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How to allow visitors to create markers

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overview you can allow visitors to create markers on your maps if you have purchased both the visitor generated markers https //www wpgmaps com/visitor generated markers add on/ and pro add ons prerequisites the following plugins need to be installed and active wp go maps wp go maps pro add on visitor generated markers enabling visitor generated markers on your map the visitor generated markers (vgm) feature can be enabled for your map by navigating as follows, and enabling the "allow submissions" option wp go maps > maps (edit your chosen map) > settings > visitor generated markers once enabled the form is displayed on the front end as follows visitor generated marker settings the following settings can be configured for the add on allow submissions this enables or disables the vgm feature for the map allowed users select everyone from this dropdown if you want public visitors to add markers or registered users if you only want your registered wordpress users to have this capability note the submission form will not be visible on the front end at all to non registered users when this is set to "registered" allow descriptions to enable users to capture a description for the marker, select yes allow categories to enable users to select a category that the marker should belong to, select yes allow images to enable users to upload images for their markers, select yes allow links to enable users to capture links/urls for their markers, select yes allow focus additional vgm form customisation all form labels and input field placeholder text can be customized according to your preference the following label overrides are available global vgm settings global vgm settings can be accessed by navigating to wp go maps > settings > visitor generated markers the following global settings govern the visitor generated markers feature's behaviour across all instances on your site auto approve when this is enabled, all new visitor generated markers are automatically approved and will be displayed on the map remove html enabling this will strip all html tags in descriptions and titles email notification when enabled, this will send an email the nominated address whenever a new marker is added form style this will enable the modern form layout, this is feature is still in beta gdpr compliance this will require consent before user submission is allowed