Best countdown plugins for WordPress
The most popular countdown plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Countdown Block (4K+) and Uji Countdown (4K+). All 178 plugins tagged “countdown” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 countdown plugins
- 1.
Countdown, Coming Soon, MaintenanceThe most installed countdown plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 183 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Countdown Block4K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 7 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Uji Countdown4K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 54 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 4.
Event Countdown for The Events Calendar3K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 48 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 5.Announcement Bar, Notification Bar & Banner
2K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 20 reviews, updated 1 day ago.
- 6.
Product Expiry for WooCommerce1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 13 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Simple Countdown Timer1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
Counter Box1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
Easy Timer1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 17 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 10.
WPC Countdown Timer for WooCommerce1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 178 plugins tagged “countdown”

Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,117by adamskaat9 months ago
Countdown builder - Customizable Countdown Timer
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(183)
- Downloads
- 60/day

Countdown Block
Up in the last 7 days:4#3,448by WPDeveloper13 days ago
Highlight Upcoming Events With Countdown Timer with Countdown Block.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.1(7)
- Downloads
- 86/day

Uji Countdown
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,569by WPmanage5 months ago
A customizable countdown timer for events, launches, sales, evergreen campaigns, and landing pages.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.2(54)
- Downloads
- 24/day

Event Countdown for The Events Calendar
Up in the last 7 days:7#3,990by Narinder Singh3 days ago
Event countdown timer for The Events Calendar. Show a countdown to upcoming events with a shortcode, block, Elementor widget or sticky floating bar.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.6(48)
- Downloads
- 59/day
Announcement Bar, Notification Bar & Banner
Up in the last 7 days:10#4,796by Rock Solid1 day ago
Add an announcement bar, notification bar or sticky banner to your site or WooCommerce shop. Extend with countdowns, buttons and placement rules.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.6(20)
- Downloads
- 109/day

Product Expiry for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:7#5,095by WebCodingPlace2 months ago
Add expiry dates to WooCommerce products and variations, then auto set them out of stock, draft, or expired and email you when they expire.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(13)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Simple Countdown Timer
Up in the last 7 days:17#5,267by GrandPlugins2 months ago
Add a countdown to any page or post for a sale, launch or event. Build one in a click, or customise every part of it.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Counter Box
Down in the last 7 days:8#5,382by Wow-Company2 months ago
Easily add countdowns, timers, and counters to your WordPress site. Ideal for sales, events, stats, and personalized time-based experiences.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Easy Timer
Down in the last 7 days:25#5,396by Kleor1 year ago
Allows you to easily display a count down/up timer, the time or the current date on your website, and to schedule an automatic content modification.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(17)
- Downloads
- 23/day

WPC Countdown Timer for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:62#6,340by WPClever17 days ago
WPC Countdown Timer helps you display countdown timer in single product pages and shop page.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 33/day

Checkout Countdown for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:1#6,918by Morgan Hvidt1 year ago
The Countdown Bar for WooCommerce Products to improve your Cart & Checkout Flow
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Countdown Timer
Down in the last 7 days:9#7,251by fergbrain7 years ago
This plugin allows you to setup a series of dates to count to or from in terms of years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and/or seconds.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.7(10)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Quentn WP
Down in the last 7 days:19#9,315by Quentn.com GmbH2 months ago
Restrict access to specific pages, create access links and display countdowns. Connect your wordpress installation with your Quentn account.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Countdown
Down in the last 7 days:32#9,848by Bloafer14 years ago
Use the shortcode [countdown] to create a countdown system.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Nasio Blocks
Up in the last 7 days:16#9,896by Nasio Themes25 days ago
Small collection of essential blocks for the WordPress Block editor
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Super Advent Calendar
Up in the last 7 days:15#10,270by Verdant Studio12 days ago
Advent calendar block for daily giveaways, discount codes and holiday countdowns, with doors that stay locked until their day.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 23/day

EZ Countdown Timer
Up in the last 7 days:75#10,643by Blend Media7 months ago
A customizable countdown timer plugin for WordPress that allows you to create multiple timers with custom styling and live preview.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Milestone
Up in the last 7 days:25#10,669by fergbrain14 years ago
Milestone clone for self hosted WordPress installations. Counts down to a big event and then displays a message!
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Smart Countdown FX Easy Recurring Events
Up in the last 7 days:67#11,767by Alex Polonski6 years ago
Smart Countdown FX Easy Recurring Events adds recurring events support to Smart Countdown FX.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Countdown Clock
Down in the last 7 days:34#12,101by enclick4 years ago
Display an animated countdown clock for an event of your choice. Select from a choice of countdown designs, colors and sizes.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 1.6(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Change Prices with Time for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:54#13,135by Igor Benic2 years ago
Change Prices on Products with defined Times in the future. Build scarcity so your customers won't be able to resist.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Urgency & Countdown Widgets for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:50#13,403by astertheme1 year ago
🚀 Boost WooCommerce sales with FOMO tactics! Add countdown timers, visitor counts, and stock alerts to create urgency and drive conversions.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Page Expiration Robot
Up in the last 7 days:86#17,413by Bill Zimmerman10 years ago
The official #1 most intelligent, scarcity countdown timer plugin ever created for WordPress to expire posts AND pages on autopilot!
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.2(100)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dynamic Countdown with ACF and Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:146#17,887by Iraklis Kostalas4 years ago
This is a simple plugin that fixes one of the main issues with the Elementor Countdown Widget; the inability to dynamically set the due date with an A …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day

