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rsn weather

WordPress weather plugin featuring Settings API for security and Transients API for performance.

by Andriy Rysan · github.com/rysan/rsnweather · website

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/rysan/rsnweather/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
Readme github.com/rysan/rsnweather ↗

RSN Weather Dashboard

A performance-oriented WordPress plugin that integrates real-time weather data into the dashboard and frontend via shortcodes.

🚀 Technical Highlights

  • Secure API Architecture: Utilizes the WordPress Settings API for credential management, including server-side sanitization callbacks.
  • Performance Optimization: Implements the Transients API to cache external API responses, significantly reducing page load times and preventing API rate-limit exhaustion.
  • Robust Data Fetching: Leverages the WordPress HTTP API (wp_remote_get) for resilient asynchronous communication with the OpenWeatherMap API.
  • Developer Friendly: Modular architecture separating logic (includes/), admin configuration (admin/), and UI templates (templates/).

🛠️ Usage

  1. Configure: Navigate to rsn weather in the admin menu and enter your OpenWeatherMap API Key.
  2. Display: Use the shortcode [rsn_weather city="London"] on any page or post.

📂 Project Structure

  • rsnweather.php: Main plugin entry point and hook initialization.
  • includes/rsnweather-options.php: Core logic for API requests and transient management.
  • includes/rsnweather-settings-fields.php: Settings API configuration and sanitization.
  • templates/admin/settings-page.php: Dashboard UI for weather previews.