{"id":67872,"date":"2011-12-29T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/?p=67872"},"modified":"2013-04-27T16:12:18","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T20:12:18","slug":"wordpress-new-years-countdown-clock-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wordpress-new-years-countdown-clock-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Festive &#8211; WordPress New Year\u2019s Countdown Clock Plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lightbox[67872]\" class=\"blog-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wordpress-new-years-countdown-clock-plugin\/new-years-party-big\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-67874\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67874\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/new-years-party-big.jpg\" alt=\"Post image\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"655\" height=\"645\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWell, it\u2019s not far away now \u2013 2012. And if you\u2019d like to liven up your site with a countdown clock, the <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/new-year-countdown-clock\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Year Countdown Clock plugin<\/a> is probably just what you\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n<p>This widget ready plugin is loaded with all sorts of design and color options. If you play with it a little, you\u2019re bound to come across some combination that suits you.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few examples (most of these are animated, as well).<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[67872]\" class=\"blog-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wordpress-new-years-countdown-clock-plugin\/countdown-clock\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-67876\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67876\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/countdown-clock.jpg\" alt=\"Post image\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"634\" height=\"644\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Settings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The options include various designs, backgrounds (often animated) such as confetti and balloons, clock size, text color, background color, and setting your timezone.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at a few of the settings you\u2019ll find in the widget area:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[67872]\" class=\"blog-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wordpress-new-years-countdown-clock-plugin\/settings-7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-67877\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67877\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/settings2.jpg\" alt=\"Post image\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"636\" height=\"998\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJust install it, activate it, and go to your widget area to find the Countdown widget. You\u2019ll find all of the settings in the widget itself.<\/p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/new-year-countdown-clock\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Year\u2019s Countdown Clock plugin here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Note:<\/strong> This plugin worked fine when we last tested it [May\/2023], however, it is no longer maintained or supported.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/image-26853242\/stock-photo-for-new-year-or-other-festivities,-a-pair-of-champagne-glasses-with-balloon-and\" target=\"_blank\">For New Year or other festivities, a pair of champagne glasses with balloon<\/a> from BigStock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate the buildup to New Year\u2019s with a colorful, festive countdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84404,"featured_media":67875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"blog_reading_time":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_tutorials_categories":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"tutorials_categories":[],"class_list":["post-67872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plugins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67872"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216237,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67872\/revisions\/216237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67872"},{"taxonomy":"tutorials_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tutorials_categories?post=67872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}