Title: Won’t geocode when programatically adding bgmp_address
Last modified: June 2, 2017

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# Won’t geocode when programatically adding bgmp_address

 *  [atupac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atupac/)
 * (@atupac)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wont-geocode-when-programatically-adding-bgmp_address/)
 * Hi, when I use add_post_meta($post_id, ‘bgmp_address’, ‘42.5020812,-83.3090503788’)
   to add a marker. The marker doesn’t show up. I get the error “Error geocoding
   address. Please make sure it’s correct and try again”. But after going to the
   post and clicking update, the marker shows up.

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