10 Best Countdown & Clock Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Countdown & Clock sits at #3 in the WordPress.org Countdown Timer Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Countdown & Clock
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Uji Countdown
Closest match3.2 (54) 4,000+ active installsA customizable countdown timer for events, launches, sales, evergreen campaigns, and landing pages.
#7 in the WordPress.org Countdown Timer Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, rated 3.2 against 4.7, last updated May 23, 2026.
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Simple Countdown Timer – Sales, Launch and Event Countdowns
5.0 (1) 1,000+ active installsAdd a countdown to any page or post for a sale, launch or event. Build one in a click, or customise every part of it.
#10 in the WordPress.org Countdown Timer Plugins ranking. 1,000+ installs against 10,000+, last updated today.
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WPC Countdown Timer for WooCommerce
5.0 (3) 1,000+ active installsWPC Countdown Timer helps you display countdown timer in single product pages and shop page.
#6 in the WordPress.org Countdown Timer Plugins ranking. 1,000+ installs against 10,000+, last updated July 30, 2026.
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4.1 (7) 4,000+ active installsHighlight Upcoming Events With Countdown Timer with Countdown Block.
#5 in the WordPress.org Countdown Timer Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, last updated 26 days ago.
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Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown
3.6 (59) 10,000+ active installsWordPress Countdown Plugin - Create and embed countdown timers in your posts, pages, and widgets (integrated with WooCommerce and Elementor).
#1 in the WordPress.org Countdown Timer Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 3.6 against 4.7, last updated April 21, 2026.
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4.6 (47) 3,000+ active installsEvent countdown timer for The Events Calendar. Show a countdown to upcoming events with a shortcode, block, Elementor widget or sticky floating bar.
#9 in the WordPress.org Countdown Timer Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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Countdown Timer Block – build urgency for events and launches
4.0 (4) 2,000+ active installsCountdown timer block for Gutenberg – count down to events, sales, and launches with customizable layouts, colors, separators, and patterns.
#8 in the WordPress.org Countdown Timer Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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3.6 (14) 2,000+ active installsEvergreen Countdown is a plugin built for marketers that need a reliable solution to use scarcity on their websites and landing pages.
#4 in the WordPress.org Countdown Timer Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, last updated August 3, 2026.
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HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce
4.8 (170) 20,000+ active installsCreate unlimited urgency and scarcity countdown timers for WordPress and WooCommerce to boost conversions and sales instantly.
#2 in the WordPress.org Countdown Timer Plugins ranking. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 10 days ago.
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Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode by Colorlib
4.7 (42) 5,000+ active installsCreate a coming soon page or maintenance mode screen with 15 responsive templates, countdown timer, MailChimp subscribe form, and social media links.
Shares the countdown timer tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated July 31, 2026.
Countdown & Clock against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Countdown & Clock vs Uji Countdown10,000+ vs 4,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 3.2
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Countdown & Clock vs Simple Countdown10,000+ vs 1,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 5.0
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Countdown & Clock vs WPC Countdown Timer10,000+ vs 1,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 5.0
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Countdown & Clock vs Countdown Block10,000+ vs 4,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.1
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Countdown & Clock vs Widget Countdown10,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 3.6
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Countdown & Clock vs Event Countdown for The Events Calendar10,000+ vs 3,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.6
Switching from Countdown & Clock: common questions
What is the best alternative to Countdown & Clock?
Uji Countdown is the closest match: it shares the Countdown Timer Plugins top 10 with Countdown & Clock and has 4,000+ active installs with a 3.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Countdown & Clock alternative has the most users?
HurryTimer, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Countdown & Clock alternative is rated highest?
HurryTimer, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 170 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Countdown & Clock alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Countdown & Clock score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Countdown & Clock on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Uji Countdown is the closest match to Countdown & Clock by the data we track, and HurryTimer has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. Simple Countdown shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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