WFY24 Weather Widget vs Rich Showcase for Google Reviews

WFY24 Weather Widget lets you embed a free, fully-featured weather widget on any WordPress site — in any post, page, or sidebar — with a single shortcode, Gutenberg block, or built-in sidebar widget. Zero-friction setup On activation, a welcome wizard walks you through three clicks: Activate — we auto-register your site with wfy24.com using your admin email. No external signup. No copy/paste. Create Weather page — optionally publish a “Weather” page with the widget ready to go. Add to sidebar — one-click inject a compact weather widget into your first sidebar. Features Free version with a small “Weather by WFY24” attribution link under each widget (disclosed and consented to during activation). No credit card, no hidden fees, no ads. Upgrade to Pro to remove the attribution Lightweight — 6.6 KB gzipped Real-time data — temperature, conditions, wind, humidity, 7-day forecast 50 languages — auto-detected from your site or set manually Auto location — GPS (with consent) or IP-based geolocation, or pin a specific city Light / Dark / Auto theme — matches your site automatically 5 layouts — Classic, Compact, Minimal, Badge, Forecast Shadow DOM isolation — zero CSS conflicts with your theme Zero dependencies — no jQuery, no React, no bloat Multi-source data — ICON-D2/EU/Global NWP + GFS fallback, with ML post-processing Usage Shortcode: [wfy24_weather] Override per instance: [wfy24_weather city="paris-fr2988507" theme="dark" variant="forecast" lang="fr"] Or use the WFY24 Weather Widget block in the Gutenberg editor for a visual interface. Attribution The free version of this plugin displays a small “Weather by WFY24” link under each rendered widget. The onboarding wizard shows an explicit disclosure notice and asks for your consent before the “Activate now (free)” button; clicking that button is your explicit permission to enable the link. To remove the attribution, a Pro version is available at wfy24.com/en/widgets/pro. External service This plugin connects to the WFY24 weather service at https://www.wfy24.com: Plugin activation: POSTs to /api/widget/register-from-plugin with the email you confirmed in the onboarding form (pre-filled from Settings → General; editable inline before activation), site name, site domain, WordPress version, and plugin version, in order to automatically provision your free API key. No activation happens without your explicit click on the “Activate now (free)” button. City search (admin only, when typing in the Default City field): the plugin’s REST endpoint /wp-json/wfy24/v1/cities proxies your search query (e.g. “athens”) to /api/places/search server-side. Your search query is sent along with a User-Agent identifying the plugin. Results (slug + label + country flag) are cached for 5 minutes per query. The admin’s IP is never exposed cross-origin because the request is server-to-server. Widget rendering (client-side on visitor browsers): loads widget.js and queries /api/widget/data. The widget sends the API key, optional city slug, language/units/theme preferences, and a data-geolocation flag (off by default — visitor location is not detected unless the admin explicitly opts in via the “Auto-detect visitor location” toggle). When the toggle is on AND the visitor grants permission, the visitor’s latitude/longitude is sent; when geolocation is denied, the visitor’s IP address is used for IP-based city detection (still gated by the toggle). No personal data is stored beyond standard anonymized request logs for rate limiting. Pro upgrade flow (only if the user clicks “Upgrade to Pro” in Settings): GETs /api/widget/pro/status and POSTs to /api/widget/pro/checkout and /api/widget/pro/portal to provision a Stripe Checkout session and a Stripe Billing Portal session. No data is sent unless the admin clicks the relevant button. Links: WFY24 Terms of Service: https://www.wfy24.com/en/terms WFY24 Privacy Policy: https://www.wfy24.com/en/privacy-policy Multisite Support The plugin is multisite-compatible. All settings (API key, defaults, page) are stored per-subsite using get_option()/add_option(), so each subsite operates independently. Network Activation does not contact wfy24.com. It only loads the plugin code on every subsite. No admin_email is sent, no API key is created, no automatic phone-home occurs. Each subsite admin completes onboarding individually. When the admin opens the welcome wizard on a subsite and clicks “Activate now (free)”, the plugin sends that subsite’s domain and Settings → General → Email Address to wfy24.com to obtain a domain-bound API key. The admin is shown a dynamic disclosure of the exact values that will be transmitted before clicking — no consent is collected on behalf of admins of other subsites. New subsites added later remain inactive until their admin runs onboarding manually. The widget will not render on a subsite that has not been activated; no data leaves WordPress until an admin explicitly clicks Activate on that subsite. No centralized network admin panel exists in this version — each subsite has its own settings page. A network-level overview is on the roadmap. API keys are domain-bound. A key issued for site-a.example.com will not function on site-b.example.com, which means subdomain and domain-mapped multisite installs work correctly out of the box (each subsite gets its own key for its own domain).

This plugin allows you to display up to 10 Google Business reviews and immediately show them on your WordPress website. The setup process is extremely simple and takes less than a minute. There are no limits on how many Google business locations you can connect, and you can create as many widgets or shortcodes as needed to place reviews across your site. The plugin is easy to use and helps build trust with your visitors by displaying real Google reviews and your overall rating. It’s already trusted by over a thousand WordPress users who use it daily to show their best customer feedback. Want to see how it works? Watch the short demo below to see how quickly you can get started – or simply try it in the Live Preview. ⚡ Plugin highlights No limits on created widgets or shortcodes Show up to 10 Google reviews on initial setup Connect multiple Google business places Fully GDPR-compliant — no external requests, all data loads from your own website Automatically updates reviews and ratings (when using your own API key) Option to hide reviews without text Responsive layouts: Slider, Grid, List, and Rating ‘review us on Google‘ button to collect new reviews Choose which reviews to display or hide Display reviews using shortcode, widget, block, or page builders (Elementor, Gutenberg, etc.) Upload a custom business photo Trim long reviews with a “read more” link Pagination support for List and Grid layouts Optimized for performance: small CSS/JS files and lazy loading UI options to customize star, text, rating, and review colors Additional styling with your own CSS Supports multiple languages Works with dark themes ⭐ Live demo Support If you have any questions or need help using the plugin, we recommend the following steps: Check the plugin’s support page in your WordPress admin under “Google Reviews / Support”. Visit the Support Forum to browse existing topics or ask a new question. Email support in English is also available on weekdays: [email protected] Roadmap New feature: minimal rating layout (rating, stars and total reviews) New feature: possibility to hide (or delete) the connected place to exclude from Overview page Improve: adapt review connection modal for mobile devices Improve: New option Style Options / Review photos max lines