Description

Horizontal & Vertical Timeline

Cool Timeline is an advanced WordPress plugin that helps you easily create timelines for your website. You can use it to display your company’s history, product roadmaps, personal stories, or key events in a vertical layout.

Using Cool Timeline, you can create timeline stories in two ways:

1. Gutenberg Timeline Block: Add and manage timeline stories easily using the built-in block in the WordPress editor. Great for showing steps, events, or roadmaps with a clean design.

2. Shortcode-Based Classic Timelines: Using the classic editor? Just add a simple shortcode to display your timeline on any page or post and customize it the way you like.

Key Features

Timeline Designs: Display your stories in a stunning vertical timeline or horizontal layout.
Gutenberg and Classic Editor Support: Create timelines easily using the Gutenberg block or a simple shortcode. This works with both new and classic WordPress editors.
Smart Shortcode Generator: Use shortcodes to display timelines anywhere on your site without needing the code.
- Cool Timeline Shortcode:
  
  [cool-timeline layout=”default” skin=”default” date-format=”F j” icons=”YES” show-posts=”20″ order=”DESC” story-content=”full”]
Works with Page Builders: Compatible with popular page builders like Gutenberg, WPBakery, and Classic Editor. Elementor and Divi users can also create timelines with additional plugins.
ASC/DESC Order: Arrange your timeline stories in ascending or descending order as needed.
Customizable Description: Choose to show either a summary or the full description for each timeline story, depending on how much detail you want to present.
Story Order (ASC / DESC): Sort your stories in ascending (oldest to newest) or descending (newest to oldest) order based on your timeline.
Date Format: Choose from various date formats to display your timeline stories according to your requirements.
Customizable Colors & Fonts: Change colors, fonts, and styles to fit your brand or website design.
Pagination: Set how many stories you want to display per page to easily manage multiple timelines.
Icons or Dots: Highlight events using custom icons or simple dots to visually distinguish each story on the timeline.
Content Alignment: Align your timeline content left, right, or center to match your website’s style and improve readability.
Multiple Timelines: Create and manage several timelines on one site, like company history, product updates, or personal stories.
Animation Effects: Add subtle animations to your timeline items as they appear, making the overall experience more interactive and engaging.

🔗 Check Free Version Demos

Upgrade to Pro!

Upgrading to the Cool Timeline Pro plugin unlocks the advanced features like access to multiple layouts, including Horizontal layout, Category-Based Timelines, Ajax Load More, Multimedia ( images, videos & slideshow), and more.

🔗Check Pro Version Demos

Where can you use the Cool Timeline?

Company History
Event Highlights
Product Launch Timeline
Personal Journey
Project Roadmap
Achievements and Awards
Nonprofit or Charity Timeline
Historical Events Documentation
School or Educational Timeline
Event Planning

Check Our Other Timeline Plugins

Timeline Widget For Elementor: Showcase your company history, product roadmap, and personal journey in vertical & horizontal layout directly inside Elementor. View Demo
Timeline Block For Gutenberg: Create interactive timelines directly within the WordPress Block Editor to display step-by-step tutorials, a company’s history, and a product roadmap. View Demo
Timeline Builder: Create a small timeline inside the Gutenberg block editor using a vertical or horizontal timeline. View Demo
Timeline Module Pro For Divi: Showcase your personal story or company history using stunning vertical or horizontal timelines directly inside the Divi Builder. View Demo

Screenshots

WordPress Timeline plugin frontend view.
Cool Timeline story creation screen with instructions.
Timeline Block for Gutenberg preview.
Timeline Block for Gutenberg story preview.
Cool Timeline PRO Vertical Layout.

Blocks

This plugin provides 3 blocks.

Cp Timeline Content Timeline
Cp Timeline Content Timeline Child
Cool Timeline Shortcode

Installation

Certainly! Here are the improved installation steps and guidelines for the Cool Timeline plugin:

3 Ways To Install Cool Timeline

1. Automatically Install via WordPress Admin Panel

Open your WordPress admin panel.
Navigate to Plugins > Add New.
In the search bar, type ‘Cool Timeline‘.
Locate the Cool Timeline plugin from the search results.
Click the Install Now button.
Once the installation is complete, click the Activate button to enable the plugin on your website.

2. Install via Zip File

Download the Cool Timeline plugin from the WordPress plugin directory.
Save the downloaded zip file to your computer.
Open your WordPress admin panel.
Navigate to Plugins > Add New.
Click the Upload Plugin button.
Select the downloaded zip file and click Install Now.
Once the installation is complete, click the Activate Plugin button to enable Cool Timeline.

3. Install the Plugin via FTP

Download the Cool Timeline plugin zip file from the WordPress plugin directory.
Extract the zip file on your computer.
Open your FTP manager (e.g., FileZilla).
Connect to your website’s server.
Navigate to the wp-content/plugins directory.
Upload the extracted Cool Timeline folder (not the zip file) to this directory.
After the upload is complete, go to your WordPress admin panel.
Navigate to Plugins and find Cool Timeline in the list.
Click the Activate button to enable the plugin.

