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Use this plugin in your WordPress site to place a weather forecast for any US location in a Page, Post, or within a sidebar.
In order to use this plugin, you must first obtain an API key from WeatherBug.com.
By default, the weather feed information for each zip code will be cached for 15 minutes. This prevents the widget from making uneccesary calls to WeatherBug.com for weather. You can turn caching off in the settings panel (though it is not recommended). You can also clear the cache manually by clicking the “Clear Cache” button.
To display a weather forecast in a page or a post, you can use the [weatherspider] shortcode. The shortcode has four options, listed below.
Example:
[weatherspider zip="02842" size="lg" showCurrent="false" showForecast="true"]
If your theme is widget-enabled, you can add the WeatherSpider widget to any sidebar. Configuration is self-explanatory. Note that you can add multiple instances of the widget in your sidebar.
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The short code on a post / page doesn’t work disappointingly. The widget looks good.
I’m not getting the app to show up on our home page (http://www.north-rosehill.org/wordpress/). I registered and got the REST key from weatherbug, and activated the plugin and inserted the REST key, which was copied/pasted. Any idea why nothing shows up? I’ve tried the short code both with and without
...tags. Makes no difference. Suggestions, anyone?Thanks!
Marc Hoffman
Kirkland, Washington
Great plugin, by the way.
You should note here and in the readme that the weatherbug API key required is the REST key, not the GEO key.