Reviews: Slides Timer

Alice Drummond Mar 30, 2026

Ever since the pro version came out, but slides extenstion has stopped working. The date, time, and count down timer will not work. I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it. I have closed out my browser and logged back in. I have even restarted my computer. Nothing is working.

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Clay Smith Developer Mar 30, 2026

Hi, it has been working. Did you refresh your slides? Contact support@claycodes.org for more help.

Austin Wadle Mar 30, 2026

This was previously a useful extension but of course now that they've released a premium version they have made their free version markedly worse. Now, I have to display the clock down the seconds and only having hour and minute is a premium feature. So frustrating! Edit: you can use <<time^>> to not display seconds, however I feel for any one who has used this extension extensively and now has to fix all of this because of a frustrating decision made by a developer to extract profit from th... Show more

Clay Smith Developer Mar 30, 2026

Can you provide what you are looking for? You can reach out to me at support@claycodes.org and I can work to help alleviate any concerns. The premium portion was the adding of new features. You should be able to do everything you previously could in the free version with the exception of the custom time.

Kit Remy Mar 25, 2026

I hate the new update. ADD TIME FORMATTING BACK please. Now I need to change 300 slide's time functions. And the <<time#>> is a lie. It shows the time with AM PM... Add the keyboard controls back and make it d and e like it used to be.

Clay Smith Developer Mar 27, 2026

Thanks for the feedback. There's been some bugs with the recent update. We should have a fix available soon. If a tag is not working please reach out to support@claycodes.org so we can diagnose. UPDATE: Version 2.03 fixes and issue with <<time^>> and <<time^&>>. if you are still having issues please reach out to support@claycodes.org

Villdoes Mar 23, 2026

Why do I need to pay now, I have a lot of slides with the clock <<time|hh:mm>> Im super angry now that you need to pay for it now. I dont want to pay for it. If you can add a toggle to hide the seconds timer and add another toggle to turn off military time, that would be helpful, Thanks!

Clay Smith Developer Mar 23, 2026

Thanks for calling that out. <<time^>> will do it. There's a bug currently and it's not working. It will be available soon and fixed. The military time is based on your computer setting. UPDATE: Version 2.03 has fixed the <<time^>> and <<time^&>> issue.

Eric Bennett Mar 23, 2026

Suddenly requested my email address and browser search history. SUPER SHADY! Users should uninstall immediately. EVEN MORE SHADY: The developer is denying that this extension uses these permissions, but this is false. ALL USERS SHOULD UNINSTALL THIS IMMEDIATELY!

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Clay Smith Developer Mar 23, 2026

Thanks for the feedback. The tabs permission is what is triggering this. It will be moved to the optional set of permissions. It's used when subscribing to trigger the sync of the subscription. I'll also look at a flow that allows the user to opt-in to the automatic syn rather than returning to the pop-up and clicking the sync. UPDATE: The permissions required for the subscription have been moved to optional for the free version in 2.03. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

ToryAnn Stutts Mar 23, 2026

I have been using this for years in the classroom, and with the new update, none of the original tags work. Useless and stupid.

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Clay Smith Developer Mar 23, 2026

Hey, can you refresh your slides, not hearing a report of this. Also best to reach out to the support email if you are having problems. Send an email with the tags that you are struggling with. UPDATE: Version 2.03 has fixed the <<time^>> and <<time^&>> issue.

Traffico360 Mar 23, 2026

Would there be a old version coz i cant even find a way to get a short time, i did <<time^>> which it supposed to be only hour and minute, but it came as hour, minute and second as soon i present. Anyway to fix this?

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Clay Smith Developer Mar 23, 2026

There is currently a bug with version 2.00 an update is coming with a fix. UPDATE: Version 2.03 has fixed the <<time^>> and <<time^&>> issue.

WizzdomTM Mar 23, 2026

Really helpful.

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Markus Mar 23, 2026

Loved it until now when it asked for new permission to read my browsing history, why is this now suddenly necessary to run the extension? If I get a decent answer I'll change my rating, thanks. Update: thanks for the quick reply, it was scary to get such prompt but I understand now that it's to do with tabs permissions and seems like Google changed how it now points this out with such scary labels. Thanks again, the extensions rocks

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Clay Smith Developer Mar 23, 2026

Hey, there is no permission request to read browser history. "storage", "identity", "identity.email", "alarms","tabs" are requested. storage is used for some memory aspects of the timer. identity and identity.email are used to check if you have a pro account. This information is not used unless you subscribe. alarms are used for triggers and notifications tabs are used to listen for a subscription and auto apply it. If this is removed you would have to sync on the extension which is more user friction. No browsing activity is used. always helpful to reach out to the developer with these concerns rather than a review. **Update**: Moving the permissions to be optional for the extension. UPDATE: Version 2.03 moved the permissions required for the subscription are moved to optional. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Stephanie Trail Mar 23, 2026

Love this integration into Google Slides. I use this daily in my classroom.