Countdown Timer
This plugin allows you to setup a series of dates to count to or from in terms of years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and/or seconds.
4.7(10 reviews)
·900 active installs·Updated 7 years agoAs of April 2026, Countdown Timer is a WordPress date plugin with 900 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 10 reviews. It has been downloaded 228K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2006. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Meta and Date Remover.
4.7/510 reviews
900active installs
228K+total downloads
20 yearssince 2006
Overview
Countdown Timer allows you to setup one or more dates to count down to or away from.
Events can be inserted into the sidebar using the widget, or within posts and pages using shortcodes.
Currently supports 22 languages.
Translations
Using another language
You’ll need to modify your wp-config.php file. To do this…
- Open your
wp-config.phpfile in a text editor and search for:define ('WPLANG', ''); - Edit this line according to the language you want to use (and is available). For example, for Deutsch spoken in Germany, you must add:
('WPLANG', 'de_DE'); - Once you’ve added your language code, save the file.
- Upload the modified wp-config.php file into the WordPress root directory.
Of course, you’ll replace de_DE with the language extension that you want to use, unless o…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 5.1.22 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
3.0.7
Release date: 6/13/2017
- Bumped WP tested level and minimum WP level
index.phpis not blank (fixes #34)
Contributors
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