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Curiosity POTD

NASA Mars Curiosity rover latest image widget & current sol static block.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.7
Current version2.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.7
Minimum stackWP 5.2 · PHP 5.6
Directory statusactive
Last directory update12 Feb 20251y ago
Active installations10Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Curiosity POTD version 2.1 as active, updated 1y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.7.

Overview

About this plugin

This plugin adds a widget to display the NASA Mars Curiosity rover photos and a static block to display current sol.

A good solution if you are interested in astronomy news and want to put a space picture on your website.

Widget: It provide the photo, a description with the martian version of date (SOL) and the rover camera random displayed.

Block: It provide just a string with the stamp of martian day at that time you put it.

Very easy to configure and compatible with a lot of WordPress versions.

Widget Option

  • Title
  • NASA API key

NASA API key

The default NASA API key (DEMO_KEY) works fine but you can get one at:

html

Version 2.0

This plugin add a static block for Gutenberg that display current sol (martian day version) of Curiosity into a paragraph tag.

The date don’t change after the block is added. It’s just a print to put in your article the Curiosity sol at that time.

The plugin remove the block editor for widget.

Version 2.1

The plugin widget retriew the last sol with photos available.

Slogan

To infinity and beyond!

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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • apod
  • astronomy
  • block
  • planet
  • widget
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.7

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.7.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.7
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.2 · PHP 5.6
Update activity12 Feb 20251y ago

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