Deal or announcement with countdown WordPress plugin will display the announcement, deal, offers with countdown timer. admin can add N number of deals at dashboard, only one active deal will display at website front end with countdown timer. This plugin is best suitable to show promotional offers to the user with countdown time.
Features of this plugin
- Very simple to use.
- Admin option to change the style in.
- Countdown timer.
Plugin live demo available in this page. You may also be interested in Information Reel WordPress plugin.
Live Demo
Plugin installation instruction
Method 1
- Download the plugin from the download location.
- Unpack the ‘wordpress-plugin-download’ zip file
- Extract the /deal-or-announcement-with-countdown-timer/ folder.
- Drop the plugin into your ‘wp-content/plugins’ folder.
- In WordPress administration panels, click on plugin from the menu.
- You should see your new deal with countdown plugin listed.
- To turn the WordPress plugin on, click activate.
Method 2
- Go to the ‘add new’ menu under ‘plugins’ tab in your WordPress admin.
- Search deal countdown timer plugin using search option.
- Find the plugin and click the ‘Install Now’ link.
- Finally click the activate plugin link to activate the plugin.
Method 3
- Download the plugin from the download location.
- Go to the ‘add new’ menu under ‘plugins’ tab in your WordPress admin.
- Click the upload plugin button (Button on the top of the page).
- Upload the available zip file and click install now.
- Finally click the activate plugin link to activate the plugin.
Admin page
In your WordPress administrator section go to Settings menu and select Deal with countdown menu to configure this plugin.
Plugin configuration
Plugin short code: Use plugin short code in the posts/pages also in the widget to display the deal.
[deal-or-announcement id=""]Drag and drop the widget: Go to the widget page under appearance tab, Drag and drop deal or announcement with countdown timer widget into your sidebar. It’s very easy.
Add directly in the theme: If you want to use a shortcode of this plugin within a template instead of with the content of a Post/Page? You can add the below PHP code in the template function.
<?php echo do_shortcode("[deal-or-announcement id=""]"); ?>Frequently asked questions
Q1. Can I display more deals at the same time?
No, you can display one deal at a time with a countdown timer.
Q2. Can I customize the color and align style?
Yes, Go to the Deal with countdown menu from the dashboard (check the above screenshot). there you should see the button “Setting“. Click the button to change the default timer style.
Q3. Why does it show ‘No data available in announcement!’ on the front end?
Because there is no Active deal in admin. Go to the ‘Deal with countdown‘ menu from your dashboard to add/edit/delete Deal or Announcement or offers.
Q4. Why does it show ‘Time Out!’ on the timer area?
It means countdown timer over, or time finished.
Official plugin page
http://www.gopiplus.com/work/2010/07/18/deal-or-announcement-with-countdown-timer/