Countdown timer shortcode, display content after specified date
wordpress snippet
Adding the first snippet to the functions.php of your wordpress theme will let you use a shortcode to place a countdown timer on specific content within your post. Add the shortcode within the second snippet to your post with content you want to display after the specified date. I added a class of event so you can style the display of the message anyway you wish, enjoy!
snippet : PHPcopy
function content_countdown($atts, $content = null){
extract(shortcode_atts(array(
'month' => '',
'day' => '',
'year' => ''
), $atts));
$remain = ceil((mktime( 0,0,0,(int)$month,(int)$day,(int)$year) - time())/86400);
if( $remain > 1 ){
return $daysremain = "<div class=\"event\">Just <b>($remain)</b> days until content is available</div>";
}else if($remain == 1 ){
return $daysremain = "<div class=\"event\">Just <b>($remain)</b> day until content is available</div>";
}else{
return $content;
}
}
add_shortcode('cdt', 'content_countdown');
snippet : SHORTCODEcopy
[cdt month="10" day="17" year="2011"] This is content that will only be shown after a set number of days. [/cdt]
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