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PromoTimer – Flash Sale Scheduler for WooCommerce

Schedule WooCommerce sale prices with start/end date + time, show a live countdown timer, and display customizable promo messages.

10+ active installsFree on WordPress.org
View on WordPress.orgSupport forum
Will this break my store?

What the WordPress.org registry says about keeping PromoTimer – Flash Sale Scheduler for WooCommerce running.

WordPress compatibility
Tested to 7.0.4 — 1 branch behind 7.1
Tested against the WordPress branch in use today.
Last updated
4 months ago
At least 9.5 releases a year since launch. WordPress.org only lists versions still available for download, so the real number may be higher.
Requires PHP
7.4
Your host must be running at least this version.
Requires WordPress
6.0
Requires other plugins
woocommerce
These must be installed and active first.
Contributors
1
A single maintainer. Worth knowing if the plugin is load-bearing for your store.
10+ active installsWordPress.org reports installs in bands, not exact counts.
Maintenance & trust

Scored on how PromoTimer – Flash Sale Scheduler for WooCommerce is looked after — not on how many stores run it.

Well maintained
Not enough public feedback to put a confident number on this one. Little public feedback — score rests mostly on release activity. What we can see is below.
Maintenance
35 / 35
Updated 115 days ago.
WordPress compatibility
20 / 20
Tested to WP 7.0.4 (current).
Support responsiveness
Not enough data
Only 0 support thread(s) — not enough to judge.
Merchant satisfaction
Not enough data
No ratings yet.
Listing transparency
10 / 10
Provides: screenshots, description, homepage
2 of 5 measures had too little evidence to score. They are left out of the total rather than counted as zero — otherwise a plugin would be marked down for being small rather than for being poorly kept.Measured 2026-09-13 from the WordPress.org plugin registry.
Ratings

No one has rated this plugin on WordPress.org yet. That is a statement about the ratings page, not about the plugin — plenty of well-kept plugins never collect them.

PromoTimer lets you plan time-boxed promotions for WooCommerce products with start/end date and time, display a live countdown on the product page, and customize all texts, emojis, and colors.

Works for simple products and product variations — each variation can be scheduled independently.

Perfect for: flash sales, limited-time offers, seasonal discounts, and product launches.

Highlights
– 🕒 Schedule sales precisely: start/end date + hour:minute
– 🔥 Pre-promo message: “Promotion starts on DATE at TIME”
– ⏳ Live countdown during promo: “Hurry up! Promotion ends in: 12:02:45”
– 💸 Under-price message during promo: “Take advantage! This product is on promotion.”
– 🧼 Auto-cleanup after expiry: removes promo meta and resets sale price
– 🎯 Full support for variable products (per-variation scheduling)
– 🎨 Admin settings to customize texts, emoji, and colors
– 🌍 Fully translatable (.pot included)
– 🧰 Clean architecture, no template overrides

Requires WooCommerce to be active.

🚀 PRO Version Available

Looking for more power? PromoTimer PRO adds:

  • 🔥 Bulk Promotions by Category — apply discounts to entire categories at once (% or fixed amount)
  • 📋 Campaigns Manager — manage all your promotions in one table with name, category, dates, status
  • 📊 Admin Product List Column — see active/scheduled promotions directly from the Products list
  • ⚡ Batch Processing — handles large stores without timeouts (20 products per batch)

👉 Get PromoTimer PRO

Features

  • Schedule sale prices with date + time (start and end)
  • Show pre-promo notice with start date/time
  • Show countdown and under-price promo message while active
  • Countdown disappears automatically when promo ends and resets sale price
  • Works with simple and variable products (independent per variation)
  • Admin settings page: customize emoji, colors, all texts (placeholders supported)
  • Promo badge in shop/category/archive pages
  • Cache compatibility: LiteSpeed, WP Rocket, W3TC, WP Super Cache and more
  • Internationalization ready (/languages/promo-timer.pot)

Does it require WooCommerce?

Yes. The plugin hooks into WooCommerce product/variation edit screens and the single product template.

Will it work with variable products?

Yes. Each variation has its own start/end date and time. The frontend countdown and messages update when a variation is selected.

Does it change my theme templates?

No template overrides. It uses standard WooCommerce hooks only.

Can I customize the texts and emoji?

Yes. Go to WooCommerce → PromoTimer. You can customize the emoji, main color, and 3 text messages (before promo, during promo, under price). Placeholders {date} and {time} are supported.

Is it translatable?

Yes. Fully internationalized with a .pot file included in /languages. Use Loco Translate or Poedit.

What happens when the promotion ends?

A WP-Cron task runs hourly to clean expired promotions: removes promo meta fields, resets the WooCommerce sale price, and clears cache. The countdown also disappears automatically on the frontend.

Is there a PRO version?

Yes! PromoTimer PRO adds bulk promotions by category, a campaigns manager, and an admin product list column. Learn more here.

Categories
Upsell & conversionDiscounts & coupons
Plugin details
Version1.0.6
Last updated2026-05-21 4:23pm GMT
Added2026-03-06
Requires WordPress6.0
Tested up to7.0.4
Requires PHP7.4
Tags on WordPress.org
countdown
flash sale
promotions
sale
woocommerce
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