Title: countdown custom text
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# countdown custom text

 *  [emmekweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emmekweb/)
 * (@emmekweb)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/countdown-custom-text/)
 * Can i display a text like “event started” or other when the event is just start,
   now i don’t see nothing in the countdown box from that moment but only before…
   
   where i can to customize it?
 * thanks
    mirko
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/)

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 *  [Geoff Graham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geoffgraham/)
 * (@geoffgraham)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/countdown-custom-text/#post-7635173)
 * Hey [@emmekweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emmekweb/),
 * Can you clarify a bit more what you mean by a countdown box? There is a countdown
   option in Events Calendar PRO, but The Events Calendar doesn’t include one out
   of the box. Perhaps you can send us a link to see?
 * Thanks!
    Geoff
 *  Thread Starter [emmekweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emmekweb/)
 * (@emmekweb)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/countdown-custom-text/#post-7635302)
 * hey,
    [http://i67.tinypic.com/dy3laf.png](http://i67.tinypic.com/dy3laf.png) 
   this element when the event start disappared, i see in the css style there are
   an opacity set to 0, i would to show a message like: EVENT JUST START, how i 
   can do it?
 * thanks
    mirko
 *  [joinfof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joinfof/)
 * (@joinfof)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/countdown-custom-text/#post-7635350)
 * Welcome back,
 * We don’t have a default setting that allows what you describe, but it’s definitely
   possible by creating a custom template override as explained in our [Themer’s Guide.](https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/themers-guide/)
 * Best of luck with the customizations and thanks for choosing TEC!

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