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HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce
Drive sales with timers that actually do something when they expire.
HealthyDeclining
83/100
This plugin provides useful scarcity tools for free despite some recent compatibility bugs.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.8★
167 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-36%
Declining fast
135 → 86 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 36% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -36% in the last year
135/day a year ago→86/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayHurryTimer is a well-regarded countdown timer plugin praised for its ease of use and useful expiry actions, though a compatibility issue with WordPress 6.9.1 and at least one report of saved changes not applying in the free version are worth noting.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use×6
- +Customizable appearance including colors and header editing×3
- +Expiry actions (e.g. displaying a message when countdown ends) are a standout feature not found in competing plugins
- +Responsive support that guides users to correct solutions
Common complaints
- −Display breaks on WordPress 6.9.1 and later versions (since 6.9.1)
- −Saved changes do not apply in the free version
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.93★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 167 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-29★★★★★It's a effective pluginswahid1235
- 2026-02-15★★★★★Very Good – Thank you!Will McCulloch
- 2026-02-04★★★★★oops! display is broken with 6.9 and 6.9.1idahobaker
- 2026-01-05★★★★★Works like a bomb!Christina Rohl
- 2025-12-31★★★★★Thanks for the supportManjunathpmf
- 2025-12-07★★★★★Super for countdowns!tsiarasn
- 2025-11-12★★★★★Excellent Pluginmac2025
- 2025-09-13★★★★★Great Product!abidefiler
- 2025-09-04★★★★★Buen plugin.imagiko
- 2025-06-21★★★★★Excellent pluginpgmr
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to HurryTimer
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the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
82
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
92
Prior 7-day baseline
71
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
83
Mean release-day peak (30d)
92
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-10.9%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
7%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.82
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
97%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+50%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.93 → 4.93★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered