Easily create an apple style visual counter
As of April 2026, Booktrope is a WordPress apple plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Podcast Subscribe Buttons.
This plugin creates a beautiful “Apple style” flip-clock counter on your post, page or widget using a single short code. This plugin was created to track the number of books delivered by Booktrope Publishing, but could have many other uses. You can set the starting number, the increment, the pace, and a seed date (the date on which the seed number was correct).
You can see an example of the counter in action at http://booktrope.com
Short Code:
[thecounter num=”989432″ date=”2013-04-01″ increment=”2″ pace=”600″]
num - starting number
date - seed date YYYY-MM-DD (date on which the number was valid)
increment - how many to add each time the counter fires
pace - how long in milliseconds to wait until adding the increment
If a seed d…
| WordPress | 3.1+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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