Free countdown widget
Put a live countdown on your own site. Pick an event or a date, choose a theme, then copy the code. It is a plain iframe, so it works anywhere you can paste HTML: WordPress, Squarespace, Webflow, Shopify, a plain HTML page. No account, no script to install, nothing to pay.
How to add it
- Choose an event or date above, pick a theme and size.
- Press Copy code.
- Paste it into your page wherever you want the countdown to appear. In WordPress use a Custom HTML block; in Squarespace or Webflow use an Embed or Code block.
The countdown reads the visitor's own device clock, so it shows the correct remaining time wherever they are. Nothing is loaded from a third party, no cookies are set inside the widget, and it keeps working if your page is cached.
Popular countdowns to embed
Christmas Day widgetNew Year's Day widgetHalloween widgetThanksgiving Day widgetEaster Sunday widgetValentine's Day widget
Questions
- Is it really free?
- Yes, with no account and no limits. The code includes a small credit link back to this site, which is how the widget pays for itself. Please leave it in place.
- Will it slow my page down?
- Barely. The widget is a single iframe of about 2.5 KB with no tracking, no images and one web font, and it is set to load lazily so it does not block the rest of your page.
- Does it work on mobile?
- Yes. The numbers scale to the width you set, and setting
max-width:100%on the iframe lets it shrink on small screens. - Can I change the colours?
- Three themes are provided: light, dark and yellow. Switch between them above and the code updates.
- What happens after the date passes?
- An event widget rolls over to the next occurrence automatically. A fixed-date widget stops at zero.