How to allow visitors to create markers

You can allow visitors to create markers on your maps if you have purchased both the Visitor Generated Markers and Pro Add-ons

The Following Plugins need to be installed and active

The Visitor Generated Markers (VGM) feature can be enabled for your map by navigating as follows, and enabling the "Allow Submissions" option:

Once enabled the form is displayed on the front end as follows:

The following settings can be configured for the add-on:



This enables or disables the VGM feature for the map

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.

To enable users to capture a Description for the marker, select Yes

To enable users to select a Category that the marker should belong to, select Yes

To enable users to upload images for their markers, select Yes

To enable users to capture Links/URLs for their markers, select Yes

All Form labels and input field placeholder text can be customized according to your preference. The following label overrides are available:

Global VGM Settings can be accessed by Navigating to:

The Following Global settings govern the Visitor Generated Markers feature's behaviour across all instances on your site

When this is enabled, all new visitor generated markers are automatically approved and will be displayed on the map

Enabling this will strip all HTML tags in descriptions and titles

When enabled, this will send an email the nominated address whenever a new marker is added

This will enable the modern Form Layout, this is feature is still in beta

This will require consent before user submission is allowed