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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.<\/p>\n\n<p>That's urgency you can stand behind - and shoppers can trust.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tied to your real shipping hours<\/strong> - set the timezone, working days, and the daily dispatch cut-off. The timer counts down to <em>your<\/em> cut-off.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Order buffer<\/strong> - give the warehouse breathing room: \"orders must be in 30 minutes before cut-off\" so you never over-promise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two messages, your words<\/strong> - one for during shipping hours (with the live <code>[countdown]<\/code>), one for outside hours. Basic formatting allowed, so \"<strong>Fast Shipping!<\/strong>\" can be bold.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Self-hosted icons<\/strong> - 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 <code>&lt;i&gt;<\/code>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Place it where you want<\/strong> - above or below the Add to Cart button, under the price, after the short description, or after the product meta. Or drop the <code>[gpsct_shipping_countdown]<\/code> shortcode anywhere.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cache-safe by design<\/strong> - 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.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Holidays &amp; days off<\/strong> - list the dates your team isn't shipping; the timer shows the \"outside hours\" message on those days.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Looks the part<\/strong> - accent colour, optional coloured box, alignment, font size, long (\"6 hours 45 min\") or short (\"6h 45m\") format, and an optional seconds counter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Respects stock<\/strong> - hide the same-day promise on out-of-stock or backordered products (on by default), so you never promise what you can't ship.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Live preview<\/strong> - the settings screen previews the exact banner, ticking on your real schedule, as you edit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Built by <a href=\"https:\/\/goalprevail.com\/\">Goal Prevail<\/a>. No account, no upsells, no banners in your dashboard, and it makes zero external requests.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the <code>goalprevail-shipping-countdown-timer<\/code> folder to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>, or install via Plugins -&gt; Add New.<\/li>\n<li>Activate it.<\/li>\n<li>Visit <strong>GP Plugins -&gt; Shipping Countdown<\/strong> and set your shipping timezone, days and hours.<\/li>\n<li>(Optional) Adjust the message, icon and placement. The defaults are ready to go.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>WooCommerce is needed for the automatic placement on product pages. Without it, the <code>[gpsct_shipping_countdown]<\/code> shortcode still works on any page.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"is%20the%20countdown%20%22fake%22%20like%20the%20ones%20that%20reset%20every%20visit%3F\"><h3>Is the countdown \"fake\" like the ones that reset every visit?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>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.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20work%20with%20page%20caching%20%2F%20a%20cdn%3F\"><h3>Does it work with page caching \/ a CDN?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>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.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"will%20it%20load%20font%20awesome%20and%20break%20my%20theme%27s%20icons%3F\"><h3>Will it load Font Awesome and break my theme's icons?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>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 <em>do<\/em> use Font Awesome and want its truck-fast icon, choose \"My own icon\" and paste <code>&lt;i class=\"fa-solid fa-truck-fast\"&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;<\/code>.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"where%20does%20it%20show%20on%20the%20product%20page%3F\"><h3>Where does it show on the product page?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>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 <code>[gpsct_shipping_countdown]<\/code> shortcode.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20change%20the%20wording%3F\"><h3>Can I change the wording?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. There are two editable messages - one for during shipping hours (put <code>[countdown]<\/code> where the timer should go) and one for outside hours. A little inline HTML is allowed for bold\/italic.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20timezone%20does%20it%20use%3F\"><h3>What timezone does it use?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Your WordPress timezone by default, or any timezone\/city you pick - set it to wherever your shipping team actually works.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20phone%20home%20or%20collect%20data%3F\"><h3>Does it phone home or collect data?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. It stores one option in your database and makes no external requests.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"is%20it%20compatible%20with%20woocommerce%20hpos%20%28high-performance%20order%20storage%29%3F\"><h3>Is it compatible with WooCommerce HPOS (High-Performance Order Storage)?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. 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