WP Go Maps Block vs WP Google Street View (with 360° virtual tour) & Google maps + Local SEO

The easiest to use Google Maps and Open Layers Map Plugin is now available as a standalone map block! Create a custom map block with high-quality markers and add them to your WordPress posts and pages effortlessly. Perfect for contact pages, business locations, event venues, and more! Map blocks are lightweight and deliver optimal performance, ensuring a seamless experience for your WordPress site. They’re easy to customize, allowing you to quickly add and configure maps to suit your needs without compromising site speed or performance. If you need more features like multiple markers, shapes, and a store locator, our full (free) WP Go Maps plugin might be perfect for you. Block Features Add unlimited map blocks to your posts/pages Choose between Google Maps or OpenLayers for each block Edit your marker directly from the block editor Set marker location by free location search, or by right-clicking on the map preview Preview your map in real time, within the block editor Easy to use and customize without any coding experience Control width, height and alignment of your maps From the team that brought you the most popular Google Maps plugin on WordPress Lightweight for optimal performance No database queries or tables Basic info-window for your marker Control zoom level of your map Support for localization Latest Google Maps API Latest OpenLayers API Already using WP Go Maps? You can still use this block for single locations, as it is fully integrated with both our basic and Pro versions! References We make use of a various libraries and 3rd party service providers in order to render maps in your preferred mapping engine. This section will describe each of these in more detail and when they are used. OpenLayers: Served from a local library file (lib/ol.js & lib/ol.css), provided by OpenLayers. We use this library when you set your block to use OpenLayers (default). You can find the source files on the OpenLayers GitHub. OpenStreetMap: When you select the OpenLayers engine, a default map tile server is used, which is provided by OpenStreetMap. This is a 3rd party service provider that we rely on to render your map. They may also make use of MapBox for some of their assets. Google Maps API: If you decide to use Google Maps as your map engine, we will include the Google Maps API as a 3rd party service provider that we rely on to render your maps. In this case, admin map previews are still rendered by OpenLayers and OpenStreetMap. Nominatim (OpenStreetMap): If you perform an address search within the admin area, we will make use of the OpenStreetMap Nominatim to lookup locations and suggest addresses to you. This is a 3rd party service provider that we rely on for address searches.

The WP Google Street View is a WordPress map plugin that allows you to embed custom Google street View (with 360 ° virtual tour), Google Maps and synchronized Google Street View and Google maps … maps with high quality markers containing locations, descriptions, images, categories, links and more. These last years, digital marketing surveys taught us that that buyers are extremely visual, more than 50% engage in thorough online research before visiting a physical store to make a purchase, and buyers look for personalization and reasons to trust a retailer. That’s why Google Street View (with Google Maps) is also an exceptional way to humanize your brand and amp up the trust factor with your customers. Google Street View allows buyers to put a face to the business name while lending familiarity when they enter the physical location. Google maps street view is doing more than helping with the research process. It’s building trust with customers by offering highly attractive panoramic views from street level positions and by allowing users to browse interior views (Google Street View’s platform allows customers to take a virtual tour in your business, which is a great incentive to convince them to come visit your establishment later). How to use WP Google Street View plugin? After installing Wp Google Street View plugin, you will be asked to create a Google API Key to make it work (see below at About your Google Maps API). Then, you can select between different map types: Google Street View only Google maps only Synchronized Google Street View & Google maps (PRO version) Enter an address to be displayed with your map. Google autocomplete will help you provide an accurate location. You can also use your Geolocalisation Tool to identify where you are currently located. Longitude & latitude will be detected instantly. About Google Street View, make sure to adjust/correct the view (Zoom in/ou, point of view) to be displayed to your visitors (in case of 360 ° virtual tour) and save these parameters (in order to show your visitors exactly what you want them to see). You can define other parameters as height, width, .. Markers, infobox, map styles, layers are also available for Google Maps and synchronized Google Street View & Google Maps feature. Click on”Preview tool” to check your map, then click Publish or Update. A shortcode will be generated instantly, to copy-paste wherever needed. Once your map is created and your shortsoce added to your website, you can always modify all details (style, address, etc.) by editing this shortcode on Wp Google Street View / All items. They will apply automatically on your page/post. If not, clear your cache. Check our DEMO Here About your Google Maps API 3 steps to get your Google MAPS API in 3 steps First, you need a Google Account (Gsuite, Gmail, …) Then, you have to enable 4 APIs :”Places API, Maps Javascript API, Geocoding API and Directions API”. Click HERE. You will have to “Select” or “Create” a project (If it’s a new project, then give it a name). You should see this (screenshot). If not, then it means that you are not connected to your Google account). Give a name to your API KEY and define KEY (screenshot) and API (screenshot) restrictions. Copy your API KEY (here) and paste it to Wp Google Street View setting page. Not sure? Check HERE (video) or HERE for more details. Final step; you have to enable “billing” HERE. But don’t panic! Google provides a Free TRIAL credit of 300$, by default, which is enough (by far) for any website (again, to prevent abuses). Check HERE for more details. We understand that creating a Google Maps API key (or all these steps) could be frustrating but it’s absolutely required by Google to keep using their features. Local SEO booster Wp Google Street View plugin allows you to add a Local business schema to make it easier for search engines to identify what type of organization you are and what you do. Adding Local Business markup to your website translates your human-readable content into the machine-readable language of JSON-LD, which is a helpful way to help optimize your website for local SEO, as it’s a major ranking factor. Give your visitors a high-quality experience on your website The WP Google Street View plugin helps bridge better connections between businesses and customers and there is a lot businesses can offer their buyers by embracing this technology on their website. Super easy to use, no coding required! Responsive maps Create or add your own map theme Full screen map functionality Define your own width, height and zoom level for your map Add animations to your map markers! Google Maps Autocomplete Google Maps Transport, traffic, and bicycle Layers Compatible with caching plugins Compatible with Cloudfare Latest Google Maps API (Maps Javascript API, Places API, Geocoding API, Directions API) Add descriptions, links and images to your map markers. Add different marker icons, or your own icons to make your map really stand out! Show your visitor’s location on the Map About the publisher WP Google Street View is developed by Pagup, a digital readability firm based in Quebec, Canada. Embedding a verifiable physical location on your website is a concrete signal that helps both humans and AI systems establish trust and disambiguate your organization from others with similar names. This is particularly relevant for local businesses, professional firms, and organizations where brand disambiguation is a structural concern. Part of the Pagup ecosystem pagup.com — Digital readability firm. Diagnostic, semantic architecture, AI governance. gautierdorval.com — Doctrine, canonical definitions, interpretive governance research. interpretive-governance.org — Formal versioned standard for interpretive governance. wpstreetview.com — Documentation and resources for WP Google Street View.