Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown
Countdown timer plugin is an nice tool to create and insert timers into your posts/pages and widgets.
3.6(59 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 2 months agoAs of April 2026, Countdown Timer is a WordPress countdown plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 3.6/5 rating from 59 reviews. It has been downloaded 948K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance….
3.6/559 reviews
10K+active installs
948K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Our WordPress Countdown plugin allow website owners to create nice and functional timer just in a few minutes. This is the best way to create beautiful Timers for your users.
You can use our plugin in your posts/pages and widgets. It’s very easy to use and there isn’t any need of coding knowledge.
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Our plugin have a lot of useful features that you will like.
Features of Free version
- Easy install and use
- Works perfectly with all versions of WordPress
- Fully Responsive
- Ability to create unlimited Timers
- Ability to use on pages/posts and widgets
- Ability to type your own text in day, hour, minute and second fields
- Ability to select the action after time expired
- Ability to type message after time expired
- Ability to choose the position
- …
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Ratings & Reviews
3.659 reviews
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Recent Reviews
bad plugin, broke my website.
by hirenwebs·1 year ago
My website’s wp-admin stopped working after plugin installed.
Nice countdown Widget plugin
by xjmwfwa·1 year ago
Easy to use and works great
Great plugin
by syvoid·1 year ago
Good solution
Doens’t use website time
by willowleaf·2 years ago
Useless. It doesn’t use the timezone of your general settings in your website, so the timer is always off!
Easy Setup
by btwebmedia·3 years ago
After installing the plugin I had the counter visible on the website within 2 minutes. The settings were very easy to modify!
Download Trends
Today: 76Yesterday: 72This week: 420Period total: 53K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.7
79.8%
v2.6
11.5%
Other
8.7%
Top Alternatives to Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.7.9
- admin UI changes.
Contributors
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