Visitor Public IP information

  • Resolved vishnu88

    (@vishnu88)


    2 years, 8 months ago

    Team,

    We understand that the WP Google Maps plugin does not directly share any information with Google, however, the plugin does make use of the Google Maps API and in doing so, for certain features such as Geolocation as an example, the Google Maps API requires a users IP information in order to make use of the Geolocation features.

    Can someone let us know if the specific Google Maps JavaScript API makes use of Visitor IP information for its feature?

    If yes, is there any way that we can avoid usage of Visitors’ IP or implement any NAT solution from this info being exposed? Will it work if we block the IP from being shared?

    Regards,
    Vishnu

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  • Hi @vishnu88,

    Thank you so much for getting in touch, we really appreciate your time.

    WP Google Maps presently does not make use of the Geolocation API in order to make use of the visitor’s location but instead, WP Google Maps will get the latitude and longitude coordinates directly from the browser(If the device is capable/has gps). If unable, the plugin should throw a fairly simple error via the JavaScript console mentioning that the location is not available.

    Once these are gathered, WP Google Maps then sends a request to Geocode the coordinates in order to generate an address from those coordinates which means that no IP address is sent through to and the Geolocation API is not used in this case.

    If you do look into blocking the IP from being shared, this should not affect map functionality but as above, the plugin code only Geolocates coordinates from the browser and does not send IP information for Geolocation.

    I hope this helps provide a bit of additional information?

    Kindest Regards,
    Steven De Beer

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