CountDown With Image or Video Background – Dynamic Visual Timers

Launching a new product, running a flash sale, or announcing an upcoming event demands attention-grabbing visuals to captivate your audience. The CountDown With Image or Video Background plugin provides a robust and visually stunning solution to create impactful countdown timers for any web project. Designed for versatility, this plugin enables you to build excitement and drive conversions by setting precise countdowns against dynamic image or video backdrops, making every moment count.

Core Functionality & Versatile Applications

This powerful countdown tool is engineered for a multitude of scenarios, ensuring your website effectively communicates urgency and anticipation. Whether you’re preparing a site launch or promoting limited-time offers, this plugin adapts to your needs:

• Website Under Construction: Keep visitors informed and intrigued about your upcoming launch.
• Last-Minute Offers: Drive immediate action with time-sensitive promotions.
• Coming Events: Build anticipation for webinars, conferences, or online gatherings.
• New Product Launches: Generate buzz and pre-launch excitement for your latest offerings.
• Discount Intervals: Clearly display the remaining time for special pricing periods.
• And Many More: Its flexible design supports diverse promotional and informational requirements.

Unmatched Customization & Visual Impact

Tailor every aspect of your countdown timer to perfectly align with your brand identity and campaign goals. The plugin offers extensive options to ensure your timers are not just functional, but also aesthetically compelling:

• Extremely Customizable: Access over 100 JavaScript options to fine-tune every detail of the plugin’s appearance and behavior.
• Dynamic Backgrounds: Integrate engaging YouTube or Vimeo videos, or high-quality images, as your countdown background.
• Texture Over Images: Apply an optional texture overlay to images, eliminating the need for manual image editing and ensuring a consistent visual style.
• Two Visual Versions: Choose between distinct ‘Circular’ and ‘Digital’ countdown display styles, both fully customizable via parameters.
• Logo Integration: Feature your brand logo prominently, with options to link it to your desired destination (_self or _blank target).
• Smooth Transitions: Select ‘Fade’ or ‘Slide’ transitions for navigating between different slides, enhancing the visual flow.

Seamless Integration & Performance

This plugin is built for modern web environments, prioritizing responsiveness, compatibility, and ease of use for developers:

• Responsive Design: Automatically adapts to various browser and device resolutions, ensuring a flawless display across desktops, tablets, and smartphones. A parameter allows you to enable or disable this responsive behavior.
• Mobile Compatible: Fully supports both iOS and Android operating systems, guaranteeing a consistent experience for all mobile users.
• Touch Screen Navigation: Enable intuitive touch screen navigation, providing an enhanced user experience on mobile devices.
• Begin & End Date Parameters: Precisely define your countdown interval, specifying the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second for both the start and end dates.
• Callback Functionality: Define a custom JavaScript callback function to execute specific actions automatically once the countdown concludes.

Enhancing Engagement & Reach

Beyond just counting down, this plugin includes features to boost your promotional efforts and site navigation:

• Social Sharing Options: Integrate social icons to encourage visitors to promote your website or event across various social media channels.
• Flexible Navigation Positioning: Position the bottom navigation controls to the left, right, or center, with an option to display preview thumbnails for easy browsing.

Ongoing Support & Updates

Invest with confidence, knowing your plugin will remain current and performant:

• Free Updates: All future updated versions are available for free download from your account after purchase, ensuring long-term compatibility and access to new features.

Update Log

Version 1.2.5 Release Date: November 30, 2025 - updates for 2025
Version 1.2.4 Release Date: May 31, 2022 - updates for 2022
Version 1.2.3.2 Release Date: February 18, 2021 - updates for 2021
Version 1.2.3.1 Release Date: April 28, 2020 - updates for 2020
Version 1.2.3.0 Release Date: October 17, 2019 - css & html modifications
Version 1.2.3 Release Date: June 15, 2019 - code improvements - updates of the example files
Version 1.2.2 Release Date: February 19, 2019 - autoplay for video background on Chrome
Version 1.2.1.1 Release Date: January 29, 2019 - updates for jQuery version
Version 1.2.1.0 Release Date: January 23, 2017 - code improvements for touch navigation feature
Version 1.2.1 Release Date: October 07, 2017 - support for HTTPS websites
Version 1.2 Release Date: March 02, 2017 - code improvements
Version 1.1.1 Release Date: January 15, 2016 - code improvements
Version 1.1 Release Date: August 4, 2015 - bug fix: fixed a bug related with callback function
Version 1.0 Release Date: June 12, 2015