Title: WP Countdown To
Author: jystewart
Published: <strong>February 23, 2010</strong>
Last modified: February 23, 2010

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP Countdown To

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-countdown-to.zip)

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-countdown-to/)

## Description

When running wordpress for short term projects it can be useful to be able to count
down to
 the end point of the project. And often you’ll want to close comments after
that point.

This plugin will allow you to do that, providing a hook to close comments and a 
helper to
 show the countdown (in days) on your site.

To show the countdown add the following to your theme:

Please Note: This plugin is only tested on PHP5 and may not work on earlier versions.

### To Do

 * Add automated tests
 * Solicit user feedback on further options

## Screenshots

[⌊The settings page in use⌉⌊The settings page in use⌉[

The settings page in use

## Installation

 1. Upload `wp-countdown-to` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Go to the Countdown To option under Settings and make the appropriate entries

## FAQ

There are no frequently asked questions as yet.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Countdown To” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

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

[Translate “WP Countdown To” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-countdown-to)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Consolidated code in use in various projects
 * Prepared for first release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1**
 *  Last updated **16 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.7.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **2.9.2**
 * Tags
 * [cms](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cms/)[countdown](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/countdown/)
   [limitations](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/limitations/)[timing](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/timing/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-countdown-to/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

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

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-countdown-to/)

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