{"id":1878,"date":"2007-07-15T02:20:48","date_gmt":"2007-07-15T02:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins-wp\/peters-date-countdown\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T04:12:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T04:12:43","slug":"peters-date-countdown","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/tah.wordpress.org\/plugins\/peters-date-countdown\/","author":127561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","version":"2.0.1","stable_tag":"trunk","tested":"2.6","requires":"2.3","requires_php":"","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Peter's Date Countdown","header_author":"Peter Keung","header_description":"","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2026-01-30 04:12:43","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"https:\/\/www.theblog.ca","header_plugin_uri":"https:\/\/www.theblog.ca","header_author_uri":"https:\/\/www.theblog.ca\/date-countdown","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":10,"downloads":7301,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq"],"tags":[],"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":{"1":0,"2":0,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0},"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":[],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[],"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[11659,1358,4708,2431,1486],"plugin_category":[40],"plugin_contributors":[78128],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-1878","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-countdown","plugin_tags-date","plugin_tags-dates","plugin_tags-event","plugin_tags-events","plugin_category-calendar-and-events","plugin_contributors-pkthree","plugin_committers-pkthree"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/peters-date-countdown.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p>Display a countdown of important dates. 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