Description
PetrichorCraft Countdown Campaigns by PetrichorCraft is a complete urgency and scarcity plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce.
Create shipping cutoffs, flash sales, product launches, evergreen offers, sticky announcement bars, email countdown images, and promotional deals pages — without writing code or stacking multiple plugins.
Campaign types
- Recurring — daily, weekly, every N hours, or every X days (perfect for same-day shipping cutoffs)
- Fixed deadline — one shared end date/time for everyone (Black Friday, launches, events)
- Evergreen — unique per-visitor timer with optional auto-restart
- Optional campaign schedule window (only show between two dates)
- Per-campaign timezone support
Visual layout builder
- Drag-and-drop 12-column grid with optional second row
- Elements: Text, Timer, Button, Scarcity bar, Sale price, Discount badge, Inventory text, Coupon code
- Layout presets including announcement bar, stacked, compact, and full urgency
- Timer digit styles: block, inline, compact, minimal, text-only
- Live desktop / mobile preview in the campaign editor
- Mobile modes: stack, wrap, or keep desktop layout
- Colors, gap, padding, and alignment (advanced CSS via the theme Customizer)
Urgency elements
- Scarcity / progress bar — manual sold/total or WooCommerce stock-based
- Sale price — manual was/now or live product prices
- Discount badge — pill, banner, or ribbon styles
- Inventory text — “Only X left” with threshold control
- Coupon code — display + one-click copy
Display options
- Shortcode:
[pctc_countdown id="123"] - Gutenberg block
- Sticky top/bottom announcement bar (Elementor-safe)
- WooCommerce product page auto-placement
- Shop / category / tag loop cards (separate layouts)
- Checkout urgency bar
- Deals grid shortcode for landing pages:
[pctc_deals id="123" limit="8" columns="3"] - Auto product discounts with highlighted sale price (no coupon required)
- Auto-apply coupon codes with product and cart notices
WooCommerce product placements
- Before / after product title
- After short description
- After price
- Before / after Add to Cart
- After product meta
- Before / after product tabs
- Per-product campaign override on the product edit screen
WooCommerce discounts & pricing
- Apply percent or fixed discounts while a campaign is active
- Dynamic pricing (does not permanently overwrite product prices)
- Target all products, on-sale products, specific IDs, categories, or tags
- Exclude products
- Early bird tiers — first N buyers get a deeper discount
- Stock-based pricing — change discounts as inventory drops
- Coming soon / launch mode — hide Add to Cart (and optionally price) until the timer ends
- Cart & checkout coupon expiry countdown
- Expiry actions: hide Add to Cart, expire coupon, change stock status, redirect, hide timer, show message
Email countdown timers
- Dynamic PNG image via REST API (works with Mailchimp, Klaviyo, and most ESPs)
- Supports recurring, fixed, and evergreen timers
- Evergreen merge-tag support with
?uid= - Requires PHP GD extension
Developer friendly
- REST API:
/wp-json/pctc/v1/sync/{id}and/expire/{id} - Email image endpoint:
/wp-json/pctc/v1/email/{id} - GPL-licensed, no phone-home tracking
Support
Email: support@petrichorcraft.com
Website: petrichorcraft.com
Screenshots
Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
- PetrichorCraft Countdown Campaigns Display a countdown timer campaign.
Installation
- Upload the plugin folder to
/wp-content/plugins/or install via Plugins Add New - Activate PetrichorCraft Countdown Campaigns
- Go to Countdown Campaigns Add New
- Configure campaign type, visual layout, and (optionally) WooCommerce rules
- Copy
[pctc_countdown id="123"]or use the Gutenberg block / deals grid shortcode
FAQ
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Does this work with Elementor?
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Yes. Use the Shortcode widget with
[pctc_countdown id="123"]. Sticky bars are moved to the document body so Elementor sections do not break fixed positioning. -
Do I need WooCommerce?
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No. Core countdown features work on any WordPress site. WooCommerce is only required for product discounts, catalog loops, checkout bar, coming soon, and stock-aware elements.
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How do email countdown timers work?
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Email clients cannot run JavaScript. This plugin generates a dynamic PNG via REST API that updates when the email is opened. Copy the HTML embed from the campaign Email Countdown panel.
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What is early bird pricing?
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Enable Product Discount + Early Bird tiers. The first N completed/processing orders matching the campaign receive the first-tier discount, then later tiers apply.
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What is the deals grid shortcode?
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[pctc_deals id=”123″ limit=”8″ columns=”3″] renders a responsive product grid for the campaign’s targeted products, each with price, countdown, and a View deal button.
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Does stock-based pricing require managed stock?
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Yes. Products must manage stock in WooCommerce for stock steps to apply.
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What happens when the timer expires?
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Choose an expiry action: show a message, hide the countdown, redirect, hide Add to Cart, expire a coupon, or change stock status.
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Contributors & Developers
“PetrichorCraft Countdown Campaigns” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.11.1
- Fix campaign color CSS variables on product, shop, and archive layouts
- Fix multi-class sanitization so layout context classes apply correctly
1.11.0
- Renamed to PetrichorCraft Countdown Campaigns (distinctive slug/text domain)
- Removed arbitrary custom CSS insertion (use theme Additional CSS)
- Hardened public expire REST route with signed tokens and cookie-only evergreen timing
- Capped evergreen email visitor storage to prevent options bloat
- Prefixed shortcodes, REST namespace, post type, options, and PHP symbols (pctc / PCTC)
1.10.0
- Separate countdown layouts for product, shop, archive, and checkout
- Independent shop vs category/tag archive display toggles
- Highlight auto product discounts with sale badge (no coupon required)
- Product-page “auto discount” notice
- Auto-apply WooCommerce coupons with product and cart notices
1.9.1
- Security: public expire REST endpoint only runs after the campaign period has ended
- readme tags limited to 5 (WordPress.org requirement)
- Uninstall cleans campaign sales options and expiry backups
- Declares WooCommerce HPOS and Cart/Checkout Blocks compatibility
- translators comments for early-bird / stock-pricing admin strings
1.9.0
- Early bird discount tiers based on campaign order count
- Stock-based pricing steps as inventory drops
- Deals grid shortcode for landing pages
- Expanded WordPress.org feature documentation
1.8.0
- More product page placements (title, excerpt, meta, tabs)
- Shop / category / tag loop countdowns
- Checkout urgency bar
1.7.0
- WooCommerce product discounts (percent or fixed) while campaign is active
- Coming soon / launch mode — hide Add to Cart until timer ends
- Cart & checkout coupon expiry countdown
- Dynamic pricing (no permanent product overwrite)
1.6.0
- New builder elements: scarcity bar, sale price, discount badge, inventory text, coupon code
- Urgency element settings with WooCommerce product/stock modes
- Live preview support for new elements
- Copy-to-clipboard for coupon codes
- New “Full urgency” layout preset
1.5.0
- Mobile layout modes (stack, wrap, keep) with breakpoint control
- Live desktop/mobile preview in campaign editor
- Visual layout builder with 12-column row + optional second row
- WordPress.org submission package and Plugin Check compliance
- Gutenberg block API version 3
1.4.0
- 12-column visual grid (4×3 expanded layout)
- Optional second row with auto-hide when empty
1.3.0
- Drag-and-drop visual template builder
- Inline row presets and grid alignment
1.2.0
- Layout options (block, inline, compact, minimal, text-only)
- Email countdown PNG generation
- WooCommerce integration
1.0.0
- Initial release: recurring, fixed, evergreen campaigns