Are you looking for ways to display an animated number counter on your WordPress site?
Showing a number count helps capture your visitors’ attention and allows you to display milestones, satisfied customers, successful projects completed, and other important statistics on your website.
In this article, we’ll show you how to show a number count animation in WordPress.
Why Add a Number Count Animation in WordPress?
Showing a number counter on your WordPress website is a great way to engage users and capture their attention.
You can use it to display important stats on your site, like the number of monthly visitors or the number of articles on a WordPress blog.
Similarly, you can use an animated number count to display completed projects, the number of satisfied customers, the number of clients, milestones achieved by your business, and other crucial information.
Adding and customizing a number count in WordPress usually requires editing code. This can be tricky for beginners who don’t know how to write code.
That said, let’s see how you can show an animated number counter in WordPress. We’ll cover simple method using a free plugin.
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Show a Number Count Animation Using Counter Number
You can add number count animation in WordPress is by using the Counter Number plugin.
It is a free WordPress plugin that is easy to use and lets you create simple counter numbers for your site.
First, you’ll need to install and activate the Counter Number plugin. For more details, please see our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you can go to Counter Numbers » All counters from your WordPress dashboard and click the ‘Add New Counter’ button.
After that, you can enter a title for your counter number. In the free version, you can only select the plain design template. If you want more templates and customization options.
Next, you can add counter number details. There are options to edit the counter title, select an icon, and enter the counter number value.
You can add as many counter numbers as you want by clicking the ‘Add New Counterbox’ button at the bottom.
Besides that, you get more customization options from the panel on your right.
For example, the plugin lets you change the counter title color, number color, icon size, font size, font family, and more.
After making the changes, scroll back to the top and publish your counter.
Next, you can head to Counter Numbers » All counters from your WordPress dashboard.
Go ahead and copy the Counter Shortcode. It will look something like this:
[COUNTER_NUMBER id=41]
Afterward, you can place your animated number count anywhere on your website, from posts and pages to sidebars.
Simply add a new post or page or edit an existing one. Once you’re in the content editor, simply click the ‘+’ sign and add a Shortcode block.
Next, you can paste the counter number shortcode in the block.
From here, preview and publish your page or post to see the animated number count in action.
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