dmonnier

A fully CSS-able jQuery countdown/countup timer available in both widget and shortcode. Based on <a href="http://keith-wood.name/countdown.html" title="jQuery Countdown by Keith Wood" rel="nofollow ugc">jQuery Countdown</a> by Keith Wood.
Features:
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<li>Supports multiple countdowns</li>
<li>Available as both a widget and a shortcode</li>
<li>Localization based on your WordPress’s installation language</li>
<li>Timer can be set to count down or count up</li>
<li>You choose how much information to display from years to seconds</li>
<li>Option to set expiration message</li>
<li>Option to redirect to a new URL upon expiry</li>
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Most importantly, YOU have full control over the CSS! Every single element can be targeted and manipulated any way you want. Also works right out of the box with four pre-defined display styles if you don’t care to fiddle with the CSS yourself.
<h3>Future Development</h3>
<ul>
<li>Pre-built color schemes</li>
<li>Upgrade to version 2.0.0</li>
<li>Admin panel localization</li>
</ul>

CSSable Countdown

A fully CSS-able jQuery countdown/countup timer available in both widget and shortcode.

Alex Polonski

Smart Countdown FX key features:
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years and months (along with “traditional” weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds) can be displayed in the countdown interval.
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counter digits changes are animated and site administrator can easily switch between available <a href="http://wp.smartcalc.org/category/animation-profiles/" rel="nofollow ugc">animation profiles</a>, included with the plugin or added later.
</li>
<li>
event <a href="http://wp.smartcalc.org/category/event-import-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">import plugins</a> support, no need to manually edit widget settings or shortcode for recurring or calendar events.
</li>
</ul>
Other features
Smart Countdown FX can show both countdown and count up counters, and it will switch to the “count up” mode automatically when the event time arrives. Event description can be configured individually for countdown and count up modes and can containt HTML markup allowed for a post.
Smart Countdown FX supports different layouts. Most popular layouts (sidebar, shortcode, shortcode compact, etc.) are included in the package and can be selected in the widget options or using a shortcode attribute. Custom layout presets can be easily created using existing ones as a starting point. You will find detailed instructions in the documentation.
RTL languages are natively supported in all counter layouts.
Smart Countdown FX widget is responsive. Open “Responsive” page on different handheld devices or just change your browser window width if you are on a desktop to see the feature in action.
More than one countdown can be displayed on the same page, each instance with its individual settings and configuration.
Events import plugins are supported.
<a href="http://wp.smartcalc.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Project home page</a>
Coming soon
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<li>
More event import plugins for popular event management plugins and services.
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<li>
More animation profiles.
</li>
</ul>

Smart Countdown FX

Smart Countdown FX displays a responsive animated countdown. Supports years and months display and recurring events

CSSable Countdown vs Smart Countdown FX