Title: Starry Sky – Interactive Night Sky Cover Block
Author: Paxana Wiedeman
Published: <strong>August 15, 2026</strong>
Last modified: August 15, 2026

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# Starry Sky – Interactive Night Sky Cover Block

 By [Paxana Wiedeman](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paxblueribbon/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/starry-sky.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/starry-sky/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/starry-sky/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/starry-sky/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/starry-sky/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/starry-sky/)

## Description

Starry Sky adds a container block that behaves like the core Cover block — you
 
can nest any blocks on top of it (headings, paragraphs, buttons, etc.) — but instead
of a background image it paints a realistic night sky on an HTML canvas:

 * Hundreds of stars with varied sizes, brightness, and true stellar colours
    (blue-
   white, white, warm, orange, and red), rendered with a soft glow.
 * Diffraction “sparkle” spikes on the brightest stars.
 * Gentle twinkling.
 * Mouse interaction: the whole field parallaxes with the pointer (nearer stars
   
   move more), and stars near the cursor are pushed away and spring back — a push-
   and-pull that follows the mouse.
 * Click the sky to launch a shooting star from that point.
 * Occasional shooting stars drift by on their own, at a rate you set
    (shooting
   stars per minute; 0 to turn them off).

Settings (block sidebar):

 * Minimum height
 * Star density
 * React to mouse movement (on/off)
 * Twinkle (on/off)
 * Shooting star on click (on/off)
 * Shooting stars per minute (0–30; 0 = off)
 * Sky colour
 * Vertical alignment of the overlaid content (toolbar)

Accessibility & performance:

 * Respects `prefers-reduced-motion` (renders a static sky, no animation or
    pointer
   reaction).
 * Uses pre-baked sprites and pauses rendering while the block is off-screen.

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   Starry Sky A cover-like container with a realistic black starry sky that reacts
   to mouse movement. Drop any blocks on top.

## Installation

 1. Copy the `starry-sky` folder into `wp-content/plugins/` (or zip the folder and
    
    upload it via Plugins  Add New  Upload Plugin).
 2. Activate “Starry Sky”.
 3. In the editor, add the **Starry Sky** block and drop content on top.

No build step is required — the plugin ships ready to run.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Starry Sky – Interactive Night Sky Cover Block” is open source software. The following
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Paxana Wiedeman ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paxblueribbon/)

[Translate “Starry Sky – Interactive Night Sky Cover Block” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/starry-sky)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/starry-sky/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/starry-sky/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/starry-sky/) by 
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/starry-sky/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **1 day ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.2 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [block](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block/)[cover](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cover/)
   [hero](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hero/)[parallax](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/parallax/)
   [stars](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/stars/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/starry-sky/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Paxana Wiedeman ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paxblueribbon/)

## Support

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