Best timer plugins for WordPress
The most popular timer 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 Uji Countdown (4K+) and WPC Product Timer for WooCommerce (2K+). All 76 plugins tagged “timer” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 timer plugins
- 1.
Countdown, Coming Soon, MaintenanceThe most installed timer plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 183 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Uji Countdown4K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 54 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 3.
WPC Product Timer for WooCommerce2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 24 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.Countdown Timer Block
2K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Simple Countdown Timer1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Counter Box1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
WPC Countdown Timer for WooCommerce1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 8.
Checkout Countdown for WooCommerce1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.Countdown Timer
900+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 10 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 10.
EZ Countdown Timer300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 76 plugins tagged “timer”

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

Uji Countdown
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,563by 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

WPC Product Timer for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:10#4,189by WPClever23 days ago
WPC Product Timer helps you add many actions for the product based on the conditionals of the time.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(24)
- Downloads
- 60/day
Countdown Timer Block
Down in the last 7 days:2#4,657by bPlugins2 months ago
Countdown timer block for Gutenberg – count down to events, sales, and launches with customizable layouts, colors, separators, and patterns.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 35/day

Simple Countdown Timer
Down in the last 7 days:3#5,283by 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:14#5,388by 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

WPC Countdown Timer for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:70#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
- 34/day

Checkout Countdown for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:19#6,915by Morgan Hvidt1 year ago
The Countdown Bar for WooCommerce Products to improve your Cart & Checkout Flow
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Countdown Timer
Down in the last 7 days:16#7,257by 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
- 16/day

EZ Countdown Timer
Up in the last 7 days:52#10,647by 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
Down in the last 7 days:14#10,671by 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:64#11,783by 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
Delay Redirect
Up in the last 7 days:23#12,578by Vasilis Triantafyllou9 years ago
Delay Redirect
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

GW Count Down
Up in the last 7 days:25#13,333by Green Website1 year ago
Display a live countdown timer anywhere on your site using a simple shortcode.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

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 FlipClock
Up in the last 7 days:127#18,555by 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:137#18,765by Md Abul Bashar5 days ago
A customizable Elementor countdown widget to highlight upcoming events, sales, launches, and limited-time offers.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

WP Deadlines
Down in the last 7 days:29#21,381by 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

The Countdown Timer
Down in the last 7 days:8#23,299by Konstantin Pankratov1 year ago
The only countdown timer you'll ever need!
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

deal or announcement with countdown timer
Down in the last 7 days:103#23,348by gopiplus3 years ago
This plugin will display your announcement with countdown timer.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Rotating Hero Image
Up in the last 7 days:332#23,576by wsxplugindev1 month ago
Automatically rotate multiple hero banner images on a schedule — no slideshow bloat, just fast, clean image rotation.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple countdown timer
Up in the last 7 days:18#24,070by NYC HelpDesk LLC10 years ago
Countdown Widget
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Event Countdown
#24,351by 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
#24,715by pavlobondarchuk6 years ago
Simple Countdown Flip Timer for WP
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day

Timed Textwidget
#25,759by LuigivdB11 years ago
Easily display a textwidget on a set time and/or day.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Timer
#27,637by 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

TIP Countdown Generator
#31,142by alexvtn2 months ago
Create evergreen and fixed-date countdown timers for offers, webinars, launches, and promotional campaigns with clear deadlines.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ChronoPress Countdown Block
Up in the last 7 days:52#31,385by dhrashtidev9 months ago
A powerful Gutenberg block for creating beautiful countdown timers with multiple styles and customizable display units.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Download Timer Buttons
Down in the last 7 days:395#31,441by Santosh Bist2 years ago
Easily add customizable download buttons with timers to your WordPress posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Countdown Timer Infinite
#32,502by Farid Mia3 years ago
A simple plugin that allows you to add a countdown timer to your website. In only a few minutes, you can design a beautiful and practical Countdown ti …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

Smart DL Redirect
Up in the last 7 days:1,510#32,852by Dibyandu Pal10 months ago
Add a countdown page before file downloads with timer, ads, and fallback link using a simple shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Calendareto Valentine’s Day Countdown
Down in the last 7 days:91#34,726by Calendareto5 days ago
A lightweight and clean countdown timer to Valentine’s Day. Add the shortcode [calendareto valentine countdown] anywhere to display the timer.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Countdown Timer
Up in the last 7 days:9,739#35,445by zaus14 years ago
Simple countdown timer shortcode. Specify date/time, will show YMD... until target.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Episode VII Countdown Widget
Up in the last 7 days:6,656#37,963by Tomas12 years ago
The Episode VII Countdown Widget is a simple countdown to Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WPF Product Countdown Timer
Up in the last 7 days:9,784#38,009by WPFound2 years ago
WPF Product Countdown Timer plugin helps you display for single product page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
NS Countdown
Up in the last 7 days:5,415#39,069by innovaxp15 years ago
This plugin displays a countdown on a post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

OtFm Countdown to New Year block
Up in the last 7 days:5,901#39,236by Vova Druzhaev6 years ago
The plugin adds in the block editor countdown to New Year. Showing days, hours, minutes and seconds until New Year day.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TomatoPress
Up in the last 7 days:4,195#41,066by Tizionario14 years ago
Do you like time-management techniques like "The Pomodoro Technique"? You'll love this plugin!!!!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Admin's Debug Tool
#41,101by pantsonhead11 years ago
Admin-only tool for checking execution times and error output of current theme/plugins
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Captain Countdown Clock
Up in the last 7 days:934#41,655by Tony DeStefano10 years ago
A simple and customizable WordPress countdown clock. Includes settings to sync your website's time to your time zone.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Before You Are Dead Countdown
#43,826by anou12 years ago
The Before You Are Dead (BYAD) Countdown provides a simple widget witch displays a countdown timer with Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds and optionally, …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recurring Timer Widget
#46,585by jrfoell9 years ago
Widget to display a countdown timer for a recurring event.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Display Time(zone)
Down in the last 7 days:1,077#47,366by Midhun Devasia10 years ago
Display Timezone is simple plug-in to display current time with timezone in the upper right of your admin screen on every page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dunstan-style Error Page
#47,802by fergbrain19 years ago
See http://www.andrewferguson.net/wordpress-plugins/dunstan-style-error-page/ for the latest updates.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PlexBlocks
Up in the last 7 days:5,913#51,700by ConicPlex4 months ago
Add fixed-date and evergreen countdown timers to the WordPress block editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Brexit Clock
#53,488by Tyrone Williams7 years ago
This plugin is a great replacement for the Dolly plugin,
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Basketball Scorebook
Up in the last 7 days:16,935#54,205by ofbita2 months ago
A digital basketball scorebook with timestamps, running scores, and PDF export. Perfect for coaches and table officials.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Countdown Timer Elementor Widget
#55,272by Galaxy Weblinks1 year ago
Easy Countdown Timer Elementor Widget is a custom widget that allows you to display a countdown timer on your Elementor-powered website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PetrichorCraft Countdown Timer
#57,927by PetrichorCraft2 months ago
Countdown timer for WordPress and WooCommerce: recurring, evergreen, and sale campaigns with a visual layout builder.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day