Best geography plugins for WordPress
The most popular geography plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Spatial Capabilities Check leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of GeoAreas (10+) and Thematic Maps (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “Geography” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 geography plugins
- 1.
WP Spatial Capabilities CheckThe most installed geography plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 2.
GeoAreas10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 3.
Thematic MapsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.0.
All 3 plugins tagged “Geography”
WP Spatial Capabilities Check
Up in the last 7 days:5,215#35,137by Michael Moore9 years ago
Creates a page in the dashboard with a list of the spatial functions your database supports so you can do GIS with MySQL or MariaDB in WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GeoAreas
#39,419by Dotan Cohen10 years ago
Provide a taxonomy called GeoAreas containing hierarchical geographical areas.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Thematic Maps
Up in the last 7 days:4,733#56,424by Garrett Hunter6 years ago
Displays a thematic map of the United States of America showing each state shaded in proportion to the measurement of a statistical variable, such as …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day