About this plugin
Show visitors exactly how long they have left – add a professional countdown timer to any post or page and turn deadlines into action.
Countdown Timer Block | Documentation | Pricing
Why Countdown Timer Block?
Nothing motivates visitors like a ticking clock. Countdown Timer Block adds a dedicated block to the WordPress Block Editor so you can create a professional-looking countdown for your event, sale, or launch in minutes – no code required.
Choose from four distinct layouts, toggle days, hours, minutes, and seconds on or off, and style every part of the timer – wrapper, boxes, digits, labels, and separators – to match your brand. Predefined patterns give you ready-made designs, and the timer stays fully responsive on mobile devices.
Free Features
- Layout Options: Choose from 4 distinct templates for different presentations.
- Responsive: Looks great on mobile devices out of the box.
- Element Visibility: Toggle the visibility of labels, days, hours, minutes, and seconds.
- Wrapper Customization: Configure width, background, padding, and shadow for the countdown wrapper.
- Boxes Customization: Define background, width, height, border, and shadow settings for the countdown boxes.
- Content Appearance: Adjust typography and color for the digit and label elements.
- Separator Customization: Display separators and configure type, size, and color settings.
- Patterns: Predefined designs for expanding the variety of styles.
Pro Version
Upgrade to Countdown Timer Pro for advanced behavior and styling controls:
- Expired Display: Show custom content after the countdown has elapsed.
- Hide at Zero: Conceal the box when the countdown timer reaches 0.
- Mobile & Tablet Visibility: Toggle the timer’s visibility per device.
- Prefix Text & Style: Display styled text before the countdown timer.
- Suffix Button & Style: Show a button after the timer with typography, color, and padding controls.
- Prefix/Suffix Direction: Control the layout flow of content before and after the timer.
- Single Style: Style each box individually – background, digit color, and label color.
- Dismiss Button: Let visitors hide the countdown manually.
- Extra Patterns: Additional predefined countdown designs.
- Shortcode Integration: Use the countdown anywhere via shortcode.
How to Use – Quick Start
- Install and activate the Countdown Timer plugin.
- Add the Countdown Timer block from the “Widgets” block category in the Gutenberg editor.
- Set your target date and adjust the design from the right-side settings sidebar.
- Publish – your countdown is live!
Use Cases
- Sales & Promotions: Count down to the end of a discount to create urgency.
- Product Launches: Build anticipation before a new product or website goes live.
- Events & Webinars: Show visitors exactly when your event starts.
- Limited-Time Offers: Pair the timer with a call-to-action button (Pro suffix button).
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B Blocks – A blocks collection and page building tool for Gutenberg.
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Source Code
You can find the source code, report bugs, and contribute to the development of this plugin on our GitHub repository:
Countdown Timer on GitHub
Third-Party Libraries
This plugin bundles the following third-party JavaScript/PHP libraries.
Freemius Lite SDK
- Source: https://bplugins.com/
- GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/freemius-lite-sdk
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
- Purpose: Provides an opt-in consent form for usage tracking and analytics to help improve the plugin. No data is sent before explicit user consent.
- External Services: Communicates with api.bplugins.com (activation events) and wp.freemius.com (opt-in processing) only after user opt-in. See bPlugins Privacy Policy and Freemius Privacy Policy.
bpl-tools
- Source / GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
- Purpose: Shared utility library providing admin dashboard components and common Gutenberg editor controls.
- External Services: The library may connect to bPlugins, WordPress.org, and Freemius services for product data and checkout functionality. See full details: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools#external-requests–why-they-are-made