WordPress Count Down Plugin
We present you a premium wordpress plugin which will enhance your webpage. WordPress Count Down Widget plugin will display your countdown in a creative way. We have prepared a preview of the file that you can see below. WordPress countdown allows you to display a countdown on your page. Or if you have a coming soon page it will display when it will be launched. It can be a perfect landing page for un upcoming website. If you like the plugin please help us spread the word.
Download Count Down(v 1.08) (3664)
SETTINGS OF WORDPRESS COUNT DOWN PLUGIN
- date of countdown
- size of countdown
- reflection
HOW TO INSTALL WORDPRESS PLUGIN
When you unzip the files you just bought look for file wp-flash-countdown.zip. Go to your WordPress admin panel and select “Plugins”. Click on button “Add new” and on next page click upload. Now browse for the zip file mentioned above and click Install now. All you have to do now is to activate the plugin. Settings for the plugin can be found under main settings of WordPress named Count Down.
EDITING WORDPRESS PLUGIN SETTINGS:
- Date of countdown – here you can set exact date of your event (year, month, day, hours and minutes). Countdown will then start counting down accordingly
- Size of countdown – Set desired width of countdown and height will adjust accordingly. It is best viewed when set between 200 and 300 px
- Reflection – reflection can be set to true (visible) or to false (not visible)
[ CountDown id=1 width=250 custom_widget=1 containerx=0 containerxy=0 imagebackground=true reflection=true year=2011 month=7 day=25 hours=5 minute=10 textunder=false]If you want to use default settings use following ShortCode:
[ CountDown id=1 width=250 custom_widget=0 year=2011 month=7 day=25 hours=5 minute=10]
PHP shortcode:
CHANGELOG:
1.00
- Initial release version.
1.01
- Small bug fix
1.02
- Added text under countdown, see screenshots and our live preview for more info.
1.03
- Bug fix.
1.04
- Fixed a bug where swf was to high with reflection turned off.
1.05
- Problem with resizing that occured in the last update is now fixed.
1.06
- Added php shortcode support < ?php echo wp_CountDown_php(id,year,month,day,hours,minute); ?> Remove space between “<” and “?”!.
1.07
- Added light version of CountDown.
1.08
- Added shortcode support for light version of CountDown.
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83 Comments for WordPress Count Down Plugin
July 24, 2011 at 2:25 pm
The addition of “days”, “hours”, “minutes”, “seconds” text below the numbers would make a great plugin more outstanding. A toggle to on/off the text might added for dashboard/settings.
FYI: when I attempted to sign-up for your mailing, that attempt crashed Dragon browser (Chrome derivative).
I’ll be back about those xml headers…
July 24, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Your ideas are already under construction. We hope to have it online later today.
We are glad you liked the plugin.
July 24, 2011 at 5:36 pm
Hello, I can’t seem to figure out where the “Date of countdown – here you can set exact date of your event (year, month, day, hours and minutes). Countdown will then start counting down accordingly” is located, checked under – Settings > Flash Clock, and also the widget itself. any help would be great.
Thanks.
July 24, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Oops, scratch that, didn’t notice that you guys have two different plugins, little note, the help section of the “WordPress Flash Clock Plugin” takes you to the info(help) section of the “WordPress Count Down Plugin”, no wonder I couldn’t find the settings, haha.
July 24, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Thanks for the note, will fix that.
July 24, 2011 at 6:33 pm
Hello again,
I installed the correct plugin, having a problem, everytime I put the Count Down widget and configure it on the sidebar it doesn’t save and doesn’t showup. running latest version of wordpress. Any help would be great, gonna be a epic plugin for my site.
July 24, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Hi,
I have emailed you, for future support it is better to just email us, we can answer you faster this way. Glad you like the plugin.
July 27, 2011 at 1:09 am
Does not display. I can highlight and the presence is there but it is just a white blank. Using WP 3.1.3.
July 27, 2011 at 5:17 am
Hi,
Can you please send us an email or write so support forum? There might be a numerous reasons why plugin isn’t working (incompatibility with your theme, maybe some other plugin). We can help you further via email or on support forum.
Best regards
July 30, 2011 at 8:09 pm
Hi,
I have updated your WP countdown widget to 1.04 and now I can’t resize it. Changing the width in settings just changes visible area, but the countdown clock is stil in its default size. I’m happy I still have the old 1.03 package on my drive.
And how about adding posibility to change the text under the timer?
Best,
JeeNPe
July 30, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Hi,
you can change text in admin area under Settings -> Count Down. About resizeing we will investigate the problem and release update.
