Title: Live Clock Widget
Author: Mervin Praison
Published: <strong>janvier 14, 2012</strong>
Last modified: novembre 10, 2025

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# Live Clock Widget

 By [Mervin Praison](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mervinpraison/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wordpress-clock.2.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-clock/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-clock/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-clock/#installation)
 * [Development](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-clock/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-clock/)

## Description

Live Clock Widget provides a beautiful, modern clock display for your website. Choose
between analog and digital styles, customize the size, and display it anywhere using
a shortcode or widget.

**Key Features:**

 * 🕐 **Analog Clock** – Beautiful circular clock with smooth animations
 * 🔢 **Digital Clock** – Modern digital display with date
 * 📱 **Fully Responsive** – Works perfectly on all devices
 * 🎨 **Modern Design** – Gradient backgrounds and smooth animations
 * ⚡ **No Flash** – Pure JavaScript and CSS (Flash removed in v2.0)
 * 🔒 **Secure** – All output properly escaped and sanitized
 * 🌐 **Translation Ready** – Full i18n support
 * ⚙️ **Easy Customization** – Adjustable size and type

**Usage:**

 * **Shortcode:** `[wpclock]` – Default analog clock
 * **Shortcode Options:** `[wpclock type="digital" size="300"]`
 * **Widget:** Drag and drop from Appearance > Widgets
 * **PHP Function:** `<?php echo do_shortcode('[wpclock]'); ?>`

## Installation

 1. Upload the `wordpress-clock` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Use the shortcode `[wpclock]` in any post or page
 4. Or add the widget from Appearance > Widgets

## FAQ

### What is the shortcode?

Use `[wpclock]` for a default analog clock, or customize it:
 * `[wpclock type="
analog" size="200"]` – Analog clock, 200px * `[wpclock type="digital" size="300"]`–
Digital clock, 300px

### How do I add it as a widget?

 1. Go to Appearance > Widgets
 2. Find « WordPress Clock » widget
 3. Drag it to your desired sidebar
 4. Configure the title, type, and size
 5. Save

### Can I customize the colors?

Yes! Add custom CSS to your theme:

    ```
    `css
    ```

.wpclock-face {
 background: linear-gradient(135deg, #your-color1, #your-color2);}`

### Does it work without Flash?

Yes! Version 2.0 completely removed Flash and uses modern JavaScript and CSS3.

### Is it mobile responsive?

Absolutely! The clock automatically adjusts to different screen sizes.

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Nice](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-1348/)󠁿

 [Mervin Praison](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mervinpraison/) septembre 3, 2016

Nice

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-clock/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Live Clock Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Mervin Praison ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mervinpraison/)

[Translate “Live Clock Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wordpress-clock)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-clock/), 
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wordpress-clock/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wordpress-clock/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wordpress-clock/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.3

 * **CRITICAL:** Fixed text domain to match plugin slug (wordpress-clock)
 * Removed Domain Path header (not needed for WordPress.org plugins)
 * Removed screenshot-1.png (should be in assets, not plugin)
 * All internationalization now uses correct text domain

#### 2.2

 * Updated Plugin URI to GitHub repository
 * All links now point to https://github.com/MervinPraison/wordpress-clock
 * Removed references to mervin.info domain

#### 2.1

 * **CRITICAL:** Fixed trademark violation – renamed from « WordPress Clock » to«
   Live Clock Widget »
 * Updated all text domains to ‘live-clock-widget’
 * Updated plugin URI and author URI

#### 2.0

 * **MAJOR UPDATE:** Complete rewrite from scratch
 * Security: Removed Flash dependency (security risk)
 * Security: Added proper input sanitization and output escaping
 * Security: Updated to modern WordPress widget API
 * Improved: Pure JavaScript and CSS3 implementation
 * Improved: Responsive design for all devices
 * Improved: Smooth animations for analog clock
 * Improved: Digital clock with date display
 * Improved: Modern gradient design
 * Improved: Widget with customization options
 * Improved: Shortcode with type and size parameters
 * Improved: Translation ready with text domain
 * Improved: WordPress 6.8 compatibility
 * Fixed: Plugin name typo (Worpress  WordPress)
 * Fixed: Deprecated widget registration method
 * Fixed: Hardcoded HTTP URLs
 * Fixed: External CDN dependency removed

#### 1.1

 * Minor fixes

#### 1.0

 * Initial release with Flash clock

## Meta

 *  Version **2.3**
 *  Last updated **5 mois ago**
 *  Active installations **90+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-clock/)
 * Tags
 * [analog](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/analog/)[clock](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/clock/)
   [digital](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/digital/)[shortcode](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)
   [widget](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-clock/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Mervin Praison ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mervinpraison/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-clock/)

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