KIND PIXELS

<p><strong>Stop manually updating countdown timers!</strong> Next Event Countdown automatically cycles through your events and always displays the one coming up next. Set it once, and it runs forever.</p>
<p>Whether you run a gym, a church, a school, a co-working space, a community center, or a weekly meetup – if you have events that repeat, this plugin keeps your visitors informed without any manual work.</p>
<h4>Real-World Examples</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Fitness studios</strong> – show the next class: yoga at 6 AM <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> spinning at noon <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> HIIT at 5 PM.</li>
<li><strong>Churches</strong> – Sunday service ends <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> midweek Bible study <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Friday youth group <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> back to Sunday.</li>
<li><strong>Schools & universities</strong> – next open day, parent-teacher conference, or semester start.</li>
<li><strong>Restaurants & bars</strong> – happy hour countdown, trivia night, live music events.</li>
<li><strong>Co-working spaces</strong> – networking events, workshops, community lunches.</li>
<li><strong>Online communities</strong> – weekly webinars, AMAs, or live streams.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Why Next Event Countdown?</h4>
<p>Most countdown plugins make you pick a single date. When the event passes, the timer hits zero and stays there. Next Event Countdown is different – it knows your full schedule and always counts down to whatever’s next.</p>
<p>No manual updates. No expired timers. Just a clean, live countdown that’s always right.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Recurring Events</strong> – Define one-time or weekly recurring events. The widget always shows the nearest one.</li>
<li><strong>Live Ticking</strong> – Real-time countdown updates every second.</li>
<li><strong>Fully Customizable</strong> – Colors, labels, fonts, and icons – all configurable from the admin panel.</li>
<li><strong>Responsive</strong> – Looks great on desktop, tablet, and mobile.</li>
<li><strong>Lightweight</strong> – No bloat, no external dependencies. A single optimized bundle that won’t slow your site down.</li>
<li><strong>Shortcode Embed</strong> – Drop <code>[nxevtcd_countdown name="my-counter"]</code> anywhere.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Free vs Pro</h4>
<p><strong>Free version includes:</strong><br />
* 1 counter with unlimited events<br />
* 1 countdown style<br />
* Full color and label customization<br />
* Recurring and one-time events<br />
* Multiple date formats and timezone support</p>
<p><strong>Pro version adds:</strong><br />
* Additional counters for different pages or locations<br />
* 5+ premium countdown styles<br />
* Multiple locations / venues within the same website<br />
* Import events from Google Calendar and Outlook<br />
* Priority support</p>
<p>For a full comparison, visit <a href="https://kindpixels.com/plugins/next-event-countdown" rel="nofollow ugc">kindpixels.com/plugins/next-event-countdown</a>.</p>
<h3>Additional Information</h3>
<h4>Using the Shortcode</h4>
<p>Each counter has a unique shortcode. Copy it from the admin panel and paste it into any page or post:</p>
<pre><code>[nxevtcd_countdown name="my-counter"]
</code></pre>
<p>All display settings are configured in the plugin dashboard – no shortcode parameters needed beyond the name.</p>
<h4>Source Code</h4>
<p>The full source code is available on GitHub:<br />
https://github.com/boshorog/next-event-countdown</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>For questions or issues, visit <a href="https://kindpixels.com/support" rel="nofollow ugc">kindpixels.com/support</a> or use the WordPress.org support forum.</p>
<h4>Privacy</h4>
<p>This plugin does not collect personal data. All event data is stored locally in your WordPress database.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin relies on the following third-party services:</p>
<h4>Freemius</h4>
<p>Freemius is used for software licensing, checkout, and optional Pro upgrades. When a user initiates a Pro upgrade, the plugin redirects to the Freemius checkout page. The Freemius SDK (bundled with the plugin) may transmit site URL, plugin version, and license status to Freemius servers for license validation and update checks.</p>
<ul>
<li>Service provider: Freemius, Inc.</li>
<li><a href="https://freemius.com/terms/" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://freemius.com/privacy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>WordPress.org Plugins API</h4>
<p>The plugin queries the WordPress.org Plugins API to check whether a newer version of the plugin is available. This request is made from the admin dashboard and sends only the plugin slug. No personal or site-specific data is transmitted.</p>
<ul>
<li>Service provider: WordPress.org</li>
<li>API endpoint: <code>https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.0/</code></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/" rel="ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>


KindPixels Next Event Countdown – For Recurring & One-Time Events

A practical countdown widget that automatically shows the next upcoming event, including recurring and one-time events.

