Best stopwatch plugins for WordPress
The most popular stopwatch plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Stopwatch leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Countdown Timer Event (20+) and Stopwatch (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “stopwatch” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 stopwatch plugins
- 1.
Simple StopwatchThe most installed stopwatch plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 2.Countdown Timer Event
20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 3.Stopwatch
10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.
Simple Stopwatch Easy to UseFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “stopwatch”

Simple Stopwatch
Up in the last 7 days:9#15,236by ravi Singh4 years ago
Simple Stopwatch with start, pause and reset button. Use shortcode [simplestopwatch]
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Countdown Timer Event
Up in the last 7 days:82#28,461by Wptexture6 years ago
Description: Countdown Timer Event is easy to use and display the responsive countdown timers into pages/posts.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Stopwatch
Down in the last 7 days:91#30,022by luisperezphd13 years ago
A stopwatch, start, stop, pause, etc.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Stopwatch Easy to Use
#69,621by Ajay Kumar4 months ago
Add a simple, easy-to-use stopwatch or countdown timer to any page or post using a shortcode or block.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day