{"id":2474,"date":"2021-06-22T06:54:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T06:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/academy\/?p=2474"},"modified":"2023-04-24T12:29:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T12:29:10","slug":"how-to-add-a-countdown-to-your-wordpress-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/academy\/how-to-add-a-countdown-to-your-wordpress-website\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add a Countdown to Your WordPress Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2474\" class=\"elementor elementor-2474\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f2a3f6b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f2a3f6b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-715e5fc6\" data-id=\"715e5fc6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d013483 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"2d013483\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=o8yn9q5p9rY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7959afd9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7959afd9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f027943\" data-id=\"7f027943\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-705a5b06 elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"705a5b06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1881\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1881\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Overview<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1882\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1882\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Transcript<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1881\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Overview<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1881\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1881\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p>Using Elementor, you can easily add a countdown to your WordPress website or blog. In this video, we&#8217;ll go over all the setting and options so you could set up your own countdown in minutes<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1882\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Transcript<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1882\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1882\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>hi-oh ziv from elemental here today<br \/>we&#8217;re gonna go over the countdown widget<br \/>this widget is great if you want to let<br \/>your users know when an event starts or<br \/>to create a countdown for a special<br \/>offer that&#8217;s gonna expire soon let&#8217;s dig<br \/>in<br \/>go ahead search for the widget and drag<br \/>it into the column in the content tab<br \/>under the countdown drop-down you&#8217;ll<br \/>find that the countdown widget has two<br \/>types to choose from due dates and<br \/>evergreen timer due date lets you pick a<br \/>date for the countdown to count to let&#8217;s<br \/>say you have an event starting on<br \/>December 25th just click and choose the<br \/>date in the calendar view the time is<br \/>updated automatically<br \/>the second countdown type evergreen<br \/>timer allows you to set a timer for your<br \/>website user which is great for timed<br \/>sales or discounts let&#8217;s say you want to<br \/>give your visitor 48 hours to take<br \/>advantage of flash sale discounts all<br \/>you need to do is set the evergreen<br \/>timer to 48 hours and the countdown will<br \/>start automatically the moment the user<br \/>visits your page I&#8217;m gonna go with due<br \/>date in the view option you can choose<br \/>between block and inline for this design<br \/>I&#8217;ll go with block we can choose if you<br \/>want to hide or show the days hours<br \/>minutes and seconds and we can also hide<br \/>the labels if we&#8217;d like to you want a<br \/>custom label no problem<br \/>switch the custom label to show and fill<br \/>in whatever label you want under actions<br \/>after expire you can choose between<br \/>three options redirect which redirects<br \/>your page to a different one hide to<br \/>hide the countdown and to show a message<br \/>which displays a message after the<br \/>countdown is finished now let&#8217;s go over<br \/>to the style tab here you can set the<br \/>style of the boxes and the content in<br \/>the boxes drop-down you can play with a<br \/>container width to set the boxes width<br \/>you can change the background color and<br \/>you can set a border if you&#8217;d like you<br \/>can set its width<br \/>color and add a border radius if you<br \/>want boxes to have round corners the<br \/>space between slider sets the space<br \/>between the boxes you can set a custom<br \/>padding for the boxes as well in the<br \/>content drop-down you can customize the<br \/>digits and labels by setting their color<br \/>and typography if you set the action<br \/>after expire in the content tab to show<br \/>a message then you will see this message<br \/>drop down as well allowing you to<br \/>customize your message you can set it to<br \/>align left center or right and style the<br \/>text color and typography well that&#8217;s it<br \/>you&#8217;re now ready to create an awesome<br \/>countdown of your own don&#8217;t forget to<br \/>subscribe to our YouTube channel to<br \/>receive more videos and become an<br \/>elemental ninja see ya<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Transcript Overview Using Elementor, you can easily add a countdown to your WordPress website or blog. 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