Visual Crossing Weather Forecast

December 05, 2023

Visual Crossing Weather Forecast Plugin

Display beautifully formatted global weather forecasts in any WordPress website.

This plugin allows you to display beautifully formatted Weather Forecasts using a simple shortcode. You can insert this shortcode anywhere in your WordPress post or page.

Weather by visualcrossing.com

The weather data is powered by Visual Crossing Weather.

Requires a free or paid key to access the data.

Once you have the API Key, you can save it in the WordPress admin panel under 'Settings' -> 'Weather Forecast Settings'

Shortcode

The plugin enabled a shortcode that allows you to display a weather forecast for any location worldwide:

  • [weather]: display weather forecast using global settings.
  • [weather loc="London, UK" days="4"]: display weather forecast overriding global settings using parameters.

Shortcode parameters

  • loc=”(String – Location or Address for which you want to fetch and display weather the forecast)
  • days=7(Number – Number of days for which you want to display weather forecast)
  • mode=”(string (can be “simple” or “d3”) – Used to indicate the format in which to display the weather forecast)
  • title=”(String – Text you want to display above the weather forecast widget. Used only in “simple” mode)
  • showtitle=”(string (can be “Yes” or “No”) Used to Hide or display the title)
  • unit=”(string (can be “US” or “Metric”) – Unit system in which to display the weather forecast)
  • conditions=”(string (can be “Yes” or “No”) – Used to Hide or display condition details.)

Installation

  1. Add the plugin contents to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Register for a Visual Crossing API Key
  4. Add your API Key to the settings field in ‘Settings’ -> ‘Weather Forecast Settings’
  5. Use the [weather] shortcode to display the weather forecast anywhere on your WordPress site

The easiest shortcode setting is just: [weather]

Screenshots

  1. Setting Page

    Setting Page

  2. Insert shortcode in WordPress Page or Post

    Insert shortcode in WordPress Page or Post

  3. Simple Weather Forecast Demo

    Simple Weather Forecast Demo

  4. D3 Weather Forecast Demo

    D3 Weather Forecast Demo

Changelog

1.0.1

  • Plugin compatibility tested.

1.0.0

  • Initial load of the plugin.

Details

  • Version: 1.0.1
  • Active installations: 70
  • WordPress Version: 5.6
  • Tested up to: 6.4.5

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