Swinger v0.1.0 — Initial Release

Introducing Swinger, a lightweight, minimalist and fully customizable swing timer addon for World of Warcraft: Forever.

Swinger provides clean, accurate visual feedback for your weapon swings without cluttering your interface with unnecessary UI elements.

Designed with simplicity and customization in mind, Swinger gives you complete control over how your swing timers look and behave.

Features

⚔️ Weapon Swing Tracking

• Main Hand Timer — Track your main-hand weapon swings.
• Off Hand Timer — Independently track off-hand weapon swings.
• Ranged Timer — Track ranged auto-attacks.
• Individual Visibility Controls — Enable or disable any of the three timers independently.
• Smooth Progress Bars — Watch each bar fill as your next swing approaches.
• Live Countdown — Display the remaining swing time in seconds.

Swinger uses native WoW Forever swing events for responsive timer updates.

🎨 Appearance Customization

Personalize Swinger to match your interface.

• Custom Bar Colour — Choose your preferred progress bar fill colour.
• Custom Text Colour — Independently customize countdown and label colours.
• Adjustable Bar Width — Make your timers as compact or wide as you prefer.
• Adjustable Bar Height — Choose between ultra-thin minimalist bars or thicker progress indicators.
• Adjustable Text Size — Control the size of timer labels and countdowns.
• Adjustable Bar Spacing — Customize the distance between multiple timers.
• Optional Labels — Show or hide Main Hand, Off Hand and Ranged labels.
• Optional Countdown Text — Show or hide numerical swing countdowns.

All customization settings are saved between sessions.

🖱️ Positioning & Controls

• Drag and Drop — Move Swinger anywhere on your screen.
• Position Lock — Lock the display in your preferred location.
• Click-Through Mode — When locked, Swinger ignores mouse interactions, allowing you to interact with the game world underneath.
• Reset Position — Instantly restore the default display position.
• Live Preview — Preview your timer appearance without entering combat.

Slash Commands

Installation

1. Download Swinger-v0.1.0.zip from the release assets.
2. Extract the ZIP archive.
3. Copy the Swinger folder into your World of Warcraft client's Interface/AddOns/ directory.
4. Launch or restart World of Warcraft.
5. Enable Swinger in your AddOns list.
6. Type /swinger in-game to open the settings.

Compatibility

Supported client: World of Warcraft: Forever

Swinger has been developed and tested specifically for WoW Forever.

Compatibility with other World of Warcraft clients is not currently guaranteed.

Version History

v0.1.0 — October 22, 2026

Initial public release.

• Implemented Main Hand, Off Hand and Ranged swing tracking.
• Added native WoW Forever swing-event integration.
• Implemented smooth, minimalist progress bars.
• Added independent visibility controls for all three swing timers.
• Added configurable progress bar and text colours.
• Added adjustable bar width, height, spacing and text size.
• Added optional countdown text and swing labels.
• Implemented draggable positioning.
• Added position locking with click-through behaviour.
• Added live appearance preview.
• Added persistent saved settings.
• Added in-game slash commands.
• Introduced the Swinger addon name and branding.

Feedback & Support

Found a bug or have a feature suggestion?

Please open an issue in the GitHub repository.

Community feedback is welcome and will help shape future versions of Swinger.

Swinger — Keep your swings timed. Keep your UI clean.