Grade C

API KEY for Google Maps

Name: API KEY for Google Maps
Rating: 4.9 (55 reviews)
Author: Stiofan

⤓ Download v1.2.15 on WordPress.org ↗

by Stiofanupdated 2026-04-09🌟The Rising Star

Instant relief for themes that forgot to include an API key field.

Growing

75/100

This utility solves a common theme error easily despite many thin reviews and lacking support.

Loved30/40

Trustworthy10/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum12/12

Composite 85, adjusted to 75 (×0.88) for a low verified rating or signs of review manipulation.

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

add_filter( 'script_loader_src', function( $src ) {
    if ( strpos( $src, 'maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js' ) === false ) {
        return $src;
    }

    $api_key = 'YOUR_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY';

    if ( strpos( $src, 'key=' ) === false ) {
        $src = add_query_arg( 'key', $api_key, $src );
    }

    if ( strpos( $src, 'callback=' ) === false ) {
        $src = add_query_arg( 'callback', 'Function.prototype', $src );
    }

    return $src;
}, 20 );

Keep in mind:Replace YOUR_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY with your actual key. The plugin also provides a settings UI to store the key; this snippet hard-codes it instead.

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Active installs

~45,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+

→ on track for 50k+in ~8 weeks

Rating

4.9★

55 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+94%

Growing fast

80 → 156 installs/day

What to watch out for

MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +94% in the last year

80/day a year ago→156/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

API KEY for Google Maps is a well-regarded utility plugin praised for its simplicity in solving a common WordPress pain point, though at least one user found it non-functional with no support path available.

What people like

+Simple and quick to set up, requiring minimal technical effort×8
+Solves the problem of adding a Google Maps API key when a theme lacks a built-in option for it×3
+Works in WordPress multisite (network) installations
+Provides a direct link to set up a new Google Maps API key, simplifying the Google-side process×2

Common complaints

−At least one user found the plugin did nothing detectable, with the mapfix.dev diagnostic page unable to find an API key or API calls
−No support available — the relevant support topic was closed with no resolution provided

Review trustMostly organic

4.92★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
11%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 55 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 55 analyzed

2024-12-03★★★★★didn't do anything apparently Solutions Redefined
2023-07-20★★★★★Nice Plugin David William da Costa
2021-05-20★★★★★Excelente hericj
2019-10-23★★★★★Works great!marinaw
2019-07-13★★★★★Super sanyo8
2019-01-28★★★★★it works Webprom Design
2018-12-19★★★★★Extremely Fast and Easy jerryrcole
2018-10-12★★★★★Working great, even in WP network mrjive
2018-10-12★★★★★Funciona Mauricio Lopez Coria
2018-10-04★★★★★save me matteosilvestrin

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-04-09v1.2.15
2025-12-03v1.2.14
2024-11-28v1.2.13
2024-08-21v1.2.12
2024-04-11v1.2.11
2023-12-06v1.2.10
2023-08-10v1.2.9
2023-03-30v1.2.8

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

144

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

161

Prior 7-day baseline

118

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

507

Mean release-day peak (30d)

155

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-10.6%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

50%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

4.12

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

98%

5★ share in analyzed sample

11%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.93 → 4.92★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered