Sami Keijonen

This plugin register a widget to display authors by role in a sidebar. You can choose whether to display author post count, biography or gravatar.
<h4>Usage</h4>
Go to Appearance >> Widgets. There you can find widget called Display Authors Widget. There are some settings in a widget.
<ul>
<li>Title: Set whatever title you want, or leave it blank to disable the title.</li>
<li>Role: Choose which role authors you want to display.</li>
<li>Display Post Count?: This displays the number of posts the author have published. This will only be shown if there are at least one post by author. The format 
is Author name ($number). </li>
<li>Display Author Bio?: If checked, this will display the author’s bio as set in their WordPress profile page.</li>
<li>Display Author Gravatar?: If checked, this will display the author’s gravatar.</li>
<li>Gravatar Size: This is the size of the gravatar image in pixels. Do not write px or pixels in this field. If you want gravatar size to be 50px, then write “50” in this field.</li>
<li>Gravatar Alignment: Choose whether you want to display gravatar on the left, right or no alignment at all.</li>
<li>Limit: This will allow you to set the number of authors that are displayed in the widget.</li>
</ul>

Display Authors Widget

Monica Haught

The Christmas Countdown Widget displays a cute Santa Claus counting down to Christmas in your sidebar. On Christmas day Santa displays a “Merry Christmas” greeting to your visitors. Since the countdown automatically updates each year and starts the countdown over again on the day after Christmas, you can leave it in your sidebar all year round if you want!
The Christmas countdown will appear in your sidebar on a transparent background so it looks good with any theme.
NEW! You can use the shortcode <code>[countdown]</code> to add the countdown to any post or page. You can also use ‘[countdown-right]’ to float the widget to the right, or ‘[countdown-center]’ to center the widget on your page.
For more information about Santa’s countdown, visit <a href="https://christmaswebmaster.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">ChristmasWebmaster</a>.

Christmas Countdown Widget

At the moment I've edited santas-christmas-countdown/scripts/scriptfile.js to support italian language. I hope it will add a switch option.
Fabrizio



Very good

Displays a cute Santa Claus Christmas Countdown in your sidebar. Use the shortcode [countdown] to display the countdown on any post or page.

Display Authors Widget vs Christmas Countdown Widget