Tides Today UK and Ireland tide times
Tides Today allows you to add up to 3 days tide times to your WordPress blog for over 700 UK and Ireland locations using a sidebar widget or shortcode
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 3
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 11 May 2026
- Added
- Feb 2017
- Requires WP
- 4.3
- Tested up to
- WP 6.9.0
- Downloads
- 5,567
Our analysis
AI-assistedTides Today UK and Ireland tide times is a WordPress plugin that provides tide data and maps for over 700 locations in the UK and Ireland. It allows you to display tide forecasts using shortcodes or as a sidebar widget, making it suitable for blogs related to coastal activities or marine interests.
The plugin offers features such as a 1 to 3-day tide forecast, the ability to add multiple tide time shortcodes for different locations, and options to customise the appearance using CSS. However, it is important to note that the plugin will be shut down on May 1st, 2029, and users are encouraged to migrate to the Tides Today Tides and Weather plugin.
Best for: This plugin is best for websites focused on coastal activities or marine information.
What it does well
- ✓Provides tide data for over 700 UK and Irish locations
- ✓Can be used as a shortcode or sidebar widget
- ✓Customisable appearance using CSS
- ✓Includes a map feature for locations
- ✓Localised in Welsh
Where it falls short
- •End of life notice with shutdown planned for May 1st, 2029
- •Limited to a maximum of 3-day tide forecasts
Verdict
Tides Today UK and Ireland tide times is a functional plugin for displaying tide data, but its impending shutdown may limit its long-term usefulness.
From the developer
Tides Today's own description of Tides Today UK and Ireland tide times, lightly tidied.
End of life notice: Tides Today UK and Ireland is now end of life and will be shut down on May 1st 2029. Please migrate to the Tides Today Tides and Weather plugin.
Tides Today allows you to add tide data and a map to your WordPress blog for over 700 UK (and UK territories) and Irish locations. This plugin can be used either as a shortcode or as a sidebar widget.
Features include:
- Choose to display either 1, 2 or 3-day tide forecast
- Over 700 locations from the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man, Chanel Islands, Falkland Islands and Gibraltar
- Add tide times using a shortcode or sidebar widget
- Add multiple tide time shortcodes to your page for different locations
- Easily override the look and feel using CSS
- New for 1.1.0 Include a map of a location
- New for 1.1.0 Localised in Welsh
- New for 1.3.0 Test mode to diagnose issues
- New for 1.3.6 Maps load quicker and number of days increased to 5
Widget usage
Simply drag and drop the widget into the sidebar through the WordPress dashboard. Set the properties using the fields and save.
Shortcode usage
Note! When using the WordPress Gutenberg editor, you must choose the ‘shortcode’ block!
The shortcode accepts the following parameters:
* days – the number of days to show tide data for (max 3, default 3)
* title – the title to show above the tide times (default ‘Tide times’)
* map – whether or not to show a map. (true or false, default true)
* location – the location slug to show times for (default ‘llandudno’, see the list of locations further down)
You can add content to the shortcode to display a description:
[tide_times days=1 map=true title="Tide times for Conwy" location="conwy"]These are today's tides for Conwy[/tide_times]
or without content:
[tide_times days=1 map=true title="Tide times for Conwy" location="conwy"]
Full list of locations can be found on our plugin page
Debug Mode
Not getting data? Add this into your wp-config.php file:
define('TIDES_TODAY_DEBUG', true);