Weather Forecasts for WordPress – WP Wunderground Plugin

Posted on September 28, 2010

This is the official plugin support page for the Wunderground plugin. Download it now from WordPress.org.

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For information on how to use the Wunderground plugin, please view the plugin page. After reviewing that information, if you still have an issue, please leave a comment in the form below.

Plugin has 10 great looking icon set options that fit your website’s style

Limited sampling of icon sets is better than none! Here are (in order): Clear, Snow, Partly Cloudy, Rain, Mostly Sunny

Default:

Smiley:

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Old School:

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Mobile:

Simple:

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http://seoserpent.com/wordpress/stardate Marty Martin

Perfect plugin Zack for our regional magazine website in Roanoke, VA – http://theroanoker.com/

I had looked for something like this a while back but all the other weather plugins weren’t what I wanted. This is exactly what I need. Cheers!
- http://www.katzwebservices.com Zack Katz
  
  @Marty Martin: Hey Marty, glad you like the plugin. I love your Stardate plugin, way fun.
http://www.health-beauty-expo.com Shumi

Hey there. Great plugin and service you made. One thing tough, I have a multi-language site (trough qtranslate plugin), and need to translate the forecast condition phrases. Where do I have to put the code you entered in the FAQ? index of the theme or in your plugin? Can i put the inside the code? Thanks!
- http://www.katzwebservices.com Zack Katz
  
  @Shumi: Yes, that would be the FAQ code. You add that to your theme’s functions.php file.
  - Henry
    
    Hi,
    I have a multi-language site too and I would like to add/translate the forecast in French. Can you tell me how to do it? This FAQ code doesn’t mean anything to me.
Sylvain

Hello,
This plugin looks excellent! Many thanks for this astonishing work.

Unfortunately, I can’t manage to use it. I just used your shortcode example, but it seems there is something wrong with the XML parser. I get a lot of warnings like this one:

« Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: http://api.wunderground.com/auto/wui/geo/ForecastXML/index.xml?query=Tokyo%2C%20Japan:3: parser error : Entity ‘nbsp’ not defined in [...]/wp-content/plugins/wunderground/wunderground.php on line 354 »

and finally this error:

« Fatal error: Error reading XML file in [...]/wp-content/plugins/wunderground/wunderground.php on line 355 »

Thank you for your help!
Sylvain.
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Krystal

It looks great but I had trouble using it too. I inserted the code into a widget and it just creates this blank space. Tired other things and nothing worked.
- http://www.katzwebservices.com Zack Katz
  
  @Krystal: Your host may not support the functionality used in the plugin. If you view the page source code, you should see a comment about why the plugin isn’t working.
http://www.wiltonpreserve.org Kevin Joyce

Zack,

Does you pluggin support Wunderground “personal weather stations?” Looking to display “KNYWILT01″ and not use their PWS stickers.

Thanks,

Kevin Joyce
Anik Guay

Nice plugin ! We have low/high temps but it’s possible to have current temps also ?

Thanks !

arjan

hi,

is it possible to use my own weather icons? Or does a part of the script be recoded? if yes could you do that?

hope to hear from you.

thanks

http://www.katzwebservices.com Zack Katz

If you want to use your own icons, you would add a filter to the bottom of your theme’s functions.php file:

add_filter('wp_wunderground_forecast', 'use_custom_wunderground_icons');

function use_custom_wunderground_icons($content=null) { 
	
	$myIconFolder = 'http://www.example.com/images/';
	
	$myFileType = '.gif';
	
	$content = preg_replace('/http\:\/\/icons\-ecast\.wxug\.com\/i\/c\/[a-z]\/(.*?)\.gif/ism', $myIconFolder.'$1'.$myFileType, $content);
	
	return $content;
}

arjan

no support i guess!!!!
- http://www.katzwebservices.com Zack Katz
  
  It’s a free plugin, buddy. You don’t always get an answer in one day.
jack

how can use in php ?
thanks
- arjan
  
  to use a shortcode in php use this:
- http://www.katzwebservices.com Zack Katz
  
  Thanks @arjan – instead of [code], use HTML code tag.
  
  As Arjan was trying to write, you can use the shortcode inside WordPress template files using the do_shortcode() function.
  
  So you can write do_shortcode('[forecast]');
  - Esther
    
    Hi,
    I want to use in html-php but I don’t use WordPress, so I can not use do_short_code function. How can I display the widget? please, I don’t know much about php, be especific.
    Thanks so much.
    - http://www.katzwebservices.com Zack Katz
      
      @Esther: This is a WordPress plugin; it only works with WordPress.
arjan

that’s right

did you see my question? and the one from Anik Guay?

hope you can help us
David

Hi there,

First, please excuse my bad English speaking – I’m French.

I’ve installed your plugin and inserted the shortcode in a post, but no weather info appears. Here’s the comment I found in the source code:
<!– WP Wunderground Error : Weather feed was empty from http://api.wunderground.com/auto/wui/geo/ForecastXML/index.xml?query=47.2031104, -1.3857277 –>

Any idea on how I can fix that?

Thanks,

David
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Barbara

Hey Zack,

Great work and thanks for making such a nice looking plugin. I’ve got in my sidebar all happy but the days of the week do not center over the icons as in your examples.

Sorry if this is a stupid question but how to I get it to center over the icon, and also can I bold the forecast caption or change the font for it?