Best regards
February 14, 2012 at 10:12 am
unfortunately then I change values of “month” “day” “hour” on my language (Russian). New values don’t appear – just no titles at all.
My site http://fassbender.ru/
Can you help me please?
February 15, 2012 at 7:41 am
Hi,
Does it work if you translate it into some other English word? If this is true please write me at info(@).premiumcoding.com and I will send you a fonts.swf for cyrillic.
best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
February 22, 2012 at 8:43 am
Hello!
Thank you for you answer!
I send a letter to info[AT]premiumcoding.com without dot after @ symbol, is it right?
If not, can you sent this Cyrillic font on 1979ivanov[AT]gmail.com please?
July 31, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Hi,
Problem with resizing that occured in the last update is now fixed. Please download latest version from this site.
Best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
August 5, 2011 at 7:39 am
This shortcode isn’t working for me. Im just trying to place it inside a div in my index template. Can you give me the php code to insert it?
I tried this
and it just shows the shortcode text.
August 5, 2011 at 12:57 pm
I see you also posted in support forum, discussion is now in the forums.
best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
August 20, 2011 at 8:01 am
Light version of Countdown added.
Enjoy,
Team PremiumCoding
August 22, 2011 at 5:32 am
Hi guys
a few things:
1.firstly love this plugin.
2. how do i resize/ you mention 200 or 300px but i cant see that option? (oops.FOUND IT in the shortcode)
3.also how to ” if you have a coming soon page it will display when it will be launched” i have a special release page that should appear after the countdown. how do i make that happen?
thanks
Justin
August 22, 2011 at 6:00 am
Hi,
I have replied in the forums.
Best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
August 25, 2011 at 9:16 pm
I can’t figure out why ‘second’ is misspelled as ‘secund’ in the plugin. I’ve tried uninstalling/reinstalling the plugin, and I have it spelled properly in the Settings menu.
August 25, 2011 at 9:26 pm
Hi,
Might have something to do with XML file not being properly writter on your server. Can you drop us an email please.
best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
September 9, 2011 at 6:19 am
Can you provide me with php code for this plugin…so that i cam place it accordingly on my site..
September 13, 2011 at 11:13 am
Here is php code:
< ?php echo wp_CountDown_php(id,year,month,day,hours,minute); ?>
remove space between < and ?
Best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
September 21, 2011 at 11:44 am
I want to put it on my nav bar but it’s not showing up.
Do i need to place the code somewhere else. im using the e store template
September 21, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Hi,
Are you using the php code that is in this post? I don’t really know e store, but I guess you would have to put the php shortcode somewhere in the header. Can you provide the link of e store template?
best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
September 26, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Hi is it possible insert this count down in a page?
September 26, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Hi,
Yes you can add it to a page via shortcode (just like to the post):
[ CountDown id=1 width=250 custom_widget=1 containerx=0 containerxy=0 imagebackground=true reflection=true year=2011 month=7 day=25 hours=5 minute=10 textunder=false]
Remove the space at the start between first bracket and CountDown when actually using it.
best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
October 12, 2011 at 12:29 pm
Wow.. This is a brilliant plug-in. I used this to create a countdown for Windows XP End of Support – you can view this at http://www.kolaganti.com/xp.
Thank you
October 12, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Hey,
Looks great there, thanks for the compliments, hopefully you will be able to use some more of our plugins in the future.
best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
October 25, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Hi,
First – thank you guys for your work!
I’ve been trying to install your countdown to the wedding website that I’m working on. I’m using the latest version of WordPress and Matala 1.5.9 theme to go with it. The countdown doesn’t show up in the sidebar. Any help would be great,
Thanks!
October 26, 2011 at 8:12 am
Hi,
Can you please send us an email at info(@).premiumcoding.com with a link to your site? Or you can also order our WordPress plugin install for $10 and We will make sure that it works, but it is probably just some simple thing to fix.
best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
November 1, 2011 at 7:07 am
Great Plugin and exactly what I was looking for!! Shall donate :0)
Used at:
http://www.dave-andrew.com/release-date/
November 1, 2011 at 9:33 am
Hi,
Thank you, I am glad you like it:)
best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
November 1, 2011 at 9:23 pm
thanks for all the work you have done on this plug-in and keeping this blog updated.
i hope you can help with a few things:
do i need to purchase the flash file to edit the text that is displayed under the counter?
when i view the test page i have created http://hotelympia10k.com/test/
it shows “secund”? also to change DAY to DAYS, HOUR to HOURS, etc
(the link provided by david also shows “secund” in my web browsers, ie, ff, chrome)
I have also tried to use the following code in the header.php of the theme.
remove space between < and ?
without success as I get a "NUN" displayed in the flash images.
please let me know if i can send you some screenshots.
thanks
November 1, 2011 at 9:33 pm
Hi,
No, you can enter that text in Countdown settings. This text is meant to be translated, if you have trouble updating it drop us an email.
best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
November 1, 2011 at 9:52 pm
Thanks Team PremiumCoding,
I should have looked under the settings section of the WP admin panel….
