SportStatsAPI Live Scores & League Tables

SportStatsAPI (https://sportstatsapi.com) is a brand of Modulout LLC, the author of this plugin. Add live sports data to your site in a few clicks. Pick a widget block, type a competition, and, once your site is connected (free), the editor shows the real widget with live data. All 19 SportStatsAPI widgets, each a block (in the SportStatsAPI group of the inserter) and a shortcode. Free (with the free key from Connect):

• League table: standings with form and zones, one team highlighted if you like.
• Live scores: the current round, updated every 30 seconds.
• Fixtures: coming matches of a competition or one team, with TV channels by country.
• Results ticker: a compact strip of live scores and results.
• Next match: a team's next match with a countdown.
• Team calendar: a team's matches, for visitors to add to their calendar.

With a paid SportStatsAPI plan: match centre, match facts, match preview, head to head, box score, team form, club season, squad, injuries and suspensions, season race, top players, player card and tennis. Connect your site once (Settings → SportStatsAPI → Connect) to get the free key: the six free widgets for the free competitions (Premier League, Bundesliga, LaLiga, Serie A, Ligue 1, MLS, NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL, EuroLeague, the Champions League and more), 25,000 views a month. A paid key opens every widget, about 3,000 competitions, your accent colour and no credit link. Until the site is connected, no widget is shown: the editor shows a "Connect" notice in its place. Free and paid The plugin is free and complete: all 19 blocks and the shortcode are in it, with no code that is switched off or unlocked by payment. The widgets are drawn and their data served by the SportStatsAPI service (https://sportstatsapi.com), and the service decides what a key may show:

• No key: nothing on your site; the editor shows a "Connect" notice instead of the preview. Every widget needs a key, the free ones too: the free key identifies your site and counts its free views (25,000 a month), so the service needs it.
• Free key (Connect, no payment): the six free widgets above, for the free competitions, 25,000 views a month. From 25,000 to 30,000 views the widgets keep working and you are told the free limit is reached; from 30,000 views until the month ends they show no data unless you move to a paid plan: the widget itself shows visitors a notice, and wp-admin shows you a notice with the upgrade link. To use the free key you tick "Yes, free widgets may show a small 'Data by SportStatsAPI' link" (at Connect or in the settings); without that yes free widgets are not shown. As part of the free plan's terms (https://sportstatsapi.com/legal/terms/) the SportStatsAPI script draws a small "Data by SportStatsAPI" credit link inside each widget; the plugin itself adds no links or credits to your site.
• Paid key (a SportStatsAPI plan, see https://sportstatsapi.com/pricing/): all 19 widgets, about 3,000 competitions, your accent colour, no credit link.

With a free key the 13 paid blocks are marked "(paid plan)" in the inserter, show a notice in the editor, and the service answers "Widget not available" for them. You can use the plugin forever with the free key. Light, dark or automatic theme, in English, German, Spanish, Italian or French. Every widget is also a shortcode: [sportstatsapi widget="table" competition="england--premier-league" team="arsenal" theme="dark" lang="de"] Shortcode options: widget (table, scores, fixtures, ticker, next-match, calendar, match-centre, match-facts, preview, head-to-head, box-score, team-form, club-season, squad, injuries, race, top-players, player, tennis), competition (the competition key, as on sportstatsapi.com), team (a team's name slug, e.g. arsenal or manchester-city: highlights the team in the table and scores, filters fixtures, picks the team of next match, calendar and team form), theme (light, dark, auto), lang (en, de, es, it, fr), accent (#RRGGBB, paid), rows (table), size (table: compact, standard, full), view (fixtures: round, date), country (fixtures and next match: TV channels), round (scores), match (match widgets: a match code or page path), stat (top players: goals, assists, cards, rating), teams (season race: names, comma separated), player (player card, tennis), tournament (tennis), leagues (ticker: more competitions), style="one" and langs="true" (match facts), font="inherit" (your theme's font), radius (0–20, corners).

0.1.0

• First version: all 19 widgets as blocks and shortcodes, Connect, settings, optional server fallback (paid keys).