Stellar Places
Easily create, manage and display locations in a way that makes sense.
5(6 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 5 years agoAs of April 2026, Stellar Places is a WordPress map plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.2+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps).
5/56 reviews
100active installs
9.9K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
Stellar Places is an intuitive plugin for easily creating, managing and displaying locations using Google Maps.
How?
Using this plugin is simple:
- Install the plugin
- Activate the plugin
- In the WordPress admin, click on ‘Places’
- Click on ‘Add New’ and create a new place.
Once you have added a new place, you will be able to access the listing view and single location view, both of which will automatically have maps associated with them. If you wish to insert a map in a custom location, just use the [stellar_places_map] shortcode (see FAQ section for more details).
Why?
There are plenty of Google Maps plugins for WordPress, but very few actually use custom post types to manage locations. Additionally most don’t have a simple and intuitive interface. Let’…
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Ratings & Reviews
56 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.2+ requiredTested up to 5.6.17 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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Changelog
1.3
- Enhancement: Added ability to set a global custom icon.
- Security: Updated JavaScript dependencies.
- Testing: Compatible with WordPress 5.5.
Contributors
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