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Location Weather – WordPress Weather Forecast, Air Quality & Weather Widget
Pretty weather widgets that might need a little extra cash for alerts.
Healthy
86/100
Users enjoy the flexible designs and easy setup despite some minor confusion over city names and paid alerts.
Active installs
~19,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.5★
100 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+2%
Holding steady
145 → 148 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Holding steady · +2% in the last year
145/day a year ago→148/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayLocation Weather is widely appreciated for its ease of use, flexible display options, and responsive support, though a few users report initial setup hiccups and that alerts require an extra payment.
What people like
- +Easy to use and install×3
- +Flexible design with attractive display options and many configuration settings×2
- +Provides real-time, location-specific weather data
- +Lightweight and integrates smoothly
- +One-time payment model appreciated
- +Responsive and helpful support×2
Common complaints
- −Weather service alerts require an additional paid upgrade
- −Initial setup can be problematic when cities share the same name
- −Plugin may not appear immediately after installation, causing initial frustration
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.53★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 16%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 100 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-29★★★★★good plugin, easy to usesami1992
- 2026-04-17★★★★★Free version has enough functionalityBogdan Gerasymenko
- 2026-04-13★★★★★Perfect for my needskpauld
- 2026-03-12★★★★★False Advertisingwt5x
- 2026-02-04★★★★★Great Weather PluginTony
- 2026-01-30★★★★★Trabalha perfeitamenteOMarcos
- 2025-12-22★★★★★Useful & powerfulzikbox
- 2025-12-02★★★★★Works as expectedkuddels
- 2025-11-24★★★★★Great pluginabldigital
- 2025-10-13★★★★★Worthy Weather Widgetkillerdesigner
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
179
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
115
Prior 7-day baseline
294
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
2,780
Mean release-day peak (30d)
3,609
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
+55.7%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
9%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.81
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
82%
5★ share in analyzed sample
16%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-22%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.59 → 4.53★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered