Chris Jean

<p>This is a fairly simple plugin used to display the date and time in any widget-enabled location.</p>
<p>There were two goals for this plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li>Provide a means to have the date and time produced match a specific timezone.</li>
<li>Enable complete customization over how the date and time is formatted.</li>
</ul>
<p>I think that I’ve done a fairly good job of meeting those goals. Admittedly, setting either field is fairly user-unfriendly. The timezone specified must match <a href="http://us3.php.net/timezones" rel="nofollow ugc">PHP’s List of Supported Timezones</a>. The date and time format has the same requirements as the format parameter of <a href="http://us.php.net/date" rel="nofollow ugc">PHP’s date() function</a> (for obvious reasons since the defined format is actually passed directly to the date function in the code 🙂 ).</p>
<p>If this plugin gets enough attention and use, I’ll find ways of easing the use. I think a series of drop-downs would make selecting the options easier, so that would be the option used if people are interested. If you happen to be one of those interested people, please send me a message on our <a href="http://realthemes.com/contact-us/" rel="nofollow ugc">contact page</a>.</p>
<h3>Version History</h3>
<ul>
<li>1.0.1 – 2008-06-04 – Basic proof of concept</li>
<li>1.0.2 – 2008-06-12 – Contained plugin code inside a class to prevent namespace collisions. Standardized code with coding style (http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2006-July/006930.html)</li>
<li>1.0.3 – 2008-07-01 – Added support for PHP 4</li>
</ul>


Current Date & Time Widget

Provides a widget that shows the current date and time given a specified timezone and format.

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TimeNow

<p>Display live, accurate clocks on your WordPress site without writing any JavaScript. Choose from four widget styles and customize colors, fonts, timezone, and format. The clock updates every second and respects daylight-saving transitions automatically.</p>
<h4>Widget types</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Text Clock</strong> — Plain-text format (“The time in London is currently 14:32:08 BST”). Great for inline use in posts and pages.</li>
<li><strong>Digital Clock</strong> — Bold digital readout. Configurable size, color, 12/24h, optional date.</li>
<li><strong>Word Clock</strong> — The classic 11×10 letter grid that spells out the time (“IT IS HALF PAST NINE”).</li>
<li><strong>Analog Clock</strong> — Traditional clock face with hour, minute, and second hands.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How to use</h4>
<p>Three ways to embed:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Gutenberg block</strong> — Add the “Time.now Clock” block in the editor. Configure via the block sidebar.</li>
<li><strong>Shortcode</strong> — <code>[time_now_clock type="text-clock" iana_timezone="Europe/Paris"]</code> anywhere posts or pages support shortcodes.</li>
<li><strong>Classic widget</strong> — Drop “Time.now Clock” into any widget area via Appearance > Widgets.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Privacy</h4>
<p>The plugin embeds an <code><iframe></code> pointing at <code>https://time.now/widget/<type>/render/</code>. No JavaScript runs on your site. No analytics or tracking scripts are loaded by the plugin itself. The Time.now widget endpoint logs standard HTTP request information (IP, user agent, referer) for abuse prevention and aggregate stats — see https://time.now/info/terms-privacy for details.</p>
<h4>Attribution</h4>
<p>By default the plugin renders only the iframe — no visible “Powered by” link is shown. If you want to credit Time.now (which helps support the free service), enable the “Show attribution” option on any embed. The attribution is a single <code>nofollow</code> link to https://time.now/ below the clock.</p>


Time.now Clock Widget

Embed beautiful, customizable clock widgets from Time.now on your WordPress site — text, word, digital, and analog clocks.

Current Date & Time Widget vs Time.now Clock Widget