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WordPress: Post Countdown Plugin
UPDATE: Support for this plugin has moved to Headway Marketing.
Have you ever wanted to countdown to a milestone post? Here is the code needed to display a countdown to, say your 1000th post.
<?php
$post_count = wp_count_posts();
$published_posts = $post_count->publish;
$countdown = 1000-$published_posts;
echo $countdown;
?>
Update: Now You Can Use This Handy Plugin
Download Plugin: WordPress Post Countdown Plugin
Plugin Features
- Use a title or don’t use a title, it’s there if you want it.
- Add some text before and after the countdown number
- Countdown to what ever post milestone you want
Plugin Installation
Simply unzip the file and use your favorite FTP client to upload post-countdown.php into the wp-content/plugins/ directory. Proceed to your widget management dashboard and configure accordingly.
6 Comments for “WordPress: Post Countdown Plugin”
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Tanner Hobin says:
Updated with new plugin.
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Thanks Patrick, I <3 WordPress and this was a great learning experience.
To adjust the font style, adjust accordingly and add this to your stylesheet:
li.example p {font:13px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif} -
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UPDATE: Support for this plugin has moved to,
http://headwaymarketing.com/wordpress-post-countdown-plugin
Would this be placed in a text widget or in the sidebar.php file?