Getting started

Requirements

• WordPress 6.6 or later
• PHP 8.1 or later
• Any theme. Block themes get templates you can edit in the Site Editor; classic themes get matching PHP templates.

Install Leaguewise

1. In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add New and search for "Leaguewise".
2. Click Install Now, then Activate.

A Leaguewise menu appears in the dashboard.

Set up your league

Go to Leaguewise → League Setup.

1. Add a season, for example "Spring 2027".
2. Add a competition and choose its sport. The sport preset sets up results, periods, statistics, standings columns and tiebreakers.
3. Add the competition's divisions. You can adjust the points for a win, draw and loss for each division.
4. Add your teams.

Add people and games

1. Add players and staff to each team's roster.
2. Add games under Leaguewise → Games. Choose the type (game, practice or event), the division, the home and away teams and the start time.
3. When a game is played, open it, enter the score (and scores by period and the box score, if you keep them) and set the status to Final.

Standings and player totals update as soon as you save. Practices and events appear on the schedule but don't count toward standings or statistics.

Show it on your site

Edit a page and add Leaguewise blocks:

• Standings: the league table, with the reason each tie was broken.
• Schedule: upcoming games or results, as a list, cards or a month calendar, with a calendar subscription link.
• Player list: stat leaders or a roster, as a table or gallery.
• Countdown to the next game, Team, Person, Game and Venue blocks.

Team, player, game and venue pages are created for you from templates. On a block theme, edit them under Appearance → Editor → Templates. On a classic theme, copy a template into a leaguewise/ folder in your theme to override it.

Youth protection

Anyone younger than the minor age (18 by default), or anyone you mark as a minor, is shown publicly with a shortened name such as "Sam T." and only their number and position. Their profile URLs use the shortened name and they're left out of site search.

Change the age, or which details show, under Leaguewise → Settings → Privacy.

Venue maps

The Venue block can show a map from OpenStreetMap when the venue has coordinates. Under Leaguewise → Settings → Maps choose:

• Always (the default): the map loads with the page.
• Click to load: the map loads only after the visitor clicks "Show map".
• Off: no maps, and no requests to OpenStreetMap.

When a map loads, the visitor's browser requests map tiles from OpenStreetMap, which receives their IP address. Mention this in your site's privacy policy if you use maps.

Installing Leaguewise Pro

1. Install and activate the free Leaguewise plugin first.
2. Download Leaguewise Pro from your account, then go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, upload the zip and activate it.
3. Pro adds its screens to the Leaguewise menu.

Pro's data (settings, registrations, the ledger and certifications) stays if you delete the plugin, unless you turn on removal under Leaguewise → Settings → Uninstall.

Common questions

How do I move from SportsPress?

See Moving from SportsPress. In short: Leaguewise → Import / Export → SportsPress, dry run, then import.

Can I import from a spreadsheet?

Yes. CSV import and export cover teams, people, games and stats, under Leaguewise → Import / Export.

Can I translate team and player pages?

Yes, with WPML or Polylang. Translated pages show the same results and standings.

Is there an API?

Yes: a REST API under leaguewise/v1, WP-CLI commands and documented hooks.