Title: Basic Google Maps Placemarks error: map options not set.
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Basic Google Maps Placemarks error: map options not set.

 *  Resolved [shady_twist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shady_twist/)
 * (@shady_twist)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-google-maps-placemarks-error-map-options-not-set/)
 * Hi there
 * I’ve installed your plugin and set the settings and put the shortcode into my
   page. But on the page I now get : Basic Google Maps Placemarks error: map options
   not set. – but the map options are set…. please help me, your plugin looks great
   and I really want to use it!
 * Thanks
    Jo
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/basic-google-maps-placemarks/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/basic-google-maps-placemarks/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Ian Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandunn/)
 * (@iandunn)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-google-maps-placemarks-error-map-options-not-set/#post-6078764)
 * That means that the options aren’t being printed to the page so that they can
   be used by the JavaScript file.
 * What’s the URL of the page containing the map?
 *  Thread Starter [shady_twist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shady_twist/)
 * (@shady_twist)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-google-maps-placemarks-error-map-options-not-set/#post-6078784)
 * Hi there, unfortunately I’m working on local at the moment, so its not publicly
   available! Don’t worry I’ll have another play with it tomorrow 🙂
 *  [Judypics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judypics/)
 * (@judypics)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-google-maps-placemarks-error-map-options-not-set/#post-6078966)
 * I did the same thing as the original poster and am having this same issue since
   I updated my theme.
 *  Plugin Author [Ian Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandunn/)
 * (@iandunn)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-google-maps-placemarks-error-map-options-not-set/#post-6078968)
 * It’s probably a problem with the theme. Does it work if you temporarily switch
   to one of the default themes?
 *  [Judypics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judypics/)
 * (@judypics)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-google-maps-placemarks-error-map-options-not-set/#post-6078970)
 * Thanks for your reply Ian. I switched to another default theme (one of the Twenty
   Twelve ones) and it did the same. My guess is that it may be Visual Composer.
   I am using the same theme when it was working but the developer did a major update
   and that is the biggest change that I noticed. If it is, is there anything I 
   can do to fix it? I’ve looked at other map plugins but yours is perfect for my
   needs. Thanks for your time! My website in case you wanted to see it: [http://judyleephotography.com/photography-shoot-locations/](http://judyleephotography.com/photography-shoot-locations/)
 *  Plugin Author [Ian Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandunn/)
 * (@iandunn)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-google-maps-placemarks-error-map-options-not-set/#post-6078971)
 * Ah, ok, it looks like the `Info Window Max Width` value is empty, which is triggering
   the error.
 * Can you try putting something like `400` there?
 *  [Judypics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judypics/)
 * (@judypics)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-google-maps-placemarks-error-map-options-not-set/#post-6078972)
 * It works! Such a simple fix! Thank you so much for your time. I appreciate it!
 *  Plugin Author [Ian Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandunn/)
 * (@iandunn)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-google-maps-placemarks-error-map-options-not-set/#post-6078974)
 * Glad that worked 🙂
 * The plugin should just fall back to a default value if that’s empty, instead 
   of stopping completely, so I’ll fix that for the next major release.

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