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Simple Sale Countdown Timer

A simple and effective countdown timer plugin to boost your sales. Bulk schedule multiple products on sale and create limited time deals.

Installation

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  1. Download the .zip file from your WooCommerce account.
  2. Go to: WordPress Admin > Plugins > Add New to upload the file you downloaded.
  3. Activate the extension.
  4. Go to: WordPress Admin > WooCommerce > Sale Countdown.

Enable plugin updates

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Please follow steps listed here to enable plugin updates for Simple Sale Countdown Timer.

Setup countdown timer

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In the admin panel go to the WooCommerce > Sale Countdown.

Select products

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You can search & select from multiple products or product categories.

Enter offer price & select discount type

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Enter offer price and select the discount type. Discount types are as follows: Percentage discount, Fixed price, Fixed discount.

Select sale start and end date

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Start and end date is mandatory to show countdown timer on your store.

Setup “Today’s Deals” page

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Today’s deals page can be used to show all of the products that are on sale for the day. Following are the steps to setup a deals page:

Add shortcode

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Go to WordPress Admin > Pages > Add New & paste this shortcode [sale_products ssct_deals=”true”] into your page content.

Enable Countdown timer

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Go to WooCommerce > Sale Countdown > Settings > Countdown timer and make sure the countdown timer is enable on “Today’s deals” page.

Select deals page

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Go to WooCommerce > Sale Countdown > Settings > Additional and select your “Today’s deals” page from the dropdown.  

Show savings

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Go to WooCommerce > Sale Countdown > Settings > Additional and enable the “Show savings?” option. This would show the amount saved on the product page.

FAQs

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What are the supported product types?

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Simple, External, Variable & Subscription.

How to change the countdown timer format?

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Go to WooCommerce > Sale Countdown > Settings > Countdown timer.

How to modify the countdown timer text?

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Go to WooCommerce > Sale Countdown > Settings > Customize texts. Here you can customize all the necessary texts related to countdown timer.

How to add custom css for the countdown timer?

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Go to WooCommerce > Sale Countdown > Settings > Additional. Here you can add your own custom css for the countdown timer.

When is the countdown timer displayed?

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Countdown timer is only displayed for the products that are on sale and has appropriate sale start and end date. By default countdown timer is shown when less than 24 hours is left for the sale to end. To modify the same go to WooCommerce > Sale Countdown > Settings > Countdown timer and update the “When to show?” value.