Best Google Maps Plugins for WordPress (2026): Free Features Compared

The best Google Maps plugin for WordPress depends on how many locations you show. GeoVerse Maps is a free Google Maps block with custom markers, category filters, directions, search and a list view — and no paid version. MapPress and WP Store Locator are great keyless options using OpenStreetMap. WP Go Maps keeps directions and categories in Pro.

Disclosure: WPXERO makes GeoVerse Maps; this comparison covers version 1.5.2. Everything said here about the other plugins comes from their WordPress.org readmes, linked in each section, as of October 25, 2026.

Comparison table

"—" means the plugin's readme doesn't mention it. Sources: GeoVerse Maps, WP Go Maps, MapPress, Map Block for Google Maps, WP Store Locator.

GeoVerse Maps — every feature free, in one block

GeoVerse Maps is a native Google Maps block for the block editor. Insert it, search for your address, and you have a working embedded map — no Google Cloud console needed. Add a Google Maps API key and the rest opens up: unlimited markers with custom icons, colour-coded style presets or your own style JSON, info windows with hours, phone numbers and links, a visitor search box, marker categories with filtering, turn-by-turn directions from the visitor's location, traffic, transit and bicycling layers, a clickable list view, fullscreen and per-breakpoint height.

There's no Pro version, so nothing is held back. Assets load only on pages with the block.

Pick it if: you want Google Maps with markers, filters and directions in the block editor, without paying.

Where it falls short: Google Maps only (no OpenStreetMap), no shortcode or Elementor widget, and the search box finds places on the map rather than "stores within 25 miles" — see WP Store Locator for radius search.

WP Go Maps — flexible engines, Pro for the good bits

WP Go Maps supports Google Maps and keyless engines like Leaflet/OpenStreetMap, unlimited markers, a map block, an Elementor integration and a basic store locator for free. Directions, marker descriptions and images, categories and filtering, custom icons and list views are Pro.

MapPress — keyless and simple

MapPress works the moment you activate it — no API key — using Leaflet with OpenFreeMap, or Google Maps if you prefer. Unlimited maps and markers, clustering and Google directions are free; searchable maps, store locators, custom icons and filtering are Pro.

Pick it if: you don't want to deal with Google keys or billing at all.

Map Block for Google Maps — one simple block

Map Block for Google Maps is a minimal block showing one Google map. It needs an API key.

WP Store Locator — a real "find the nearest store"

WP Store Locator is a dedicated store locator: search by address with radius and category filters, unlimited locations with details and opening status, a landing page per location, and keyless OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.

Pick it if: you have many branches and visitors need the nearest one by distance.

Which should you choose?

Get started

Install GeoVerse Maps, then follow our guides: Google Maps without an API key, getting a Google Maps API key, a free store locator and a contact page map for local SEO.