Google Map Embedding
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Hello.
I was wondering if anyone can help with a problem I am experiencing in a wordpress blog.
To give brief info – it is not my blog, I am just a guest editor sometimes – I write posts in it.
I have a problem with embedding google maps into my posts. I am not really a WordPress expert but when I started working with the blog I did a bit of research. I usually add the map manually without a plugin – I just copy and paste the html code in the Edit part of the post, save and preview it.
The thing is that usually it works out perfectly but sometimes I am not able to make the map active.
This is what I do – I copy and paste the html code of the map in Edit, then I Send to Editor a few Basic Settings like height and width and I put Map Markers. If I preview the post without saving/updating it, I see the map but it is grey – I don’t actually see the map directions & etc. But if I save the post and then preview it, the square disappears completely – it is not even grey; and when I check if the codes are in Edit, I see that the code for the map is gone and I am only left with the codes from the Basic Settings width and height.
I’ve read in the WordPress help sections that when I save the post, the google map html has to change but in my post it doesn’t happen like that.
So I guess that since I am not the admin of the blog I cannot do anything like installing plugins and etc but I have to do at least something so that I could publish my posts.
I would appreciate all of your help.
Thanks in advance :) -
Hi there. What is the URL of the site with which you need help?
On WordPress.com you insert the embed code from Google Maps directly into the text editor (not the visual editor) and it’s automatically converted to the correct shortcode when you save. No plugins are necessary as we can’t install plugins at all on WordPress.com blogs. Instructions here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/google-maps/
However, if your site is a self-hosted site you’ll probably need a plugin to do this and you’ll need to post to the WordPress.ORG support forums for help with that:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
http://wordpress.org/support/
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