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MapGeo – Interactive Geo Maps
Gorgeous maps that could weigh down your mobile site.
HealthyDeclining
57/100
Extensive map options are offset by performance bloat and unreliable support.
Active installs
~45,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
4.5★
64 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-35%
Declining fast
252 → 164 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 35% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -35% in the last year
252/day a year ago→164/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMapGeo is a feature-rich interactive maps plugin with broad geographic coverage and flexible customization, but it is held back by persistent performance issues and deeply inconsistent support responsiveness.
What people like
- +Wide range of features, settings, and customization options×5
- +Extensive geographic coverage, including granular regions like U.S. counties×2
- +Free version is functional and sufficient for basic use cases×2
- +Support described as fast and helpful by some users×3
Common complaints
- −Support is unresponsive or unhelpful for many users, including premium license holders×4
- −Significant performance issues, especially on mobile — bloated JS and DOM elements (since mentioned as a known issue for over 3 years)×2
- −Free version update flow is broken: update prompts require a paid license, trapping free users and blocking security updates (since 1.6.18)
- −Google Sheets integration is difficult to set up and not well supported
- −Plugin stopped working unexpectedly for at least one user, suspected API issue
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.37★Verified rating — drops from 4.50★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 16%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 64 total
Latest reviews · 64 analyzed
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Unresponsive support for Free or PremiumMichael
- 2025-09-02★★★★★Useful plugin, bugs quickly resolved…mod666
- 2025-08-14★★★★★Awesome global map plugin!cientiros
- 2025-06-18★★★★★PRO license issueLuca
- 2025-05-16★★★★★Great !!francoisv
- 2025-02-07★★★★★Support not responsive for a weektauras2
- 2025-01-30★★★★★Good optionserdeme61
- 2024-12-21★★★★★Versatile – Outstanding Map Solutionnahaltours1-shot
- 2024-12-06★★★★★A bit of a learning curve, but great supporttheblackedoutpanda
- 2024-11-14★★★★★Poor Google Sheets integrationwkasting
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload 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.
146
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
164
Prior 7-day baseline
121
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
601
Mean release-day peak (30d)
146
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-11.0%
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.
9%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.27
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
83%
5★ share in analyzed sample
16%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-67%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.47 → 4.37★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered