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ICIT Weather Widget
The ICIT Weather Widget provides a simple way to show a weather forecast on your website.
The facts
- Rating
- 3★ from 4
- Active installs
- 400+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 12 May 2021
- Added
- Jan 2011
- Requires WP
- 3.8.1
- Tested up to
- WP 5.7.17
- Downloads
- 60,385
Our analysis
AI-assistedICIT Weather Widget is a WordPress plugin that displays weather information using data from the OpenWeatherMap API. It allows you to add a customizable widget to any sidebar, where you can select the country and city for which you want to receive weather updates. The widget can show either a compact view of the current weather or a forecast for the current day and the next three days.
The plugin requires an API key to function and offers options to adjust the colour style of the display. It is suitable for users who want to provide weather updates on their WordPress site, particularly those who are familiar with using widgets and shortcodes.
Best for: This plugin suits WordPress users looking to add weather information to their site.
What it does well
- ✓Pulls weather data from OpenWeatherMap API
- ✓Customizable widget for sidebars
- ✓Options for current weather or multi-day forecast
- ✓Two colour styles for display
- ✓Works in multiple modern browsers
Where it falls short
- •Multiple shortcodes in the same post may not work correctly
- •Styling may not integrate well with all themes
- •IE7 does not support weather icons
Verdict
ICIT Weather Widget provides a straightforward way to display weather data, but it may have some limitations in terms of compatibility and shortcode functionality.
From the developer
interconnectit's own description of ICIT Weather Widget, lightly tidied.
Weather information is pulled from the OpenWeatherMap API. This plugin adds a widget that can be dropped into any sidebar, can be customised to suit your theme and won’t hit any usage limits.
The widget can be configured as follows:
- API key – required to get weather data from OWM, once entered it will be saved and auto filled in future widgets
- Country – choose the country to get weather data from. (Some countries do not have an average result for weather conditions)
- City – Enter the name of your area to recieve the weather results. If you want to use City ID, go to OpenWeatherMaps City List.
- Display Mode – you can choose to show either a compact view of the current weather or show the forecast for the current day and next three days.
- Colour Style – Choose between two styles of colouring:
- Style 1 – Primary colour: Background colour of current weather and font colour of forecast, Secondary colour: Font colour of current weather and background colour of forecast.
- Style 2 – Primary colour: Font colour for both sections, Secondary colour: background colour of both sections.
You can override what gets displayed for the location by filling in the widget’s title text.
For info on how to use the shortcode, check the FAQs.
Known problems
Multiple shortcodes do not work if they are in the same post, as the data is stored based on the widget ID if displayed in a widget space or the post ID if using the shortcode.
A new shortcode attribute has been added allowing you to add a unique ID to your shortcode which will be used to store data allowing multiple shortcodes per post.This widget should work in all themes, although some themes styling will mix with the widget leaving bits that look out of place.
IE7 does not support the icons we use for the weather display.
Works in IE8+, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Safari.
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