Countdown Timer documentation

Setting it up, and how each part works: 20 sections, free to read before you buy.

  1. Getting startedActivate the plugin and open Countdown Timer in the WordPress menu.
  2. Multisite networksCountdown Timer works on a single site and on a WordPress Multisite network.
  3. What a campaign counts toCampaigns → a campaign → Countdown.
  4. Where it showsPlacement takes any combination of: Product pages — under the price, above the add-to-cart button. Shop and category listings — under each product's price in the grid…
  5. The clock, and the time zoneEvery countdown is worked out against your site's own time zone — the one under Settings → General — and sent to the browser as one exact moment rather than a time of day.
  6. How it looksTwelve designs, each drawn in the picker at the size it will be: | Design | What it is | |---|---| | Blocks | Four solid tiles in the accent colour. The default. | | Plain |…
  7. What it saysHeading is the line above the clock.
  8. When the timer endsHide the timer removes it, which is usually right for a sale that is over.
  9. Show or hide part of a page when the countdown endsWhen the timer ends changes the timer.
  10. Selling only while the clock allowsCampaigns → a campaign → Countdown → Buying.
  11. A coupon that works only while the countdown runsCampaigns → a campaign → Countdown → Coupon that works only while this runs.
  12. Where a campaign standsA saved campaign shows its status under its name at the top of the editor — the same word the Campaigns list uses — and, when it shows nowhere, why: no end date, not started yet…
  13. The cart timerCart Timer is a different kind of timer: it counts one shopper's own cart rather than a date, and starts when the first item goes in.
  14. The shortcode[trasl_countdown] puts a countdown anywhere — a post, a page or a block.
  15. Speed, caching and privacyOne stylesheet and one script, minified, together about 8KB as a browser downloads them, loaded only on pages that render a timer; a page with Countdown content and no timer gets…
  16. Translated sites (WPML and Polylang)Everything the plugin writes itself — unit labels, the ended message a screen reader hears, the default heading and wording — is in the shopper's language wherever a…
  17. Who can manage campaignsOn a WooCommerce shop the sales and the coupons are often run by shop managers, and until you choose otherwise only administrators can open Countdown Timer.
  18. Moving your settings to another siteSettings → Import / Export.
  19. UninstallingDeactivating keeps your campaigns and settings.
  20. An admin without page loadsMoving between the plugin's screens does not reload the page, and neither does saving.

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