Title: Days Until
Author: Enuratique
Published: <strong>February 21, 2012</strong>
Last modified: July 25, 2012

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
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# Days Until

 By [Enuratique](https://profiles.wordpress.org/enuratique/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/days-until.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/days-until/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/days-until/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/days-until/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/days-until/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/days-until/)

## Description

Originally I used the “Countdown Timer” plugin written by Andrew Ferguson to accomplish
what I wanted,
 however, his implementation to output in just days also outputted
extraneous text that I was not interested in. On top of that, the actual count algorithm
was flawed. Rather than hack this plugin to pieces to get the output I needed, I
decided to just roll my own.

This is a bare bones, no-frills plugin since this is my first attempt at it. This
means no
 fancy options or configuration screens.

To use the plugin, simply install it and then use the following shortcode to output
the number
 of days until a given date in its place:

[days_until date=”SPECIFIC DATE”]

Where “SPECIFIC DATE” can be any text that that PHP’s strtotime function can understand.

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

e.g.

 1. Upload `daysuntil.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Place `[days_until date="SPECIFIC DATE"]` in your content

## FAQ

None yet.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Days Until” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Enuratique ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/enuratique/)

[Translate “Days Until” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/days-until)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/days-until/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/days-until/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/days-until/) by 
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/days-until/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1

 * Just now realized that the instructions in the readme were wrong (missing the
   date attribute), functionally nothing else changed.

#### 1.0

 * The genesis

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.0.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.3.2**
 * Tag
 * [utility](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/utility/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/days-until/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Enuratique ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/enuratique/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/days-until/)

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