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Cookie consent for WP Go Maps
maps load from elsewhere
WP Go Maps shows maps from Google or from OpenStreetMap. Once a map is on the page, its map code and tiles come from other servers, and its own consent option works on the server. A page without a map loads nothing.
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WP Go Maps
WordPress plugin
- Tested version
- 10.1.10
- How
- Tested automatically around each Cookie Rocks version
- Last test
- 7 November 2026
- Latest version
- 10.1.10 tested
- Active installs
- 300,000+
What WP Go Maps adds to your visitors’ browser
No trackers In our test of WP Go Maps 10.1.10 on 7 November 2026, the plugin itself added no tracker and no cookie. What you place in your pages with it, such as a video or a map, still counts.
What matters for consent with WP Go Maps
Map code from public servers
The map libraries load from public code servers (unpkg, jsDelivr) without any consent condition, even when the plugin’s own notice is on. The Google engine adds Google Maps’ script.
Tiles requested by script
With OpenStreetMap-type engines, the map and its tiles are requested by JavaScript. A consent plugin that reads the page HTML does not see them.
Its own consent option
“Require consent before loading Maps API” is off by default. It is decided on the server from a cookie, and the click reloads the page. The choice cannot be withdrawn, and a cached page can ignore it.
Address search through your server
With an OpenStreetMap engine, the address search goes to your site, and your server sends the visitor’s search text to OpenStreetMap’s search tool.
Cookie Rocks with WP Go Maps
- Holds the Google Maps script until the visitor consents, with its Google map engine. The map stays empty until then.
What our tests found on WP Go Maps
Set before the choice · Cookie RocksAtlas Major stops calling Google Fonts once the copy is done
With Cookie Rocks Pro 2.11.0 and WP Go Maps' Atlas Major interface, local fonts on and the copy done, nothing goes to Google Fonts before the choice: the stylesheet is served from the site. Without local fonts, or before the scheduled copy has run, Atlas Major's @import still calls fonts.googleapis.com before the choice.
Seen in our tests, 6 November 2026, Cookie Rocks.
Set before the choice · WP Go MapsWith Cookie Rocks, WP Go Maps' Google map starts without a reload
Google engine, consent option on or off: nothing to Google before the choice; a placeholder, then the map after Accept all, without a reload.
Seen in our tests, 6 November 2026, WP Go Maps 10.1.10.
Full detail
With the Google engine of WP Go Maps 10.1.10, its consent option on or off, Cookie Rocks 2.10.1 sends nothing to Google before the choice, and after Accept all the map appears without a reload. After Reject all or a withdrawal, nothing loads. Until then a placeholder of the same size holds the place of the map, with a Load the map button that starts it. Cookie Rocks tells WP Go Maps on the server that consent is handled, so no cookie is set in the visitor's browser for this.
Set before the choice · Cookie RocksCookie Rocks holds the Leaflet map of WP Go Maps until the visitor accepts
Nothing reaches unpkg.com or OpenStreetMap before Accept, and the map draws without a reload.
Seen in our tests, 6 November 2026, Cookie Rocks.
Full detail
Cookie Rocks 2.11.0 holds the Leaflet engine of WP Go Maps 10.1.10. Before the choice and after Refuse, nothing goes to unpkg.com or the OpenStreetMap tile servers. After Accept, the libraries and tiles load and the map draws without a page reload.
Good to know · WP Go MapsWP Go Maps picks its interface at random on a new install
On a new install, WP Go Maps 10.1.10 picks its interface at random, one chance in two: Atlas Novus or Atlas Major. Two fresh sites with the same settings can therefore behave differently. Atlas Major's stylesheet loads Plus Jakarta Sans and IBM Plex Mono from Google Fonts through an @import, which does not show in the page's HTML.
Seen in our tests, 6 November 2026, WP Go Maps.
Set before the choice · WP Go MapsWP Go Maps' consent option only stops the Google Maps engine
Google engine: notice, nothing from Google until the cookie. Leaflet engine: no notice, libraries still load from unpkg.com.
Seen in our tests, 6 November 2026, WP Go Maps 10.1.10.
