Title: Pop-Up Map Error – 'attribution_source' parameter
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Pop-Up Map Error – 'attribution_source' parameter

 *  Resolved [JP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpress/)
 * (@jpress)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pop-up-map-error-attribution_source-parameter/)
 * Hello,
 * I went ahead and updated to 3.0 this morning, enabled the Google Static Maps 
   and Google Maps Embed APIs, and yet am still having some trouble with the plugin.
   I have a map embedded with a widget on the sidebar of my website. Usually, when
   you click on the map, it opens a pop-up window displaying a larger version of
   the map. However, at this point I’m basically just seeing the following message:
 * “The Google Maps API server rejected your request. Invalid request. Missing the‘
   attribution_source’ parameter.”
 * So, I restored the plugin to its previous version for the time being and setup
   a staging site to do some testing on. You can see the issue at the staging URL:
   [http://cfd.ec3.myftpupload.com/2016-acim-conference-las-vegas/venue](http://cfd.ec3.myftpupload.com/2016-acim-conference-las-vegas/venue/)(
   the map is in the right-hand sidebar).
 * I know you’re working on a video tutorial (great idea) which may help me, but
   in the meantime, do you have any suggestions for how I might resolve this issue?
 * Please let me know if I can provide any further information.
 * Thank you,
    JP
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-maps-widget/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-maps-widget/)

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 *  Plugin Author [WebFactory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webfactory/)
 * (@webfactory)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pop-up-map-error-attribution_source-parameter/#post-7071059)
 * Hi,
    For some reason `get_bloginfo('name')` is returning an empty string on your
   site, we haven’t thought about that case and Google doesn’t like an empty string
   🙁 Can you please email us at gmw(monkey)webfactoryltd.com with admin credentials
   for the staging site so that we can have better look before publishing an update.
   Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [JP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpress/)
 * (@jpress)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pop-up-map-error-attribution_source-parameter/#post-7071065)
 * Ah, well that makes it simple. We hadn’t wanted the default site title to show
   up on our home page, but I just added one and hid it via CSS. Seems like the 
   pop-up map is working perfectly now!
 * Thank you!
    JP
 *  Plugin Author [WebFactory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webfactory/)
 * (@webfactory)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pop-up-map-error-attribution_source-parameter/#post-7071068)
 * You’re welcome 😉

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