Switching from Lf Hiker to WP GPX Maps

Lf Hiker was made for hikers, like WP GPX Maps: GPX files from the Media Library, a map and an elevation profile. On wordpress.org it now shows a warning that it has not been tested with the latest three major releases of WordPress. If you are looking for a maintained alternative, WP GPX Maps uses the same files, adds a route summary, FIT, TCX and KML files, a block for the editor and tracks colored by grade or speed. This guide moves your maps one post at a time.

Before you start

• Make a backup of the site.
• Install and activate WP GPX Maps from Plugins > Add New. Keep Lf Hiker active until all the posts are moved, so no page is left with a bare shortcode.
• Your GPX files are already in the Media Library, and WP GPX Maps uses them as they are.

1. Find the posts with a Lf Hiker map

In Posts > All Posts search for lfh-gpx (and do the same in Pages).

2. Replace the shortcode

A Lf Hiker map looks like this:

[lfh-gpx src=https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/my-hike.gpx color=darkgreen width=6]A trail in the Dolomites[/lfh-gpx]

The same map with WP GPX Maps:

[sgpx gpx="/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/my-hike.gpx" mlinecolor="#006400" summary=true]

Or, in the block editor, delete the shortcode and add a GPX Map block, then pick the same file from the list. The title between the Lf Hiker tags can become a normal heading or paragraph above the map.

Lf Hiker	WP GPX Maps
src	gpx: the address of the same file (the full address works, or just the part from /wp-content/ on)
color	mlinecolor, as a color code like #006400
Several lfh-gpx in one map	One map with the files separated by commas: gpx="/wp-content/uploads/a.gpx,/wp-content/uploads/b.gpx", one color each with a legend
[lfh-map] to start a new map	Not needed: every [sgpx] is its own map
Elevation and distance units	uom (meters, feet, miles…) or the default in Settings > WP GPX Maps
(none)	summary=true for distance, climbing and time; colorby="grade" to color the track by grade

3. Check and clean up

Open each post you changed and check the map. When the search for lfh- finds no post any more, deactivate and delete Lf Hiker.

This is what a moved post can look like, with the track colored by grade:

New to WP GPX Maps? Start from How to add a GPX track to WordPress. Stuck with a map? Ask in the support forum with the old shortcode and the address of the page.