Full detail
With its option Require consent before loading Maps API on and the Google engine, WP Go Maps 10.1.10 shows a notice and a button and loads nothing from Google Maps until the cookie wpgmza-api-consent-given exists; removing the cookie brings the notice back at the next page view. With the Leaflet engine, the same option shows no notice and the Leaflet and MapLibre libraries still load from unpkg.com; only the map tiles wait for the cookie.
Good to know · TranslatePress, Weglot, Instagram Feed, WP Go Maps, MailPoet, MatomoTranslatePress, Weglot, MailPoet and others set nothing by default
by default: Default settings
With default settings and nothing set up, TranslatePress, Weglot, Instagram Feed, WP Go Maps, MailPoet and Matomo for WordPress set no cookie, use no storage and load no known third-party tool.
Seen in our tests, 17 October 2026, TranslatePress, Weglot, Instagram Feed, WP Go Maps, MailPoet, Matomo 3.3.8, 6.4.3, 6.14.0, 10.1.10, 5.42.0, 5.13.1. Source
Full detail
On a fresh WordPress home page with default settings (no account, key or content set up), TranslatePress, Weglot, Smash Balloon Instagram Feed, WP Go Maps, MailPoet and Matomo for WordPress set no cookie, keep nothing in the browser's storage and load no known third-party tool, after Accept all.
Set before the choice · WP Go MapsWP Go Maps loads map libraries from other sites with no consent condition
- Leaflet engines load from unpkg.com, the newer OpenLayers engine from cdn.jsdelivr.net.
- They load even when its own consent notice is on.
- Map tiles are requested by script, so a consent plugin reading the HTML misses them.
- The Google engine adds a maps.googleapis.com script.
Read in its code, 16 October 2026, WP Go Maps 10.1.10.
Full detail
WP Go Maps loads its map libraries without any consent condition: the Leaflet engines, including the zero-cost engine of new installs, from unpkg.com (leaflet, maplibre-gl); the newer OpenLayers engine from cdn.jsdelivr.net; the classic OpenLayers engine from the site (lib/ol.js). These load even when its own consent notice is on. With OpenStreetMap-type engines the map and its tiles (tile.openstreetmap.org, tiles.openfreemap.org and others) are requested by JavaScript, so a consent plugin reading the page HTML does not see them. The Google engine adds a maps.googleapis.com script tag with a callback.
Sent from your server · WP Go MapsWP Go Maps address search sends the search text to OpenStreetMap
With an OpenStreetMap engine, WP Go Maps' address search goes through the site's REST route query-nominatim: the browser contacts only the site, and the server sends the visitor's search text to nominatim.openstreetmap.org.
Read in its code, 16 October 2026, WP Go Maps 10.1.10.
How we test it
Around each version, with its latest release
Around each Cookie Rocks version, a fresh WordPress installs its latest version from WordPress.org next to Cookie Rocks and runs the same checks. A new version joins the next run on its own.
- WP Go Maps 10.1.10, tested on 7 November 2026.
- The banner shows, the trackers of the test page wait for consent and load after it, and Cookie Rocks raises no PHP error.
- Settings of the test: Default settings after activation.
- Last run: WP Go Maps 10.1.10 on 7 November 2026, with WordPress 7.1.3.
Galleries, feeds and maps
Other plugins of the same kind.
Questions
Does a page without a map load anything?
No. With default settings and no map set up, WP Go Maps sets no cookie and loads no outside tool. Cookie Rocks holds known trackers until the visitor agrees.
What happens after the 30-day trial?
The banner, your visitors’ choices and your proofs of consent keep working. Without a key, most settings lock, updates and support stop. Take a key at any time and everything opens again.
For sites with WP Go Maps
Show the way, after the choice.
maps call out
Every feature of the complete plugin for 30 days, no card.
- During the trial: everything, including the full settings and the scans
- After 30 days without a key: the banner, your visitors’ choices and your proofs of consent keep working
- What waits for a key: most settings, updates and support
Get your trial key
Your e-mail and your site. Your key arrives as soon as you confirm your e-mail.