FAQ

How do I create a timeline using Cool Timeline?: Creating a timeline is easy. Simply create posts, set images, and assign dates to them. The plugin will automatically organize your posts in chronological order, either ascending or descending, based on your preference.
Can I choose any historical date/year?: The year starts from 1970 in the free version, but in the pro version, you can choose any historical year from 1000 to 2050 to create a story inside Cool Timeline, or you can also add custom text instead of date/year.
Can I use Cool Timeline with the Gutenberg editor?: Yes, Cool Timeline includes an advanced Timeline Block for Gutenberg, allowing you to easily create elegant timelines using pre-made presets.
Can I create multiple timelines based on different categories?: The timeline category option is only available in our Pro version, so you need to purchase Pro if you want to create category-specific multiple timelines.
Is it possible to create both horizontal & vertical timelines?: You can only create a vertical timeline in our free version. But we have cool design options to create both vertical and horizontal timelines in our Pro version.
Is the plugin translation-ready?: Yes, the Cool Timeline plugin is translation-ready and has already been translated into four languages: German, French, Indonesian, and Italian.
Does Cool Timeline support RTL (Right-to-Left) languages?: Yes, Cool Timeline supports RTL languages, making it suitable for websites with languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian.
Where can I find the Cool Timeline plugin on GitHub?: You can find the Cool Timeline plugin on its official GitHub repository at Github

Reviews

imsolost Июнь 13, 2025

It looks great on the desktop but can not see it in the mobile version.

jrsistemas Май 1, 2025

muy practico

triforce2016 Апрель 15, 2025

Looks good

jan2014 Апрель 8, 2025

I have found the app to be intuitive to use. I give it 5 stars as I have found it to be very useful in a neighborhood website that I have built with WordPress. It is a great tool.

archie_n Мартъи 29, 2025

Great and easy to use. Works out of the box and perfect for my purposes, i.e. showing a lifetime of events.

Anna Мартъи 8, 2025

bra plugin

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Contributors & Developers

“Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline)” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

“Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline)” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

Translate “Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline)” into your language.

Interested in development?

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Changelog

Version 3.0.5 | 09 July 2025

Fixed: Wrong URL issue.

Version 3.0.4 | 09 July 2025

Added: Enhanced user opt-in options for better customization.

Version 3.0.1 | 21 Apr 2025

Fixed : Text Domain issue.
Tested Up To: WordPress 6.8

Version 3.0.0 | 19 Dec 2024

Added: Support for List & Button blocks in descriptions of Cool Timeline Block.
Added: Option to change or remove element positions (e.g., media after description or title) in Cool Timeline Block.
Fixed: Deprecated JavaScript error in the block editor in Cool Timeline Block.
Improved: Updated Icon Library to prevent JavaScript errors in Cool Timeline Block.

Version 2.9.9 | 09 Dec 2024

Tested Up To: WordPress 6.7.1
Fixed: Load text domain issue fixed.

Version 2.9.8 | 26 Sep 2024

Improved: Fixed PHP errors.

Version 2.9.7 | 25 Sep 2024

Fixed: Required file not found issue.

Version 2.9.6 | 25 Sep 2024

Fixed: Fatal Error created in V2.9.5.

Version 2.9.5 | 25 Sep 2024

Improved: Security improvements.
Removed: Deprecated Gutenberg Instant Timeline Builder.

Version 2.9.4 | 26 Aug 2024

Added: Divi timeline module admin notice and tab on get started page.
Fixed: Vertical one-side pagination alignment issue.

Version 2.9.3 | 11 June 2024

Added: popup open link on date label in horizontal layout
Fixed: php fatal error issue with empty shortcode.
Fixed: pagination arrow styling issue.
Improved: Horizontal timeline next/previous buttons.

Version 2.9.2 | 04 April 2024

Fixed: RTL css issue.

Version 2.9.1 | 08 March 2024

Added: HTML accessibility attributes
Improved: Video content updated on the get started page for better documentation

Version 2.9.0 | 05 March 2024

Added: Shortcode Live Preview button in Classic Editor
Added: Get Started page in timeline admin setting for plugin information
Fixed: Image Position issue.
Fixed: Setting translation issue.
Fixed: Horizontal Read More Display issue.
Fixed: Year lable font family issue.
Fixed: Vertical Icon, Icondot and Arrow styling issue in responsive device.
Fixed: Year label styling issue in responsive device.

Version 2.8.3 | 19 December 2023

Added: Post Per Page Option in Horizontal Layout.
Fixed: Animation issue.
Fixed: Compact CSS issue.
Fixed: Wrong Comment CSS issue.

Version 2.8.2 | 11 December 2023

Fixed: PHP fatal error issue with 7.0 PHP version.

