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A custom gutenberg block, that adds live weather from a given weather station.

by Glynn Quelch · github.com/gin0115/ecowitt-weather-block

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1.0.0-RC2latest · never

Install

Download ecowitt-weather-block.zip From the 1.0.0-RC2 release on GitHub, Mar 20, 2026

Upload it under Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin, then activate.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/gin0115/ecowitt-weather-block/releases/download/1.0.0-RC2/ecowitt-weather-block.zip

Updates itself. It ships its own updater, so new versions appear under Dashboard → Updates.

Readme github.com/gin0115/ecowitt-weather-block ↗

A WordPress block plugin for displaying real-time and historical weather data from Ecowitt weather stations.

Features

Live Weather Block — displays current weather observations with configurable auto-refresh
Weather History Block — renders historical weather charts with adjustable date ranges and aggregation intervals
Multiple Themes — default, materialike, slate and dashboard themes with customisable colours and icon sets
Unit Conversion — automatic conversion between metric and imperial units for all measurement types
Caching — database-backed observation cache to reduce API calls
GitHub Auto-Updates — checks for new releases and provides one-click updates from the WordPress dashboard

Supported Measurements

Category	Measurements
Outdoor	Temperature, Feels Like, Dew Point, Humidity
Indoor	Temperature, Humidity
Wind	Speed, Gust, Direction
Rainfall	Rate, Hourly, Daily, Event, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly
Pressure	Relative, Absolute
Solar	Solar Radiation, UV Index
Air Quality	PM1.0, PM2.5, PM4.0, PM10 (real-time AQI, 24h AQI)
CO2	CO2 Level, 24h Average
Soil	Moisture (up to 8 channels)
Leaf	Wetness (up to 8 channels)
Lightning	Distance, Strike Count
Water Leak	Up to 4 channels
Battery	Status for all connected sensors

Requirements

WordPress 6.1+
PHP 8.1+
An Ecowitt weather station with API access

Setup

Download the latest release from the releases page
Upload and activate the plugin in WordPress
Navigate to Settings > Ecowitt Weather and add your Ecowitt API connection (Application Key + API Key)
Add the Live Weather or Weather History block to any post or page via the block editor

Development

Prerequisites

Node.js 18+
Composer
PHP 8.1+

Install dependencies

composer install
npm ci

Build assets

npm run build

Watch for changes

npm start

Run tests

composer test:php

Static analysis

composer analyse:php

Lint

composer lint:php
npm run lint:scripts
npm run lint:styles

Built With

Perique Framework — WordPress plugin framework
Ecowitt API v3 — Weather station data
Recharts — React charting library for history visualisation

License

GPL-3.0-or-later

Change Log

1.0.0-RC1 — Initial release candidate

Releases

2 releases. Each count is every asset in that release; expand a row for the breakdown.

Tag

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Assets

Downloads

1.0.0-RC2 latest

Mar 20, 2026 7mo ago

ecowitt-weather-block.zip

1.0.0-RC1