Title: html attribute causing issues; map not loading
Last modified: September 19, 2025
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# html attribute causing issues; map not loading
* Resolved [John Sundberg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bhwebworks/)
* (@bhwebworks)
* [8 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-attribute-causing-issues-map-not-loading/)
* I’ve been using this plugin for years and it’s been great, so thank you for providing
it!
* I just recently noticed that on a few sites that use the html attribute in the
shortcode, and that attribute begins with a number, the map doesn’t load and
there’s a console error that says, “Unexpected number at . . . “
* I’ve played around with some different ways to circumvent the issue, but to no
avail. The link I provided is a page on a demo site that I use. The attribute
in that instance is html=”222 West Hudson Spearfish SD 57783″
- This topic was modified 8 months, 1 week ago by [John Sundberg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bhwebworks/).
* The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhtml-attribute-causing-issues-map-not-loading%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
to see the link]_
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* Thread Starter [John Sundberg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bhwebworks/)
* (@bhwebworks)
* [8 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-attribute-causing-issues-map-not-loading/#post-18649004)
* As it turns out, the websites where I was having this issue did not have a Server
API Key created or added in the plugin settings. Creating that key and updating
the settings solved the problem.
* Plugin Author [webaware](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webaware/)
* (@webaware)
* [8 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-attribute-causing-issues-map-not-loading/#post-18649027)
* G’day John,
* That’s curious, I’ve taken a copy of the script output at that test page and
will have a play with it. Having a server API key means doing the address lookup
server-side, not browser-side, so should not affect it. Interesting! Thanks for
reporting.
* cheers,
Ross
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* Last activity: [8 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-attribute-causing-issues-map-not-loading/#post-18649027)
* Status: resolved