u/carlosrudriguez

Just based on this map, can you guess where I'm from?

This is my third week in Belgrade and I’ve seen this emblem everywhere, even as a graffiti.

Today apparently there was a type of rally related to it. I missed it as I spend the day in Subotica but as I arrived to the city some streets were closed and had to walk from the train station to my flat in the city center. I saw people wearing shirts with this emblem and waving Serbian flags.

So I assumed it’s a political movement, is that correct? And what does it mean? Not the words but the message behind it.

Hey everyone, I just open sourced a WordPress plugin I’ve been working on called **Map Studio**.

It’s a small plugin for creating configurable interactive SVG maps directly from the WordPress admin.

The basic workflow is:

1. Create a new map in the dashboard.
2. Choose one of the bundled SVG maps.
3. Add content to the regions you care about.
4. Optionally customize colors and display settings.
5. Publish it anywhere with a shortcode: `[map_studio id="123"]`

The main thing I wanted was something editor-friendly that didn’t require building a custom template every time a site needed an interactive map. Regions use the normal WordPress editor, so you can add formatted content per state, country, continent, etc.

What it does

• Includes **57 bundled SVG maps**, including World, Continents, US, Mexico, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, and several individual countries.
• Makes only regions with content clickable, so custom colors alone don’t create empty click targets.
• Supports global colors for inactive regions, active regions, hover states, strokes, and info bubbles.
• Supports custom colors per region.
• Adds an optional public region list/sidebar.
• Lets the region list appear on the left or right side of the map.
• Includes optional region search on the public list.
• Includes region filtering in the admin editor, which helps on larger maps.
• Lets you duplicate an existing map as a draft.
• Uses SVG `viewBox` zooming instead of CSS scaling, so the map stays crisp when zoomed.
• Supports multiple maps on the same page with isolated behavior.

Why I built it this way

I wanted the plugin to stay lightweight and easy to inspect.

There’s no Composer setup, no npm build step, and no external framework. It’s just a normal WordPress plugin with PHP, JavaScript, CSS, and SVG assets.

The goal was to make something useful for site owners and editors, while still keeping the codebase simple enough for other developers to understand or modify.

GitHub Repo:

https://github.com/carlosrudriguez/map-studio