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Countdown Rescue reads supported surviving Free <code>wpcdt_countdown<\/code> records in place and restores compatible output for eligible published circle timers.<\/p>\n\n<p>When no other provider owns <code>[wpcdt-countdown]<\/code>, it renders supported labels, enabled units, colors, sizing intent, and absolute deadlines with a responsive, accessible presentation and cache-safe local scheduler.<\/p>\n\n<p>The plugin does not migrate, repair, rewrite, or delete legacy data. It includes a capability-protected read-only report under Tools \u2192 Countdown Rescue. That report inventories bounded legacy records, rendering eligibility, conventional literal shortcode references, ownership conflicts, safe normalization fallbacks, and possible unsupported\/Pro-era indicators.<\/p>\n\n<p>Countdown Rescue is an independent preservation utility. Plugin Lifeboat and Countdown Rescue are not affiliated with or endorsed by the original Countdown Timer Ultimate developer\/vendor, WordPress.org, or the WordPress project. It does not claim to clean malware, remediate vulnerabilities, act as a security scanner, prove that a site is uncompromised, or make an abandoned plugin safe to reactivate.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Resolve any security incident involving the historical plugin before preservation work.<\/li>\n<li>Install and activate Countdown Rescue.<\/li>\n<li>Leave the historical plugin inactive.<\/li>\n<li>Review Tools \u2192 Countdown Rescue.<\/li>\n<li>Verify representative pages containing <code>[wpcdt-countdown id=\"6\"]<\/code> or another canonical record ID.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>Activation creates no options, migrations, records, telemetry, or remote requests.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"do%20i%20need%20the%20old%20plugin%20installed%3F\"><h3>Do I need the old plugin installed?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The historical plugin is not required at runtime and should not be reactivated for Countdown Rescue.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20modify%20old%20countdown%20records%3F\"><h3>Does this modify old countdown records?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Record, metadata, shortcode, diagnostic, and rendering paths are read-only.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20support%20the%20historical%20shortcode%3F\"><h3>Does it support the historical shortcode?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes, for the canonical <code>[wpcdt-countdown id=\"...\"]<\/code> form and supported eligible Free records. Countdown Rescue registers it only when no other provider owns the shortcode.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20support%20countdown%20timer%20ultimate%20pro%20behavior%3F\"><h3>Does it support Countdown Timer Ultimate Pro behavior?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Recurring or evergreen timers, schedules, completion actions, redirects, alternate Pro designs, visitor state, and Pro widgets or shortcodes are outside the supported contract.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20find%20every%20shortcode%20reference%3F\"><h3>Does it find every shortcode reference?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Diagnostics inspect a bounded set of literal shortcodes in standard post and page content. Widgets, options, builders, generated content, custom tables, and third-party storage may be outside coverage.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20happens%20if%20another%20plugin%20owns%20the%20shortcode%3F\"><h3>What happens if another plugin owns the shortcode?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Countdown Rescue does not remove or overwrite it. The Tools report describes the observed request-local ownership state.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20happens%20to%20expired%20timers%3F\"><h3>What happens to expired timers?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Expired timers do not render publicly. A running countdown clamps to zero when its absolute deadline is reached and does not restart.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20countdown%20rescue%20send%20data%20anywhere%3F\"><h3>Does Countdown Rescue send data anywhere?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. It has no telemetry, analytics, account, remote service, cloud dependency, or runtime data transmission.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20make%20the%20historical%20plugin%20safe%3F\"><h3>Does this make the historical plugin safe?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Security remediation is a separate prerequisite. 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