The Stars at Night
Stars-at-night displays astronomical data for a specified location and date.
5(3 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 4 years agoAs of April 2026, The Stars at Night is a WordPress astronomy plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Moon Phases.
5/53 reviews
100active installs
6.6K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
This plugin displays data of interest to amateur astronomers. It is calculated from user-provided location and date information.
The plugin is called from a WordPress shortcode, and the parameters are specified in the shortcode. The following parameters are
required, in any order:
- lat : Lattitude of location in fractional degrees (e.g. 30.8910). Positive is north, negative is south of equator
- long : Longitude of location in fractional degrees (e.g.-98.4265). Positive is east, negative is west of the UTC line
- timezone : Timezone name, must be value recognized by PHP. See http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
These parameters are optional:
- name : The name of the location to be calculated
- days : The number of days of data to display. Must be a value from 1 to 10. Defaults to 3 if not spe…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 5.8.13 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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Changelog
1.9
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