Introduction

Counter Up

Thank you for using the WordPress Counter Up Plugin!

Welcome to Counter Up documentation. This documentation will help you understand the requirements and usage of the Counter Up Plugin. It covers installation, usage, and support.

System Requirements

To get the best experience of this plugin, we recommend the following :

  • PHP 5.6 or greater version.
  • MySQL 5.6 or greater version OR MariaDB version 10.1 or greater.
  • WordPress 4.5.0 or greater version.

Getting Started

Plugin Installation

There are 3 ways to install WordPress plugins.

1. Automatic Plugin Installation:

This is the simplest method of installing a plugin. To add a plugin using the built-in plugin installer:

  • Log in to your WordPress dashboard
  • Navigate to Plugins > Add New
  • Find the search form in the top-right and type wp-counter-up
  • Once you have found it, Click the Install Now to install the plugin.
  • Click Activate to activate the plugin.

2. Manual Upload via WordPress Admin

  • Download the wp-counter-up.zip from WordPress.org
  • Log in to your WordPress dashboard
  • Navigate to Plugins > Add New
  • Click the Upload Plugin button at the top of the screen.
  • Select "wp-counter-up.zip" from your computer
  • Click the Install Now to install the plugin
  • When installation is complete, you’ll see “Plugin installed successfully.” Click the Activate Plugin button at the bottom of the page.

3. Manual Plugin Installation Using an SFTP Client

In rare cases, you may need to install a plugin by manually transferring the files onto the server. This is recommended only when absolutely necessary, for example when your server is not configured to allow automatic installations.

This procedure requires you to be familiar with the process of transferring files using an SFTP client.

  • Download the wp-counter-up.zip from WordPress.org
  • Extract the wp-counter-up.zip directory to your computer
  • Connect to your WordPress server with your SFTP client.
  • Copy the plugin folder to the wp-content/plugins folder in your WordPress directory. This installs the plugin to your WordPress site.
  • Navigate to your Plugins admin screen and locate the newly uploaded plugin in the list.
  • Click the plugin’s Activate link.

Upgrading to Pro!


Upgrading to Counter Up Pro is very simple. If a user upgrades the plugin from the Free version to the Premium version, he has to download and install the Pro version manually. The pro version won’t be installed automatically.

  • Purchase the pro version from here: Counter Up Pro
  • Download the Pro version from "My Account→ Dashboard→ Downloads"
  • Install the Pro version manually.
  • The free version will be deactivated automatically after installing the pro version of the plugin.
  • Manage & Create showcase by using All premium feature .

No data will be lost. All the previous showcase Shortcodes will be carried to the pro version.




Admin Area Overview


After activate the plugin Counter Up will be available for further operation and you can able to manage new item and showcase (See to bellow image).




  1. Appeared "Counter Up" menu item in the left sidebar.
  2. See all items from here. You can also to sorting item order by drag and drop.
  3. Add new item with all information.
  4. Create category to filter all items.
  5. Create Showcase Shortcode. Select layout and customize the Showcase according to your demand.
  6. Simple & Quick user manual.

Single Item Creation

Add New Item

  • After activating the plugin, you will see Counter Up in the WordPress admin dashboard.
  • Firstly, Go to Counter Up → Click on Add New item, and add items as many as you want.
  • Click on the Publish button to save changes.
  1. Item Title. It will be shown as the item title on the frontend view.
  2. Add your counter image/ icon here.
  3. Add your desired value for count up.
  4. Write details about the item.
  5. If you want to filter the item. At first, create categories and assign the item from here.
  6. Publish/ Update the item.

All Item List

Go to Counter Up → Click on All Items, you get all available Item list. Now you can manage all items according to your demand.

Manage Item Order

To alter Item order, please go to Counter Up → Click on All Items, now you can change all items order by drag and drop feature. You don't need to save. It will save automatically.

Add New Category

Go to Counter Up → Click on Categories, add category as many as you want. Also, you can see & manage all existing categories from here.

Showcase Generator

Creating a Counter Showcase is super easy and fast. It can be done within a minute. This guidance has been described here for the first time or new user.


STEP 1: Generate Showcase Shortcode

  1. Go to Counter Up → Click on Shortcode Generator
  2. Add New button
  3. Type a Shortcode Title (optional).
  4. You can Customize the Shortcode Generator Setting Tabs as you want. Every Showcase type has its settings.
  5. And then click on → Publish and you will see a Generated Shortcode in the top area.

Shortcode List

STEP 2: Copy & Use Shortcode

Copy and Paste the counter up shortcode to your post or page editor or Gutenberg block or anywhere on your site.

Copy Shortcode

Use Shortcode

Showcase Generator Settings


Important:

This is an example settings option. Before altering/ using any option, please read its explanation carefully.



  1. Option Title.
  2. Explanation of the option.



Showcase Type

Showcase Type: You can select showcase layout type from here. For example Grid, Carousel, etc. According to your selection, the showcase setting options will be arranged accordingly.

Basic

Basic Settings: This tab contains the most important and essential settings options for your showcase.

Grid

Grid Settings: These are settings options for Grid type showcase.

Styling

Styling Settings: This tab contains all style-related settings options for your showcase.

Responsive

Responsive Settings: Control responsive behaviors of your showcase.

Section

Section Settings: Showcase area background settings.

Header Settings: Manage header of showcase area from here.

Language and Localization

You can translate Couner Up easily using Poedit App.

Download Poedit

There are several apps available to help you with translating.PO files. PoEdit is a popular one of them, and it’s available on every major platform. You can download it from here.

Start Translating

Open the default counter-up-wp.pot file from your /wp-content/plugins/counter-up-wp/languages/ folder. When you save your work PoEdit will generate you a.MO file which will be needed to apply for your work.

Name your files properly WordPress recognizes your localization by special formatting of file names. You will need to include the right language and country codes so it can identify what language is your work made for.

For example, a German localization would have the file names: counter-up-wp-de_DE.po and counter-up-wp-de_DE.mo. You must follow this syntax, including the dash, underscore, and lower or uppercase letters.

Apply Your Localization

Copy your newly created.PO and.MO files into the /wp-content/plugins/counter-up-wp/languages/ folder. WordPress should use them immediately if you named your files properly.

If you want to learn more about how WordPress handles language translation then check out this link: http://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress

Upgrading to Pro!


Upgrading to Counter Up Pro is very simple. If a user upgrades the plugin from the Free version to the Premium version, he has to download and install the Pro version manually. The pro version won’t be installed automatically.

  • Purchase the pro version from here: Counter Up Pro
  • Download the Pro version from "My Account→ Dashboard→ Downloads"
  • Install the Pro version manually.
  • The free version will be deactivated automatically after installing the pro version of the plugin.
  • Manage & Create showcase by using All premium feature .

No data will be lost. All the previous showcase Shortcodes will be carried to the pro version.

Get Support


If further help is needed you can go to our support page . We’ll do my best to help you.