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Weather Underground

By Zack Katz

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Weather Underground Review - In-Depth Analysis

Get accurate and beautiful weather forecasts powered by Wunderground.com.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.93/10

User Rating

3.7/5 (based on 50+ reviews)

Active Installations

4,000+

Update Frequency

Below Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

1 / 10 (Very Low Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

Wunderground is the best WordPress weather site. Wunderground.com has the most accurate and in-depth weather information. They are not evil corporate giants, and are weather geeks, which is nice. This plugin uses the Wunderground API for its accurate forecasts.

If you want a great-looking weather forecast, use this plugin. This is the best-looking weather forecast plugin for WordPress. It looks great on many different templates out of the box, including the default WP theme.

For more information, visit the plugin information page. Learn about setting up the plugin, how to configure the shortcode, template overrides and more on the plugin info page.

Weather Underground has challenged the conventions around how weather information is shared with the public since 1993. They are immensely proud of the unique products that their community and meteorologists have created to improve people's access to meaningful weather data from around the globe. As the Internet's first weather service, they consider themselves pioneers within their field and are constantly seeking new data sets and the next technologies that will help them share more data with more people.

Comparing to Alternatives

Weather Underground plugin was once a reliable choice for weather data but now faces challenges due to discontinued support. Compared to other weather plugins, it has unique features but also notable drawbacks.

Top alternatives

Weather Underground

Strengths

Provides many customization options
Regularly updated weather forecasts when functional
Includes weather alerts

Weaknesses

No longer supported due to API changes
Frequent issues with location detection
Outdated design and layout
Limited reliability in recent use

User Sentiment Analysis

User feedback highlights a mix of appreciation for functionality and frustration over recent reliability issues.

Positive highlights

'Looks and works great' with many customization options - inhousewebdesign
'Best weather plugin out there' despite design issues - npappous
Regular updates with current forecasts and alerts - inhousewebdesign

Common complaints

Plugin often fails to find location or shows blank data
No longer supported due to Weather Underground API changes
Design and layout are outdated
Plugin functionality has significantly declined

Weaknesses

Unreliable performance in recent times
Lack of ongoing support and updates

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Users looking for a weather plugin with customization options and who can tolerate occasional issues might find this plugin useful if they can manage its limitations.

Not ideal for

Those needing a consistently reliable and actively supported weather plugin should avoid this, as it is no longer maintained and often fails to work properly.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version offers basic weather forecast display with customization options but lacks ongoing support and updates.

Final Verdict

Weather Underground plugin once provided valuable weather data with good customization, but it is now largely obsolete due to discontinued support and API changes.

Users seeking a dependable and actively maintained weather plugin should consider alternatives, as this plugin currently suffers from reliability and support issues.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Weather Underground plugin.

Weather

Weather Underground

Weather forecasts

Screenshots

FAQ

Upload plugin files to your plugins folder, or install using WordPress’ built-in Add New Plugin installer
Activate the plugin
To add a forecast to your sidebar, go to Appearance, then Widgets. Click on the Wunderground widget and add it to a sidebar.
To embed a forecast in a post or page, use the [wunderground] “shortcode” as described on the plugin page’s Shortcode Parameter guide.

Weather Underground has generously donated free API access to users of this plugin.

If you prefer, you can define your own API key in your installation’s wp-config.php file by setting a WUNDERGROUND_API_KEY constant, like so:

 define( 'WUNDERGROUND_API_KEY', 'myapikey' );

You can also override the API key using the wunderground_api_key filter, like so:

 add_filter( 'wunderground_api_key', 'my_custom_wunderground_api_key' );  /**  * Use my own API key!  * @return string My API key  */ function wunderground_api_key( $old_api_key = '' ) {     return 'myapikey'; }

If you want to use your own icons, you would add a filter to the bottom of your theme’s functions.php file. See a list of icons you should have available. Here’s sample code:

 add_filter('wp_wunderground_forecast_icon', 'use_custom_wunderground_icons', 10, 2 );  /**  * @return string URL to the root folder of the icon set.  */ function use_custom_wunderground_icons( $url_base = '', $icon_name = '' ) {     return 'http://icons.wxug.com/i/c/a/'; }