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Countdown timer that does NOT redirect?

by MattStefanik
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First of all, I've already searched the threads (and Google and Wordpress.org) for solutions, but found none, so this is a last resort.

I'm looking for a simple countdown timer WP plugin that will allow me to just show a countdown for any amount of time, NOT to a date. I've been through a dozen plugins that all force me to select a date in time but none of them will let me do what I want.

I already have Page Expiration Robot Pro, but that doesn't work either.

Here's what I want to do. It has nothing to do with false scarcity or an expiring offer or even redirecting at the end. I am using OP and have delayed content appear after a specific amount of time. I simply want to show the visitor a countdown that they won't even know what it's for, but after it hits 00:00:00, new content will be displayed and nothing more. The countdown won't perform any other function than to countdown from the amount of time I set, and will show the same amount of time with each page load. So I want to set and show a timer to match the time I have set to display delayed content within my OP page settings.

Hope that makes sense.

Any recommendations?

Thanks!
#countdown #countdown timer #redirect #timer
  • Profile picture of the author joaquin112
    Sounds like something you might have to create yourself. It should take you only a few minutes if you know how to use jQuery.

    You could also modify one of the plugins that you've already tried.
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  • Profile picture of the author craig crawford
    Hey man, I used to use this (If I have the right one)

    PSD to Wordpress

    There's the page link. Or search "Uji Countdown" in your WP plugin installation area.

    Hope this helps!

    Craig
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    • Profile picture of the author MattStefanik
      Originally Posted by craig crawford View Post

      Hey man, I used to use this (If I have the right one)

      PSD to Wordpress

      There's the page link. Or search "Uji Countdown" in your WP plugin installation area.

      Hope this helps!

      Craig
      Thanks Craig, but this is one I already tried and doesn't work because it also forces a date. I need a countdown for a specific amount of time upon page load, not for a specific date in the future. Thanks though.
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  • Profile picture of the author yakim1
    There are several ways you can do this using the timers you have available, but this is the best and easiest to do.

    You could use an iframe to load your page into. The timer would be counting down in the iframe, which also has the content you want to replace. When the timer reaches zero, it will redirect to the new page that has the new content and it will open in the iframe. You put another timer on that page.

    Since the content part of the page is in an iframe, the actual page never changes and the new content will keep filling the iframe when each timer reaches zero.

    This is just simple html and would do exactly as you have described.

    The drawback in using an iframe is that it is hard to resize the iframe to fit the length of each new content page. So, you would need to make the iframe long enough to fit the largest page.

    I hope this has been helpful,
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  • Profile picture of the author jlongoria
    I have a timer in my squeeze page for every load. Once it hits 0 a pop up appears saying "SORRY YOU ARE TOO LATE"

    Is it something like that you are looking for?
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    • Profile picture of the author MattStefanik
      Originally Posted by jlongoria View Post

      I have a timer in my squeeze page for every load. Once it hits 0 a pop up appears saying "SORRY YOU ARE TOO LATE"

      Is it something like that you are looking for?
      That might work provided I can change the pop up message or disable it all together. Are you using a plugin for this?
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    This will do exactly what you want.

    I use it all the time.

    Deadline Plugin | Deadline Wordpress Plugin
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    • Profile picture of the author MattStefanik
      Originally Posted by WillR View Post

      This will do exactly what you want.

      I use it all the time.

      Deadline Plugin | Deadline Wordpress Plugin
      Yeah I looked at that and I don't even think that's going to work. I watched the video tutorial on their page and Derek said when the countdown gets to 00:00, the page automatically refreshes. You would definitely not want that to happen if you had a video playing and your visitor was just waiting to see new content or something to happen when the timer counted down.

      Real world example. On my upsell, I have a video that plays which is 6 minutes long. There is nothing else on the page except the video. After 2 minutes, I have delayed content that shows using the OP on-page settings. What I want to do is show the visitor a 2:00 minute countdown when they land on that page, so they know something is going to happen after two minutes. That's it. Nothing more. The countdown can stay there or disappear, I don't care. And I want it to show on every page load, regardless of IP, cookie, or anything else.

      It boggles my mind that I cannot find a quick solution for something so seemingly simple!

      Does anyone know of a WP plugin to do this?
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  • Profile picture of the author Valdor Kiebach
    Looks like this might be suitable it can reveal any HTML not just order buttons
    wpDelay Box - Delayed Order Button For Wordpress
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  • Profile picture of the author Bill_Z
    Hey Matt - Page Expiration Robot PRO is going to be releasing that feature very soon, hopefully next week. We've had a few requests from people who just want it to countdown and do nothing when it hits zero, so we will implement that for all existing PRO and PLUS users.

    I can't 100% promise it will be next week, but if you don't find anything keep an eye out for our update.

    Bill
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    • Profile picture of the author Dr Dan
      Originally Posted by Bill_Z View Post

      Hey Matt - Page Expiration Robot PRO is going to be releasing that feature very soon, hopefully next week. We've had a few requests from people who just want it to countdown and do nothing when it hits zero, so we will implement that for all existing PRO and PLUS users.

      I can't 100% promise it will be next week, but if you don't find anything keep an eye out for our update.

      Bill
      Page Expiration Robot PRO is the best countdown timer we have found to date!

      We have made so much money using this plugin for both affiliate offer, webinars and even our lease sites for our offline business :-)
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