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Smart Local Google Maps — Documentation

Features

The full feature list, grouped by area. Linked words open the in-depth guide.

  • Consent management
    • Google Maps stays blocked until the visitor makes an explicit choice
      • No map loads, no request reaches Google and no Google cookie is set until the visitor accepts
      • Exception, if you turn on geo-detection: visitors outside your consent regions are auto-accepted by default, and you can change this
    • Accept/decline dialog with clear, customizable messaging
    • CSRF-protected form submission prevents replay attacks
    • Secure cookies with HttpOnly, Secure and SameSite=Lax flags, valid for the whole site
    • Consent state remembered across visits through a configurable cookie lifetime
  • Map detection
    • 21 built-in patterns, applied to the finished page HTML
      • Google Maps iframes and the Google Maps JavaScript API
      • 13 named Joomla extensions, including Widgetkit, YOOtheme Pro, SP Page Builder, Phoca Maps, JEM and Event Booking
      • A generic fallback for <div> elements whose id starts with googlemap
    • Custom regex pattern for map markup the built-ins don't cover
    • Debug mode lists every matched pattern, shown only to logged-in Super Users
  • The {smartmap} shortcode
    • Builds a Google Map from an address or a latitude/longitude pair, wrapped in the consent placeholder from the start
    • Embed method: keyless with no setup, or the Google Maps Embed API with your own key
    • Per-map zoom, map type, width, height, caption and an optional "Get directions" link
    • Not expanded inside the page head, form fields, tag attributes or front-end edit forms, so editing an article never replaces your shortcode
  • Positions
    • Center modal: overlay dialog centered on screen
    • Bottom bar: full-width bar fixed to the bottom
    • Bottom-right and bottom-left: compact corner boxes
    • Inline: each detected map is replaced by a placeholder in its own place, with configurable width and height
    • Shortcode maps always use an inline placeholder, whatever position you choose
  • Animations
    • Fade in down, fade in up, fade in left and fade in right for the floating positions
    • Automatic respect for motion preferences: with prefers-reduced-motion enabled, the box appears without animation
  • Themes and custom colors
    • Five built-in color themes: Clean, Midnight, Forest, Slate and Warm
    • Custom color mode with 12 color fields, 6 for light and 6 for dark mode
    • Custom colors apply to the consent box and to every inline and shortcode placeholder
  • Dark mode
    • Automatic detection through prefers-color-scheme
    • Always light or always dark, regardless of the visitor's setting
  • Geo-detection
    • Shows the consent box only to visitors who need it
    • Uses the browser's Accept-Language header to detect EU, EEA and UK languages
      • No external API calls, no latency and no third-party dependencies
    • Configurable behavior for other visitors: auto-accept, show the consent box, or skip the plugin
    • It detects language, not location
  • Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA)
    • The center modal keeps keyboard focus inside the dialog; the bar and corner boxes leave the page usable
    • Full keyboard navigation (Tab, Shift+Tab, Enter, Space); Escape moves focus to the close button
    • Screen reader support with proper ARIA roles, labels and live regions
    • Reduced motion support
  • Security
    • Cookie flags
      • HttpOnly: not accessible through JavaScript
      • Secure: when Force HTTPS is set to Entire Site, the cookie is only sent over HTTPS
      • SameSite=Lax: not sent with cross-site requests
    • CSRF tokens: consent submissions are validated with Joomla's token system
    • Input escaping: all configurable text is escaped before rendering; shortcode attributes are validated and clamped
  • Cookie control
    • Session mode: consent expires when the browser closes
    • Days mode: any value from 1 to 365 days
  • Customizable content
    • Custom icon, headline and consent text
    • Privacy policy link to any menu item
  • Demo mode
    • Shows the consent box on a demo page without real blocking, with a visible "Demo" badge
    • Restrict it to one page with the menu item selector
  • Multilingual
    • Ships with 23 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Estonian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Slovenian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Greek, Latvian and Lithuanian
    • Every string is translatable with a standard Joomla .ini file
  • Joomla integration
    • Runs on Joomla 4.4, 5 and 6 with no deprecated APIs, and only on front-end HTML pages
    • WebAssetManager, dependency injection through services/provider.php, events through SubscriberInterface
    • The installer checks for PHP 8.1 and Joomla 4.4 and stops with a clear message on older versions
    • Namespace: Joomla\Plugin\System\SmartLocalGoogleMaps\Extension

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