Visual Crossing Weather Forecast

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Display beautifully formatted global weather forecasts in any WordPress website.

Author:srhelwig (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:5.6
WordPress version tested:6.4.1
Plugin version:1.0.1
Added to WordPress repository:29-07-2020
Last updated:05-12-2023
Rating, %:100
Rated by:1
Plugin URI:https://www.visualcrossing.com
Total downloads:1 462
Active installs:70+
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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.)

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