Best countdown timer method for WP site

[TheLunaticLtd]

I’m creating a temporary page for my site, to be something professional while I develop the main site. It will all be WP based.

I want to run a countdown timer on the temp site but don’t know which direction to go. Since it’ll be a WP site, a WP Plugin makes sense. But would it be better to hard code something with JQuery or something?

I’m fairly competent and learning but am not a pro so any advice/guidance is great appreciated.

So, WP Plugin vs. JQuery (or other) hard code solution?

[Alen]

//place function in functions.php
function countdown_to_launch($month, $day, $year)
{
$today = time();
$launch_date = mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day,$year);
$difference = ($launch_date – $today);
$number_of_days = (int)($difference/86400);

echo “

Launch in {$number_of_days} days

“;
}

//call the function in your template files
countdown_to_launch(1,21,2014);

Simple time difference countdown. Not sure if you need it to be interactive, then you might decide to go with JavaScript.

[TheLunaticLtd]

Thanks to both FragaGeddon and AlenAbdula for the info. Big help.

[Author]

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