With this plugin you can set up a countdown timer – or even multiple – on a page. The timer will count down until the given date and show the alternative content.
This plugin is great for use on sales pages and product launches or discounts, it gives a sense of tension to the visitor.
This plugin does not use an admin page, everything is done with a few simple shortcodes.
Usage:
<pre><code>[countdown date="18:00:00 08/30/2009"]
This page goes live in about: [counter]
[after]
Enter your secret content here
[/countdown]
</code></pre>
Note that dates are UTC and that alternative content is not send to the browser until the date passed.

WordPress Countdown Plugin

Add a countdown timer to any page hiding content until the date passes.

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The Before You Are Dead (BYAD) Countdown provides a simple widget witch displays a countdown timer with Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds and optionally, Years. You can configure some settings: Final date, Final time in the day, Final date format, Your final words and Years display.
<h4>Plugin Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>You can display the BYAD Countdown via:
<ul>
<li>a Widget</li>
<li>a Shortcode</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
BYAD Countdown implements some filters to use with add_filter() function:
<ul>
<li>byad_date_data > array( byadRegional, byadIcon) for jquery datepicker in admin. Useful for localization. Default in french. (see – byad-settings.php – around line 131). Check code example in <a href="https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/before-you-are-dead-countdown/trunk/help-code.txt" rel="nofollow ugc">help-code.txt</a> file.</li>
<li>byad_title > filter for the widget title output. (see – byad-countdown_widget.php – around line 25)</li>
<li>byad_timezone > to set timezone for date php functions. Default: ‘Europe/Paris’. (see – byad-countdown_widget.php – around line 42)</li>
<li>byad_jsdata > to configure data passed to the main – byad-countdown.js – file displaying and activating your “last time of life”. (see – byad-countdown_widget.php – around line 53)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
You can also:
<ul>
<li>use your own css using this simple action hook: byad_stylesheet.</li>
<li>use your own datepicker JS language file using this other action hook: byad_datepicker_lang.</li>
<li>Check examples in <a href="https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/before-you-are-dead-countdown/trunk/help-code.txt" rel="nofollow ugc">help-code.txt</a> file.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Localizations</h3>
BYAD Countdown distributes with translations for the following languages: 
* English 
* Français 
* Italiano
Don’t see your language on the list? 
There is a – byad-countdown-default.po – in the languages/ directory. 
Use it with <a href="http://www.poedit.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">Poedit</a> as a base .PO file for your language. 
Save it as: byad-countdown-LANGCODE.po where LANGCODE is your language code (e.g. fr_FR). 
If you create any, I’ll be glad to include it in the plugin.
<ul>
<li><a href="http://fr.termwiki.com/TWSpecial:ISO_Language_Code_Comparison" rel="nofollow ugc">Link to Languages Codes</a></li>
<li>Link to the excellent <a href="http://www.poedit.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Poedit software</a></li>
<li>See also my <a href="https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/before-you-are-dead-countdown/trunk/help-code.txt" rel="nofollow ugc">help-code.txt</a> file for more info.</li>
</ul>

Before You Are Dead Countdown

Everybody using this plugin must be dead... So even if I'm the plugin's author, I must say, you don't really die at the end of this countdown!

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The Before You Are Dead (BYAD) Countdown provides a simple widget witch displays a countdown timer with Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds and optionally,  …

WordPress Countdown Plugin vs Before You Are Dead Countdown