10 Best Countdown Timer Plugins In JavaScript (2025 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 Jan 19 2025

Table of contents:

• jQuery Countdown Plugins
• Vanilla JS Countdown Libraries

Best jQuery Countdown Plugins:

Modern Circular jQuery Countdown Timer Plugin - Final Countdown

A cool jQuery timer plugin used to countdown in seconds, minutes, hours and days to any date time, with a ring-style countdown indicator. Ideal for creating a modern coming soon & in construction page for your upcoming project.

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Simple Countdown / Periodic Timer Plugin With jQuery - SyoTimer

The SyoTimer jQuery plugin lets you create digital-style countdown / periodic timers on the webpage, with support for callbacks and custom timezone / localization.

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Simple jQuery & Html5 Based 360 Degree Countdown Timer - countdown360

A simple nice jQuery countdown timer plugin that allows you to count down to a number of seconds as a circular progress bar.

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Attractive jQuery Circular Countdown Timer Plugin - TimeCircles

A simple yet attractive jQuery plugin for creating a countdown or count up timer with cool looking circular design.

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Countdown Clock With Specific Timezone - countdown.jquery.js

A lightweight, Bootstrap-compatible jQuery countdown plugin that counts the days/hours/minutes/seconds to a specific DateTime in any time zone.

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Best Vanilla JS Countdown Plugins:

Easy Datetime Countdown Timer – Countdown.js

An easy-to-style countdown timer implementation in pure JavaScript. It will display EXPIRED when the countdown is over.

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Circular Countdown Timer In JavaScript And CSS3

A minimal countdown timer with a SVG based circular countdown indicator, implemented in pure JavaScript and CSS/CSS3.

[Demo] [Download]

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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.

[Demo] [Download]

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Countdown Timer Plugin With Pure JavaScript – TimezZ

This is the standalone version of the jQuery TimezZ plugin that lets you create a customizable countdown timer in days:hours:minutes:seconds format.

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Minimal Countdown Timer In Vanilla JavaScript

A lightweight, dependency-free JavaScript library for creating a minimal, clean, controllable countdown timer on the page.

[Demo] [Download]

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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