WP Places Map releasesself-updates

Interactive Google Map of locations (clinics, hospitals, branches, offices, points of sale — anything) as a self-contained WordPress plugin.

• Custom post type Place + admin meta box (address, GPS, contact, hours).
• CSV bulk import with Google Geocoding fallback for rows missing coordinates.
• [wp_places_map] shortcode — drop into Divi, Gutenberg, classic editor or theme template.
• Custom-styled markers, marker clustering, type filters, info window with contact details and one-tap "Navigate".
• Public read-only REST API at /wp-json/wp-places-map/v1/facilities.
• GitHub auto-update — WP Admin → Plugins shows update notification, one-click install. No third-party update plugin required.
• Fully localised in Czech.

Install

1. Download the latest wp-places-map.zip from Releases.
2. WP Admin → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin → choose the ZIP → activate.
3. Settings → Places Map → paste a Google Maps API key (Maps JavaScript API + Geocoding API enabled).
4. Add places one-by-one or via Places Map → CSV Import.
5. Insert [wp_places_map] on any page.

Shortcode

[wp_places_map]
[wp_places_map height="600" zoom="7" filters="yes" cluster="yes"]
[wp_places_map type="nemocnice"]

Feeding the map from another post type

By default the map reads the plugin's own wppm_place CPT. When a site already has its locations in a post type of its own, five filters let the map read that instead, so the data doesn't have to live in two places:

A place row needs at minimum id, title, lat, lng. Rows without usable coordinates are dropped. Optional keys: type, type_label, address, city, zip, phone, email, website, hours, description, image.

add_filter( 'wppm_facilities_query_args', function ( $args ) {
    $args['post_type'] = 'my_clinic';
    unset( $args['tax_query'] );
    return $args;
} );

add_filter( 'wppm_facility', function ( $row, $post ) {
    if ( $post->post_type !== 'my_clinic' ) {
        return $row;
    }
    return [
        'id'      => $post->ID,
        'title'   => get_the_title( $post ),
        'lat'     => get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_my_lat', true ),
        'lng'     => get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_my_lng', true ),
        'address' => get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_my_address', true ),
        'website' => get_permalink( $post ),
    ];
}, 10, 2 );

add_filter( 'wppm_cache_post_types', fn( $t ) => array_merge( $t, [ 'my_clinic' ] ) );

Release workflow

# Bump "Version:" in wp-places-map.php and "Stable tag:" in readme.txt, commit.
git tag v1.0.1
git push --tags

# Build a clean ZIP (only tracked files, top-level folder matches plugin slug):
git archive --format=zip --prefix=wp-places-map/ -o wp-places-map.zip HEAD

# Attach to a GitHub release — PUC prefers release assets over auto-generated source tarballs:
gh release create v1.0.1 wp-places-map.zip --generate-notes

Sites running the plugin pick up the new version within 12 hours (or instantly via Dashboard → Updates → Check again).

Auto-update internals

Plugin bundles YahnisElsts/plugin-update-checker v5.6 under lib/. On every check it queries the GitHub Releases API for newer tags, prefers ZIP assets whose filename matches /wp-places-map.*\.zip/i, and falls back to the source tarball when no asset is attached.

For private repositories or to raise the API rate limit, supply a Personal Access Token (scope repo):

• Via UI: Settings → Places Map → "GitHub token".
• Via wp-config.php (preferred for production):

  define( 'WPPM_GITHUB_TOKEN', 'ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxx' );

License

GPL-2.0-or-later. Vendored plugin-update-checker is MIT (lib/plugin-update-checker/license.txt).