ICIT Weather Widget
by interconnectit · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 3 other plugins · 3.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
The ICIT Weather Widget provides a simple way to show a weather forecast on your website.
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 42/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈450 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: Add “openweathermap” to your wp.org tags. You rank #24 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed it's a slot worth spending.
42 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 60.7K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 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.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21.
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 1999 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.02★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1999 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 8d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 8d
+0.7
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| openweathermap | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| weather your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “openweathermap” to your wp.org tags. You rank #24 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
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
5.5y ago
latest release · v2.5.4 · 12 May 2021
25
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 86% 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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 11 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ surfbird071311.4y ago
I love the look and feel of this widget but it breaks all the time on my site. I almost always see an error message reading “An error has occurred with the ICIT Weather Widget, if the issue persists through refreshing please contact the site administrator.” Developer states this has not been reported before so perhaps it’s an issue with my install but I can’t continue using it anymore either way. I’d love to give it another shot if that gets resolved.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jmy9712.0y ago
I have been looking for a weather plugin for almost a week and finally got this one. It is easy to modify and simple design that I want. The feedback from the author was quick.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ interconnectit12.1y ago
We dropped support for this plugin for a while, but it’s back on our supported plugins list. We’re a bigger company now, and this can fall upon a team to support and maintain – we know people loved it 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Robert Dall13.8y ago
This use to be a really decent plugin with easy setup and easy customization of css for the style of the widget from site to site. Unfortunately it is only a portal to the Google Weather API which shut down in October 2012 rendering the plugin useless. Although if the developer was able to convert it to another API. This plugin could regain it’s 5 star rating I once gave it.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.7.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 3 at 90% or more
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The ICIT Weather Widget provides a simple way to show a weather forecast on your website."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("The Widget is Not Displaying").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,057 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
- 2026-02-15 500+ → 400+ down after 283 days in tier
- 2025-05-08 600+ → 500+ down after 174 days in tier
- 2024-11-15 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-11-14 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-11-13 700+ → 600+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-11-09 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-11-07 700+ → 600+ down after 263 days in tier
- 2024-02-18 800+ → 700+ down after 156 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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