Version 2.8.1 | 08 December 2023

Removed: Remove unused files.

Version 2.8 | 08 December 2023

Added: WordPress default Image, Heading and Paragraph core blocks for more features.
Added: migration option in instant timeline builder to migrate into Cool Timeline Block.
Fixed: Editor side PHP errors.
Improved: Cool Timeline Block static CSS replaced with variable based CSS.
Improved: Shortcode Block Design Improvement and Removed Extra code.
Removed: Remove Heading, Image and Paragraph setttings from Cool Timeline Block.

Version 2.7.1 | 17/10/2023

Fixed: Minor Security fix

Version 2.7 | 07/09/2023

Fixes: Fixed an issue with the conditional loading of styles and assets.
New Features: Added an Add New Story” button to the story toolbar.
New Features: Introduced a Go To Settings” button in the story settings panel.
New Features: Included new settings for Heading Tags.
New Features: Integrated a new Font Icon library.
Improvements: Fixed an issue with icons and center line positioning.
Improvements: Removed the old Font Icon library for better performance.
Improvements: Fixed an issue with icons and center line positioning.
Improvements: Addressed the ALT Tag issue in images.
Compatibility: Tested and verified compatibility with WordPress 6.3.

Version 2.6.1 | 20/03/2023

Fixed: Minor design issues with compact layout
Fixed: Minor textual changes
Updated: changed constants
Tested up to: Tested upto WordPress 6.2
Updated: updated links and assets

Version 2.6 | 15/03/2023

Added: Integrated New Cool Timeline Shortcode Block
Added: Integrated New Glightbox
Improved: Updated Year section position in one-sided layout.
Improved: Horizontal layout settings and design.
Removed: PrettyPhoto Popup.
**Improved:**Responsive design and timeline elements.
Improved: Improved settings Tabs
Remove: Cool Timeline Shortcode Generator removed from Gutenberg
Fixed: Fixed styling issue

Version 2.5 | 11/01/2023

Integration: Alternating setting option
Integration: Content alignment Setting
Integration: Title bottom spacing setting
Integration: Description Bottom spacing setting
Integration: Item spacing setting
Integration: Icon box size setting
Integration: Icon size setting
Integration: Line size setting
Integration: Container padding setting
Improved: Content update / CoolTimeline Timeline Builder Block
Updated: Dashboard API.

Version 2.4.5 | 28/09/2022

Improved: Minor textual changes

Version 2.4.4 | 15/04/2022

Improved: Used sanitize_text_field and removed PHP filter vars

Version 2.4.3 | 14/04/2022

Improved: Updated settings framework latest version

Version 2.4.2 | 08/04/2022

Improved: Updated settings framework latest version
Improved: replace date function with gmdate() for better date function support.
Improved: attribute and HTML output in overall code.

Version 2.4.1 | 06/04/2022

Improvements: Removed all CDN and external images and JS file links.
Improvements: loaded all images from the plugin folder.

Version 2.4 | 05/04/2022

Fixed: Major security issue.
Improved: overall code improvements.

Version 2.3.3 | 02/02/2022

New: Quick Date Select Button in Timeline Story Setting meta box
Fixed: Pagination issue on the home page.
Fixed: Minor CSS issue in horizontal Layouts.

Version 2.3.2 | 17 Nov 2021

Improved: Added check for WordPress 4.9 versions.

Version 2.3 | 09 Nov 2021

New: Added image size option, Font Awesome icons, color and typography settings for each element of Cool Timeline Gutenberg Timeline Block
New: Added right-aligned one-sided timeline layout in Cool Timeline Gutenberg Timeline Block
New: Story position(left/right) option or both-sided layout of Cool Timeline Gutenberg Timeline Block

Version 2.2.3 | 22 Oct 2021

Fixed: Fixed missing icon issue
Fixed: Loaded settings framework only on cool_timeline post type and settings panel
Fixed: Conflict with WP Quiz PRO and CMB2
Improved: Minor code improvements

Version 2.2.2 | 07 Oct 2021

Fixed: Shortcode generator generating the wrong shortcode
Fixed: review notice bug

Version 2.2 | 05 Oct 2021

Added: integrated New settings panel
Added: integrated New meta boxes and shortcode generator
Added: Vertical story position settings
Improved: improved overall code managed codes in functionality base class
Improved: managed assets management in a standalone class
Improved: folder structure

Version 2.1 | 13 July 2021

Added: Story Ordering/sorting feature in Instant timeline builder block
Added: Extended support for older Years from 1800 to 1970 years and dates
Added: Alt tag in Instant Timeline Builder images
Fixed: VC addon integration not working
Fixed: story wrong order bug
Fixed: Timeline Year issue in the Spanish language
Updated: Gutenberg Timeline block code and libraries
Updated: Deprecated libraries from the timeline block
Updated: tested up to 5.8More:- check changelog.txt file here.