Installation
Countdown Timer & Announcer displays announcement bars on your storefront through a Shopify theme extension. Installation takes a couple of minutes: install the app, activate the extension on your theme, and verify it works.
Install from Shopify App Store
Find Countdown Timer & Announcer on the Shopify App Store
Click Add app
Click Install app to confirm
After installation, the app opens and shows a setup guide.
Activate the Theme Extension
The app uses a theme extension (app embed) to render announcement bars on your storefront. Without it, nothing will appear.
Using the Setup Guide
In the setup guide, click the Choose Theme dropdown and select your active theme
Click Activate next to “Install App to Theme”
This opens the Shopify theme editor with the Countdown Timer & Announcer extension highlighted
Click Save in the theme editor
Return to the app and click Complete Setup
Manual Activation
If you skip the setup guide or need to activate on a different theme:
Go to Shopify Admin > Online Store > Themes
Click Customize on your active theme
Click the App embeds icon in the left sidebar
Find Countdown Timer & Announcer and toggle it ON
Click Save
Verify It Works
Create a test announcement from the app dashboard (or follow the Quick Start Guide)
Publish it
Visit your storefront – you should see the announcement bar
If your announcement does not appear, see Announcements Not Showing.
Dashboard Overview
Once setup is complete, the dashboard shows:
Active announcements – how many bars are currently live
Scheduled – announcements set to go live in the future
Today’s views and click rate – quick performance snapshot
Quick actions – create from a blank slate, generate with AI, or browse templates