Visual Crossing Weather Forecast – Real-Time Weather & Forecast Widget
by srhelwig · Admin & Utilities
Display professional, real-time weather forecasts and conditions from Visual Crossing Weather API anywhere on your WordPress website.
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Health
C 57/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈54 estimated
Momentum
-8%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “weather” for “forecast”. “weather” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “forecast” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
57 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 4.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,186 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 639 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 639 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.
43
Momentum
Holding steady
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
29%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| forecast | #11 | #17 | down 1 |
| weather forecast your tag | #13 | #13 | down 2 |
| weather shortcode your tag | #19 | #19 | up 2 |
| weather api your tag | #21 | #20 | down 1 |
| weather your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| weather widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
16 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 12 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
- Swap “weather” for “forecast”. “weather” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “forecast” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “weather forecast”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 187 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
1.8y ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 30 Jan 2025
3
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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 40% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous2.9y ago
Visual Crossing Weather Forecast offers precise forecasts through their API and its user-friendly interface facilitates easy integration of weather widgets on any page using shortcodes.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 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
6 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 "Display professional, real-time weather forecasts and conditions from Visual Crossing Weather API anywhere..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("perfect 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 10 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,922 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "weather shortcode", "weather widget" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-06 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-05 50+ → 40+ down after 111 days in tier
- 2026-02-14 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-13 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-12 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-10 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-08 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-07 50+ → 40+ down after 4 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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Location Weather – WordPress Weather Forecast, Air Quality & Weather Widget 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Free Weather 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Weather Forecast Widget 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags C -
Weather Widget & Forecast by Meteoprog 60+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags B - W Weather Widget – Esotanc Weather 30+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D
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Global Weather Pro: Weather Widget for WP 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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