Weather Write vs Machete

Machete is a simple suite of tools that solves common WordPress annoyances using as few resources as possible. Machete doesn’t cover every single use case, but there is a huge amount of sites that would require less plugins if they used Machete. All Machete tools have two things in common: they solve problems faced by many web developers and they do it using as few server resources as possible. So far, Machete includes the following tools: WordPress Optimization WordPress places a lot of code inside the tag just to keep backward compatibility or to enable optional features. You can disable most of it and save some time from each page request while making your installation safer. Cookies & GDPR Warning We know you hate cookie warning bars. Well, this is the least hateable cookie bar you’ll find. It is really light, doesn’t affect your PageSpeed score and plays well with static cache plugins. Analytics and custom code You don’t need a zillion plugins to perform easy tasks like inserting a verification meta tag (Google Search Console, Bing, Pinterest), a json-ld snippet or a custom stylesheet (Google Fonts, Print Styles, accessibility tweaks…). The Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager tracking codes are PageSpeed optimized, GPDR friendly. Maintenance mode The maintenance mode that ships with WordPress is just a basic lock-down that is activated whenever you do a major update. With machete Maintenance Mode you can hide your unfinished page from visitors and search engines, give your clients a secure temporary access and lock your site without affecting your SEO. Post & Page cloner Adds a “duplicate” link to post, page and most post types lists. Also adds “copy to new draft” function to the post editor. Social Sharing Buttons Social sharing done the Machete way. The icons are made as a custom webfont embedded in a minified CSS file that only weighs 5.8KB. The sharing actions use each platform’s native share URL. WooCommerce Utils WooCommerce was designed to work for every possible use case, but that often leads to unexpected behavior. These simple fixes can improve the WooCommerce user experience by making it behave as clients expect.

WeatherWrite brings your local weather coverage to the cloud. It automatically captures real conditions and generates posts that highlight yesterday’s recap, today’s forecast, and tomorrow’s outlook — all written in the style you choose. Schedule posts to publish exactly when you want, with automated images matched to the weather. Customize as much as you like, or let WeatherWrite handle the heavy lifting. Your readers get weather that feels personal, and you stay in control while the work gets done for you. Video walkthrough: https://youtu.be/4ZUW77WvSCc Features: – Generates a dedicated post for each weather report created, on demand or on a schedule. – Scheduled auto-posting (up to 6 times per day and you control the schedule) – Admin settings for API key, schedule, images, weather alerts, writing style, and defaults External Services This plugin connects to several external services to generate weather-aware content and visualizations. Details for each service are below. ReIntent API (text generation) Endpoints: https://xwkwzbjifh.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/v1 and https://1xt5le1gn6.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/v1 What it’s used for: Generates the narrative text given prompts and options from the plugin settings. What data is sent and when: On-demand (when you click generate or scheduled runs), the prompt text and selected options (e.g., location string, tone, length) are sent. Requires your API key; the plugin does not store API responses beyond creating the post. To obtain your key, email [email protected]. Open‑Meteo Forecast API Endpoint: https://api.open-meteo.com What it’s used for: Retrieves forecast and hourly data used in summaries, charts, and thresholds. What data is sent and when: Latitude/longitude, desired variables, unit and language parameters on fetch. Privacy: https://open-meteo.com/en/privacy Open‑Meteo Geocoding API Endpoint: https://geocoding-api.open-meteo.com What it’s used for: Resolves user-entered place names to coordinates. What data is sent and when: Query string (place name), country hint, language. Nominatim (fallback geocoding) Endpoint: https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org What it’s used for: Fallback geocoding if Open‑Meteo geocoder cannot resolve. What data is sent and when: Query string in the request URL. A User‑Agent header identifying the site is included. Policy: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/ GeoNames Endpoint: http://api.geonames.org What it’s used for: Looks up GeoNameID and region metadata for map embeds. What data is sent and when: GeoNameID queries and/or name lookups; includes the configured username. OpenWeather (official alerts) Endpoint: https://api.openweathermap.org What it’s used for: When enabled in settings, retrieves official weather alerts via One Call 3.0 for the configured location. What data is sent and when: Latitude/longitude when checking for alerts. Meteoblue (map embed) Website: https://www.meteoblue.com What it’s used for: Optional iframe map shown in posts if enabled. What data is sent and when: Parameters are included in the iframe URL (e.g., geonameId and/or lat/lon). No plugin-side requests are made; it is a browser iframe embed.