Date counter - is just a 9 kilobytes WordPress plugin.
As of April 2026, Date counter is a WordPress date plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 20K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP 5.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 24% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: WP Meta and Date Remover.
Date counter – is just a 9 kilobytes WordPress plugin.
Easily display the current date or calculate the difference between two dates.
Current date & time: [CurrentDatetime format="d/m/Y H:i"].
Current date & time: 05.07.2021 12:48.
[CurrentDatetime format="jS F, Y"].
6th July, 2021.
It's [CurrentDatetime format="g:i A (e)"].
It's 10:35 AM (UTC).
You can find all possible formats in documentation.
I'm [DatetimeDifference startDate="1998-08-25" endDate="now" format="Y"] years old.
I'm 23 years old now.
[DatetimeDifference startDate="31.12.2020" endDate="now" format="a"] days have passed since the new year.
187 days have passed since the new year.
Tomorrow's trip at 14:35 (2:35 PM) starts in [DatetimeDifference startDate="…I love this kind of plugin, that does what it promises and have no premium options.
Love it, but would like the option to count all minutes or hours from a specified date.
Amazing easy to setup plugin.
I was able to achieve exactly what I wanted with this plugin.
Now on my front page at pipeworkpieces.com for potential customers I am able to easily change this from the back end based on my amount of orders.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
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Great plugin
Thank you for this elegant and simple plugin that can save a bunch of time.
I have been looking for something like this for a long time!
Thank you very much for such a great job!
| WordPress | 3.1+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 5.3+ required |
Fixed exception messages in DatetimeDifference and TotalDatetimeDiffrence classes. Added support for creation and modification dates of the current post.
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