Countdown to the specified date, with an optional linked description.
Currently only appears in the header, though PRs welcome.
Credit to https://github.com/VonLion/discourse-menu-icon for how to render the component in the Discourse header.
Follow Install a Plugin
how-to from the official Discourse Meta, using git clone https://github.com/dnewkerk/discourse-countdown.git
as the plugin command.
Set the target countdown date.
Optionally set a URL to link to, primary/secondary text, and custom CSS classes to assist with theming.
If you have issues or suggestions for the plugin, please bring them up on Discourse Meta.