I am trying to understand how this API Key piece works. I have add this to my functions.php.
// SET Google Map Key for ACF
function my_acf_init() {
acf_update_setting('google_api_key', 'mykeygoeshere');
}
add_action('acf/init', 'my_acf_init');
and the enables the backend/admin map field, but not the frontend. It seems like I have to append the key to script like so:
wp_enqueue_script( 'cs-google-map', 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false&key=mykeygoeshere', array(), '20130115', false );
Is this best practice? I guess I would need to protect my key as it’s public visible.
It appears that this is the way to do it, yes. It is explained under template usage here https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/google-map/. I don’t know anything about protecting the key. I actually use a different plugin for google maps gut the key is easily available in the source of the page. When I set up the key I set it up so that it can only be used by specific domain names.
