Using Custom marker Icons on your map

overview using custom marker icons is a great way to personalize a map on your website you can find great custom icons created by nicolas mollet in his maps icons collection http //mapicons nicolasmollet com/ we also have free icons available on our website https //www wpgmaps com/marker icons/ if you are feeling adventurous, google free google map icons png https //www google com/#q=free+google+map+icons+png when using third party icons, please remember to credit the developer on your website there are three ways to use custom markers on your map change all markers https //docs wpgmaps com/tssw using custom marker icons on your map#zu7gg change a specific marker https //docs wpgmaps com/tssw using custom marker icons on your map#mxgou change a marker category https //docs wpgmaps com/tssw using custom marker icons on your map#lm dy prerequisites the following plugin/s need to be installed and active wp go maps wp go maps pro add on change all markers to change the icon for all of the markers on your map, please navigate to wp go maps > maps (edit your chosen map) >settings > advanced >default marker image uploading a marker image click on the "upload" button, then press the select files button to upload files from your computer or select the media library tab to select an icon from your media library, once the desired image has been selected press the use this image button creating a marker image click on the "create" button to open the marker icon editor here you can create your own marker icon by selecting a marker style and applying effects to the the icon, including hue rotate, brightness, saturate contrast, opacity and invert content can be added to your marker in the overlay tab, this can be either text or icon (font awesome) based the size, offset and colour inversion of the overlay can be changed here too by selecting the library link in the top right marker icon editor modal, previously created markers can also be selected change a specific marker to change a specific marker icon in your map, open the marker listing for your map wp go maps > maps (edit your chosen map) > markers select the "edit" action for the marker that you'd like to change scroll down to the marker icon section of the marker editor and edit the marker you can upload or create markers in the same way as described change all markers section of this guide one key difference when changing a specific marker is you now also have the ability to change the marker icon that is displayed when the mouse if hovered over the marker this can be changed on the hover tab change a marker category the last method of using custom marker icons on your map, is to use marker categories please note that you first need to have created marker categories, in order to use this method and apply categories in the map editor to create (or edit) marker categories, please navigate to wp go maps > categories to edit the marker icon of an existing category, select the "edit" button and then upload or create a marker icon for that category please take note of the priority setting for the category in instances where a marker has been assigned to more than one category, the icon of the category with the highest priority, is the icon that will be displayed for that marker