Title: [Plugin: Basic Google Maps Placemarks] Shortcode error/not valid category
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Basic Google Maps Placemarks] Shortcode error/not valid category

 *  Resolved [Martin1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martin1/)
 * (@martin1)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-basic-google-maps-placemarks-shortcode-errornot-valid-category/)
 * I have just updated and am setting the location and height and width of the map
   but I get this error:
 * Basic Google Maps Placemarks shortcode error: is not a valid category
 * I did need to add this:
 * function bgmpShortcodeCalled()
    { global $post;
 *  if( is_front_page() || is_home_page() )
    add_filter( ‘bgmp_map-shortcode-called’,‘
   __return_true’ ); } add_action( ‘wp’, ‘bgmpShortcodeCalled’ );
 * to my functions.php to get the map to show up on my homepage. Not sure if this
   has anything to do with it at all.
 * But now I won’t show up any more:-(
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/basic-google-maps-placemarks/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/basic-google-maps-placemarks/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Martin1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martin1/)
 * (@martin1)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-basic-google-maps-placemarks-shortcode-errornot-valid-category/#post-3104466)
 * Apearantly the main issue is that the map can’t be any wider than 805 pixels 
   even thought I need it to be much wider than that. Is there any solution for 
   this?
 *  Plugin Author [Ian Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandunn/)
 * (@iandunn)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-basic-google-maps-placemarks-shortcode-errornot-valid-category/#post-3104546)
 * There was a bug in version 1.9.1 that caused this. I’ve released version 1.9.2,
   which fixes it. Can you please upgrade to 1.9.2 and let me know if you have any
   other problems?
 *  Plugin Author [Ian Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandunn/)
 * (@iandunn)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-basic-google-maps-placemarks-shortcode-errornot-valid-category/#post-3104567)
 * There’ve been some other problems reported in the 1.9 branch, so I’ve reverted
   the stable tag back to 1.8 until they’re resolved. I’ll post here again when 
   a new 1.9 release candidate is available.
 *  Plugin Author [Ian Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandunn/)
 * (@iandunn)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-basic-google-maps-placemarks-shortcode-errornot-valid-category/#post-3104719)
 * I’ve issued a new release candidate for 1.9.3, which contains the fix for this
   and a few other bugs in the 1.9 branch. You can download it at [http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/basic-google-maps-placemarks.1.9.3-rc1.zip](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/basic-google-maps-placemarks.1.9.3-rc1.zip)
 * If possible, install it on a staging server. That way your live site won’t be
   harmed if there is still a bug, and also you’ll be able to leave the error in
   place for me to inspect.
 * Please let me know if that fixes the problem for you or not.
 *  Plugin Author [Ian Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandunn/)
 * (@iandunn)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-basic-google-maps-placemarks-shortcode-errornot-valid-category/#post-3104748)
 * The release candidate for version 1.10 is out, and should fix this. Please let
   me know if any of you are still experiencing problems with it.
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/bgmp-110-rc1-available](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/bgmp-110-rc1-available)

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 * Last reply from: [Ian Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandunn/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-basic-google-maps-placemarks-shortcode-errornot-valid-category/#post-3104748)
 * Status: resolved