Countdown Timer Block – build urgency for events and launches

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1. ★★★★★ Micha Krapp

   1.8y ago

   Used this plugin on the wedding website for my brother to count down to the day of the wedding.Has worked perfectly and I could customize the editor block enough, to integrate it into the style of the page. One star deduction for the totally unnecessary prominent admin sidebar menu placement.Since that page is only with help links and no settings there, it could easily be under settings or elsewhere. But apart from that, thank you for this plugin. This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Micha Krapp. This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Micha Krapp.

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2. ★★★★★ Phil Rosenzweig

   1.9y ago

   After purchase follow-up by Charles Cormier was excellent. everything working fine now! —————————- The free version works well. The issues start when you try and upgrade. The upgrade does not work unless you deactivate the free version. I can’t get the free version to deactivate. This topic was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by Phil Rosenzweig.

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3. ★★★★★ afghanmosafer

   3.8y ago

   this countdown should have a little more info and customization with its free version, but I also saw no such things in the pro version. the info and customization I just mentioned are below: 1- putting more info beside the countdown would have been better. 2- Countdown boxes should have more options like putting them in horizontal or vertical order.

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4. ★★★★★ mdsobug707

   4.8y ago

   Fantastic plugin!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.3.3 Update: SDK Update: Performance Improvement 1.3.3
2. — Version 1.3.2 Update: Admin Dashboard – Improved UI with better navigation and clearer feature organization. 1.3.2
3. — Version 1.3.1 Update: Performance Improvement 1.3.1
4. — Version 1.3.0 Add Admin Dashboard Update SDK Reduce Code for Performance 1.3.0
5. — Version 1.2.8 Fix textdomain issue. 1.2.8
6. — Version 1.2.7 Improve security 1.2.7

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Countdown Timer <= 1.2.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-02-23 CVE-2025-26938 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.6 Patched in 1.2.7
2. Medium · 4.3 Countdown Timer block – Display the event's date into a timer. <= 1.2.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Disclosure ↗
   2024-11-08 CVE-2024-10669 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 1.2.4 Patched in 1.2.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-04-27 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 days in tier
2. 2025-04-25 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-04-24 1K+ → 2K+ up after 4 days in tier
4. 2025-04-20 2K+ → 1K+ down after 3 days in tier
5. 2025-04-17 1K+ → 2K+ up after 4 days in tier
6. 2025-04-13 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
7. 2025-04-11 1K+ → 2K+ up

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Countdown Timer Block – build urgency for events and launches: 2K+ active installs, 4.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/countdown-time