WordPress plugin comparison

Lightweight Countdown Timers vs Simple Countdown Timer

Lightweight Countdown Timers

by Rutger van Wijngaarden

Fewer than 10 installs

Simple Countdown Timer

by GrandPlugins

1K+ installs5.0

At a glance

Simple Countdown Timer has more active installs: 1K+, against fewer than 10 for Lightweight Countdown Timers.
On a typical day, Simple Countdown Timer is downloaded about 29 times, Lightweight Countdown Timers about 1.
Lightweight Countdown Timers has no reviews yet.
Simple Countdown Timer was updated more recently: Sep 6, 2026, against Jun 15, 2022 for Lightweight Countdown Timers.
Simple Countdown Timer is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.0.18 for Lightweight Countdown Timers.
Lightweight Countdown Timers has been around longer: since 2022, against 2023 for Simple Countdown Timer.

Simple Countdown Timer leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Lightweight Countdown Timers	Simple Countdown Timer
Popular rank	#71,933	#5,267
Active installs	Fewer than 10	1K+
Downloads, last 30 days	31	557
Rating	No ratings	5.0(2)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	6.0.18	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.63
Last release	4 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	7.0	7.0.0

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