The core is the heart of Progress Map Ultimate: create maps, attach locations to posts, style markers and carousels, and add built-in search tools. Core is always loaded — you do not enable it under Ultimate Modules.
Prerequisites
Before diving into advanced settings:
Guides in this section
| Guide | What you learn |
|---|---|
| Create & display a map | Add New Map, normal vs search map, shortcodes |
| Add locations | Coordinates, marker icons, multi-location posts |
| Query settings | Which posts appear on each map |
| Map settings | Center, zoom, controls, styles, layers |
| Markers & clustering | Icons, clusters, labels, popups, menus |
| Infoboxes & carousel | Infobox content and carousel behaviour |
| Search & filters on the map | Faceted search, radius search, countries, POI |
| Drawing tools (Terra Draw) | Draw polygons/polylines/overlays in admin |
| Overlays | KML, shapes, ground images, heatmap, holes |
| Customize appearance | Colors, button order, CSS |
Mental model
Post type (global) → Posts with lat/lng → Map (query + UI settings) → Shortcode on a page- Global plugin settings = defaults and which post types get the location metabox
- Each map = its own query, layout, markers, search tools, overlays
- Modules (List & Filter, Draw a Search, …) add extra UI on top of core maps
Related
- Modules — optional features included in Ultimate
- Shortcodes — full shortcode index
- Troubleshooting