Any idea on how to add the timer to the header.php of the theme i am using?
Please could you let me know if there is any way i can promote your services on the website?
cheers
November 1, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Hi,
Yes you can use shortcode that can be found in help tag of our plugin. I can’t post it here due to it being php script.
Well you can promote our services in any way you like (good word, on forums,…).
Best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
November 2, 2011 at 9:36 pm
how can i edit the images there’s no .fla and they are not loaded externally i want to make them light gray with black numbers awesome plugin btw
November 2, 2011 at 10:14 pm
Hi,
Currently there is no source file in the plugin (can be bought on Activeden for $6). There is a gray skin included if perhaps you didn’t notice it.
best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
January 4, 2012 at 11:09 pm
Mine no works. No problem with installation and configuration (15 days). But no run .. =s
http://checkyourpulse.fr/
January 5, 2012 at 11:51 am
Hi,
Are you implementing it via Widget or shortcode?
best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
January 5, 2012 at 4:20 pm
Widgets .. =s
January 6, 2012 at 11:36 am
hi,
If you can provide me with wp access on my email at info(@).premiumcoding.com I can take a look.
best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
January 23, 2012 at 9:53 pm
the plugin location defined by x and y axis works as intended on the home page but each subsequent page the location is wrong. Can you look at the website and suggest a fix?
Additionally, the countdown is off by 2 hours. I assume this must have something to do with a time zone but I’ve checked my settings and they are correct (Eastern Standard Time). Is there a work around to add additional hours?
January 24, 2012 at 6:55 am
Hi,
What is your website (email me at info(@).premiumcoding.com). As for the hours, can’t you just add or substract two hours and the time will be ok? Not sure why it happens but I think you can make a workaround like that.
best regards,
Ales
January 24, 2012 at 8:49 pm
Awesome Plugin! Love it!
February 4, 2012 at 12:41 am
This is awesome!
February 11, 2012 at 7:04 am
hi, i have 2 questions.
1) how to change de lang to spanish? (or just “weak” to “semana”, “day” to “dia”, “hour” to “hora”, “minute” to “minuto” and “second” to “segundo”
2)can i decrease de margin on the bottom?
Capture:
http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/290/countdownk.jpg
My site: http://degrandt.com
Thanks!
February 11, 2012 at 9:05 am
Hi,
1.) Go to calendar settings and translate the labels (like Value for Days text)
2.) Not without editing the Flash File itself.
Best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
February 11, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Thanks and sorry! I hadn’t seen the calendar settings. Thanks again
March 8, 2012 at 12:07 am
2) can i decrease de margin on the bottom?
Capture:
http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/290/countdownk.jpg
2.) Not without editing the Flash File itself.
So, can i edit it? wich is that file?
Thanks!
February 23, 2012 at 3:47 pm
I really want to thank you for this awesome plugin! But i have a problem, when i try to insert the shortcode on a page i can’t change the values from true to false, when i do it keeps displaying the same, like ‘with text and reflection’ even when i change reflection to false. How can i solve this problem, cause i really want a counter without reflection and without background. As theme i use the free typebased theme from woothemes.
February 23, 2012 at 5:58 pm
The problem i mentioned before I have solved but now i have a new problem, above the timer there is a lot of blankspace that i can’t remove. How can i remove the blank space.
February 23, 2012 at 10:41 pm
Hi,
Where does the blank space appear?
best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
February 29, 2012 at 3:12 pm
This is a beautiful plugin – thanks so very much!
One thing it does need is a page where we can keep track of/edit/delete the various instances we have of the countdown. Some of us end up not remembering how many installs we have, and so don’t know what the next id # should be..
Thanks!
March 1, 2012 at 10:26 am
Hi,
Yeah a good idea, we will probably add that in the future update. As for the forum, there was a security problem with the forum plugin so we have to take it down for security reasons.
best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
February 29, 2012 at 3:14 pm
Also, your forum seems to be missing – link goes to an oops page.
May 2, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Hi there,
Love this countdown, but unfortunately I can’t seem to get it working on my site.
