Animated Countdown Timer Plugin - jQuery showTimer

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Animated Countdown Timer Plugin - jQuery showTimer

A simple, customizable countdown jQuery plugin that counts down to a specified date you specify in the HTML data attribute.

Features:

  • 2 styles: Inline (plain text) and Block.
  • Timezone support.
  • Multiple languages.
  • Easy to implement.

How to use it:

1. To use this countdown timer plugin, include the JavaScript showTimer.min.js after loading the latest jQuery library.

<script src="/path/to/cdn/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/src/showTimer.min.js"></script>

2. Create a container element for the countdown timer and specify the start & end dates.

<div id="myCountdown">
  EXPIRES IN 
  <span id="example" 
    data-start="2021-01-01T00:00:00" 
    data-end="2021-12-25T00:00:00" >
  </span>
</div>

3. Call the function showTimer on the countdown element and done.

$('#example').showTimer({
  wrapper_id: "myCountdown"
});

4. Display days, hours, minutes, and seconds in customizable blocks.

<div id="myCountdown">
  EXPIRES IN 
  <div id="example" 
    data-start="2021-01-01T00:00:00" 
    data-end="2021-12-25T00:00:00" >
  </div>
</div>
$('#example').showTimer({
  returnType: 'box',
  wrapper_id: "myCountdown"
});
/* Custom Box Styles */
.countdown_box {
  color: #fff;
  background-color: #4F46E5;
  border: 1px solid black;
  border-radius: 5px;
  display: inline-block;
  margin-right: 5px;
  padding: 3px;
  text-align: center;
  width: 80px;
}

5. Change the timezone for your countdown timer.

<div id="myCountdown">
  EXPIRES IN 
  <div id="example" 
    data-start="2021-01-01T00:00:00" 
    data-end="2021-12-25T00:00:00"
    data-timezone="-09:00">
  </div>
</div>
// Or via JavaScript
$('#example').showTimer({
  wrapper_id: "myCountdown",
  timeZone: "-09:00",
});

6. Localize the countdown timer.

// Or via JavaScript
$('#example').showTimer({
  wrapper_id: "myCountdown",
  local_s_days: "d",
  local_s_hrs: "h",
  local_s_min: "m",
  local_s_sec: "s",
  local_l_days: "DAYS",
  local_l_hrs: "HRS",
  local_l_min: "MIN",
  local_l_sec: "SEC",
});

This awesome jQuery plugin is developed by lee-ratinan. For more Advanced Usages, please check the demo page or visit the official website.