by
Seth Smigelski
5 (3 reviews)
Under The Weather
A lightweight and customizable weather widget, powered by the OpenWeather API, that caches and presents weather data with multiple style options.
Under The Weather ranks #18,589 among WordPress.org plugins with 70+ active installations, is #2,432 of 8,297 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Jun 10, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
Compatible with WP 7
v2.7.2
Current Version v2.7.2
Updated 1 month ago
Last Update on 10 Jun, 2026
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#2,432 of 8,297 in Customization
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- Version
- 2.7.2
- Last Updated
- Jun 10, 2026
- Requires WP
- 5.3+
- Tested Up To
- 7
- PHP Version
- 7.2 or higher
- Author
- Seth Smigelski
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Under The Weather
This plugin works with the OpenWeather One Call API 3.0. You can get a free API key by signing up on the OpenWeather website. Make sure you have subscribed to the One Call API on your account's API page.
This most commonly occurs when there is an issue with your OpenWeather API subscription. Please check the following: 1. API Plan: Ensure you have subscribed to the "One Call API 3.0" specifically. Other free plans (like "Current Weather") are not compatible with this plugin. 2. Payment Info: OpenWeather requires a valid credit card on file for the One Call 3.0 plan. Although the first 1,000 calls per day are free, the API will return an error if no payment method is registered. 3. Activation Time: New API keys can take up to 2 hours to become fully active. 4. Performance Report: Go to Settings > Under The Weather > Performance Report to view the "Raw Data" section for the specific error code (e.g., 401 or 402) returned by the server.
Click on the "Performance Report" tab of the Under The Weather Settings Page to see a graph and data log for the last 7 days of plugin performance. The Performance Report shows the last seven days of information about the requests made by the weather widget. The report displays a comparison of the cached hits and calls to the OpenWeather API. Seeing how the plugin's cache system reduces the number of API calls demonstrates its effectiveness. Use the Performance Report to examine how modifying the cache expiration time affects the rate of cached requests.
No. To retrieve fresh weather data every time a widget page loads, you can uncheck "Enable Cache" under the plugin's advanced settings. The caching system greatly reduces API hits, but turning this function off during your initial widget setup may be useful.
Cinderella's magic disappears at midnight and weather caches expire at midnight too. Visitors should never see a cache of the previous day's forecast. For example, if you set the cache expiration time to 8 hours and a weather cache is created at 10 p.m. on a Friday (using the weather location's time), that cache will expire at midnight, and someone visiting the site the next day at 5 a.m. will not see the previous day's cache even though fewer than 8 hours have passed. The plugin uses whichever expiration time is shorter to provide the most effective caching. You control the maximum cache duration with the "Cache Expiration Time" slider. However, to ensure your visitors never see yesterday's weather, the plugin also calculates the time until midnight in the widget's local timezone. If the time until midnight is shorter than your slider setting, the cache will expire at midnight.
The plugin caches the weather data on your server to improve performance and reduce API calls. The data will only be fetched again after the "Cache Expiration Time" you set on the settings page has passed. If you need to force an immediate update, go to Settings > Under The Weather and click the "Clear All Weather Caches" button.
The weather widget is probably displaying a cached forecast. Since waiting around is no fun, the Under The Weather Settings has a "Clear Weather Cache" option at the bottom. If you press the "Clear All Weather Caches & Stats" button, it will force an immediate update of all weather forecasts. This will also clear the performance report data. If you're feeling patient, just wait for the weather widget to update after the current cache has expired.
Both. By default, the weather widget displays the forecast in Fahrenheit. If you prefer to see the forecast in Celsius, set data-unit="metric" within the weather-widget div (see configuration instructions). Additionally, checking the "Display Unit Symbol" box on the Under The Weather Settings page instructs the weather widget to display the temperature unit symbol (F or C) in the primary temperature display.
The plugin offers two methods for looking up coordinates using its built-in Coordinate Finder tool: * In the Settings Page: Navigate to Settings > Under The Weather and click the Coordinate Finder tab. Simply type in a location name, and the tool will look up the coordinates and provide you with the exact <div> code to copy and paste. * In the Editor: While using the Under The Weather Forecast block, click on the Find Coordinates By Name button. The coordinates for your chosen location will be filled in for you automatically.
In the WordPress block editor, simply search for "Under The Weather Forecast" when adding a new block. The block includes a built-in coordinate finder, so you can search for locations by name rather than manually entering latitude and longitude. Configure your preferences in the block settings sidebar, and the weather will appear automatically on your published page.
