US Weather Widget – WillyWeather
by WillyWeather · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · 400+ installs across the portfolio →
US weather widgets for Wordpress, with the latest data sourced from NOAA. Custom designs to suit any website.
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+1%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “observations” for “noaa”. “observations” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “noaa” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
43 health vs 56 average across 5,902 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 10.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,193 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34, 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 3304 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.8.34; the current branch is 6.8
3.5★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3304 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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 12d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 12d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| willyweather widget your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| noaa widget your tag | #9 | #9 | up 1 |
| noaa | #12 | #10 | 0 |
| observations your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| weather forecast your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| weather widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “observations” for “noaa”. “observations” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “noaa” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 99 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
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
9.1y ago
latest release · v1.5 · 16 Oct 2017
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 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 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jpdawg10.6y ago
Set up functionality good. You can change colors but not much else. I tested Houston against our tv weather and this was very different (and wrong)
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ GWCTas10.8y ago
Unlike the user created widgets, the WP widget weather location is fixed on Bondi Beach NSW. You can allow users to search but that is confusing for visitors.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ CEMBTW11.8y ago
Great functionality and look. Very much looking forward to support for additional countries.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jjese12.2y ago
Finally found an excellent weather widget that not only looks good but is very functional.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tomhart12.5y ago
couldn’t figure out how to get tides to show, but was able to get what i want thru an i framed widget from the willyweather website at http://www.willyweather.com/info/weatherwidget.html…and that was simple and elegant, so I’m impressed with the company but not this exact plugin. It could be user error, but the i-frameable widget at http://www.willyweather.com/info/weatherwidget.html worked great.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sherry12.6y ago
works well!
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
1 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("built for"); 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 3 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,145 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("NOAA widget", "observations", "weather forecast", "willyweather widget" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-03-19 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-18 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-03-16 300+ → 200+ down after 322 days in tier
- 2024-04-28 400+ → 300+ down after 344 days in tier
- 2023-05-20 500+ → 400+ down
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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Australian Weather Widget – WillyWeather 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
Location Weather – WordPress Weather Forecast, Air Quality & Weather Widget 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Free Weather 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Weather Forecast Widget 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags C -
Weather Widget & Forecast by Meteoprog 60+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Visual Crossing Weather Forecast – Real-Time Weather & Forecast Widget 50+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
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