Plugin info

Total downloads: 871
Active installs: 90
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 5/24/2025 (267 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 5/14/2025 (0 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 6.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 7.2

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 267 days ago

38/100

Is Solar Calculator abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 267 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 6.0
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 7.2

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Description

A WordPress plugin that helps homeowners, installers, and energy consultants easily calculate the potential solar power production of a specific location

Features include:
– Intuitive, responsive frontend calculator
– Featuring an advanced battery comparison chart and table
– Customizable backend settings (regional defaults, pricing presets etc.)
– Multilingual support (WPML, Polylang, etc.)
– Accurate solar yield estimates based on real data
– Battery and installation cost calculators
– Translation-ready with .po/.mo files (DE, GR, IT, EN, ES, FR)

Ideal for solar companies, energy advisors, and eco-conscious site owners.

Made in Germany – optimized for European conditions.

Developer Info

Plugin structure:
/wp-content/plugins/
└── solarrechner/
├── solarrechner.php Main plugin file
├── admin/
├── assets/
├── includes/
├── languages/
└── templates/
└── solarrechner-frontend-i18n.php Frontend template with multilingual support

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin to /wp-content/plugins/ or use the WordPress plugin installer.
  2. Activate the plugin via the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Configure base values under the settings panel and save changes.
  4. Insert the shortcode [solar-calculator] into any page or post.
  5. Insert the shortcode [login_logout_link] were ever you want.
  6. If you want, create a user for maintaining only the backend parameters and give him the role solar_super_user.

Frequently Asked Questions

No FAQ available

Review feed

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Screenshots

  1. Solar Calculator results

    Solar Calculator results

  2. Solar Calculator line chart

    Solar Calculator line chart

  3. Advanced battery comparison

    Advanced battery comparison

Changelog

1.1.4

  • Language dependent currency symbols
  • curruncy switcher
  • some minor bugfixes

1.1.3

  • Enhanced language support with fallback to englisch if missed
  • updated language files.