Plugin info

Total downloads: 2,848
Active installs: 50
Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 6/18/2016 (3530 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 7/16/2012 (13 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.4.1
Tested up to WordPress version: 4.5.28
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 3530 days ago • 1 reviews

22/100

Is Days Away abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 3530 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.4.1
Tested up to: 4.5.28
Requires PHP: f

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Description

Displays the number of days until/after a specified date. Example: [kit-days-away day=25 month=12 year=2012]

Installation

  1. Upload the kiwi-it-days-away folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Add the appropriate shortcode to your pages and posts.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why another day counter?

I couldn’t find a countdown timer that did exactly what I wanted (plain text, custom messages), so I created this.

Review feed

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Screenshots

  1. The shortcode tags used for default messages.

    The shortcode tags used for default messages.

  2. Basic output.

    Basic output.

  3. More involved tags, including a link in the before-text.

    More involved tags, including a link in the before-text.

  4. Enhanced output.

    Enhanced output.

Changelog

1.0

  • Initial release.

1.1

  • Updated plugin webpage.
  • Added day/month/year as defaults.
  • Now produces nicer output for events occuring yesterday/tomorrow.

1.2

  • Amended the formula to ignore the time-part of the “now” date.

1.2.1

  • Amended header comment to remove “Kiwi IT” from the plugin name.

1.2.2

  • Re-tagged to sort out the version numbers.

1.2.3

  • Corrected header in readme file.
  • Amended plugin URI.
  • Corrected spelling of “tomorrow”.