Milestone Widget

Create a countdown to or from a given date with the Milestone Widget. The Milestone Widget can be used with Classic themes or Block themes.

Adding the Milestone Widget

1. To use this widget, you’ll first need to activate the Extra Sidebar Widgets feature.
2. Depending on the theme of the site, here are the steps to add the widget:
   • With a Classic theme, or a Block theme: navigate to Appearance → Customize → Widgets and search for Milestone (Jetpack), then click it to add the Milestone widget to any widget area.
   • With a Block theme, another method is to navigate to Appearance → Widgets, then search for Milestone (Jetpack) when inserting a block.
3. When you add the widget, you will find customization options for the display of the widget:
   • Title (optional): This text appears above the widget.
   • Description (optional): This text appears at the top of the widget.
   • Date: Select the date you are counting to/from.
   • Time (optional): Enter the time on the date you are counting down to.
   • Time unit: Select if you want the widget to count automatically, year, month, day, or hour units.
   • Milestone count: Select “Until your milestone” if you want the widget to count down to a specific date/time. Select “Since your milestone” if you want the widget to count from a specific date/time.
   • Milestone Reached Message (optional): This text appears instead of a counter after reaching the milestone.

Customize the appearance

You can use the following HTML tags to format text in the widget settings text fields:

• <a>
• <em>
• <strong>