by Seth Smigelski 5 (3 reviews)

Under The Weather

Name: Under The Weather
Rating: 5.0 (3 reviews)
Author: Seth Smigelski

A lightweight, customizable weather widget powered by the OpenWeather API that caches and presents weather data with multiple style options.

Under The Weather ranks #19,093 among WordPress.org plugins with 70+ active installations, is #2,437 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Oct 17, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v2.9.0 Current Version v2.9.0

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 17 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#2,437 of 8,848 in Customization Top 25% by installs Downloads -16.8% this week Actively maintained

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.9.0
Last Updated: Oct 17, 2026
Requires WP: 5.3+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.2 or higher
Author: Seth Smigelski

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Support Threads: 2
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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Under The Weather

Install the Under The Weather Plugin using one of two common methods. From the WordPress Plugin Directory: 1. Log in to your WordPress Admin Dashboard. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Add Plugin in the left-hand menu. 3. Search for the plugin: Under The Weather. 4. Install the plugin: Once you locate the correct plugin, click the "Install Now" button next to it. 5. Activate the plugin: After the installation is complete, click the "Activate Plugin" button that appears. 6. Navigate to Settings > Under The Weather to configure the plugin. You must enter a valid OpenWeather API key for the plugin to function. The plugin is designed to work with OpenWeather's One Call API 3.0 or 4.0. From a Zip File: 1. Download a copy of the plugin, available in the WordPress Plugin Directory Under The Weather webpage. 2. Upload the entire under-the-weather folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory. 3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress. 4. Navigate to Settings > Under The Weather to configure the plugin. You must enter a valid OpenWeather API key for the plugin to function. The plugin is designed to work with OpenWeather's One Call API 3.0 or 4.0.

This plugin works with both the OpenWeather One Call API 3.0 and the newer One Call API 4.0. You can get a free API key by signing up on the OpenWeather website. Ensure you have subscribed to the "One Call by Call" subscription on your account's API page. Both 3.0 and 4.0 share the same standard API key and operate under the exact same 1,000 free calls per day limit.

OpenWeatherMap currently offers two versions of the One Call API. You can use either version, but you must ensure your OpenWeather account is subscribed to the specific version you select. Use One Call API 3.0 (Recommended for Efficiency): While OpenWeatherMap marks this as "deprecated," it is still available to users. Because version 3.0 packages current conditions, daily forecasts, and alerts into a single response, it consumes fewer API hits than the modular 4.0 architecture. Sticking with 3.0 is recommended for users looking to stretch their 1,000 free daily calls as far as possible. Use One Call API 4.0: This is OpenWeatherMap's newest standard. Use this if you already have an active 4.0 subscription. Because 4.0 requires multiple endpoint requests to gather the same data, it will consume your 1,000 free daily API calls faster than 3.0. If you select One Call 4.0 and want to protect your free tier limit, consider setting a higher Cache Expiration Time.

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" 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 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 on the Under The Weather Settings Page to compare cached hits and OpenWeather API calls requested by the weather widgets. A graph and data log for the last 7 days of plugin performance show how the plugin's cache system effectively reduces the number of API calls. Use the Performance Report to examine how modifying the cache expiration time affects the rate of cached requests.

No. Under The Weather uses a shared, server-side caching key generated from the location name and unit system. Once weather data is fetched and cached for a location (e.g., "Los Angeles, CA"), every widget across your entire site that uses that exact location name will serve from that identical cache until it expires. This allows you to display forecasts across dozens of posts or sidebar areas while consuming only a single API request.

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., 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. To ensure your visitors never see yesterday's weather, the plugin calculates the time until midnight in the widget location's local timezone. Even if the cached forecast has not been saved for as long as the max duration set by the "Cache Expiration Time" slider, 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.