How to Add a Countdown to Your WordPress Website

hi-oh ziv from elemental here today
we’re gonna go over the countdown widget
this widget is great if you want to let
your users know when an event starts or
to create a countdown for a special
offer that’s gonna expire soon let’s dig
in
go ahead search for the widget and drag
it into the column in the content tab
under the countdown drop-down you’ll
find that the countdown widget has two
types to choose from due dates and
evergreen timer due date lets you pick a
date for the countdown to count to let’s
say you have an event starting on
December 25th just click and choose the
date in the calendar view the time is
updated automatically
the second countdown type evergreen
timer allows you to set a timer for your
website user which is great for timed
sales or discounts let’s say you want to
give your visitor 48 hours to take
advantage of flash sale discounts all
you need to do is set the evergreen
timer to 48 hours and the countdown will
start automatically the moment the user
visits your page I’m gonna go with due
date in the view option you can choose
between block and inline for this design
I’ll go with block we can choose if you
want to hide or show the days hours
minutes and seconds and we can also hide
the labels if we’d like to you want a
custom label no problem
switch the custom label to show and fill
in whatever label you want under actions
after expire you can choose between
three options redirect which redirects
your page to a different one hide to
hide the countdown and to show a message
which displays a message after the
countdown is finished now let’s go over
to the style tab here you can set the
style of the boxes and the content in
the boxes drop-down you can play with a
container width to set the boxes width
you can change the background color and
you can set a border if you’d like you
can set its width
color and add a border radius if you
want boxes to have round corners the
space between slider sets the space
between the boxes you can set a custom
padding for the boxes as well in the
content drop-down you can customize the
digits and labels by setting their color
and typography if you set the action
after expire in the content tab to show
a message then you will see this message
drop down as well allowing you to
customize your message you can set it to
align left center or right and style the
text color and typography well that’s it
you’re now ready to create an awesome
countdown of your own don’t forget to
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