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Description
This simple widget allows you to add countdown timers to your site so easily. It supports color customizations & multiple instances. You can put as many as you like an it will work! You can customize the appearance with CSS as you like. It is just drag'n drop. No coding required! Just another awesome widget from Shailan.com.
Installation
- Download the widget and upload it to your server through
WP Admin -> Plugins -> Add New -> Upload - After the upload is complete activate the plugin.
- Go to Appearance -> Widgets page, drag and drop the widget to your sidebar.
- Fill in the blanks as needed, and done!
Posts about Countdown Widget
Need more instructions? Read posts below:
- Countdown Widget Update 2.5
- Adding countdown to your theme using php
- How to add a countdown to your post using shortcode
- Customizing countdown widget using CSS
- Get your countdown widget now!
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Minimum WP Version : 2.8
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Do any instructions come with this widget? Like where the php and swf files are supposed to go?
Just install it through the wordpress add new plugin interface. Choose upload and then select the zip file you downloaded. After you activate the plugin you will see the countdown widget on your widgets panel.
Hello Shailan,
cool plugin!
Some small suggestion :
- remove the hardcoded UNTIL
- make the days hrs … changeable so you can use them in different languages.
Grtz
Thanks Vintagebxl, I will apply your suggestions in the next release.
Hey Shailan. I installed this plugin on my class site to countdown towards graduation. Even though graduation is in 2013 it says it’s in 100 some odd days. Why is that?
http://www.nyucd2013.com
Hello Alex, this is because of the day limit is 999. You have more than 1100 days so it won’t show up. I am working on a fix now. Hopefully with the next release this will be fixed.
Thank you. I’m looking forward to it :)
Hey Matt, great work been searching everywhere for a widget to work and be simple to adjust!
Would be nice to set choose which unit are displayed, I use it on a one day sale site and do not need the days … maybe next version.
If you do not enter a title the CSS seems to go a bit crazy …
Anyway, thanks again love your work
Hi, the download link for the plugin is missing. It only shows the short code. Could you pls fix that. Thanks.
Is there a way to set it to an event that won’t start at 00:00?
I can only set the day of arrival, but not the hours, minutes or seconds… so this plugin is only useful for a new year day, there are very few events that starts at 00.00
Hello Francesco, yes, i am going to implement this feature to the plugin with the next release. You are right about 00:00. It only works for b-days and new year.
Hi, I have a problem… I put the color codes but the counter shows white anyways… I tried to use FF008, and 000000 for background… I don’t know what I could be doing wrong… =( I’ll appreciate a lil help, thnx
Hello Lore, FF008 is not a valid color. Hex colors have 6 digits. You should update colors to 000000 & FF0088. Then it should work.
You are SO RIGHT!! hahaha I’m blind *__*
Missing the option to put another countdown indside the same widget so all the countdowns stand in the same widget insted of putting more countdowns indside the side panel aslso missing countdowns in post areas it will be great there to
Hello Raven, because of javascript id limitations, one widget can contain only one countdown. Why not use multiple countdown widgets?
I will soon add shortcode support for countdown widget so you can add it to your posts. Thanks for your comments & feedback.
Hi,Thank for this good plugin, i have used on my new website, but have a problem, can i change another language? i have find out the js folder got more language js file, but how change it? pls help
Hello kim, I updated the widget to automatically select language depending on blog language. Just update the plugin and it will work for you.
Hi, counter looks great. Is there a way to have the background be transparent? Also, for dates which are more than a year away, are their plans to implement a “years” column? Currently my countdown has 1400+ days listed, when it could say 4 years instead. Thanks!
You can now display countdown sections as you like using format. Read more about it here.
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