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var options = $.extend({}, $.fn.count.defaultOptions, customOptions); return this.each(function () { var $this = $(this); $this.text(options.startCount + ''); var myInterval = window.setInterval(function () { var currentCount = parseFloat($this.text()); var newCount = currentCount + 1; $this.text(newCount + ''); }, 1000); }); }; $.fn.count.defaultOptions = { startCount: 100 }; })(jQuery); // Overwrite default options. jQuery.fn.count.defaultOptions.startCount = 200; jQuery('#counter1').count(); // Will use startCount: 200, instead of startCount:0 jQuery('#counter2').count({ startCount: 500 }); // Will overwrite any default values. Create elements on the fly, invoke plugins programmatically Depending on the nature of the plugin, it can be critical that a plugin be called both normally (via DOM elements and events) as well as programmatically. Consider a dialog plugin. There will be times that the modal/dialog will open based on user events. Other times, a dialog will need to open based on environmental or system events. In these situations, you can still invoke your plugin without any elements in the DOM by creating an element on the fly in order to invoke the plugin. In the code below, I invoke the dialog() plugin on page load by first creating an element to invoke my plugin. Sample: sample90.html dialog, say hi dialog, say bye 90