PetrichorCraft Countdown Timer

PetrichorCraft Countdown Timer by PetrichorCraft is a countdown timer and urgency plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce.

Create shipping cutoffs, flash sales, product launches, evergreen offers, sticky announcement bars, email countdown images, and promotional deals pages — without writing code or stacking multiple plugins.

Campaign types

• Recurring — daily, weekly, every N hours, or every X days (perfect for same-day shipping cutoffs)

• Fixed deadline — one shared end date/time for everyone (Black Friday, launches, events)

• Evergreen — unique per-visitor timer with optional auto-restart

• Optional campaign schedule window (only show between two dates)

• Per-campaign timezone support

Visual layout builder

• Drag-and-drop 12-column grid with optional second row

• Elements: Text, Timer, Button, Scarcity bar, Sale price, Discount badge, Inventory text, Coupon code

• Layout presets including announcement bar, stacked, compact, and full urgency

• Timer digit styles: block, inline, compact, minimal, text-only

• Live desktop / mobile preview in the campaign editor

• Mobile modes: stack, wrap, or keep desktop layout

• Colors, gap, padding, and alignment (advanced CSS via the theme Customizer)

Urgency elements

• Scarcity / progress bar — manual sold/total or WooCommerce stock-based

• Sale price — manual was/now or live product prices

• Discount badge — pill, banner, or ribbon styles

• Inventory text — “Only X left” with threshold control

• Coupon code — display + one-click copy

Display options

• Shortcode: [pctc_countdown id="123"]

• Gutenberg block

• Sticky top/bottom announcement bar (Elementor-safe)

• WooCommerce product page auto-placement

• Shop / category / tag loop cards (separate layouts)

• Checkout urgency bar

• Deals grid shortcode for landing pages: [pctc_deals id="123" limit="8" columns="3"]

• Auto product discounts with highlighted sale price (no coupon required)

• Auto-apply coupon codes with product and cart notices

WooCommerce product placements

• Before / after product title

• After short description

• After price

• Before / after Add to Cart

• After product meta

• Before / after product tabs

• Per-product campaign override on the product edit screen

WooCommerce discounts & pricing

• Apply percent or fixed discounts while a campaign is active

• Dynamic pricing (does not permanently overwrite product prices)

• Target all products, on-sale products, specific IDs, categories, or tags

• Exclude products

• Early bird tiers — first N buyers get a deeper discount

• Stock-based pricing — change discounts as inventory drops

• Coming soon / launch mode — hide Add to Cart (and optionally price) until the timer ends

• Cart & checkout coupon expiry countdown

• Expiry actions: hide Add to Cart, expire coupon, change stock status, redirect, hide timer, show message

Email countdown timers

• Dynamic PNG image via REST API (works with Mailchimp, Klaviyo, and most ESPs)

• Supports recurring, fixed, and evergreen timers

• Evergreen merge-tag support with?uid=

• Requires PHP GD extension

Developer friendly

• REST API: /wp-json/pctc/v1/sync/{id} and /expire/{id}

• Email image endpoint: /wp-json/pctc/v1/email/{id}

• GPL-licensed, no phone-home tracking

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