wpecommerce

yknivag

<p>This plugin allows you to accept recurring or one-off donations via PayPal from your website in a simple and elegant manner.</p>
<p>It has a user-friendly and simple shortcode that lets you place a donate form anywhere on your WordPress site. You can add the subscription donation widget to your sidebar, posts, pages etc.</p>
<p>The plugin creates a clean cusomisable form laid out using Flexbox which can be styled in your theme or with the WordPress Additional CSS functionality.  The plugin is also “translation ready” for all strings used in the front end display.</p>
<p>The front end display consists of three sections, a collection of “presets” or buttons which trigger pre-defined weekly/monthly/yearly donations which recur indefinitely, a “besoke” section where users can choose their own amount, frequency and duration, and a section where users can make a one-off donation in their choice of amount.<br />
Each of these sections can be turned on and off in the shortcode.  The number of “presets”, their amount and frequency can also be specified and the “bespoke” section takes two forms: simple and advanced.</p>
<p>This plugin allows you to accept one time donations also, should you choose to enable it.</p>
<ul>
<li>Quick installation and setup.</li>
<li>Easily take recurring donations via PayPal.</li>
<li>Accept ongoing subscription donations on your site.</li>
<li>Simple, elegant plugin to create PayPal recurring donations buttons.</li>
<li>Ability to add multiple recurring donation widgets on your site.</li>
<li>Allow your users to specify a donation amount that they wish to pay. </li>
<li>Ability to accept recurring payment in any PayPal supported currency.</li>
<li>Send your users to a custom thank you page after the payment.</li>
<li>Option to send your users to a custom cancel return page from PayPal.</li>
<li>Fully GDPR compliant, as no user data is captured or stored in any part of your site, only within PayPal.</li>
<li>Stylable in your theme using the <code>sprdntplgn_</code> classes.</li>
<li>Translation ready.</li>
<li>User Interface controls feature appropriate <code>aria-*</code> labelling.</li>
</ul>
<p>The setup is very simple and easy. Once you have installed the plugin, all you need to do is enter your PayPal Email address in the plugin settings and your site will be ready to accept recurring donations from users.</p>
<h4>Shortcode</h4>
<p>In it’s most basic form the shortcode, <code>[sprdntplgn]</code>, will give you a functioning recurring donations form.  By default there are no preset amounts, no one-off donation box and the bespoke section displays in advanced mode.  You can use the options below within the shortcode to customise the form to your liking.</p>
<ul>
<li><code>item_name</code><br />
** This will show as the description at PayPal, make it something people will recognise.<br />
** e.g. [sprdntplgn item_name=”Donations to My Charity”]<br />
** Specifying this in the shortcode overides any default description set below.</li>
<li><code>bespoke</code><br />
** <code>[none|simple|advanced]</code><br />
** <code>none</code><br />
*** No option will be given for the customer to provide their own amount, only preset amounts will be shown. If no presets are specified, no form will be shown.<br />
** <code>simple</code><br />
*** The customer may specify only an amount. That amount will be taken every month.<br />
** <code>advanced</code><br />
*** The default. This option allows the customer to specify how much, how often and for how long they will be billed.</li>
<li><code>presets</code><br />
** These create buttons which offer shortcuts to dontaing preset amounts over a preset time.<br />
** e.g. <code>[sprdtnplgn presets="5.00:M|7.50:M|10.00:M"]</code> would create 3 buttons, one for 5.00 per month, one for 7.50 per month and one for 10,00 per month.<br />
** The letter may be “W”, “M” or “Y” for “per week”, “per month” or “per year”. If you wish to use only preset buttons remember to set bespoke=false</li>
<li><code>one-off</code><br />
** <code>[1|0]</code> Defaults to “0”.<br />
** When set to “1” offers the customer a chance to make a one-off payment of an amount of their choice.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Widget</h4>
<p>In order to place a widget on the sidebar, go to “Appearance -> Widgets” and add a new text widget. Now add the following shortcode to the text widget.</p>
<pre><code>[sprdntplgn]
</code></pre>
<p>The shortcode takes all the same parameters in a Widget as it does on a page, though not all option combinations work will in a widge due to the space required.</p>
<h3>Donations</h3>
<p>This plugin was originally developed to support the work of <a href="https://wtn.org.uk" rel="nofollow ugc">Witney Talking News</a>, a small charity in the UK delivering a vital service to local people who, due to sight loss, can no longer read the local news and keep in touch with their community.</p>
<p>The plugin is simple and requires no backend services to support it, so it costs me nothing to run.  However if you feel you would like to make donation for using it, please do so to the charity who inspired it using the “Donate to Plugin” link.</p>


Simple PayPal Recurring Donations

Accept PayPal recurring donations from your WordPress site easily.

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