Yet another plugin inspired by Hello Dolly. This plugin shows information about the 88 constellations and their stars that are most visible given your …
As of April 2026, Hello Star is a WordPress APOD plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: NASA Picture of the Day.
Inspired by Hello Dolly, this plugin works as a reminder of which constellation/star is visible for the current month.
It shows information about the 88 officially recognized constellations by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
If a constellation has one of the 28 brightest stars, the line shown is designated with an ‘*’.
It is a nice reminder for astronomy amateur developers like myself who wants to be reminded of the constellations and stars that are most visible in a given month.
You can view Nasa’s Picture of the Day, control the color of text and background in the ‘Hello Star’ settings page under “Settings” menu.
I am using NASA API demo_key for retrieving the daily Picture of the Day (apod) image. The demo key has a very low rate li…
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to false |
| PHP | false+ required |
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