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Ventus – Weather Map Widget & Shortcode icon

Ventus – Weather Map Widget & Shortcode

v1.5.0
by David Matthew · 4.9 (11 reviews)

Easily customise and embed the windy.com widget as a native WordPress widget or shortcode.

3K+ active installs Updated Mar 20, 2024 Tested to 6.5.5 Requires PHP 7.0
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Ventus – Weather Map Widget & Shortcode

About Ventus – Weather Map Widget & Shortcode

Ventus is a lightweight plugin for WordPress that allows you to easily embed the windy.com widget on your website. You can customize the widget by setting the overlay, temperature scale, width, height, and other attributes using a shortcode. The plugin follows WordPress Coding Standards and offers various features for displaying wind and weather information on your site.

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Ventus – Weather Map Widget & Shortcode screenshot
Ventus – Weather Map Widget & Shortcode screenshot
Ventus – Weather Map Widget & Shortcode screenshot
Ventus – Weather Map Widget & Shortcode screenshot
Ventus – Weather Map Widget & Shortcode screenshot

Changelog

1.5.0

  • Added feature to select different altitude levels (from the surface up to 13.5km).
  • Added feature to choose between different forecast models (ecmwf, gfs, iconEu, icon, nems).
  • New layer/overlay types: currents and wind gusts.
  • Adjustments to widget layout.
  • Added Italian translation.

Shout out to Marco Simonetti for the assist!

1.4.0

  • Added lazy loading option for better performance.
  • Improved accessibility with unique title attribute.
  • Updated FAQs and tested with latest WordPress version.
  • Removed unnecessary scss dependency.

1.3.0

  • Added feature to define border-radius (rounded corners).
  • Added feature for the spot forecast time (from now, 12 hours from now, or 24 hours from now).
  • Updated widget UI to use less space.
  • Updated the FAQ section.
  • Updated existing translations.
  • Added Turkish translation (thanks for tansi for the assistance!).

1.2.0

  • Added Spot Forecast feature.
  • Added Brazilian Portuguese translation.

1.1.0

  • Re-named plugin from ‘Weather Map Widget’ to ‘Ventus – Weather Map Widget & Shortcode’.
  • Added new shortcode alias [ventus] (the old shortcode [weather-map] has been maintained for backwards-compatibility).
  • Added four new layers to select from: CO Concentration (cosc), Sea Temperature (sst), Snow Cover (snowcover) and Waves (waves).
  • Added general translation support and a French translation.
  • Added ability to choose from the following wind measurement units: beaufort (bft), kilometers per hour (km/h), knots (kt), meters per second (m/s) and miles per hour (mph).
  • Added ability to show/hide the map marker.
  • Added ability to show/hide to show hide pressure isolines.
  • Re-factored code (classes, package names, text domain etc) to reflect new plugin name.

1.0.1

  • Fixed issue with zoom levels when using shortcode.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.

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