Counter Box – Add Countdowns, Timers & Dynamic Counters to WordPress
Easily add countdowns, timers, and counters to your WordPress site. Ideal for sales, events, stats, and personalized time-based experiences.
4.5(8 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, Counter Box is a WordPress timer plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 47K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.5+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 71% this week. Top alternative: Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance….
4.5/58 reviews
1.0K+active installs
47K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020
Overview
📚 Documentation | 🚀 Try Pro Demo
Counter Box is a lightweight WordPress plugin that helps you create engaging countdowns and counters. Use it to increase urgency, highlight upcoming events, display statistics, or show time-based messages. No coding required.
🎯 Use Cases:
- Countdown to product launch or special event
- Timer for flash sales or promotions
- Show time since last update or achievement
- Personalized timers for each visitor
- Display metric-style counters (e.g., “Total Downloads”)
⚙️ Core Features:
- 7 Counter Types:
- Countdown to Date
- Weekly Countdown (auto-reset weekly)
- Time Since (e.g., “Days Since Launch”)
- Simple Timer (resets on refresh)
- Personal Timer (user-specific countdowns)
- Resumable Timer (persists across visits)
- Base Counter (dynamic increment/decrement)
- Live Preview…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Very Good
by syrgeorge·2 years ago
Very Good
Excellent
by bravium69·2 years ago·1 reply
Excellent plugin. I like this.
Fantastic! No Bloat!
by Thomas·2 years ago·2 replies
I was looking for a really nice and slim counter/countdown plugin but many of the ones listed around WP simply have too much bloat with a variety of extra things I really didn’t need. Gladly, Counter Box is exactly what I needed. No bloat, quite slim, and works fantastically, and it ensures to take care of timezone since our server is set to GMT and we operate in EST. The only feature I’d like to see is to allow custom css within the style section, as that would allow the html and css to cooperate within a single area. However, I liked that all I needed to do was write my own html/css to give the counter the skin fit for the page/site. For anyone looking for a nice and lean countdown plug, this is a good choice. Thanks.
- This topic was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by Thomas.
AWESOME ADD-ON
by js76155·4 years ago·1 reply
This little plugin solved a very real problem I had with Elementor. I required a days-expended from a set-date counter and this plugin is perfect for the task!
J’aime
by dan57·4 years ago
Très bien et très bon support réactif. La version pro offre de nombreuses options.
En juin 2021 la documentation reste un peu faible… mais un mail au support… tout ok.
Download Trends
Today: 25Yesterday: 35This week: 244Period total: 14K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.0
85.7%
v1.2
10.7%
v1.1
3.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0.13
- Fixed: issue with method Settings::option().
- Fixed: grammar issue in ListTable.php
Contributors
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