# Locations Plugin 🌍

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/locations-plugin/69742
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** paid-support
**Created:** [September 10, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locations-plugin/69742 "2017-09-10T10:36:41Z")
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### Author: ![Quacken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quacken](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quacken)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locations-plugin/69742/1216 "2026-02-01T15:10:58Z")

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Hey, I posted a bug report elsewhere and got redirected to repost it in this topic.

Turns out if you enable locations for a category and set the default view for the category to the Map navigating to that category results in a crash.

Here are some screenshots (pardon the localization, the words mean “Appearance: Default topic list: Hot, Latest, Top, Map):

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/2/8/1281e273529feec0417298c5ba1d0970df41e5db.jpeg)

Seems the plugin accesses `siteSettings` assuming it is defined when it isn’t

Original bug report:

> **[Setting map as the default tab for a category crashes the category](https://coop.pavilion.tech/t/setting-map-as-the-default-tab-for-a-category-crashes-the-category/4491)**
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> Environment Discourse Version: v2026.2.0-latest +15 Plugin Commit: c1547ead Steps to Reproduce When using Locations plugin if I check Allow locations to be added to topics in this category and then try to set the map tab as the default view for...

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