The Admin Toolbar Live Clock plugin offers a simple yet powerful solution by keeping a live, ticking site clock always visible in the WordPress admin toolbar.
Whether you’re coordinating global content releases or verifying scheduled tasks, this plugin ensures you always have the correct site time in view — no page reloads required.
Who Should Use Admin Toolbar Live Clock?
- Editors managing international content schedules and publication times.
- Support Agents needing to log activities and comments against server time.
- Developers monitoring cron jobs, scheduled posts, or Action Scheduler tasks.
- Multisite Super Admins overseeing websites across various regions and time zones.
Key Features of Admin Toolbar Live Clock
- Live Ticking Clock: The time updates every second in real-time without page reloads or AJAX polling, providing an accurate and seamless experience.
- Multiple Calendar Systems Supported: Includes Gregorian, Persian (Jalali), Islamic (Hijri), Hebrew, Buddhist (Thai), and Japanese calendar options to accommodate various localization needs.
- Bundled Language Support: Pre-packaged with translations for en_US, fa_IR, ar_SA, he_IL, th_TH, ja_JP — and fully translatable for other languages.
- Flexible Time Formats: Choose between 12-hour or 24-hour time display based on your preference.
- Per-User Timezone Settings: Admins can either inherit the site-wide timezone or select a specific IANA timezone per user profile for personalized accuracy.
- Customizable Appearance: Includes native WordPress color picker fields to customize clock and date colors to match your admin theme.
- Admin-Only Asset Loading: The plugin loads only within wp-admin for users with manage_options capabilities, ensuring no unnecessary frontend impact and adherence to WordPress Coding Standards (WPCS).
- Clean Uninstall Process: All settings and data are removed when the plugin is deleted via uninstall.php, leaving no clutter behind.
How To Configure?
After installing and activating Admin Toolbar Live Clock the plugin simply follow these steps:
- Navigate to Dashboard → Settings → Toolbar Clock.
- Customize calendar type, time format, timezone, and colors.
- Enjoy a real-time ticking site clock on your WordPress admin toolbar.
For distributed editorial teams, busy developers, and multisite admins, Admin Toolbar Live Clock is a must-have plugin. It keeps you in sync with your site’s time effortlessly, streamlines scheduling accuracy, and supports global workflows with multilingual and multi-calendar capabilities.