Title: GoalPrevail Shipping Countdown Timer
Author: Goal Prevail
Published: July 14, 2026
Last modified: July 14, 2026
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# GoalPrevail Shipping Countdown Timer
By [Goal Prevail](https://profiles.wordpress.org/goalprevail/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/goalprevail-shipping-countdown-timer.1.0.0.zip)
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## Description
Most “order in the next 10 minutes!” timers are fake – they reset on every page
load and pressure shoppers with a deadline that doesn’t mean anything. **GoalPrevail
Shipping Countdown Timer** does the opposite. You tell it when your shipping department
actually works, and it shows a countdown to your real same-day dispatch cut-off.
When the cut-off passes (or it’s the weekend, or a holiday), it quietly switches
to a calm, static message.
That’s urgency you can stand behind – and shoppers can trust.
* **Tied to your real shipping hours** – set the timezone, working days, and the
daily dispatch cut-off. The timer counts down to _your_ cut-off.
* **Order buffer** – give the warehouse breathing room: “orders must be in 30 minutes
before cut-off” so you never over-promise.
* **Two messages, your words** – one for during shipping hours (with the live `[
countdown]`), one for outside hours. Basic formatting allowed, so “**Fast Shipping!**”
can be bold.
* **Self-hosted icons** – a crisp truck/package/bolt drawn as inline SVG. It never
loads Font Awesome, so it can’t clash with an icon font your theme already uses.
Prefer your own? Paste any icon markup (e.g. a Font Awesome ``).
* **Place it where you want** – above or below the Add to Cart button, under the
price, after the short description, or after the product meta. Or drop the `[
gpsct_shipping_countdown]` shortcode anywhere.
* **Cache-safe by design** – the countdown is recomputed in the visitor’s browser,
in your store’s timezone, every second. A fully page-cached product page is always
correct, never stuck on a stale time.
* **Holidays & days off** – list the dates your team isn’t shipping; the timer
shows the “outside hours” message on those days.
* **Looks the part** – accent colour, optional coloured box, alignment, font size,
long (“6 hours 45 min”) or short (“6h 45m”) format, and an optional seconds counter.
* **Respects stock** – hide the same-day promise on out-of-stock or backordered
products (on by default), so you never promise what you can’t ship.
* **Live preview** – the settings screen previews the exact banner, ticking on
your real schedule, as you edit.
Built by [Goal Prevail](https://goalprevail.com/). No account, no upsells, no banners
in your dashboard, and it makes zero external requests.
## Installation
1. Upload the `goalprevail-shipping-countdown-timer` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`,
or install via Plugins -> Add New.
2. Activate it.
3. Visit **GP Plugins -> Shipping Countdown** and set your shipping timezone, days
and hours.
4. (Optional) Adjust the message, icon and placement. The defaults are ready to go.
WooCommerce is needed for the automatic placement on product pages. Without it,
the `[gpsct_shipping_countdown]` shortcode still works on any page.
## FAQ
### Is the countdown “fake” like the ones that reset every visit?
No. It counts down to a real time – your shipping department’s daily cut-off, in
your timezone. When that time passes it stops counting and shows your “outside hours”
message. It never resets to create false pressure.
### Does it work with page caching / a CDN?
Yes, and this was a design goal. The visible countdown is calculated in the visitor’s
browser using your store’s timezone, so even a fully cached HTML page shows the
correct time. The server only renders a sensible first frame for visitors without
JavaScript.
### Will it load Font Awesome and break my theme’s icons?
No. The built-in icons are self-hosted inline SVGs – nothing is enqueued, so there’s
no clash with any icon font already on your site. If you _do_ use Font Awesome and
want its truck-fast icon, choose “My own icon” and paste ``.
### Where does it show on the product page?
Wherever you choose: above/below the Add to Cart button, under the price, after
the short description, or after the product meta. You can also place it anywhere
with the `[gpsct_shipping_countdown]` shortcode.
### Can I change the wording?
Yes. There are two editable messages – one for during shipping hours (put `[countdown]`
where the timer should go) and one for outside hours. A little inline HTML is allowed
for bold/italic.
### What timezone does it use?
Your WordPress timezone by default, or any timezone/city you pick – set it to wherever
your shipping team actually works.
### Does it phone home or collect data?
No. It stores one option in your database and makes no external requests.
### Is it compatible with WooCommerce HPOS (High-Performance Order Storage)?
Yes. The plugin doesn’t touch order data, and it declares HPOS compatibility.
## Reviews
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## Contributors & Developers
“GoalPrevail Shipping Countdown Timer” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Goal Prevail ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/goalprevail/)
[Translate “GoalPrevail Shipping Countdown Timer” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/goalprevail-shipping-countdown-timer)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/goalprevail-shipping-countdown-timer/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/goalprevail-shipping-countdown-timer/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/goalprevail-shipping-countdown-timer/)
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## Changelog
#### 1.0.0
* Initial release: real, schedule-based same-day shipping countdown for WooCommerce
product pages; per-store timezone, working days, hours and order-buffer cut-off;
two editable messages with a live `[countdown]`; self-hosted SVG icons (no Font
Awesome dependency) plus a custom-icon option; seven placement positions and
a shortcode; holidays/days-off; stock-aware display; accent colour, box style,
alignment, font size, long/short format and optional seconds; cache-safe browser-
side countdown; bundled translation template; plugin-specific global constants;
multisite-safe uninstall cleanup; shared GP Plugins dashboard; and a live preview
in the settings screen.
## Meta
* Version **1.0.0**
* Last updated **12 hours ago**
* Active installations **Fewer than 10**
* WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
* Tested up to **7.0.1**
* PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
* Tags
* [countdown](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/countdown/)[product page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/product-page/)
[shipping](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shipping/)[urgency](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/urgency/)
[woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/)
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## Contributors
* [ Goal Prevail ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/goalprevail/)
## Support
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