Title: [Plugin: Countdown Timer] single and distinct timers per post
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Countdown Timer] single and distinct timers per post

 *  Resolved [xenakis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xenakis/)
 * (@xenakis)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-single-and-distinct-timers-per-post/)
 * Hi,
 * First of all, great plugin, so thank you to Andrew Ferguson for creating it.
 * I want to be able to insert a different timer (distinct end time) on each post
   that I create. While I am able to insert multiple distinct timers on a single
   post using
 * <?php function_exists(‘fergcorp_countdownTimer’)?fergcorp_countdownTimer(##):
   NULL; ?>
 * with the ‘##’ representing the number of timers created on the Settings page,
   I can not place single timers standalone on specific posts. If I have three timers
   set up on the Settings page, and replace the ‘##’ with ’03’, I get all three 
   timers. How would I pull out JUST the first timer?
 * I’ve also tried using
 * fergcorp_cdt_single date=”ENTER_DATE_HERE”
 * but just cannot figure out the right syntax. I’ve tried
 * <?php function_exists(‘fergcorp_countdownTimer’) fergcorp_cdt_single date=”[date
   here]”; ?>
 * to no avail.
 * Would appreciate any help on how to get single, distinct timers on multiple posts.
   Thanks!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/countdown-timer/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/countdown-timer/)

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 *  Plugin Author [fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * (@fergbrain)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-single-and-distinct-timers-per-post/#post-2739989)
 * [@xenakis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xenakis/):
 * `[fergcorp_cdt_single date="ENTER_DATE_HERE"]` is a shortcode that you should
   place in the content of your blog post or page. Valid examples of “ENTER_DATE_HERE”
   are anything parseable by [http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php](http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php)
 * With regard to using `fergcorp_countdownTimer(##)`, setting ## to 1 will provide
   just the first timer.
 * You can read more here: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/countdown-timer/installation/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/countdown-timer/installation/)
 *  Thread Starter [xenakis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xenakis/)
 * (@xenakis)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-single-and-distinct-timers-per-post/#post-2739990)
 * [@fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/):
 * thanks, Andrew. I’m sorry, but i can’t get that to work…can you quickly tell 
   me the exact line of code that i would need to use, say for June 1, 2012? i’ve
   tried using php-parseable date formats. e.g.
 * [fergcorp_cdt_single date=”June 1, 2012″]
 * but seem to only see that exact string (“[fergcorp_cdt_single date=”June 1, 2012”])
   to show up on the actual wordpress page.
 * I understand I should not use the below:
 * <label><?php function_exists(‘fergcorp_countdownTimer’)?fergcorp_countdownTimer(
   01):NULL; ?></label>
 * But do I need to embed the single date line of code somewhere within that? I’m
   really just looking for one example line of code using fergcorp_cdt_single
 * Thank you so much…this would be a great help!
 *  Plugin Author [fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * (@fergbrain)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-single-and-distinct-timers-per-post/#post-2739991)
 * [@xenakis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xenakis/):
 * That example parses correctly for me. Are you using the Edit Post page to enter`[
   fergcorp_cdt_single date="June 1, 2012"]`? Can you post a screen shot of where
   you’re entering the shortcode and what the output looks like?
 *  Thread Starter [xenakis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xenakis/)
 * (@xenakis)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-single-and-distinct-timers-per-post/#post-2739992)
 * Andrew,
 * I figured it out…I was placing the shortcode into the HTML, not the actual Edit
   Post page…dumb mistake.
 * Thank you!
 *  Plugin Author [fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * (@fergbrain)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-single-and-distinct-timers-per-post/#post-2739993)
 * No worries!

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