Best Maps, Geocoding & Geolocation for WordPress in 2026

Google's map JavaScript API for interactive maps that a site scripts and fills with its own markers.

Free, key-based map embed from Google, counted here with public My Maps embeds.

Visitor-country lookup that reads Cloudflare's /cdn-cgi/trace path from the browser, which we count as a heuristic form of IP geolocation.

Place search and autocomplete API from Google that also returns details and photos for a place.

API that maps an IP address to a location, also used for fraud checks.

IP geolocation API from Kloudend that turns an IP address into a city, country, postal code, timezone and coordinates.

Mapbox's vector map library for the web, licensed only for use with Mapbox products and billed by map load.

Keyless IP geolocation endpoint whose terms restrict free use to non-commercial projects.

Small open-source JavaScript map library for mobile-friendly interactive maps, created in 2010 by a Kyiv-based developer.

Open-source TypeScript library for vector maps drawn on the GPU, maintained by the MapLibre Organization.

Shared map tiles from the OpenStreetMap Foundation, free to use within a published usage policy.

Browser SDK for interactive 2D and 3D maps, built by Esri around its ArcGIS platform.

Location API provider whose free plan allows production use on commercial sites, given attribution.

Enterprise spatial analysis platform that also hosts OpenStreetMap basemaps for browser map libraries.

Image-only Google map for pages that need a picture of a location without an interactive map script.

Postal address capture service whose parent company also sells identity verification.

Geocoder built on OpenStreetMap data, with a shared public server reserved mostly for the OSM site itself.