Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown vs WooPayments
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| Feature | Countdown Timer – Widget Countdown v3.0.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid Visit Details | WooPayments v11.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | Countdown Wpdevart · Countdown Wpdevart Pro ($) | WooPayments |
| Pros | Several timer styles: standard, vertical, circle and flip; WooCommerce, Elementor and Gutenberg support; No external service calls found in the code | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Popup and sticky-bar timers need the Pro version; Upgrade links appear in the plugins list; Admin includes promotion pages for other products | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Standard and vertical timer styles, Circle and flip-clock timer styles, WooCommerce product timers, Elementor countdown widget, Gutenberg countdown block, Popup countdown ($), Sticky bar countdown ($) | Card payment gateway for WooCommerce, Checkout integration and payment fields, Fraud screening service, Duplicate payment detection, Multi-currency pricing, Multi-currency switcher block, WooPay express checkout scheduling and session handling |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Elementor | — |
| Other | — | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 3.3.0 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.9.4 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | 2 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 3 | — |