activate wp-block-jetpack-event-countdown widget

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    madanpraba · Member ·

    I’m using jetpack through WordPress hosting plan. I want to use the event countdown widget from the jetpack widget blocks. Please help me to use it. I’m using a different theme on my website.

  • fstat · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    Are you referring to the Milestone widget? There is no other countdown widget on Jetpack.

    Jetpack

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    madanpraba · Member ·

    Hello,
    wp-block-jetpack-event-countdown is a widget available in wordpress.com site as a block, we can insert in the page/post.

    Recently, I have purchased a WordPress hosting site in Bluehost. There, I can see the widget which is available to use in the widget area only, not possible in the blocks to use in pages or posts.

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Widgets and blocks are two completely different things.

    The Milestone widget is a widget that can only be added to your theme’s widget area. To use that widget you must have the Extra Sidebar Widgets module of Jetpack enabled:

    Jetpack

    The Event Countdown block is a content block that can only be used within the block editor on a post or page. If your site has Jetpack installed and connected to WordPress.com, you should see that block listed under Jetpack blocks in the blog directory. You can also add it by typing /event on a new line in the editor, and then selecting it from the list.

    https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/event-countdown-block/

    If you don’t see that block, let us know your site’s URL so we can check if there might be a problem with your Jetpack connection.

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    madanpraba · Member ·

    Thank you very much for your detailed response.
    I understood that both are different.
    My query is “Event countdown block” is not listed under Jetpack blocks. Similar to this, 2-3 blocks are also missing like “Timeline” “Tweet to Twitter”.

    I’m using jetpack in self-hosted WordPress hosting.
    This is my site address

    https://thenviews.com/
    https://thenviews.com/Career/

    Once again, thank you very much for your time.

  • staff-mckluskey · Staff ·

    Those blocks are not part of Jetpack. You can access them on WordPress.com but they do not come with WordPress.org or Jetpack, have a look here:

    Jetpack

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    madanpraba · Member ·

    Thank you so much for the details.

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Ah, sorry about that. I thought this block was part of Jetpack, as it was created by the Jetpack team. But it’s not currently included in the Jetpack plugin. Instead, you can add this block by installing the WordPress.com Editing Toolkit plugin:

    WordPress.com Editing Toolkit

    Please note that this plugin is experimental, though, and not guaranteed to work with any self-hosted setup, so use it at own risk on a production site :)

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    madanpraba · Member ·

    Thank you so much for this information.
    Desperately looking for this option….in the block editor. Thank you for enabling this plugin to use those blocks.

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