I get this errorcode:
Warning: fopen(/wp-content/plugins/wp-flash-countdown/xml_option_1.xml): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:\www\baseballcamp.nl\www\wp-content\plugins\wp-flash-countdown\countdown.php on line 148 Warning: fwrite() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in D:\www\baseballcamp.nl\www\wp-content\plugins\wp-flash-countdown\countdown.php on line 149 Warning: fclose() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in D:\www\baseballcamp.nl\www\wp-content\plugins\wp-flash-countdown\countdown.php on line 150
Please help me with this!
Thanks very much,
Sander Weeteling
May 2, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Hi,
Check permissions in the plugin’s directory. They have to be set to 755 so the plugin can edit the XML file.
Best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
May 10, 2012 at 10:53 am
i realy love this plugin, but can it be used in widget or sidebar?
May 10, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Hi,
Yes it can be used in the sidebar as a widget.
Best regards
May 29, 2012 at 9:59 am
im having the same problem as Sander above
Plugin dir premission is already 755
May 29, 2012 at 10:48 am
Also if i manually make the .xml it works fine show the count down and everything, just cant edit it using to widget manager, file permissions all look fine 755, guessing somethings gone astray but cant work out what, site is westsuffolkmcc.com
Thanks
May 29, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Hey,
drop us an email at info(@)premiumcoding.com with wp login and I can take a look.
Best regards,
Team Premiumcoding
June 4, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Is this compatable with WP 3.2.2? Ever since the update I can’t seem to get it to work.
June 4, 2012 at 7:49 pm
Hi,
Since this is a free plugin we haven’t test it for the latest version yet, it will be done so in the near future.
Best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
June 5, 2012 at 12:56 pm
Hi there
Great plugin. Really enjoy using it.
In the PHP code can you tell me how to have the “containerx=0 containerxy=0 imagebackground=false reflection=false textunder=true color=dark” within the parameters of
“wp_CountDown_php(0,2012,8,18,00,00)” where wp_CountDown_php(id,year,month,day,hours,minute) is the arrangement
Many thanks
Danny
June 27, 2012 at 2:06 am
Love this plugin! Awesome… Wondering if there is any way to change the text color and size of the “Title of Countdown?” I want to add the countdown to the header widget with a dark background and the Title is not very visible…
June 27, 2012 at 5:18 am
Hi,
Hm the countdown Title in our live previews isn’t part of the plugin itself but part of the WordPress site so you can set that to anything you like.
Best regards,
Team PremiumCoding
July 12, 2012 at 4:02 pm
This plugin is great, thanks. I’ve got it working perfectly on the front page (www.guaranteedfitness.co.uk) but on another (http://www.guaranteedfitness.co.uk/freeweek/) it is across to one side an I can’t figure out how to move it’s position.
The shortcode I have added is [CountDown id=1 width=250 custom_widget=0 year=2012 month=7 day=22 hours=23 minute=59] and I’ve tried playing with custom shortcode, but with no luck.
Any ideas please?
July 13, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Hi,
Did you try putting in it within div? Like
Best regards
July 29, 2012 at 12:28 pm
How to set multiples countdown on the same page ? only 1 is working for me & i need to set more +/- 4 on every page :/
July 29, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Is there a way to put text under the Countown itself. It seems as though it has a lot of space under counter on my page. Would like to add a title or eliminate the space the countdown leaves after. Or can I change that with css?
August 6, 2012 at 12:29 pm
Hi,
i installed this plugin and also apply that shortcode to the page but still its not working.
can u mail me the complete process for using this plugin.
August 28, 2012 at 3:45 pm
Hi
It work fine in IE8 and IE9 but in Chrome I can’t see the countdown.
August 29, 2012 at 2:59 pm
ok today works all.
after un upgrade of chrome
exscuse me
Fabio
October 7, 2012 at 7:02 pm
Hi, i am loving your countdown, looks great
i get it to show the fields but it isnt filled at all, so no countdown as far as i can see
what did i configure wrong?
December 5, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Love the look of this countdown.
Wondering if it has the capability to schedule multiple countdowns?
December 5, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Hi,
no, unfortunately you can’t have multiple countdowns.
Best regards
January 22, 2013 at 12:51 pm
Hey!
Im realising my new website in a few weeks.
And i wonder how to set the countdown clock as a frontpage?
Like a flashpage you land on and which you cannot click on
Is this possible?
Mattias
January 22, 2013 at 1:10 pm
*add*
.. where should i paste the code to get the clock to show fully on the frontpage?
Mattias
January 23, 2013 at 11:11 am
Hi,
on WordPress installation you can use the php shortcode and then just insert it where you want in index.php.
Best regards