Contact & Map Widget Oops Something Went Wrong Error
Problem
Your Google Maps may have begun showing this error recently, and not necessarily consistently.
Cause
Google has recently hardened their authentication mechanisms which put a limit on how many map requests can be made from a single endpoint per day, and may also block some referrers (domains or hosts) to try preserving the integrity of the app. The following is a statement released by Google regarding the problem:
We’ve just announced some changes to the Google Maps APIs authentication and usage limits:http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com.au/2016/06/building-for-scale-updates-to-google.html
Usage of the Google Maps APIs now requires a key.
If you are using the Google Maps API on localhost or your domain was not active prior to June 22nd, 2016, it will require a key going forward. To fix this problem, please see the Google Maps APIs documentation to get a key and add it to your application:https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key
Are you using the Maps API from localhost or a recently launched domain, or was your domain active prior to today? Just wanting to check, since all previously active domains should have been grandfathered for keyless usage, so a previously active domain getting the MissingKeyMapError may be a bug.
Solution
You can quickly setup a Google API Key for free and add it to your customizer settings in Layers 1.5.5. See How to Setup Your Google API Key
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