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Countdown Block — WordPress Countdown Timer Plugin

by WPDeveloper · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.5.0 Tested up to WP 7.0.4 PHP 7.4+

Countdown Block has 4,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 75,547 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 11, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Countdown Block at a glance

Active installs
4,000+
Total downloads
75,547
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Countdown Block well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • For documentation and tutorials go to our documentation
  • To report issue and contribution visit Github
  • If you have any more questions, visit our support on the Plugin’s Forum
  • For more information about features, FAQs and documentation, check out our website at WPDeveloper

Countdown Block reviews and ratings

7 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.1 out of 5

7 reviews

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  • Awesome!

    Works like a charm :)

    Roman Perevala

  • It is too much

    The plugin is doing what is says. But it is too much overloaded with options. I did not test how if affect performance, like one of the reviewers complained, but I could easily believe it is true. I decided not to use it.

    Themico

  • Great Plugin

    Counter Block Is A great plugin for WordPress website. I recommend for every WordPress user use this plugin .

    ariful233

  • Bloated

    It works and looks nice, but it has an enormous amount of dependencies for such a simple functionality. Before you know it, it loads 600KB of Javascript for something that can be accomplished in less that 1KB. To make it worse, all these javascript libraries are loaded if if there's no countdown on the page.

    gaspy

  • Close

    The plugin provides decent features set. I feel the amount of customisation options is way over the top; it's not going to work well in the future with Global Styles. Unfortunately, this plugin does not allow itself to be extended with block styles as the block does not save the default block classnames to its outermost wrapper.

    Paul Wong-Gibbs

  • Great plugin, great support

    Great plugin, great support

    Chris Baldelomar

Where Countdown Block ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Countdown Block appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Countdown Timer Plugins #6 by tag, #14 in search #5 –
Best Coming Soon Plugins #23 by tag, #56 in search #26 –

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Details

Highlight Upcoming Events With Countdown Timer with Countdown Block.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings Countdown Block competes in

Tags

  • block
  • blocks
  • coming soon
  • count down
  • countdown

More from WPDeveloper

Version
1.5.0
Last updated
Aug 11, 2026
First published
Jul 24, 2020
Requires WordPress
6.0
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Countdown Block FAQ

What does Countdown Block do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Countdown Block offers For documentation and tutorials go to our documentation, To report issue and contribution visit Github, If you have any more questions, visit our support on the Plugin’s Forum and For more information about features, FAQs and documentation, check out our website at WPDeveloper.

How many active installs does Countdown Block have?

WordPress.org reports 4,000+ active installs for Countdown Block as of September 7, 2026.

Is Countdown Block still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 11, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Is Countdown Block free?

Countdown Block is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Countdown Block rank among Countdown Timer Plugins?

Countdown Block is #5 in the WordPress.org "countdown" ranking as of today.