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
- Add the plugin contents to the
/wp-content/plugins/
directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Register for a Visual Crossing API Key
- Add your API Key to the settings field in ‘Settings’ -> ‘Weather Forecast Settings’
- Use the
[weather]
shortcode to display the weather forecast anywhere on your WordPress site
The easiest shortcode setting is just: [weather]
Screenshots
Setting Page
Insert shortcode in WordPress Page or Post
Simple Weather Forecast Demo
D3 Weather Forecast Demo
Changelog
1.0.1
- Plugin compatibility tested.
1.0.0
- Initial load of the plugin.