10 Best Countdown Timer Block Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Countdown Timer Block sits at #8 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 Timer Block
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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 2 times the installs, last updated May 23, 2026.
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Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock
4.7 (183) 10,000+ active installsCountdown builder - Customizable Countdown Timer
#3 in the WordPress.org Countdown Timer Plugins ranking. About 5 times the installs, last updated February 8, 2026.
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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. About half the installs, last updated July 30, 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. About half the installs, last updated today.
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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 2 times the installs, last updated 27 days ago.
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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 1.5 times the installs, last updated 6 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. About 5 times the installs, last updated April 21, 2026.
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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. A similar number of 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 10 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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WPC Product Timer for WooCommerce
Paid version available4.8 (24) 3,000+ active installsWPC Product Timer helps you add many actions for the product based on the conditionals of the time.
Shares the timer tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated July 29, 2026.
Countdown Timer Block 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 Timer Block vs Uji Countdown2,000+ vs 4,000+ installs · 4.0 vs 3.2
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Countdown Timer Block vs Countdown & Clock2,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.0 vs 4.7
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Countdown Timer Block vs WPC Countdown Timer2,000+ vs 1,000+ installs · 4.0 vs 5.0
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Countdown Timer Block vs Simple Countdown2,000+ vs 1,000+ installs · 4.0 vs 5.0
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Countdown Timer Block vs Countdown Block2,000+ vs 4,000+ installs · 4.0 vs 4.1
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Countdown Timer Block vs Event Countdown for The Events Calendar2,000+ vs 3,000+ installs · 4.0 vs 4.6
Switching from Countdown Timer Block: common questions
What is the best alternative to Countdown Timer Block?
Uji Countdown is the closest match: it shares the Countdown Timer Plugins top 10 with Countdown Timer Block and has 4,000+ active installs with a 3.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Countdown Timer Block alternative has the most users?
HurryTimer, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Countdown Timer Block 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 Timer Block 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 Timer Block 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 Timer Block 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 Timer Block 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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