DaWoody

The Astronomy Picture Of the Day plugin fetches data from the NASA open API and specifically data from Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD). The data can then be presented within posts/pages through the use of short-codes added to the editor in text-mode. The data is fetched through javascript AJAX calls, and stored within the browser as a cookie for caching purposes. 
Currently the plugin uses the public <code>DEMO_KEY</code> for requests towards the open API, and as mentioned then stores the data as cookies for the next 24 hours, this to lessen the request load on the API and also possibly help the wordpress user to a smoother experience.
How to use: 
After activating the plugin, go to your post/page, go to editor mode, and then either add <code>[astronomy-picture-of-the-day]</code> or <code>[astronomy-picture-of-the-day-hd]</code> to generate a html block consisting of a container div, with a title, the apod image and its explanation. 
All elements receive css classes so they can be styled independently by the WordPress developer. 
Within the admin interface the specific <code>css</code> classes that gets added are mentioned.

Astronomy Picture Of the Day

A plugin that fetches data from NASA's open API regarding the Astronomy Picture Of the Day to be used within posts/pages

sarahphp1

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 limits, if you want to keep apod, I recommend you get your own API key as described here: 
https://api.nasa.gov/api.html#demo_key-rate-limits
For suggestions to make this plugin any better, you can find me on twitter at (http://twitter.com/sarahphp1).
Credits: 
* Most of the information used in this plugin were taken from Chris Dolan’s website: http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/ 
* and Wikipedia. 
* Picture of the Day: Nasa apod API: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

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