Weather Underground

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ mhartste

   5.9y ago

   Confirmed with Zach Katz, since the Weather Underground API changed this plugin is no longer supported. Too bad. I think it was the only plugin for accessing Weather Underground weather station data.

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2. ★★★★★ DarthTater

   7.0y ago

   As it says. Used to be 5-star.

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3. ★★★★★ jhaselhofer

   7.4y ago

   Don’t use. WU no longer supports this.

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4. ★★★★★ will1983

   7.5y ago

   Rarely works. Added in several places and I keep getting ‘location not found’ or it is blank even though it was working moments ago. The layout and design are ok.

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5. ★★★★★ npappous

   7.6y ago

   This is the best weather plugin out there but that’s not a rining endorsement. Needs design help. Could be much better.

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6. ★★★★★ inhousewebdesign

   7.6y ago

   Looks and works great. It has many customization options. I tried many other weather plugins and this was one of the few that actually worked. It regularly updates showing the current forecast with any weather alerts. Very happy with it.

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7. ★★★★★ femme86

   8.1y ago

   Broke my site.

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8. ★★★★★ queenielow

   8.8y ago

   Thank you for your great deal of making this easy to use.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.1.2 Added: Ability to override API key using the wunderground_api_key filter or the WUNDERGROUND_API_KEY constant Fixed: Location autocomplete issue on HTTPS websites Fixed: Don’t cache responses if they result in errors (go 2.1.2
2. — Version 2.1.1 Fixed: WordPress 4.3 compatibility Added: Display any errors while fetching forecasts to administrators Updated: Polish translation (thanks Cezary!) and Brazilian Portuguese (thanks Filipe!) Removed unused code in table- 2.1.1
3. — Version 2.1 Added: Now supports Weather Underground Severe Weather alerts & warnings Fixed: Issue using multi-word cities (thanks @christianriley !) Fixed: Restored alt text for icon when using the Current template Fixed: Widget pre 2.1
4. — Version 2.0.11 Fixed: Fatal error when no location is set in shortcode Fixed: Link to Wunderground now goes to forecast URL, not the weather station URL Fixed: Support lowercase language parameters in the shortcode ( fr , not only FR ) 2.0.11
5. — Version 2.0.10 Added: Missing font files 2.0.10
6. — Version 2.0.9 Added: Caching of forecast output HTML. This makes the plugin use fewer server resources when displaying the forecast. Fixed: Widget forecasts use the correct date formatting (set by wunderground_get_date_format() ) Modi 2.0.9

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 65 languages, 7 at 90% or more · development strings

Plus 41 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-21 4K+ → 3K+ down after 257 days in tier
2. 2025-10-07 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-10-06 4K+ → 5K+ up after 3 days in tier
4. 2025-10-03 5K+ → 4K+ down after 194 days in tier
5. 2025-03-23 6K+ → 5K+ down after 119 days in tier
6. 2024-11-24 7K+ → 6K+ down after 144 days in tier
7. 2024-07-03 8K+ → 7K+ down after 113 days in tier
8. 2024-03-12 9K+ → 8K+ down after 207 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).

• W Weather Widget 90+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• W WP Historical Weather 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• W WP Forecast Weather 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Location Weather – WordPress Weather Forecast, Air Quality & Weather Widget 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
• Weather Atlas Widget 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C
• wp-forecast 4K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B

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Weather Underground: 3K+ active installs, 3.7★ (50 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wunderground