Lo-Fi Wines – WooCommerce Plugin

This plugin helps protect your wine shipments by checking the weather forecast at the customer's shipping address. If high temperatures are predicted on the estimated delivery day, it shows a warning at checkout and gives the customer options:

• ✅ Hold the order until it’s safe to ship
• ❌ Cancel the order
• ⚠️ Ship anyway (at customer's own risk)

• Uses OpenWeatherMap API to fetch a 7–8 day forecast by ZIP code
• Connects to UPS API to estimate delivery day using OAuth
• Highlights the estimated arrival day in the temperature chart
• Sends confirmation emails if a customer chooses to hold the order
• Adds customer’s choice to the order notes and admin panel
• Auto-holds orders in WooCommerce if requested

• WordPress + WooCommerce
• OpenWeatherMap API key
• UPS Developer credentials (Client ID, Secret, Username, Password)

1. download the .zip file from here
2. Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/
3. Activate it via the WordPress Plugins screen
4. Navigate to WooCommerce > Shipping Temp Check
5. Enter:
   • OpenWeatherMap API Key
   • UPS OAuth credentials
   • Your shipping origin ZIP code
   • Temp threshold (default: 85°F)
6. Sell wine & Profit!

06/28: ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 87°F

06/29: ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 92°F

06/30: ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 94°F

07/01: ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 89°F

• Forecast data is pulled from OpenWeatherMap’s 3-hour forecast and parsed to show daily highs
• UPS API is used to calculate BusinessDaysInTransit, then +1 day for fulfillment
• Temperature bars scale from 60°F upward
• User choice is saved to _shipping_temp_option in order meta

If a customer chooses to hold the shipment:

• A confirmation email is sent to the customer
• Order is marked On Hold in WooCommerce
• Admin gets a note in the new order notification

Shipping wine in hot weather can ruin the product. This plugin gives the customer control and protects you from liability, while maintaining transparency.

GNU General Public License v2.0 Do what you want, just don’t blame us if your wine gets cooked.

Lo-Fi Wines — natural wine producers in California