Simple Digital Clock 🕒
It is 🪄 a magical and easy-to-use digital clock with a beautiful UI, supporting multiple languages, locales, dates, captions, and time zones.
Solid choice
Simple Digital Clock 🕒 is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 500+ sites, is rated 4.4/5 and was last updated 1 month ago, and scores 65/100 on our health check.
- Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
- Small user base (500+ active installs)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Simple Digital Clock 🕒 stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| clock | #2 |
| current time | #18 |
| digital clock | #1 |
| local times | #25 |
| world clock | #3 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 from 11 reviews
About Simple Digital Clock 🕒
From the official readme · v1.1.1Description
It is 🪄 a magical and easy-to-use digital clock with a beautiful UI, supporting multiple languages, locales, dates, captions, and time zones.
📌 Description
The Digital Clock Widget – 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 demo👀 | CodePen playground👀
⭐️ FEATURES ⭐️
- 🚀 Lightweight (~11.2 KiB gzip)
- 🗣 Locale support (BCP-47, e.g.,
en-US,uk,de-DE) - 🌐 IANA time zones (e.g.,
Europe/Kyiv,UTC) - 📝 Custom caption
- 🎨 Styling: color/gradient, radius, shadows
- 🔢 24-hour or AM/PM, ⏱ seconds, ⏱️ optional hundredths of a second, 📅 date
- 🔒 SSL-friendly, 📱 responsive, 🔍 SEO-friendly
- 💯 Free, no ads
How it works
- Add the Simple Digital Clock block in the editor or as a widget.
- 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
- Locale (e.g.,
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.
📌 Installation
= From your WordPress dashboard =
1. Go to Plugins → Add New
2. Search for “Simple Digital Clock”
3. Install & Activate
4. Insert the block in the editor or add it as a widget (/wp-admin/widgets.php)
From WordPress.org
- Download “Simple Digital Clock”
- Upload to /wp-content/plugins/
- Activate
- 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 cinpm run build
🍩 Donations
🕒 Sync Time: UTC
🗓️ Today’s Date: TodaysDateNow
Frequently asked questions
Can I set a custom locale (e.g., `uk` or `en-GB`)?
Yes. Use the Locale field and enter any valid BCP-47 tag.
How do I pick the time zone?
Use the Time Zone field and select any valid IANA ID (e.g., Europe/Kyiv, UTC).
Can I show hundredths of a second?
Yes. Enable “Hundredths of a second” in the block settings. It shows two fractional digits and automatically includes seconds while enabled.
Can I use my own fonts?
You can choose from built-in mono fonts (Google Fonts) or keep the system font.
24-hour format
Yes. You can enable 24-hour time for any locale. Toggle 24-Hour in the block settings. For 12-hour time with AM/PM, turn it off.
Can I show different locales and time zones on the same page?
Yes. Each block is independent—set its own locale and time zone.
Is it fast?
Yes. The bundled clock widget is about 11.2 KiB gzip and is served locally without a runtime JavaScript CDN dependency.
Changelog
1.1.1
- Fixed the clock block layout so it stays correctly positioned within WordPress content containers and block themes.
1.1.0
- Added optional hundredths-of-a-second display.
- Updated bundled Simple Digital Clock Widget to 0.7.0.
- Updated live demo and source-code documentation.
1.0.5
- Migrated the clock block to Block API version 3 for compatibility with the iframe block editor: the clock preview now renders inside the WordPress 7.1 editor canvas.
- Verified compatibility with WordPress 7.1.
1.0.4
- Verified compatibility with WordPress 7.0.
- Added isolated upgrade-path testing from the public 1.0.3 release.
- Added WordPress 7 smoke coverage across PHP 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5.
1.0.3
- Updated: POT file.
1.0.2
- Fix: Minor bugs fixed.
Screenshots
For developers
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FAQ
Simple Digital Clock 🕒: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026
Is Simple Digital Clock 🕒 free?
Yes. Simple Digital Clock 🕒 is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Simple Digital Clock 🕒 safe to use in 2026?
Simple Digital Clock 🕒 is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 500+ sites, is rated 4.4/5 and was last updated 1 month ago, and scores 65/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Simple Digital Clock 🕒?
Simple Digital Clock 🕒 is active on 500+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 8,748 times since it launched in March 2024. It was downloaded 323 times in the last 30 days.
Does Simple Digital Clock 🕒 work with WordPress 7.1?
Yes. The developer has tested Simple Digital Clock 🕒 up to WordPress 7.1.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 6.3 or newer.
What PHP version does Simple Digital Clock 🕒 need?
Simple Digital Clock 🕒 requires PHP 7.0 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Simple Digital Clock 🕒 last updated?
The latest version, 1.1.1, was released on August 21, 2026 (1 month ago).
Who makes Simple Digital Clock 🕒?
Simple Digital Clock 🕒 is developed and maintained by falselight.
What are the best alternatives to Simple Digital Clock 🕒?
The most popular alternatives to Simple Digital Clock 🕒 are CoolClock (1K+ installs), Easy Timer (1K+ installs) and MX Time Zone Clocks (1K+ installs).
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