Best astronomy plugins for WordPress
The most popular astronomy plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Moon Phases leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of WP Moon Phase Widget (200+) and The Stars at Night (100+). All 14 plugins tagged “astronomy” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 astronomy plugins
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Moon PhasesThe most installed astronomy plugin, with 300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 2.
WP Moon Phase Widget200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 3.
The Stars at Night100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 4.
Celestial Lunar Phase Widget60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 5.
NASA Picture of the Day20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 6.
Curiosity POTD10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Helioviewer.org10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
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Hello Star10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago.
- 9.
WP Nasa/ADS Query Importer10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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SolarDawn Sunrise & Sunset Widget10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 14 plugins tagged “astronomy”
Moon Phases
Up in the last 7 days:9#10,665by philippe12 years ago
Adds a sidebar widget that display the current moon phase.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Moon Phase Widget
#12,523by Moon Organizer6 years ago
Moon phase widget for Wordpress
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
The Stars at Night
Down in the last 7 days:96#14,085by stleary5 years ago
Stars-at-night displays astronomical data for a specified location and date.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Celestial Lunar Phase Widget
Up in the last 7 days:662#19,919by John Martin11 days ago
Display lunar phase, moonrise, moonset, illumination, and astronomical twilight with local calculations and bundled imagery.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
NASA Picture of the Day
Up in the last 7 days:115#27,901by ianwww11 years ago
Allow your readers to enjoy NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day on your blog with this easy to use and setup plugin.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Curiosity POTD
#29,682by Andrea Benzi1 year ago
NASA Mars Curiosity rover latest image widget & current sol static block.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Helioviewer.org
#29,759by keith.hughitt15 years ago
Displays the latest image of the Sun from Helioviewer.org.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hello Star
Up in the last 7 days:123#30,304by sarahphp19 years ago
Yet another plugin inspired by Hello Dolly. This plugin shows information about the 88 constellations and their stars that are most visible given your …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Nasa/ADS Query Importer
Down in the last 7 days:417#34,549by marblestation6 months ago
Fetch bibliographic records from The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and include a list of these records in your posts using shortcodes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SolarDawn Sunrise & Sunset Widget
Down in the last 7 days:4,593#44,697by Sandun Malinga4 months ago
Display sunrise, sunset, day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight times for selected locations.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Launches from SpaceX
Up in the last 7 days:269#46,413by yugensoft8 years ago
Show your visitors upcoming and recent SpaceX launches in your sidebar. Uses the r-spacex API: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
AstroBlob Banners
#57,480by astroblob7 days ago
Banners and a gallery of your members' astrophotos that link your astronomy association's website to AstroBlob.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 32/day
Mosne Media Library AstroBin
#70,645by Mosne / Paolo Tesei1 year ago
WordPress plugin to integrate AstroBin images into WordPress using the Media Library in the Gutenberg editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day