Description
Seasonal Effects is the ultimate toolkit for holiday marketing and seasonal decorations.
🚀 Boost Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sales
Create urgency with countdown timers, flash sale banners, and exclusive “Sale Mode” animations like falling price tags and shopping bags.
🎃 Spooky Halloween Effects – Crawling spiders, floating ghosts, flying bats, fog effects
🎄 Festive Christmas Vibes – Winter themes with falling snow, lights, and ornaments
🎆 Celebration Ready – New Year fireworks, confetti, and balloons
💝 Valentine’s Day – Floating hearts, heart confetti, and pulsating hearts
🐣 Easter – Easter eggs and hopping bunnies
🔊 Sound Effects – Optional themed sounds (witch laugh, wolf howl, jingle bells, fireworks and more)
🛍️ Black Friday & Cyber Monday Features
Maximize your Q4 revenue with dedicated tools:
* Countdown Timers: Create FOMO with urgent timers in your notice bar.
* Sale Animations: Falling “Sale” tags, shopping bags, and discount icons.
* Cyber Effects: Matrix rain and glitch effects perfect for Cyber Monday tech deals.
* Pre-built Templates: One-click setup for Black Friday (Dark/Red) and Cyber Monday (Neon/Tech).
* Scheduled Campaigns: Set start/end dates for your sales banners automatically.
✨ Key Features
6 Beautiful Animations:
* 🦇 Flying Bats – Smooth flight patterns
* 👻 Floating Ghosts – Mysterious floating
* 🎃 Running Pumpkin – Rolling across screen
* 🍂 Falling Leaves – Autumn atmosphere
* 🕷️ Crawling Spiders – Realistic crawling motion
* 🌫️ Fog Effect – Multi-layer fog drift
Smart Controls:
* Individual on/off toggles
* Count controls for each effect
* Speed variations (slow/medium/fast)
* Mobile device support
* Display location targeting
Notice Bar System:
* 🎨 Advanced Design: Gradients, background images, and custom colors
* ⏱️ Countdown Timer: 5 styles (Simple, Rounded, Square, Filled, Circle)
* 👁️ Visibility Rules: Show on specific pages (Home, Blog, Posts, CPTs)
* 🍪 Smart Closing: Session-based, time-based (1h/1d/7d), or permanent dismissal
* 📱 Responsive: Top/Bottom positioning with mobile support
* 📝 Rich Content: Full WYSIWYG editor with color and font size controls
⏱️ Countdown Timer Block & Shortcode:
* Add a live countdown anywhere: the Countdown Timer block, or the [seasonal_effects_countdown] shortcode for classic editor, widgets and page builders
* 5 styles (Simple, Rounded, Square, Filled, Circle), 3 sizes, long or short labels, custom colors
* Uses your site’s timezone, so every visitor counts down to the same moment
* Shows the real time immediately (no “00:00” flash) and swaps to your own message when it ends
* Loads its small CSS/JS only on pages that contain a timer
5 Sales Templates:
* ⚫ Black Friday: High-converting dark theme with red accents
* 💻 Cyber Monday: Modern neon/tech aesthetic
* 🎄 Christmas Sale: Festive holiday colors
* ⭐ Special Offer: High contrast attention grabber
* ⚡ Flash Sale: Urgent gradient design
🎯 Perfect For
- Black Friday / Cyber Monday Sales
- Holiday themed websites
- Seasonal sales and promotions
- Event announcements
- Blog posts and articles
- E-commerce stores
- Portfolio sites
⚡ Performance
- CSS-driven animations with a small script
- Assets load only when an effect is enabled
- GPU-accelerated transformations
- Mobile-optimized
- 60fps smooth animations
🔒 Privacy & Security
- No external API calls
- No data collection
- No tracking cookies
- All settings stored in your own database
- Notice bar dismissal is remembered in the visitor’s browser only
👨💻 Developer
Created with 🎃 by Sanjay Shankar
Connect:
* WordPress Profile
* GitHub
* LinkedIn
* Website
Support Development:
* Buy Me a Coffee ☕
Screenshots
Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
- Countdown Timer A live countdown to a sale, launch or event. Uses your site's timezone so every visitor counts down to the same moment.
