Title: Google Map Embedding
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Google Map Embedding

 *  [silviya93](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silviya93/)
 * (@silviya93)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-map-embedding/)
 * Hello.
    I was wondering if anyone can help with a problem I am experiencing in
   a wordpress blog. To give brief info – it is not my blog, I am just a guest editor
   sometimes – I write posts in it. I have a problem with embedding google maps 
   into my posts. I am not really a WordPress expert but when I started working 
   with the blog I did a bit of research. I usually add the map manually without
   a plugin – I just copy and paste the html code in the Edit part of the post, 
   save and preview it. The thing is that usually it works out perfectly but sometimes
   I am not able to make the map active. This is what I do – I copy and paste the
   html code of the map in Edit, then I Send to Editor a few Basic Settings like
   height and width and I put Map Markers. If I preview the post without saving/
   updating it, I see the map but it is grey – I don’t actually see the map directions&
   etc. But if I save the post and then preview it, the square disappears completely–
   it is not even grey; and when I check if the codes are in Edit, I see that the
   code for the map is gone and I am only left with the codes from the Basic Settings
   width and height. I’ve read in the WordPress help sections that when I save the
   post, the google map html has to change but in my post it doesn’t happen like
   that. So I guess that since I am not the admin of the blog I cannot do anything
   like installing plugins and etc but I have to do at least something so that I
   could publish my posts. I would appreciate all of your help. Thanks in advance
   🙂

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 *  [MechaCoder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mechacoder/)
 * (@mechacoder)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-map-embedding/#post-5944730)
 * i have recently had this problem, a short answer is to use [google’s web app in maps](https://support.google.com/maps/answer/3045850?hl=en)
   and make your customizations there and then by using the plain text editor and
   use a to create a button which will link to your map
 * `<button onclick='window.open("[example]")'>GOOGLE MAP</button>`
 * the longer and way more technical way is using a iframe but i personally would
   not recommend this as this will double the load time (as you are loading 2 web
   pages) and does not work with some browsers and looks really bad.
 * if you send me the maps link then i would be happy to code the button for you
   and if send be colors and stuff i will make somthing to code buttons for you.
 * ^_^ hope this helps
 *  [MechaCoder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mechacoder/)
 * (@mechacoder)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-map-embedding/#post-5944731)
 * i have recently had this problem, a short answer is to use [google’s web app in maps](https://support.google.com/maps/answer/3045850?hl=en)
   and make your customizations there and then by using the plain text editor and
   use a to create a button which will link to your map
 * `<button onclick='window.open()'>GOOGLE MAP</button>`
 * the longer and way more technical way is using a iframe but i personally would
   not recommend this as this will double the load time (as you are loading 2 web
   pages) and does not work with some browsers and looks really bad.
 * if you send me the maps link then i would be happy to code the button for you
   and if send be colors and stuff i will make somthing to code buttons for you.
 * ^_^ hope this helps

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-map-embedding/#post-5944731)
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