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hour:minute<\/strong>\n- \ud83d\udd25 Pre-promo message: <em>\"Promotion starts on DATE at TIME\"<\/em>\n- \u23f3 Live countdown during promo: <em>\"Hurry up! Promotion ends in: 12:02:45\"<\/em>\n- \ud83d\udcb8 Under-price message during promo: <em>\"Take advantage! This product is on promotion.\"<\/em>\n- \ud83e\uddfc Auto-cleanup after expiry: removes promo meta and resets sale price\n- \ud83c\udfaf Full support for <strong>variable products<\/strong> (per-variation scheduling)\n- \ud83c\udfa8 Admin settings to customize <strong>texts<\/strong>, <strong>emoji<\/strong>, and <strong>colors<\/strong>\n- \ud83c\udf0d Fully translatable (.pot included)\n- \ud83e\uddf0 Clean architecture, no template overrides<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p><strong>Requires WooCommerce<\/strong> to be active.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3>\ud83d\ude80 PRO Version Available<\/h3>\n\n<p>Looking for more power? <strong>PromoTimer PRO<\/strong> adds:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <strong>Bulk Promotions by Category<\/strong> \u2014 apply discounts to entire categories at once (% or fixed amount)<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udccb <strong>Campaigns Manager<\/strong> \u2014 manage all your promotions in one table with name, category, dates, status<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcca <strong>Admin Product List Column<\/strong> \u2014 see active\/scheduled promotions directly from the Products list<\/li>\n<li>\u26a1 <strong>Batch Processing<\/strong> \u2014 handles large stores without timeouts (20 products per batch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/webdesign-profesional.com\/promo-timer\/\">Get PromoTimer PRO<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Schedule sale prices with <strong>date + time<\/strong> (start and end)<\/li>\n<li>Show <strong>pre-promo<\/strong> notice with start date\/time<\/li>\n<li>Show <strong>countdown<\/strong> and <strong>under-price<\/strong> promo message while active<\/li>\n<li>Countdown disappears automatically when promo ends and <strong>resets sale price<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Works with <strong>simple<\/strong> and <strong>variable<\/strong> products (independent per variation)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Admin settings page<\/strong>: customize emoji, colors, all texts (placeholders supported)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Promo badge<\/strong> in shop\/category\/archive pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cache compatibility<\/strong>: LiteSpeed, WP Rocket, W3TC, WP Super Cache and more<\/li>\n<li><strong>Internationalization ready<\/strong> (<code>\/languages\/promo-timer.pot<\/code>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the plugin folder to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> or install the ZIP via <strong>Plugins \u2192 Add New<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Activate <strong>PromoTimer<\/strong> from <strong>Plugins<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure <strong>WooCommerce<\/strong> is active.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>WooCommerce \u2192 PromoTimer<\/strong> to customize emoji, colors, and texts.<\/li>\n<li>Edit a product:\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Simple products<\/strong>: Product data \u2192 General \u2192 Pricing \u2192 set Promo Start\/End Date and Time<\/li>\n<li><strong>Variable products<\/strong>: Variations tab \u2192 set the same fields per variation<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20require%20woocommerce%3F\"><h3>Does it require WooCommerce?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. The plugin hooks into WooCommerce product\/variation edit screens and the single product template.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"will%20it%20work%20with%20variable%20products%3F\"><h3>Will it work with variable products?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Each variation has its <strong>own<\/strong> start\/end date and time. The frontend countdown and messages update when a variation is selected.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20change%20my%20theme%20templates%3F\"><h3>Does it change my theme templates?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No template overrides. It uses standard WooCommerce hooks only.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20customize%20the%20texts%20and%20emoji%3F\"><h3>Can I customize the texts and emoji?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Go to <strong>WooCommerce \u2192 PromoTimer<\/strong>. You can customize the emoji, main color, and 3 text messages (before promo, during promo, under price). Placeholders <code>{date}<\/code> and <code>{time}<\/code> are supported.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"is%20it%20translatable%3F\"><h3>Is it translatable?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Fully internationalized with a <code>.pot<\/code> file included in <code>\/languages<\/code>. Use Loco Translate or Poedit.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20happens%20when%20the%20promotion%20ends%3F\"><h3>What happens when the promotion ends?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>A WP-Cron task runs hourly to clean expired promotions: removes promo meta fields, resets the WooCommerce sale price, and clears cache. 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