Installation
Automatic Installation
- Log in to WordPress admin
- Go to Plugins Add New
- Search for “Seasonal Effects”
- Click Install Now
- Click Activate
- Go to Seasonal Effects Site Animations
Manual Installation
- Download the plugin ZIP file
- Go to Plugins Add New Upload Plugin
- Choose the ZIP file
- Click Install Now
- Click Activate
Quick Start
- Go to Seasonal Effects Site Animations
- Click Templates tab
- Choose a seasonal preset
- Click Apply Template
- Save settings
- Visit your website!
FAQ
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Go to Seasonal Effects Notice Bar, click the Templates tab, and select the Black Friday template. You can then customize the text and countdown timer in the Settings tab.
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How do I add a countdown timer to a page or post?
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In the block editor, add the Countdown Timer block and pick the end date. Everywhere else (classic editor, widgets, Elementor and other page builders), use the shortcode:
[seasonal_effects_countdown end="2026-11-27 23:59" style="rounded" title="Sale ends in"]Options:
end(in your site timezone),style(simple, rounded, square, filled, circle),size(small, medium, large),labels(long, short),align(left, center, right),bg_color,text_color,show_seconds(yes, no),title,expired_text(leave empty to hide the timer when it ends). The Seasonal Effects dashboard has a copy-ready example. -
Can I schedule my Cyber Monday sale in advance?
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Yes! In the Notice Bar settings under the Schedule tab, you can set a Start Date and End Date. The banner will automatically appear and disappear at your specified times.
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Will this slow down my website?
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No. The animations are CSS-driven and GPU-accelerated, and the plugin’s files only load when at least one effect is enabled.
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Can I use this with any theme?
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Yes! Seasonal Effects works with any WordPress theme.
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Can I customize the animations?
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Absolutely! Control count, speed, and display locations for each effect.
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Is this compatible with WooCommerce?
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Yes! Works perfectly with WooCommerce and other popular plugins.
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Can I disable effects on mobile?
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Yes! There’s a mobile device toggle in the General tab.
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Will my existing settings be preserved when updating?
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Yes! The plugin is 100% backward compatible. All settings are automatically migrated.
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How do I get support?
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- Support Forum
- GitHub Issues
- Email: me@sanjayshankar.me
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How can I contribute?
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- GitHub Repository
- Submit pull requests
- Report bugs
- Suggest features
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Can I support this plugin?
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Yes! If you find this plugin helpful:
* ⭐ Rate it on WordPress.org
* ☕ Buy me a coffee
* 🐛 Report bugs on GitHub
* 💡 Share feature ideas
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Contributors & Developers
“Seasonal Effects & Notice Bar (formerly Halloween Animations)” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
2.4.0 – 2026-09-29
- New Feature: Countdown Timer block and
[seasonal_effects_countdown]shortcode, with 5 styles, 3 sizes and custom colors - New: Countdown Timer card with a copy-ready shortcode on the Seasonal Effects dashboard
- Tested: WordPress 7.1
- Fixed: PHP warning (“Undefined array key default”) when saving Notice Bar settings
- Fixed: Animations now correctly move clear of a fixed Notice Bar
- Improved: Removed a redundant translation loader; WordPress.org loads translations automatically
2.3.0 – 2025-11-23
- New Feature: Advanced Notice Bar Templates (Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas, etc.)
- New Feature: Visibility & Targeting Rules (Show on Home, Blog, Specific Post Types)
- New Feature: Smart Closing Behavior (Session, 1 Hour, 1 Day, Forever)
- New Feature: Countdown Timer Styles (Simple, Rounded, Square, Filled, Circle)
- New Feature: Background Image support for Notice Bar
- Improved: Rich Text Editor for Notice Content with color/size controls
- Improved: Admin UI with Visual Selectors and Template Grid
- Improved: “Reset Visibility” tool for admins
2.2.0 – 2025-11-20
- Major Update – Rebranded to Seasonal Effects
- Added Templates tab with 8 quick presets
- Improved spider crawling animation (removed web threads)
- Fixed fog effect visibility and drift
- Enhanced mobile performance
- Better admin UI with clearer organization
- One-time welcome notice for existing users
- 100% backward compatible
- Full details in CHANGELOG.md
2.0.0 – 2024-10-01
- Initial public release
- 6 Halloween animations
- Sound effect system
- Notice bar functionality
- Mobile device support
1.0.0 – 2024-09-01
- Beta release