Easy Weather Widget
by Mat Gargano · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 3 other plugins · 130+ installs across the portfolio →
Easy Weather Widget provides you with an easy to use widget which outputs weather information. When creating the widget just enter in your U.S.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
60+
≈70 estimated
Momentum
-23%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “weather” and “widget” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 56 average across 5,902 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 23.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,192 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 6.8.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3229 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
4.3★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3229 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| weather your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “weather” and “widget” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.3K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,000 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
8.8y ago
latest release · v3.2.5 · 30 Dec 2017
17
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 70.
Install history since 4 Mar 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mathisbrogers5.4y ago
I’ve been using this Plug-in for a few years now and I love it. I like for my visitors to know what the weather is doing here. I updated my WP sites to 5.7.2 the other day, and this afternoon I got a notice from someone on an email notification list that the Skype link in the email for our Tuesday meeting wasn’t working. I checked and discovered that he did not have today’s email—the Skype link remains the same so that didn’t matter—and I hadn’t received it either. I went to the website and got a notice the sight had a critical error. I checked my email and had received a message with a link to WP Recovery Mode and it pointed to this Plug-in as being the problem. After deactivating it, the email went out automatically, and the site came back online. Again, I love this app. Please update it to work with 5.7.2 and beyond. Thanks, Mathis…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous8.9y ago
This plugin works great! Simple and uses a great API for the data. I like how easy it is to customize the template. Also, from a PHP standpoint, the code is well written, documented and organized. I especially like the fact that they’re autoloading things and using object oriented design. This makes it much faster for me to walk through the code and see what’s going on.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ paulala1512.5y ago
If you need something that’s straightforward to use, displays the weather in a pleasant way, and would enjoy super responsive support – look no farther!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cjszkr12.6y ago
After struggling with RSS codes and feeds for 1/2 day, I should have realized that there is a plugin – easy easy – thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fnxshadow12.8y ago
Easy to setup and works great.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Radwan Hallak13.0y ago
i like this
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use cases", "if you want").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 3 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,861 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-21 70+ → 60+ down after 96 days in tier
- 2026-07-17 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-15 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-13 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 80+ → 70+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2026-06-20 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-18 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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