Best christmas countdown plugins for WordPress
The most popular christmas countdown plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Christmas Countdown Widget leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Rs Christmas Santa (60+) and Christmas Countdown Clock (40+). All 4 plugins tagged “christmas countdown” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 christmas countdown plugins
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Christmas Countdown WidgetThe most installed christmas countdown plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Rs Christmas Santa60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Christmas Countdown Clock40+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
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Christmas Decorations10+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
All 4 plugins tagged “christmas countdown”

Christmas Countdown Widget
Up in the last 7 days:128#10,644by Monica Haught1 year ago
Displays a cute Santa Claus Christmas Countdown in your sidebar. Use the shortcode [countdown] to display the countdown on any post or page.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Rs Christmas Santa
#19,490by Md Khorshed Alam1 month ago
Celebrate the holidays with falling snow, Christmas lights, holiday music, flying Santa sleigh, countdown timers, confetti bursts, and banners.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 7/day

Christmas Countdown Clock
Down in the last 7 days:418#22,114by enclick5 years ago
Christmas countdown clock showing days and hours until Christmas day. Select from several designs, sizes, animations and backgrounds
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Christmas Decorations
#34,734by Er Siddharth Singh5 years ago
Decorate your site for christmas, with Christmas countdown for all pages and Snow fall for all pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day