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Simple Digital Clock ๐Ÿ•’

by falselight

4.4
(11 ratings)

It is ๐Ÿช„ a magical and easy-to-use digital clock with a beautiful UI, supporting multiple languages, locales, dates, captions, and time zones.

๐Ÿ“Œ Description

The Digital Clock Widget โ€“ the perfect addition to your website! This sleek and minimalist digital clock Gutenberg block (widget) offers a quick and easy way to display the current time on your site. With its clean design and unobtrusive style, it seamlessly blends into any webpage. Whether you’re running a blog, an e-commerce store, or a personal website, our widget keeps your visitors informed with accurate, real-time information. Easy to install and highly customizable, it’s the ideal choice for adding a touch of professionalism to your online presence. Upgrade your website today with the Simple Digital Clock Widget and keep your audience in sync with the times!

Live demo๐Ÿ‘€ | CodePen playground๐Ÿ‘€

โญ๏ธ FEATURES โญ๏ธ

  • ๐Ÿš€ Lightweight (~11.2 KiB gzip)
  • ๐Ÿ—ฃ Locale support (BCP-47, e.g., en-US, uk, de-DE)
  • ๐ŸŒ IANA time zones (e.g., Europe/Kyiv, UTC)
  • ๐Ÿ“ Custom caption
  • ๐ŸŽจ Styling: color/gradient, radius, shadows
  • ๐Ÿ”ข 24-hour or AM/PM, โฑ seconds, โฑ๏ธ optional hundredths of a second, ๐Ÿ“… date
  • ๐Ÿ”’ SSL-friendly, ๐Ÿ“ฑ responsive, ๐Ÿ” SEO-friendly
  • ๐Ÿ’ฏ Free, no ads

How it works

  1. Add the Simple Digital Clock block in the editor or as a widget.
  2. Configure in the right sidebar:
    • Locale (e.g., en-US, uk, fr-FR)
    • Time Zone (IANA ID, e.g., Europe/Kyiv, America/New_York, UTC)
    • Seconds, Hundredths, Date, 24-Hour (AM/PM), Caption
    • Background/gradient, border radius, shadow, and font

Hundredths shows two fractional digits after the seconds for clocks that need finer visual precision. Hundredths automatically include seconds while enabled. Note: the browser may not render every 10 ms increment.

๐Ÿ“Œ Installation

= From your WordPress dashboard =
1. Go to Plugins Add New
2. Search for โ€œSimple Digital Clockโ€
3. Install & Activate
4. Insert the block in the editor or add it as a widget (/wp-admin/widgets.php)

From WordPress.org

  1. Download โ€œSimple Digital Clockโ€
  2. Upload to /wp-content/plugins/
  3. Activate
  4. Insert the block / add the widget

Source / Development

The production JavaScript bundled with this plugin is built from the public Simple Digital Clock Widget source.

  • Source repository: https://github.com/Timenow-zone/Simple-Digital-Clock-Widget
  • Bundled upstream version: 0.7.0
  • Exact source for this bundled release: https://github.com/Timenow-zone/Simple-Digital-Clock-Widget/tree/v0.7.0

To reproduce the production bundle:

  • npm ci
  • npm run build

๐Ÿฉ Donations

๐Ÿ•’ Sync Time: UTC
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Today’s Date: TodaysDateNow

Screenshots

screenshot-1.png โ€“ Front-end examples: multiple Simple Digital Clock blocks on one page, each with different locales, time zones, colors, and formats (AM/PM or 24-hour).

screenshot-1.png โ€“ Front-end examples: multiple Simple Digital Clock blocks on one page, each with different locales, time zones, colors, and formats (AM/PM or 24-hour).

screenshot-2.png โ€“ Editor view: Gutenberg sidebar settings for the block (Container, Background Color, Options, Display, About, Advanced) to tweak size, radius, shadow, font, locale, time zone, seconds, date, etc.

screenshot-2.png โ€“ Editor view: Gutenberg sidebar settings for the block (Container, Background Color, Options, Display, About, Advanced) to tweak size, radius, shadow, font, locale, time zone, seconds, date, etc.

screenshot-3.png โ€“ Block inserter: searching โ€œClockโ€ and selecting the Simple Digital Clock block to add it to the page.

screenshot-3.png โ€“ Block inserter: searching โ€œClockโ€ and selecting the Simple Digital Clock block to add it to the page.

screenshot-4.png โ€“ Live preset gallery showing Local Time, London, New York, Tokyo, Kyiv, and the Hundredths preset.

screenshot-4.png โ€“ Live preset gallery showing Local Time, London, New York, Tokyo, Kyiv, and the Hundredths preset.

screenshot-5.png โ€“ Live preview of a customized London clock with caption, seconds, date, color, radius, and shadow.

screenshot-5.png โ€“ Live preview of a customized London clock with caption, seconds, date, color, radius, and shadow.

Plugin Details

Active Installs
500
Total Downloads
8,627
Version
1.1.1
Requires WP
6.3
Requires PHP
7.0
Tested Up To
7.1
Added
2024-03-22
Last Updated
2026-08-21 9:41pm GMT

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