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Quick Start Guide

  • Plugin Installation
  • Add OpenWeather API Key
  • Creating Weather Showcase
  • Displaying the Weather Showcase

After purchasing the plugin, you may look forward to a quick guide where you will get all the information from installation to displaying the weather showcases on the web pages. In this article, you will get step-by-step guidelines to use the plugin in no time.

Plugin Installation

After the download, you’ll find the files in the zip folder on your computer named location-weather-pro.zip. Please follow the steps below to install the “Location Weather Pro” version:

1) Go to your WordPress website Dashboard.

2) Navigate to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.

3) Once you click the “Upload Plugin” button, you will get the plugin upload option from your computer. Select the “location-weather-pro.zip” file from your computer and click on the “Install Now” button.

4) After successfully installing the plugin, click “Activate Plugin“ to activate the plugin.

5) After activating the Location Weather Pro plugin, you are ready to weather showcases to your post, page, widget, or anywhere you like.

Add OpenWeather API Key

Log in to the OpenWeather Map site and get your free API key. Now Navigate to Location Weather > Settings > API Settings and insert the API key here.

Note: See the step-by-step guideline to get an OpenWeather API key here→

Creating Weather Showcase

Creating a Weather Showcase is super easy and fast. It can be done within a minute.

1) Click on the Manage Weather menu.

2) Click on the Add New button.

3) Type a Section Title for your Weather Showcase (optional).

4) Select a Layout from 4 different layouts (Vertical Card, Horizontal, Tabs, Table) and a pre-made Teamplate for that layout. 

5) You can customize the Weather Showcase from the Settings Tabs as you want. 

6) Enter the location info using City Name / City ID /  ZIP or Postal Code / Coordinates.

Note: It is mandatory to create weather shortcodes with Geo Coordinates for a specific location to show the weather forecast data. Read the docs to learn how to set Coordinates: https://locationweather.io/docs/docs/how-to-display-weather-details-with-geo-coordinates/

7) Then click on the Publish Button.

Displaying the Weather Showcase

After creating and publishing a weather view, you can show the Weather View anywhere on your site, like posts, pages, or widgets. You can find the Location Weather block on Gutenberg, by which you can simply add and show any of your weather views on your site.

See the Live Demos here →

Updated on November 13, 2023