LeagueManager

LeagueManager has become a very powerful tool to manage numerous different kinds of sport leagues. Below is a brief list of features.

  • Easy adding of teams and matches
  • special rules for numerous sports, e.g. Gymnastics, ball game, hockey, basketball
  • implemented point rules with possibliy to manually set point rule
  • automatic or manual ranking of teams
  • fancy events widget to show upcoming and done matches and standings table
  • template system to easily customize frontend output
  • import and export method to save teams and matches as CSV file
  • own capabilities to control access and compatibility with RoleManager

Installation

This is easy. Simply extract the files to your plugins directory or, if you use Wordpress 2.7 you can use the integrated installation method. The management pages are found under League.

Shortcode Usage

To display the standings table use the shortcode

[standings league_id=ID mode=extend|compact template=X group=GROUP]

Parameter Description Possible values Default Optional
league_id ID of league to display integer - no
league_name get league by name instead of ID (cannot be used together with attribute league_id) string yes
season display standings of specific season (default is last season) string
 yes
logo toggle dislay of Team Logos string ‘true’ or ‘false’ true yes
template specifies template to use name of template file without extension, whereas the name has to be standings -X yes
group specific group string yes

The crosstable of a league can be displayed with the following code

[crosstable league_id=ID mode=embed|popup template=X ]

Parameter Description Possible values Default Optional
league_id ID of league to display integer - no
league_name get league by name instead of ID (cannot be used together with attribute league_id) string yes
season display standings of specific season (default is last season) string yes
mode embed table in page or display a link to open it in a thickbox popup window embed

popup

 yes
template specifies template to use name of template file without extension, whereas the name has to be crosstable-X yes

To display an overview of all matches of a league, put the following code in a post or page

[ matches league_id=ID mode=|all|home|racing template=X ]

Parameter Description Possible values Default Optional
league_id ID of league to display integer - no
league_name get league by name instead of ID (cannot be used together with attribute league_id) string yes
team display only matche of given Team ID integer yes
mode controls display type of matches. Leave empty to display them ordered by match days, all causes all matches to be displayed in a single table. Set mode to home to only display matches of own team. To display racing results you must use mode ‘racing’ empty

all
home

racing

 yes
template specifies template to use name of template file without extension, whereas the name has to be matches -X yes
season display standings of specific season (default is last season) string yes
archive If true match day will always start at 1 otherwise at current match day boolean false yes
roster Only works with Racing. Display race results for given racer. Can be either ID or name, but ID is recommended integer false yes
order MySQL order string. Change ordering of matches, e.g. order=’date DESC’ sorts matches descending by date string false yes
match_day display matches of given match day integer yes
group get matches of specific group string yes
time use this to get either upcoming (next) or previous (prev) matches next or prev yes

In version 2.9 there is another shortcode to display a single match

[ match id=ID template=X ]

Parameter Description Possible values Default Optional
id ID of match to display integer - no
template specifies template to use name of template file without extension, whereas the name has to be match -X yes

It is also possible to display a list of all teams

[teams league_id=ID season=X template=X]

Parameter Description Possible values Default Optional
league_id ID of league to display integer - no
season display standings of specific season (default is last season) string
 yes
template specifies template to use name of template file without extension, whereas the name has to be standings -X yes

To show an info page of individual teams use the following code

[team id=ID  template=X ]

Parameter Description Possible values Default Optional
id ID of Team to display integer - no
template specifies template to use name of template file without extension, whereas the name has to be crosstable-X yes

Templates

Templates are special files that are used to display the plugin data in the website frontend. The plugin comes with a set of default templates that are located int

WP_PLUGIN_DIR/leaguemanager/view/

I believe their naming is clear. To customize a certain template copy the file to

your_theme_dir/leaguemanager/

There you can edit it to your needs. The default templates, be they in the plugins view directory or your theme directory are loaded if the template attribute is empty or missing. It is also possible to design more than one template for one shortcode. Assume you create a template called standings-sample1.php. To load this template use the following code:

[ leaguestandings league_id=ID mode=extend|compact template=sample1 ]

Customization

The plugin is built in a modular way with several Wordpress Hooks to make customization as easy as  possible. The page Customization. There is also a reference of Filters and Actions which are used in the plugin available.

Download

The plugin can be downloaded at Wordpress.org.

Donations

Developing and maintaining the plugin consumes a lot of my spare time. If you like my work and want to support me, I’m grateful for any donation.