Form Countdown is a
GiveWP add-on allows you to display a countdown on your donation forms until a certain date/time. Various actions are available when the countdown expires.
Limiting your donation campaigns to a certain time-frame is useful for communicating a sense of urgency. When your donors know that their window to donate is limited to a certain timeframe, they are less likely to postpone giving to a later time.
FEATURES
- Display the countdown until a specific date/time.
- When the form is closed, display a custom message to your donors thanking them for their generosity. Or show/hide the form or the countdown clock.
- Choose from dark, light, or custom color schemes.
BASIC USAGE
All of the Form Countdown settings are per form, so you will not find anything in "Donations > Settings". Instead, go to "Donations > All Forms" and click on your form.
There you'll see our tabbed "Donation Form Options" interface. Towards the bottom is a new tab called "Form Countdown". There you'll have the following options:
- Show Countdown -- Enable or Disable your the countdown clock to appear on this form. All other fields will appear when you select "Enable".
- End Date -- Set the end date that the countdown clock is counting down toward.
- End Time -- Set the time of day for which the countdown clock will end on the designated "End Date".
- Clock Color Scheme -- Choose from "Dark", "Light", or "Custom" color schemes for your countdown clock.
- Pick Your Custom Color -- A Colorpicker field to choose your custom color. Only appears when "Custom" is selected for the "Clock Color Scheme" setting.
- Countdown Achieved Action -- Chose from a list of different actions to happen when the countdown clock reaches its end. These options allow you to show/hide the clock, the form, or a custom message.
- End Message -- Show a message when the countdown clock reaches its end. Only shows for relevant settings of the "Countdown Achieved Action" setting.
ABOUT OUR FREE ADD-ONS
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ABOUT GIVEWP
GiveWP is the most robust WordPress plugin available for accepting online donations. GiveWP provides you with powerful features helping you raise more funds for your cause from one, effective, platform.
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Minimum Requirements
- WordPress 4.8 or greater
- PHP version 5.6 or greater
- MySQL version 5.6 or greater
Automatic installation
NOTE: Before installing Form Countdown, you must have the free
GiveWP Donation plugin installed and activated on your website.
Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don't need to leave your web browser. To install Give Form Countdown, login to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click "Add New".
In the search field type "Form Countdown for GiveWP" and click "Search Plugins." Once you have found the plugin you can view details about it such as the the point release, ratings and description. Most importantly of course, you can install it by simply clicking "Install Now".
Manual installation
The manual installation method involves downloading the plugin and uploading it to your server via your favorite FTP application. The WordPress codex contains
instructions on how to do this here.
Updating
Automatic updates should work like a charm; as always though, ensure you backup your site before doing any plugin or theme updates just in case. If you have any trouble with an update, try out our
WP-Rollback plugin which lets you revert to previous versions of WordPress plugins or themes with just a couple clicks.
2.0.0 March 27, 2020
Revamped and Improved!
* Refactored flip clock with
Flipdown.js
* Refactored form settings for more clarity and simplicity of use
* Separated the goal settings from the countdown settings for more flexibility in use
* Added new color scheme options, including custom colors.
1.0.1: July 5th, 2018
- Fix: Compatibility with Give 2.1+.
- Fix: Improved compatibility with PHP 5.3
- Fix: Better form default settings.
1.0