Countdown Pro for Gutenberg
Up in the last 7 days:55#18,656by Ali Khallad4 years ago
The ultimate countdown block for Gutenberg, that help adding countdown functionality to your content easily.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CountDown FlipClock
#18,657by BlueLevel8 years ago
Welcome to the page of the next-gen 3D countdown timer - CountDown FlipClock, created and maintained by BlueLevel Communications.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 3.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CB Countdown Timer Widget for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:86#18,675by Md Abul Bashar5 days ago
A customizable Elementor countdown widget to highlight upcoming events, sales, launches, and limited-time offers.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

CWidget Countdown
Down in the last 7 days:28#20,043by Serkan Algur7 years ago
This plugin create a widget for countdown.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Halloween Countdown
Down in the last 7 days:317#20,824by Halloween Blog6 days ago
🎃 A simple countdown to Halloween. [hcount]
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Deadlines
Up in the last 7 days:17#21,379by ThemesGrove9 years ago
Finally, A countdown timer to increase your sales and email conversions by creating a urgency to your buyer.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Boostimer
#21,472by Zabir Anik1 year ago
Boostimer is a product wise availability plugin which shows a beautiful countdown and lets you know when your unavailable product will be restocked! I …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Countdown Clock Timer
Down in the last 7 days:257#22,080by luisperezphd13 years ago
A countdown, days, hours, minutes.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

The Countdown Timer
Up in the last 7 days:65#23,204by Konstantin Pankratov1 year ago
The only countdown timer you'll ever need!
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

deal or announcement with countdown timer
#23,347by gopiplus3 years ago
This plugin will display your announcement with countdown timer.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple countdown timer
Down in the last 7 days:142#24,193by NYC HelpDesk LLC10 years ago
Countdown Widget
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Event Countdown
#24,293by Ridoy Islam6 years ago
A simple and nice plugin to add countdown timer anywhere at your wordpress website. You can use it on your product sales promotion page for offer coun …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Countdown Flip Timer for WP
Down in the last 7 days:149#24,838by pavlobondarchuk6 years ago
Simple Countdown Flip Timer for WP
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Display Multiple Countdown
Down in the last 7 days:686#25,362by charlestsmith5 years ago
The plugin is used for displaying multiple countdowns on a single page or post of WordPress with the help of short codes. Now you are not restricted t …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

VC Countdown oCoder Free
Up in the last 7 days:576#26,945by oCoder Solutions9 years ago
VC Countdown oCoder Free is a free version of VC Countdown oCoder. This add on will help you to create beautiful countdown with visual composer.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Standby
#27,023by Jaydip1 month ago
Enable Coming Soon or Maintenance mode with templates, countdown, subscriber form, IP whitelisting, background controls.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Countdown to force logout
Up in the last 7 days:114#27,188by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago
Notify each logged-in user of the countdown to forced logout in the admin bar.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Timer
Down in the last 7 days:93#27,738by nitinmaurya1213 years ago
This is Timer Plugin. So you can set any date as countdown. It shows days left.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Arreluna
#28,462by Arreluna5 months ago
Create evergreen and fixed-date countdowns that switch content visibility or redirect visitors when they expire.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Countdown Timer Event
Down in the last 7 days:26#28,465by Wptexture6 years ago
Description: Countdown Timer Event is easy to use and display the responsive countdown timers into pages/posts.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PromoTimer
Down in the last 7 days:149#28,606by d_alinus20045 months ago
Schedule WooCommerce sale prices with start/end date + time, show a live countdown timer, and display customizable promo messages.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Grinner Blocks
Up in the last 7 days:18,868#28,719by Haider Shah15 days ago
Landing-page blocks for the block editor — sliders, countdowns, marquees, motion and more — with each block's code loaded only where it's used.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Advanced Event Manager
Down in the last 7 days:701#28,725by Stachethemes8 years ago
Calendar plugin by Stachethemes
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Reiseblog Widgets
Down in the last 7 days:390#29,132by Reisetiger12 years ago
Nützliche Widgets für deinen Reiseblog. Zeige zum Beispiel einen Reise-Countdown oder aktuelle Reiseschnäppchen in deiner Sidebar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Top Ten Lists
Down in the last 7 days:530#29,784by Garrett Grimm5 years ago
Top Ten Lists makes it easy to create popular "Top 10" (or more) style posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Kenzap Stats
Up in the last 7 days:418#29,791by WP Asia6 years ago
Extend your website with counters, countdowns, bars and other statistical elements. It should work out of the box though depending on the theme used y …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day