Title: U.S. Debt Clock Widget Author: Chris Hardie Published: November 2, 2014 Last modified: August 17, 2024 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/us-debt-clock-widget/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3137149) # U.S. Debt Clock Widget By [Chris Hardie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrishardie/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/us-debt-clock-widget.zip) * [Details](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/us-debt-clock-widget/#description) * [Reviews](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/us-debt-clock-widget/#reviews) * [Installation](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/us-debt-clock-widget/#installation) * [Development](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/us-debt-clock-widget/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/us-debt-clock-widget/) ## Description This plugin creates a widget displaying the most recently available amount of the U.S. National Debt. Data is retrieved from treasurydirect.gov and a source link can optionally be displayed. Want to help make this plugin better? [Pull requests are welcome](https://github.com/ChrisHardie/us-debt-clock-widget). ## Screenshots [⌊The widget front-end display⌉⌊The widget front-end display⌉[ The widget front-end display [⌊The widget options configuration display⌉⌊The widget options configuration display⌉[ The widget options configuration display ## Installation 1. Upload the `us-debt-clock-widget` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the U.S. Debt Clock Widget plugin through the `Plugins` menu in the WordPress dashboard 3. Add the widget to an available widget area and configure the display options ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/55cc2ef441581bc830b6780bdc0ba8374bde93dd26cfef7e1d659f2ad5562632? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great Job, Suggestion](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-job-suggestion/)󠁿 [hawkeeye](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hawkeeye/) November 18, 2024 6 replies This is both useful and easy to configure. My only suggestion would be to allow more formatting so that you can match or deviate from your website default. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0fa35ae2887fbeb6bd243399f083899909a64117c206296e57aba11a50594f0c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Unique plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unique-plugin-11/)󠁿 [scottistrand](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scottistrand/) September 12, 2021 Great plugin for my gold website.. Thanks! [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/us-debt-clock-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “U.S. Debt Clock Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Chris Hardie ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrishardie/) [Translate “U.S. Debt Clock Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/us-debt-clock-widget) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/us-debt-clock-widget/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/us-debt-clock-widget/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/us-debt-clock-widget/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/us-debt-clock-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.6 * Fix: use newer Treasury debt feed and info URLs, as they did not redirect the old ones. #### 1.5 * Fix: catch undefined variable scenario * Improvement: additional code standards and formatting updates #### 1.4 * Fix: change data source from treasury.io to treasurydirect.gov * Improvement: code style and formatting #### 1.3 * Fix: unfortunate math error that had debt displaying as billions, not trillions, h/t Scott Cooper #### 1.2 * Fix: error in get_debt logic that was preventing successful data from being returned * Fix: update widget registration to work with recent versions of WordPress * Improvement: Update code formatting and escaping to better adhere to WordPress coding standards * Improvement: Delete transient when plugin is deactivated #### 1.1 * Improvement: Handle invalid data from treasury.io more gracefully #### 1.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.6** * Last updated **2 years ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.6.5** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/us-debt-clock-widget/) * Tags * [economy](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/economy/)[finance](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/finance/) [government](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/government/)[money](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/money/) [widgets](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widgets/) * [Advanced View](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/us-debt-clock-widget/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/us-debt-clock-widget/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/us-debt-clock-widget/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/us-debt-clock-widget/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/us-debt-clock-widget/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/us-debt-clock-widget/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/us-debt-clock-widget/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/us-debt-clock-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Chris Hardie ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrishardie/) ## Support Got something to say? 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