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WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints (Second Edition)

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WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints (Second Edition)

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Adding maps to our review site


If you're creating a review site for local businesses (such as restaurants), including maps will make your site more helpful for users and encourage them to come back regularly.

You could do this by going to Google maps and copying the embedded code for a location's map into your post, but the good news is that you can make this easier with a WordPress plugin called CP Google Maps.

This plugin lets you create a map on each post or page in your site. There are lots of Google maps plugins out there, but you'll find that a lot of them require you to create the maps separately and then add them to your posts using a short code. This plugin makes things easier by letting you do everything in one place when you're creating your posts.

Installing the CP Google Maps plugin

First, let's install the plugin:

  1. Go to Plugins | Add New.

  2. In the search box, type CP Google Maps.

  3. When the plugin appears, click on the Install Now button.

  4. When prompted, click on the Activate link.

Now...