National Weather Service Alerts

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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.

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7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share 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.

Crossed into this band 23 months ago; the previous band took 19 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ inhousewebdesign

   7.8y ago

   This plugin is a great concept but doesn’t work correctly on the Android phone it was tested. The Weather Warning top bar appears with icon and link to NOAA but it makes the underlying Web pages covered up with a white page. I’m guessing this is a place holder but instead of lying in the background or being clear, it’s in the foreground covering up the Web pages.

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2. ★★★★★ douglaskarr

   8.6y ago

   There’s so much potential with this plugin, I’d love to see it worked on further. Specifically: * Remove all the hard-coded outputs and allow users to use CSS to control their own output. Perhaps even the ability to edit a template of some sort. * Document the shortcode and add all the variables that are found in the widget. * Allow the shortcode to access multiple regions instead of just one at a time. This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by douglaskarr.

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3. ★★★★★ jhschmitt

   9.8y ago

   Thanks for creating this plugin! I’m having trouble, though. When I click on Activate. I get a message saying “This plugin does not have a valid header.” Any idea why this is happening?

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4. ★★★★★ ross95655

   9.8y ago

   map doesn’t work in Chrome or IE, just has a blank grey area instead of the map. Would be nice to have the option to not display a map if it doesn’t work right.

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5. ★★★★★ hadstorm

   10.6y ago

   I think this is a great plugin, and I appreciate all the hard work. The only issue I have seen is caching. There was an alert that was extended; however, it was showing the initial effective & expires times, instead of the updated times. I use w3tc and cleared the cache to resolve the issue. Is it possible to prevent this plugin from caching? Also, is it possible to add the shortcode to a page where it will display all alerts in the body of the page, instead of the ajax style dropdown? Again, great work and very useful plugin. [ Link redacted, please do not post links in reviews ]

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6. ★★★★★ miskywarn

   10.7y ago

   “The NWS Alerts plugin database tables are fully setup and the plugin is ready to be used.” Other than the fact that this plugin is a bit intrusive as far as the header design goes, it appears to be inaccurate as well. It claims to offer “National Weather Service” alerts for any specified State but reads “There are currently no active weather alerts”, when in fact there were currently 12 active alerts for my State at the time. My desire would be to find something that is actually up to date, and in widget form, as opposed to taking over the header settings.

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7. ★★★★★ compass360

   11.2y ago

   I really like the plug-in. It would be a nice feature when using the header option for to only show the header when there are alerts, other wise for to be invisible.

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8. ★★★★★ stevendaily

   11.2y ago

   Works well and nice documentation. I was able to easily add functionality I needed using the plugin filters and functions without modifying the plugin itself.

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1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.3.5). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.

1. Open High · 8.1 National Weather Service Alerts <= 1.3.5 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion ↗
   2025-06-23 CVE-2025-52809 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program Affects <= 1.3.5 No patch available

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-12-01 200+ → 100+ down after 566 days in tier
2. 2023-05-15 300+ → 200+ down after 223 days in tier
3. 2022-10-04 400+ → 300+ down after 413 days in tier
4. 2021-08-17 500+ → 400+ down

Competes with

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National Weather Service Alerts: 100+ active installs, 3.8★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-04. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/national-weather-service-alerts