Ventus · Version history
Ventus changelog and version history
- Latest version
- 1.5.0
- May 3, 2025 (1 year ago)
- Releases
- 5
- since 2020
- In the last year
- 0
- Tested up to
- WordPress 6.8.12
- PHP 7.0 or later
Releases each year
- 20201 release
- 20221 release
- 20232 releases
- 20251 release
20251 release
Ventus 1.5.0Latest
20232 releases
Ventus 1.4.0
- Added lazy loading option for better performance.
- Improved accessibility with unique title attribute.
- Updated FAQs and tested with latest WordPress version.
- Removed unnecessary scss dependency.
Ventus 1.1.0
- Re-named plugin from ‘Weather Map Widget’ to ‘Ventus – Weather Map Widget & Shortcode’.
- Added new shortcode alias [ventus] (the old shortcode [weather-map] has been maintained for backwards-compatibility).
- Added four new layers to select from: CO Concentration (cosc), Sea Temperature (sst), Snow Cover (snowcover) and Waves (waves).
- Added general translation support and a French translation.
- Added ability to choose from the following wind measurement units: beaufort (bft), kilometers per hour (km/h), knots (kt), meters per second (m/s) and miles per hour (mph).
- Added ability to show/hide the map marker.
- Added ability to show/hide to show hide pressure isolines.
- Re-factored code (classes, package names, text domain etc) to reflect new plugin name.
20221 release
Ventus 1.3.0
- Added feature to define border-radius (rounded corners).
- Added feature for the spot forecast time (from now, 12 hours from now, or 24 hours from now).
- Updated widget UI to use less space.
- Updated the FAQ section.
- Updated existing translations.
- Added Turkish translation (thanks for tansi for the assistance!).
20201 release
Ventus 1.2.0
- Added Spot Forecast feature.
- Added Brazilian Portuguese translation.
Questions about Ventus’s releases
What is the latest version of Ventus?
1.5.0, released on May 3, 2025 (1 year ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 6.8.12 and needs PHP 7.0 or later.
How often is Ventus updated?
It had no release in the last year; the latest came out 1 year ago. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from December 2020.
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Start freeRelease dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Ventus’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.