# Mapster WP Maps

## Mapster WP Maps

- [About](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/getting-started/about.md): Welcome to Mapster WP Maps!
- [Installation](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/getting-started/installation.md)
- [Key Concepts](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/getting-started/key-concepts.md): Learn about how to understand the Mapster plugin if you're having trouble getting started.
- [Importing/Exporting](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/getting-started/importing-exporting.md)
- [Guides](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/getting-started/guides.md)
- [Your First Map](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/getting-started/guides/your-first-map.md)
- [Creating a Crowdsourced Map](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/getting-started/guides/creating-a-crowdsourced-map.md)
- [Set Up Recurring Import](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/getting-started/guides/set-up-recurring-import.md): Make an import that comes from some other data source and regularly updates your WP installation.
- [Adding a Custom Style](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/getting-started/guides/adding-a-custom-style.md)
- [Building a Custom Popup](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/getting-started/guides/building-a-custom-popup.md)
- [Creating Shapes](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/creating-shapes.md): Learn about creating features for your maps
- [Displaying Maps](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/displaying-maps.md): Learn about the options for displaying your map to users.
- [Map Tiles](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/map-tiles.md): Details on the options available in the Map Tiles section of the Maps edit page.
- [Initial View](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/initial-view.md): Select from the options available for initial load of your map.
- [Fit to Features](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/initial-view/fit-to-features.md): Automatically zoom and center the map so that all of the geographic features you've added to it appear visible, regardless of the device being used.
- [Manual Values](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/initial-view/manual-values.md): Customize the starting point and view of your map completely.
- [User Location](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/initial-view/user-location.md): Use user IP to roughly set the start of the map.
- [Map Size](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/map-size.md): Set the layout specifications for how your map appears on the page.
- [Points, Lines, Polygons](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/points-lines-polygons.md): Add geographic features to your map.
- [Clustering](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/clustering.md): Group points into clusters for easier navigation and viewing.
- [Interactivity](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/interactivity.md): Define how users can interact with your map.
- [Controls](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/controls.md)
- [Basic Controls](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/controls/basic-controls.md): Standard controls for your map.
- [Geocoding & Geolocation](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/controls/geocoding-and-geolocation.md): Controls for making it easier for your user to locate places on the map.
- [Togglers](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/controls/togglers.md): Controls that enable and disable certain effects on the map.
- [Other Controls](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/controls/other-controls.md): Controls that are hard to categorize :)
- [Control Render Order](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/controls/control-render-order.md): Take control of how your controls appear on the map.
- [Filters](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/filters.md)
- [Category Filter](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/filters/category-filter.md): Allow users to toggle features on and off based on different categories.
- [Custom Search Filter](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/filters/custom-search-filter.md): Let users search through your features in a list dropdown.
- [Filter Dropdown](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/filters/filter-dropdown.md): A simple list of features on your map presented in a clickable set.
- [Lists](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/lists.md): Make a clickable list of all the features shown on your map.
- [Store Locator](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/lists/store-locator.md): An advanced List that creates a customizable list of locations.
- [Specialty Maps](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/specialty-maps.md)
- [Map Comparer](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/specialty-maps/map-comparer.md): Show two maps at once with a slider, allowing exact comparison.
- [Heatmaps](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/specialty-maps/heatmaps.md): Heatmaps are a great way to show large amounts of data.
- [Elevation Profile](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/specialty-maps/elevation-profile.md): Show the elevation of a line over its distance.
- [User Submission](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/specialty-maps/user-submission.md)
- [Listing Page Map](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/specialty-maps/listing-page-map.md): Make a page with locations or areas listed and interactable between the map and your posts.
- [Preloader](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/preloader.md): Select from a few different presets to show when your map is loading.
- [Developer](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/developer.md)
- [Javascript](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/developer/javascript.md): Add a custom function.
- [Embedding Maps](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/developer/embedding-maps.md): Allow other websites to embed your map
- [Faster Loading (Cache)](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/developer/faster-loading-cache.md): Make your maps with tons of data much faster to load!
- [Caching](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/developer/caching.md): Make your page load extremely fast with caching.
- [Progressive Loading](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/developer/progressive-loading.md)
- [Query String Control](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/maps/developer/query-string-control.md): Use a custom query string to open your map directly on a specific marker.
- [Markers](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/locations/markers.md): Markers are the default display of a location post type.
- [Circles](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/locations/circles.md): Circles are another way to display a single location.
- [Labels](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/locations/labels.md): Create totally custom text with labels.
- [Icons](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/locations/icons.md): Create totally custom icons.
- [3D Models](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/locations/3d-models.md): A great way to do some special visualization of points.
- [Lines](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/lines/lines.md): Line link together multiple coordinates.
- [Multi Lines](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/multi-lines.md): Multi lines are lines that are a single shape but cover more than one line figure on the map.
- [Flat Polygons](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/polygons/flat-polygons.md): Polygons cover a specific area.
- [3D Polygons](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/polygons/3d-polygons.md): 3D polygons cover an area and add an additional 3D height visible when the map is tilted.
- [Image Polygons](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/polygons/image-polygons.md): Place an image on your map stretched to a specific bounds.
- [Pattern Polygons](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/polygons/pattern-polygons.md): Add a polygon that fills with a repeating image to make a pattern.
- [Multi Polygons](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/multi-polygons.md): Multipolygons are polygons that have holes in them, or single shapes that cover multiple areas on the map.
- [Popup Templates](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/popups/popup-templates.md)
- [Introduction](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/popups/popup-templates/introduction.md): Popup Templates are where you can create formats for map popups.
- [Layout, Colors, Text, CSS](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/popups/popup-templates/layout-colors-text-css.md): Basic layout options for Popup Templates.
- [HTML](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/popups/popup-templates/html.md): Build a totally custom popup.
- [Options](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/popups/popup-templates/options.md): Additional options for popup templates.
- [Popup Content](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/popups/popup-content.md): Set information into your popup.
- [User Submission](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/pro-sections/user-submission.md): Create a site focused on features created and submitted by users
- [Overview](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/pro-sections/user-submission/overview.md): Get a sense of how User Submission works in Mapster WP Maps
- [Submission Interface](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/pro-sections/user-submission/submission-interface.md): Set options for your User Submission site
- [Adding Custom Fields](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/pro-sections/user-submission/adding-custom-fields.md): Collect any information you want from users
- [Submission Admin](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/pro-sections/user-submission/submission-admin.md): Set options for your User Submission site
- [Mass Edit](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/mass-edit.md): Edit many features at once
- [General](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/settings/general.md): Basic settings available in Mapster.
- [Account Management](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/settings/account-management.md): The Freemius interface for managing the plugin account.
- [Advanced](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/advanced.md): More complicated options for advanced users.
- [Import](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/import.md): Check out the many ways to import into Mapster WP Maps.
- [Tileset Management](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/tileset-management.md): Learn how to connect your Wordpress installation to Mapbox Tiling and make maps with a ton of data
- [Mapster Map ACF Field](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/developer/mapster-map-acf-field.md): Use Mapster to help build custom post types with geographic information stored appropriately and usable with the rest of the Mapster plugin.
- [Mapster Map Gravity Forms Field](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/developer/mapster-map-gravity-forms-field.md): Add a field to your gravity forms to allow entering of geographic data with ease.
- [Custom Scripts](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/developer/custom-scripts.md)
- [Hooks](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/developer/hooks.md)
- [Spatial DB & API](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/developer/spatial-db-and-api.md)
- [Internationalization](https://wpmaps-docs.mapster.me/developer/internationalization.md)


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