Countdown Timer Block – build urgency for events and launches vs SimpleTOC – Table of Contents Block

Show visitors exactly how long they have left – add a professional countdown timer to any post or page and turn deadlines into action. Countdown Timer Block | Documentation | Pricing Why Countdown Timer Block? Nothing motivates visitors like a ticking clock. Countdown Timer Block adds a dedicated block to the WordPress Block Editor so you can create a professional-looking countdown for your event, sale, or launch in minutes – no code required. Choose from four distinct layouts, toggle days, hours, minutes, and seconds on or off, and style every part of the timer – wrapper, boxes, digits, labels, and separators – to match your brand. Predefined patterns give you ready-made designs, and the timer stays fully responsive on mobile devices. Free Features Layout Options: Choose from 4 distinct templates for different presentations. Responsive: Looks great on mobile devices out of the box. Element Visibility: Toggle the visibility of labels, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. Wrapper Customization: Configure width, background, padding, and shadow for the countdown wrapper. Boxes Customization: Define background, width, height, border, and shadow settings for the countdown boxes. Content Appearance: Adjust typography and color for the digit and label elements. Separator Customization: Display separators and configure type, size, and color settings. Patterns: Predefined designs for expanding the variety of styles. Pro Version Upgrade to Countdown Timer Pro for advanced behavior and styling controls: Expired Display: Show custom content after the countdown has elapsed. Hide at Zero: Conceal the box when the countdown timer reaches 0. Mobile & Tablet Visibility: Toggle the timer’s visibility per device. Prefix Text & Style: Display styled text before the countdown timer. Suffix Button & Style: Show a button after the timer with typography, color, and padding controls. Prefix/Suffix Direction: Control the layout flow of content before and after the timer. Single Style: Style each box individually – background, digit color, and label color. Dismiss Button: Let visitors hide the countdown manually. Extra Patterns: Additional predefined countdown designs. Shortcode Integration: Use the countdown anywhere via shortcode. How to Use – Quick Start Install and activate the Countdown Timer plugin. Add the Countdown Timer block from the “Widgets” block category in the Gutenberg editor. Set your target date and adjust the design from the right-side settings sidebar. Publish – your countdown is live! Use Cases Sales & Promotions: Count down to the end of a discount to create urgency. Product Launches: Build anticipation before a new product or website goes live. Events & Webinars: Show visitors exactly when your event starts. Limited-Time Offers: Pair the timer with a call-to-action button (Pro suffix button). Feedback Did you like this plugin? Dislike it? Do you have a feature request? Please share your feedback with us Check out the Parent Plugin of this plugin- B Blocks – A blocks collection and page building tool for Gutenberg. Check out our other WordPress Plugins- Html5 Video Player – Display videos as single and playlist in multiple skins. PDF Poster – Display/Embed PDF files with different styles. Html5 Audio Player – Listen audios with awesome visuals. StreamCast – Customizable radio player with different skins. 3D Viewer – Embed 3D models and 3D products with interaction. Advanced Post Block – Show posts and custom posts in different layouts. Source Code You can find the source code, report bugs, and contribute to the development of this plugin on our GitHub repository: Countdown Timer on GitHub Third-Party Libraries This plugin bundles the following third-party JavaScript/PHP libraries. Freemius Lite SDK Source: https://bplugins.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/freemius-lite-sdk License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Purpose: Provides an opt-in consent form for usage tracking and analytics to help improve the plugin. No data is sent before explicit user consent. External Services: Communicates with api.bplugins.com (activation events) and wp.freemius.com (opt-in processing) only after user opt-in. See bPlugins Privacy Policy and Freemius Privacy Policy. bpl-tools Source / GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Purpose: Shared utility library providing admin dashboard components and common Gutenberg editor controls. External Services: The library may connect to bPlugins, WordPress.org, and Freemius services for product data and checkout functionality. See full details: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools#external-requests–why-they-are-made

Add a Table of Contents block to your posts and pages. The TOC is a nested list of links to all heading found in the post or page. To use it, simply add a block and search for “SimpleTOC” or just “TOC”. The maximum depth of the toc can be configured in in the blocks’ sidebar among many other options. There can hide the headline “Table of Contents” and add your own by using a normal heading block. Spin up a new WordPress instance with the SimpleTOC plugin already installed. User Feedback “It is lightweight, stable, and fully compatible with WordPress Full Site Editing. A reliable solution that integrates seamlessly and performs exactly as expected.” — @js100 on wordpress.org “Does the job perfectly, and adds no bloat.” — @clicknathan on wordpress.org “Simple yet powerful. Great plugin that does exactly what you need.” — @mixey on wordpress.org Accessibility This plugin is designed & developed for WCAG 2.2 level AA conformance. The plugin is tested with assistive technology and intended to be accessible, however some third party plugins or themes may affect the individual accessibility on a given website. If you find an accessibility issue, please let us know and we’ll try to address it promptly. Hidden TOCs use native and semantics without extra ARIA references that require custom IDs. Features Designed for Gutenberg. Zero configuration: Add the SimpleTOC block to your post and that’s it. Minimal and valid HTML output. Utilizes the browser’s built-in details tag for a collapsible interface. No JavaScript or CSS by default. Optional features such as the accordion menu, smooth scrolling, or box style add minimal assets only when enabled. Optional Box style in Gutenberg’s Styles tab with a default gray background. Native text, link, background, spacing, and typography controls. Global block styling through theme.json. Inherits the style of your theme. Smooth scrolling effect using CSS. Accessibility built-in by following web standards. Standard Gutenberg block wrapper with navigation role and ARIA label attributes. Translated in multiple languages. Including German, Japanese, Chinese (Taiwan), Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Spanish and Latvia. Ideal for creating a Frequently Asked Questions section on your website. Customization Administrators can utilize global settings to supersede the individual block settings. Set text, link, and background colors in Gutenberg’s Styles tab. Native block support for wide and full width. Set vertical margins and padding with native spacing controls. Control the maximum depth of the headings. Choose between an ordered, bullet HTML list. Or indent the list. Select the Box style directly in Gutenberg’s Styles tab. Select a heading level or turn it into a paragraph. Disable the h2 heading of the TOC block and add your own. Compatibility GeneratePress and Rank Math support. Works with popular AMP plugins. How to contribute SimpleTOC is open-source and developed on GitHub Pages. If you find a bug or have an idea for a feature please feel free to contribute and create a pull request. Credits Many thanks to Tom J Nowell and and Sally CJ who both helped me a lot with my questions over at wordpress.stackexchange.com And many more thanks to all the developers on GitHub who helped me making SimpleTOC what it is today! Thanks to Quintus Valerius Soranus for inventing the Table of Contents around 100 BC.