The Events Calendar Countdown Addon

The Events Calendar Countdown shortcode extends the features of The Events Calendar plugin by adding a countdown timer. You can display a countdown for a specific event or let the addon automatically show the countdown for your next upcoming event.

You can place the countdown anywhere on your website by using a simple shortcode.

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Key Features

• Smart Shortcode: Create a countdown timer with a powerful shortcode and add advanced options like colors, images, or autostart for future events.

  • ❴ ❵ Plugin Shortcode: [events-calendar-countdown id=”” backgroundcolor=”#2a86f7″ font-color=”#ffffff” show-seconds=”yes” show-image=”no” size=”medium” event-start=”” event-end=”” autostart-next-countdown=”no” autostart-text=”” autostart-future-countdown=”no” future-events-list=”” main-title=””]

• Autostart Countdown: Automatically detects and starts the countdown for the next upcoming event without editing the shortcode.

• Custom Design Options: Adjust background color, font color, and size to match your website design.

• Show or Hide Event Image: Choose whether to display the featured image of the event inside the countdown box.

• Flexible Placement: Works with Elementor and Gutenberg editors. You can add the shortcode in a block, widget, or page builder section.

• Event Messages: Add a custom message when the event starts and after it ends to keep visitors informed.

• Future Events Support: Display countdowns for multiple future events by specifying event IDs.

• Quick premium support.

• Fully Responsive.

More Addons For The Events Calendar

In addition to the Events Countdown plugin, there are more addons available to extend the functionality of The Events Calendar plugin:

• Events Single Page Builder Pro – Design stunning single event pages with Elementor using pre-built templates and 20+ customizable widgets.

• Events Shortcodes Pro – Events Shortcodes Pro For The Events Calendar adds the missing shortcode functionality to The Events Calendar plugin. With this plugin, you can easily display your events on any page or post in a list, grid, carousel, slider, masonry, accordion, or even a timeline format.

• Events Calendar Modules for Divi – Display The Events Calendar Events directly inside Divi with Customizable List or Grid Layouts.

• Events Widgets Pro – Show events list, grid, carousel, and more in Elementor pages using The Events Calendar Elementor Widgets.

DISCLAIMER: The Events Calendar Countdown Addon plugin is developed by Cool Plugins team and is not affiliated with or developed by the official team of The Events Calendar plugin, which is a part of StellarWP, the software arm of Liquid Web. Some of the links in this content may be affiliate links, which means we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you if you make a purchase through these links.

Special Thanks!

Special thanks to the famous The Events Calendar plugin authors for creating an awesome plugin for events management.

1. Install the The Events Calendar Countdown Addon plugin by searching for “event countdwn” in your website’s WP-admin dashboard under Plugins > Add New. You can also upload the plugin-zip unzipped folder to the /wp-content/plugins directory. Note that you must first install the free plugin The Events Calendar to use this plugin’s features.

2. Activate the plugin by going to Plugins > Installed Plugin menu inside your wp-admin dashboard.

3. You can customize colors, fonts, and other settings inside wp-admin > Events Addons > Shortcodes Settings.

Note that you must create/post events using the The Events Calendar plugin before displaying your events list through this addon shortcode.

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   Countdown view

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   Countdown for The Events Calendar settings panel

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   Countdown for The Events Calendar generate shortcode.

Version 1.4.15 | September 22, 2025

• Improved: Rating div styling.
• Tested upto: The Events Calendar version v6.15.4

Version 1.4.14 | September 05, 2025

• Fixed: Review notice.
• Fixed: Addressed security vulnerabilities.
• Tested upto: The Events Calendar version v6.15.1.1

Version 1.4.13 | September 02, 2025

• Updated: Internal Links.
• Updated: Readme.

Version 1.4.12 | August 21, 2025

• Fixed: Addressed security vulnerabilities.
• Tested upto: WordPress version 6.8.2

Version 1.4.11 | June 13, 2025

• Added: User opt-in option in plugin.
• Added: Deactivate feedback notice.
• Tested upto: WordPress version 6.8.1

Version 1.4.10 | May 30, 2025

• Fixed: Minor security fix.
• Tested upto: WordPress version 6.8.1

Version 1.4.9 | Dec 09, 2024

• Fixed: Load Text domain issue.
• Fixed: Countdown not working in background.
• Tested upto: WordPress version 6.7.1

Version 1.4.8 | Feb 28, 2024

• Updated: Text domain for Find Out More String.

Version 1.4.7 | Mar 31, 2022

• Improved: Minor textual changes.
• Improved: Updated links.
• Improved: Dashboard Code.
• Updated: Readme.

Version 1.4.6 | Nov. 28, 2022

• Fixed: Undefined Show Image Variable bug

Version 1.4.5 | Nov. 14, 2022

• Added: Image of the Event in Countdown
• Fixed: Undefined Variable bug

Version 1.4.4 | Sep. 23, 2022

• Fixed: Minor changes

Version 1.4.3 | May 12, 2022

• Fixed: Rating Div Issue

Version 1.4 | Sep. 04, 2022

• Fixed: Major Security issues
• Improved: Improved overall code

Version 1.3.1 | Oct. 23, 2022

• Fixed: Compatibility issues with WordPress 5.6

Version 1.3 | Oct. 23, 2022

• Added: Events Addons Dashboard
• Updated: Moved plugin settings menu under – Events Addons >> Event Countdown

Version 1.2 | Dec. 02, 2022

• Added: Autostart next upcoming event’s countdown
• Added: Shortcode Preview
• Added: Autostart countdown feature for recurring events
• Added: Plugin .pot file
• Added: Translation(German,French,Spanish,Czech,Russian,Turkish)
• Added: Dynamic option for the main title
• Improved: Overall Code
• Improved: Display Message when the event starts

Version 1.1 | Dec. 02, 2022

• Added: Integrated events venue and find out more link
• Added: Integrated new layout
• Added: Integrated color settings
• Fixed: Fixed major rendering shortcode bug
• Improved: Improved overall code

Version 1.0 | Dec. 02, 2022

• Initial release