Title: Google maps stopped working Last modified: September 4, 2026 --- # Google maps stopped working * [robnicholson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robnicholson/) * (@robnicholson) * [5 days, 20 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-maps-stopped-working-3/) * User reported that the maps have stopped working. The message to press arrow keys to move/zoom appears briefly (which I assume is coming from Google?) but the map doesn’t display. * I’ve checked the Google cloud account (which TBH I really get lost on!) and all appears to be okay but then again, not sure where to check. The API key in settings is correct. * We’ve got What3Words links on there so not the end of the world. * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fgoogle-maps-stopped-working-3%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Thread Starter [robnicholson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robnicholson/) * (@robnicholson) * [5 days, 20 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-maps-stopped-working-3/#post-19011556) * I’ve removed the application restrictions in the API just to check if it’s that. Will report back if that makes a difference as Google says can take 5 minutes to act. * Later… no, that didn’t make any difference. Here is the HTML from the “Edit location” screen. Now I’m not an expert at HTML/CSS but I can’t see anywhere were the co- ordinates are been passed to Google? * [https://maltsystems-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/rob_nicholson_maltsystems_co_uk/IQBaC7NjY_VlTZBqtuLVeOuRAVyAeUFHHVGXe8jOEbqjYwI?e=AvWcD9](https://maltsystems-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/rob_nicholson_maltsystems_co_uk/IQBaC7NjY_VlTZBqtuLVeOuRAVyAeUFHHVGXe8jOEbqjYwI?e=AvWcD9) * PS. one has to download the above HTML file as it won’t render in the SharePoint viewer. I’ve added a test page using code from ChatGPT as a test of the key and that works: * [https://bollingtonwalkingfestival.co.uk/maps-test/](https://bollingtonwalkingfestival.co.uk/maps-test/) - This reply was modified 5 days, 20 hours ago by [robnicholson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robnicholson/). - This reply was modified 5 days, 20 hours ago by [robnicholson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robnicholson/). - This reply was modified 5 days, 19 hours ago by [robnicholson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robnicholson/). * Thread Starter [robnicholson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robnicholson/) * (@robnicholson) * [5 days, 17 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-maps-stopped-working-3/#post-19011730) * Rolling back fills me with dread as we’re in the middle of selling tickets on the events. It’s exactly this reason why I usually freeze updates whilst selling tickets on events. However, one of the other admins ran the updates without checking. I might just leave maps off as the festival ends next weekend. * Always good to know one is not alone with a problem. - This reply was modified 5 days, 17 hours ago by [robnicholson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robnicholson/). * Plugin Author [Joe Dolson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joedolson/) * (@joedolson) * [5 days, 11 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-maps-stopped-working-3/#post-19012026) * Can you tell me what version you had upgraded *from*? There are changes in the maps library in 3.8, but if you had already updated to that, then that’s not necessarily relevant. * Thread Starter [robnicholson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robnicholson/) * (@robnicholson) * [3 days, 20 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-maps-stopped-working-3/#post-19012730) * We only keep 7 days of backup but we were running 3.5.21 29th Aug and upgraded to 3.6.17 on 31st Aug. * Thread Starter [robnicholson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robnicholson/) * (@robnicholson) * [3 days, 19 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-maps-stopped-working-3/#post-19012735) * Just spotted there is v3.8.4 so I’ve just updated to that. Still not working. - This reply was modified 3 days, 19 hours ago by [robnicholson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robnicholson/). * Plugin Author [Joe Dolson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joedolson/) * (@joedolson) * [3 days, 13 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-maps-stopped-working-3/#post-19012894) * Did you possibly look at your past DB version, not your installed version? Because 3.5.21 was released in December 2024, and if you were still running a 2 1/2 year old version a week ago, then that opens up a lot of potential ground for issues. * Version 3.6.17 was released in late 2025, so that would be better, although still potentially means that you skipped an entire major version cycle with 3.7. * But if you were looking at database schema changes, that is a bit different. 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