We'll create fresh WordPress site with Weather Forecast Widget installed. You have 20 minutes to test the plugin after that site we'll be deleted.
The weather data for this widget will be retrieved from the OpenWeatherMap API with your own API key.
You can show the weather for a CITY (input data: city name) or for specific COORDINATES (input data: latitude & longitude coordinates) in the widget.
The weather widget can be implemented in a page, a post or into the widget area with the help of the shortcode [weather_forecast_widget]. Furthermore you´ll be able to pass different attributes to each shortcode to override your settings for this widget placement (e.g. manage widget title with an shortcode attribute).
Currently you can choose 3 templates for the widget.
* Template 1
* Current day´s weather with a weather forecast for the next 3 days
* Template 2
* Template 2 uses Bootstrap!
* Current day´s weather with an hourly weather forecast and a weather forecast for the next 3 days
* Template 3
* Template 3 uses Bootstrap!
* Weather for the current day and for the next 7 days, each with an hourly weather forecast and a weather forecast for the next 3 days
* Alert Template 1
* Alert Template 1 uses Bootstrap!
* Active weather alerts
For this widget, you´ll be able to choose your own background image. Either you set a static background image in the widget settings or you choose the dynamic variant (thumbnail of the page/post, where the shortcode is placed) will be used as a background image.
In addition to the daily weather forecast, an hourly weather forecast can also be displayed in the widget. Both the daily and hourly weather forecast can be collapsed.
The weather widget also shows weather alerts. These alerts are dismissable.
In the widget you´ll find awesome and beautiful weather icons. In the plugins settings page you can choose which weather icons you want to use for the widget.
* Animated Icons Filled
* Animated Icons Not Filled
* Static Icons
You have the possibility to load the widget with lazy loading (ajax) to load the data only when necessary.
Nowadays caching is an important topic. This weather forecast widget makes it possible to cache the received weather data for the next visitor, who will visit your website page/post next time. You´ll be able to set your desired caching time in the settings (caching time possible up to 1 hour => this should ensure that the weather data in the widget is as current as possible). With this caching possibility you´ll also save API calls.