Display the time according to your blog via an admin toolbar widget, a sidebar widget, and/or a template tag.
As of April 2026, Blog Time is a WordPress blog plugin with 600 active installations and a 3.6/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 25K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle.
This plugin adds a dynamic, functional clock to the admin bar (at top of all admin pages) to show the server time for the blog. The clock automatically updates as time passes, as you would expect of a digital clock.
This plugin also supports a static mode which puts a timestamp string at the top of all admin pages instead of the dynamic clock. This static admin time widget can be clicked to update the time in-place (without a page reload) to show the new current server time.
Also provided is a “Blog Time” widget providing the same functionality as the admin widget, but for your sidebars. You may also utilize the plugin’s functionality directly within a theme template via use of the template tag c2c_blog_time().
NOTE: For the front-end widget, if the “Use dynamic cl…
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 5.8.13 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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