Overview
GP Shipping Countdown Timer for WooCommerce shows an honest “order within X to ship today” countdown on your product pages. You set your real shipping timezone, days and dispatch cut-off , the urgency is genuine, never faked or reset on refresh. It’s cache-safe, stock-aware, and fits the native product page. No account. No external requests. No lock-in.
WHY USE SHIPPING COUNTDOWN TIMER
Most “order in the next 10 minutes!” timers are fake, they reset on every page load and pressure shoppers with a deadline that means nothing. This one counts down to your real same-day dispatch cut-off, then quietly switches to a calm message after hours, at weekends, and on holidays. That’s urgency you can stand behind, and shoppers can trust, without changing how WooCommerce works.
Features
Real Shipping-Hours Countdown
Set your timezone, working days and daily dispatch cut-off. The timer counts down to your cut-off never a fake, resetting clock.
Order Buffer Cut-Off
Give the warehouse breathing room — "orders must be in 30 minutes before cut-off" — so you never over-promise same-day dispatch.
Flexible Placement & Shortcode
Show it above or below Add to Cart, under the price, after the short description or product meta or drop the [gp_shipping_countdown] shortcode anywhere.
Cache-Safe by Design
The countdown is recomputed every second in the visitor's browser, in your store's timezone. A fully page-cached product page is always correct, never stuck on a stale time.
Two Editable Messages
One message for during shipping hours with the live [countdown], one for outside hours. A little inline HTML allowed, so "Fast Shipping!" can be bold.
Stock-Aware & Self-Hosted Icons
Hides the same-day promise on out-of-stock or backordered products. Crisp inline-SVG truck/package/bolt icons no Font Awesome, no clash with your theme.
Use Cases
Stores promising same-day dispatch that want the urgency to be real, not faked.
Shops on aggressive page caching or a CDN that still need an accurate, live countdown.
Merchants who ship on a fixed schedule with weekends, holidays and a warehouse cut-off buffer.
Who It's For
Store owners who want honest urgency they can stand behind.
Ops teams that ship on real hours with holidays and days off.
Merchants running full-page caching or a CDN.
Anyone who wants a clean product-page banner with zero external requests.
