The Stars at Night
by stleary · WordPress.org page · Website
The Stars at Night has 100+ active installs on WordPress.org and 6,966 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 11, 2021, tested up to WordPress 5.8.15.
The Stars at Night at a glance
Is The Stars at Night well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Lunar images by Dan Morgan. Used with permission. http://DanMorgan.org
- WordPress framework and sunrise/sunset algorithm: https://github.com/bengreeley/sunrisesunset
- Moonrise and Moonset class (with a correction for timezone): http://dxprog.com/entry/calculate-moon-rise-and-set-in-php
- Moon phase class: https://github.com/solarissmoke/php-moon-phase
- Planetary, ISS and Iridium Flare tables are obtained by sending GET requests to: http://heavens-above.com (HTTP API used with permission)
- Per-table shortcodes implemented by Peter Lieverdink
The Stars at Night reviews and ratings
3 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Great Info Plugin!
Overall, a really great plugin! Works great for our site. Would be amazing if you could have the formatting center, and it was mobile format-friendly. Otherwise, nicely done. Thanks again!
keither713 -
Nice plugin
It is so useful and nice plugin. although it need to remove Iridium flares. no Iridium satellite in orbit. It will be the best plugin of wordpress if it can take lot & long from visitors server. Just saying :)
aliazad -
Excellent
Fantastic plugin for astronomy information. There are a few 'glitches' (day of 0 moon for example is a glitch), but otherwise works very well. Only suggestions are to add possible formatting options (center the displays for example, change the colour of the table header, incorporate google fonts options).
baileys2611
Details
Stars-at-night displays astronomical data for a specified location and date.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- astronomy
- Version
- 1.9.1
- Last updated
- Sep 11, 2021
- First published
- Dec 11, 2016
- Requires WordPress
- 4.6
- Tested up to
- 5.8.15
- Requires PHP
- 7.0
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
The Stars at Night FAQ
What does The Stars at Night do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, The Stars at Night offers Lunar images by Dan Morgan. Used with permission. http://DanMorgan.org, WordPress framework and sunrise/sunset algorithm: https://github.com/bengreeley/sunrisesunset, Moonrise and Moonset class (with a correction for timezone): http://dxprog.com/entry/calculate-moon-rise-and-set-in-php, Moon phase class: https://github.com/solarissmoke/php-moon-phase and Planetary, ISS and Iridium Flare tables are obtained by sending GET requests to: http://heavens-above.com (HTTP API used with permission).
How many active installs does The Stars at Night have?
WordPress.org reports 100+ active installs for The Stars at Night as of September 7, 2026.
Is The Stars at Night still maintained?
The last release was on September 11, 2021, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.
Is The Stars at Night free?
The Stars at Night is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.