Thanks for any help you can provide,
b
Barbara

yes, i am a major noob. i just figured out the answer. i used span style and div style! hey, reading is fundamental!

sheesh, sorry!
http://www.sequimbay.org David Pitman

Hi Zach,

Trying your plugin..

Installs great, but the icons do not all line up. Is something outside of the plugin causing this, or? (www.sequimbay.org)

Thanks,
Dave
- David Pitman
  
  Hmmm.
  
  This morning, all is good. Not sure what the issue was, but seems to be behaving now.
  
  Thanks again!
amr

very nice plugin!

I just have 1 problem, I always have 6 days and I want to use 3 days but I still can not.

numdays=”6″ to numdays=”3″ but still the same.

Thank you
David Pitman

@amr
In WP>Settings>WP Wunderground under the Zip code, specify how many days you want.

@ Zach,

My display alignment problem is back. It seems to be caused by the description of the weather, e.g. “mostly cloudy” uses 2 lines, and “clear” uses 1 line, and so the icons are not aligned when there are different amount of description lines in use.

I hope my explanation is clear.

Thanks,
Dave
amr

thank you David but as I told you “numdays=”3″”

BTW, I have the same prolem with alignment

thanks
- Dave Pitman
  
  Sorry amr, missed that.
Ostuer

Hi,

I would like use this plugin on my website. But the web provider does not allow to use simplexml_load_file() but replace with curl

Error message :
simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: URL
file-access is disabled in the server configuration in
/httpdocs/site/wp-content/plugins/wunderground/wunderground.php
on line 382

Some body can help me!

regards
/Olivier
http://findcheaptrips.ca Eugene

Hi there.

Thank you for the plugin. It worked great!
But, actually, after update I have problems with alignment too. Take a look @ the front page please.
can you help with that?
http://worldwidetours4u.com Jason

I love the plugin. It will com in very handy for the development of my website.

Just one problem, when I activate the plugin some text appears in my “tagline” area. This is what it looks like:

http://screencast.com/t/N5o2adxf

Any suggestions?
woo

This plugin looks good

But does not work with Multisite

It just ignores all the changes on the settings page, and won’t allow me to save the option of using it in Celsius mode, Ignores short code location requests in all but the Network main site, etc
http://skybridgemg.com Macy

I am having troubles making the Celsius and Fahrenheit switch. Here is my code, but when the page comes up, all temps are shown in Fahrenheit.

Winnipeg

[forecast location="Winnipeg, MB" caption="Weather for Winnipeg" measurement="C" todaylabel="Today" datelabel="date('m/d/Y')" highlow='%%high%%°/%%low%%°']

Minneapolis

[forecast location="55401" caption="Weather for Minneapolis" measurement="F" todaylabel="Today" datelabel="date('m/d/Y')" highlow='%%high%%°/%%low%%°']

Chicago

[forecast location="Chicago, IL" caption="Weather for Chicago" measurement="F" todaylabel="Today" datelabel="date('m/d/Y')" highlow='%%high%%°/%%low%%°']

Thank you
http://www.nawafithna.com obai

hello guys,

to fix the alignment isuue, just add this line into you CSS file

.css_table_class th width: 14%;

this will fix it for six days’ table

Regards,
http://pinelandsfl.com/ Lenny

How about local warnings such as Frost, Freeze, etc. for those with tender plants needing protection. Thanks from Lenny at Pinelands Nursery in Florida (www.PinelandsFL.com).
http://jencropable.com/ Corey

I have installed the plugin, but no matter what I do, it displays all 6 days of forecast, with the first title that I used.

I have tried it in both the sidebar and a post, same result.

I have cleared my browser cache and even tried a different browser, same result.
http://www.redywebs.com redywebs

Same as Corey: first setup options can not be changed.
http://www.katzwebservices.com Zack Katz

@Corey, @redywebs, @Macy – These issues have been fixed with the 1.2 version of the plugin, which I just uploaded. Please upgrade and confirm it works.
http://www.redywebs.com redywebs

Hi Zack, it does work now.
Just another question, could you add gettext support so it can be used on multilanguage websites?
George Aggelakis

Thanks for the plugin but how can i put it in the index.php page only?
http://tarastravel.com Taras

Hello!
I have just downloaded your plugin and so far I am really impressed!
I do have a question though. Is it possible to let the visitor choose the forecast location or somehow link the location to the content on different pages of my website?
Many thanks,
Taras
Dave P.

Hi Zach,

No way to fix the alignment problem?

Thanks,
Dave
http://www.orangecountyappraising.com Mike@ Ocappraiser

Great plug-in. Trying to work it out atm and get it placed right
Termes

Hello!

My question is: How can I hide text (clear, etc.) if I can’t translate it?

I am from Hungary.

Thanks
Robson Junior

This plugin is everything ive been looking for ages!

Thank you soo much
Amr

Hi again

I just want to knw if I can add the precipitation of chance to the weather

thanks
ryan

Any way we can add wind speed and direction. I would be willing to help pay for this if
Richard June

Just curious, why are you using trigger_error without having an error_handler anywhere? Wouldn’t it be better to use exceptions there and actually handle it within the plugin? I’m running into an issue where other plugins provide an error_handler and that’s causing problems.
Gayle

it looks like a great plug in, but i’m having an issue. get this message when i try to activate it so i can configure it – Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
Parse error: parse error, unexpected ‘‘ in /home/a/7/2/16682/16682/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wunderground/wunderground.php on line 486

could it be a permissions thing? i wasn’t able to install through wordpress. my server wouldn’t let it unzip the install. do i need to change the permissions on the php file?
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