Displays a cute Santa Claus Christmas Countdown in your sidebar. Use the shortcode [countdown] to display the countdown on any post or page.
The Christmas Countdown Widget displays a cute Santa Claus counting down to Christmas in your sidebar. On Christmas day Santa displays a “Merry Christmas” greeting to your visitors. Since the countdown automatically updates each year and starts the countdown over again on the day after Christmas, you can leave it in your sidebar all year round if you want!
The Christmas countdown will appear in your sidebar on a transparent background so it looks good with any theme.
NEW! You can use the shortcode [countdown]
to add the countdown to any post or page. You can also use ‘[countdown-right]’ to float the widget to the right, or ‘[countdown-center]’ to center the widget on your page.
For more information about Santa’s countdown, visit ChristmasWebmaster.
/wp-content/plugins/
directory, or install via the plugins admin panel.[countdown]
to display the countdown in any post or page.Upload plugin and install.
On the plugins panel activate the Christmas Countdown Widget.
In the widgets menu drag the Christmas Countdown Widget to your sidebar.
The Christmas Countdown Widget displays a cute Santa Claus countdown to Christmas in your sidebar!
New since version 2.0 - use the shortcode [countdown]
to display the countdown on any page or post.
It is transparent, but you are free to edit the plugin to your needs.
Use the shortcode [countdown]
to display the countdown to the left of your text, or use [countdown-right]
to align the countdown to the right of your text, or use [countdown-center]
to display the countdown centered on a page or post.
1 days left til Christmas
to say 1 day left til Christmas
. Thanks Nicole, for this edit 🙂A quick note about updating to version 2 from a previous version: If you have the countdown in your sidebar and update from a previous version, you will have to visit the Widgets page in your admin and drag the countdown back to your side bar.
Restructured plugin files and updated code. Added shortcode so that the countdown can be used on any post or page. See FAQ section for details or visit plugin home page.