10 Best Countdown Timer Plugins In JavaScript (2023 Update)

Have you ever wanted to add a countdown timer to your website? The popularity of this plugin has been on the rise over the last few years. The purpose of a countdown timer is to display a certain time until an event occurs.

There are a lot of countdown plugins out there. Putting this list of the best JavaScript (jQuery & Vanilla JS) countdown plugins together was a fun project.

In this blog post I'm going to showcase a list of 10 best JavaScript (jQuery & Vanilla JS) countdown plugins which can be used to tell the visitor how many dates, times, products left before the event. Enjoy.

If you're looking for a retro flip style countdown plugin, see Best Flip Clock Style Countdown Plugins In JavaScript

Originally Published Jan 14 2019, updated Feb 07 2023

Table of contents:

• jQuery Countdown Plugins
• Vanilla JS Countdown Libraries

Best jQuery Countdown Plugins:

Simple Date Countdown Plugin

A simple, generic, customizable jQuery countdown plugin for the web.

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Cool Mechanical Scoreboard Style Countdown Plugin For jQuery - Countdown

A cool and simple jQuery plugin for creating a mechanical scoreboard style countdown timer to display the remaining time in seconds, minutes, hours and days to any date.

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Minimal jQuery Any Date Countdown Timer Plugin - countdown

Yet another jQuery countdown plugin that displays how many years, days, hours, minutes, and seconds left from a given date/time, with callback and time offset support. Fully styleable via CSS.

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Customizable Countdown Timer Plugin For jQuery - countdown

A simple plugin for creating a customizable countdown timer which supports standard/compact formats or custom layout.

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Simple Countdown Timer Plugin With jQuery - simple.timer.js

A simple jQuery countdown timer plugin with the ability to execute a callback function for custom behavior on timeout.

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Best Vanilla JS Countdown Plugins:

Classic Flip Clock Style Countdown & Counter Library – flip.js

flip.js is an open-source, fully customizable, pretty nice, classic flip clock style countdown & counter component in vanilla JavaScript and CSS.

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easytimer.js

easytimer.js is an easy-to-use Timer/Countdown/Chronometer library built in pure JavaScript that allows to count up to or countdown from a given value with callback support.

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Retro Flipping Countdown Timer In JavaScript – flipdown.js

A lightweight, responsive, high-performance countdown plugin to create a retro-style flipping countdown clock that shows how many days/hours/minutes/seconds until an event you provide.

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canvas-circular-countdown

Draw a configurable circular canvas countdown timer.

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Simple Countdown Timer In Vanilla JavaScript – ysCountDown.js

A simple JavaScript countdown timer plugin for counting time down in DAYS, HOURS, MINUTES, SECONDS.

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Conclusion:

Once you’ve selected the plugin that best suits your needs, using it is very easy. Some of them have customization options, but many of them require only a simple call to the plugin in your code. Remember that almost anything can be modified by editing the code. For more information on that, read the documentation or comments on the repository for your chosen plugin.

More Resources:

Seeking more jQuery plugins or JavaScript libraries to create awesome Countdown Timers on the web & mobile? See jQuery Countdown and JavaScript Countdown sections for more details.

See also:

• Best Flip Clock Style Countdown Plugins In JavaScript
• Best Countup Timer Plugins In JavaScript
• Best Countdown Timer JavaScript Libraries
• Best Countdown Components For Vue.js