Best sunset plugins for WordPress
The most popular sunset plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. LunaSolCal leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of Suntimes Widget (20+) and SolarDawn Sunrise & Sunset Widget (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “sunset” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 sunset plugins
- 1.
LunaSolCalThe most installed sunset plugin, with 40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 2.Suntimes Widget
20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 3.SolarDawn Sunrise & Sunset Widget
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 4.Sunset Core
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 5.
SunnyTracker WidgetsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 5 plugins tagged “sunset”

LunaSolCal
Up in the last 7 days:82#21,784by Volker Vöcking4 years ago
Wordpress Widget for showing the sunrise and sunset at a given location.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Suntimes Widget
#28,013by Jon Lynch12 years ago
Displays sunrise and sunset times in a widget
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 2.5(2)
- Downloads
- 2/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
Sunset Core
Down in the last 7 days:10,589#45,494by Bogdan Bendziukov · Pluginarium1 year ago
This plugin was made for the My Sunset Theme and adds extra functionality to it.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SunnyTracker Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:3,921#64,727by SunnyTracker1 month ago
Sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour for photographers, moon phase and eclipse countdowns for 175,000 cities – as blocks, shortcodes and widgets.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day