10+ Cool jQuery Countdown Scripts

by LARS on OCTOBER 10, 2011

I’m sure you have notices the countdown features on sites like RapidShare and MegaUpload that allow you to download files but make you wait a specified number of seconds before giving you the download link. You have probably also seen site that are not online yet using a countdown to tell visitors when to come back in a very dynamic manner. They can also be used to countdown to a release date of a game, a movie or to a party. Countdown script simply have a lot of useful use cases and the good new is that there are some really good jQuery scripts you can use for your site. In this article you will find all the useful jQuery countdown scripts available right now for free download. jQuery is also useful in many other areas and in particular jquery carousel and jquery menu plugins can give a website a facelift.

JavaScript Animated Counter

Simple, animated JavaScript counter, which will allow You to present rapidly increased or decreased values, such as number of registered users, total income etc. But that’s not all… this counter can be also used as a text or date & time displayer or as a clock. It can be also used as a countdown, to show time left for the beginning of a product release campaign or a sale start.

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jQuery Countdown

This is a jQuery plugin that sets a div or span to show a countdown to a given time. There are tons of options available and everything is supported by good examples and code snippets.