Hi there.
On 22 June 2016 Google Geo Developers announced that Google Maps no longer supports keyless access to their API and that all API calls must now contain an API key.
This means that all new and existing users of WP Google Maps will now have to register on the Google API console in order to get a Google Maps Javascript API key. In the past, Google Maps allowed you to display a map without an API key but unfortunately from now on this will not be possible.
There are no costs involved with creating an API key however, as it has been in the past, you will be limited to 25 000 map requests per day.
For full documentation on how to create this API key, please visit http://www.wpgmaps.com/documentation/creating-a-google-maps-api-key or watch the video tutorial on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH98za14LNg)
I hope the above helps?
Jarryd,
I’m having this same issue. I have added an API key, my requests aren’t anywhere near the 25,000 per day and I now get a gray map with the same error.
The JS console is saying two things:
- RefererNotAllowedMapError – But I’ve added the correct domains in Google’s API settings.
- The second is: Google Maps API warning: RetiredVersion https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/error-messages#retired-version
Hi perryazevedo
Please send me a link to your site as well as a screenshot of the domains you have entered in the Google Developer Console so that I can assist you further?
