location
  • better responsive styles for small screens

1.1.3

  • style fixes

1.1.2

  • style fixes

1.1.1

  • better styling for overlay

1.1.0

  • Add Fullscreen control
  • Settings: custom “Thank you”-message
  • better opt-in screen

1.0.0

  • basic free features
  • media assets & readme

Open to new ideas too!

By vegetale on April 9, 2024

Great plugin, full of options in paid version.

Great customer service, open to new requests and implementations.

Open and kind, absolutely suggested.

Good service

By blauplan on April 3, 2024

The developer responded to my request very quickly and obligingly. Thank you very much.

This is a brilliant software :-)

By torstenhh on January 24, 2024

I had described a problem to the support team. But Daniel, the developer, got back to me so quickly. Hats off for this professional attitude, thank you very much!

The plugin fulfils all my wishes. I would give it 10 stars.

Great Plugin and Tech Support

By annabik on October 30, 2023

Love this plugin and the tech support was phenomenal.

Great plugin, responsive developer

By arypneta on October 19, 2023

We've been using Open User Map Pro since the end of 2022. It's really a great plugin. Lots of options, easy to use, and easy to augment with your own PHP if you want.

The developer, Daniel, is very responsive to questions and feature requests and is active in keeping the plugin up-to-date and improving.

I would highly recommend this plugin if you are looking for a map plugin.

Perfect Plugin

By skempik on September 4, 2023

It is very rare you come across a plugin as well designed and as fit for purpose as this one. My client has been using this plugin to gather feedback from communities about housing developments.

The plugin works perfectly and looks very slick. It essentially does the exact same thing as a very expensive piece of software for a much lower price and has a free version with great functionality.

I have also experienced very good support from the maker of this plugin with a specific query I had.

The Support Is Outstanding

By dadams76 on July 26, 2023

the help is fantastic! I had lots of trouble and they help me to completion. Their map looks a lot better than Google's I would rather use their map than Google. I highly recommend this map to anyone.

Works like a charm!

By pb75 on July 14, 2023

The Plugin is a great addition for my site presenting a map to visitors. I had some issue customizing it, but Daniel could solve it perfect! Many thanks for this great support!

Great plugin, very good communication with the developer!

By force73 on July 13, 2023

For data protection reasons, we were looking for a plugin solution that can be used with self-hosted maps. With this wonderful plugin we found the solution! Communication with the developer was very good and very productive. We had some special requirements that the developer built into the software and now they are available not only to us but to all users. Great!
As a support (and because of other features), we have of course purchased a Pro license.

Thank you.

Simple to use, ities.Easily add geo positioned: audio, photo and text

By artofnois on June 25, 2023

And the support is excellent.

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