SPOSCOR Core

SPOSCOR Core turns a match result into a clean scoreboard on your site. It works on its own. The built-in Generic Match type covers any sport where two sides score across periods — futsal, volleyball, handball, dodgeball, a school sports day. Create a match, type the scores, paste one shortcode into a page. That is the whole workflow. Most result pages on club and league sites are a PDF, a photo of a whiteboard, or a table someone rebuilds by hand every week. This plugin exists to replace that. What it does

• Any sport, no configuration — Generic Match works the moment you activate the plugin
• One-line shortcode — paste [sposcor_scorecard id="123"] into any post or page
• Period-by-period scores — two periods by default, extendable for extra time
• Team identity — team name and abbreviation, shown with an automatic monogram
• Match status — scheduled, live, final, postponed, cancelled
• Mobile-first admin — built for entering scores on a phone at the venue, with large tap targets and no horizontal scrolling
• Theme-safe output — front-end styles are inline, so your theme and the scoreboard are not fighting each other
• WCAG 2.1 AA — colour is never the only carrier of meaning
• Translation ready — built with the standard WordPress i18n functions, so it can be translated into any language

There is no limit on how many matches you create. Optional sport plugins Core keeps the admin screens deliberately small. If you want features built around one specific sport, install a sport plugin alongside it:

• Baseball SPOSCOR — inning-by-inning scoreboard, automatic top/bottom detection, lineups
• Soccer SPOSCOR — halves and extra time, formations, cards, goal timeline
• Basketball SPOSCOR — quarters and overtime, player statistics

Sport plugins add their own screens for tournaments, standings and design options, and they replace the Generic Match menu while they are active. They are entirely optional — Core does not require any of them, and none of them are needed for Core to work. Shortcodes

• [sposcor_scorecard id="123"] — full scorecard with the score for each period
• [sposcor_result id="123"] — compact result card

Both can be used more than once on the same page, which is the usual way to publish a day's results. Who it is for

• Local clubs and amateur teams
• Tournament and league organisers
• Federations and associations
• School and youth sports
• Anyone currently publishing results as a PDF

1.1.0

• Added: set-based sports can record which side won each rally, straight from the plus and minus buttons on the score fields, and show it as a match flow chart.
• Added: each press of those buttons is saved on its own, so the score survives a page reload and reaches the tournament page without pressing Update.
• Added: a preview of the match flow chart on the editing screen.
• Added: the plus and minus buttons can be turned on for a sport without the match flow chart, so any set-based sport can use them.
• Added: a set can be decided by a maximum score rather than the usual two-point margin. Badminton, for example, ends a game at 30 points.
• Added: a sport can rename the set heading and the totals column, so one that calls its sets "games" can say so on the scoreboard.
• Changed: a match created from a tournament card carries over the sets won without inventing a score for each set. As soon as a real score is entered, the total is worked out from it.
• Changed: the tie-break field on a set-based scoreboard now appears only for sports that use tie-breaks, such as tennis and padel.
• Changed: scores on a set-based scoreboard use the normal text colour instead of the team colour, which could make them hard to read.
• Fixed: on the settings page, showing or hiding a section had no effect for sports with their own sections.

1.0.8

• Added: set-based sports can now report their total score and render score inputs, so tournaments and standings work for them.
• Added: optional tiebreak handling and tiebreak point entry for set-based sports (for example 7-6 in tennis or padel).
• Added: sport plugins can supply their own compact result card, and live set information is now available to them.
• Changed: the default size for scoreboard numbers is now 16px (was 14px).
• Fixed: set-based sports (such as padel and tennis) ignored the Scoreboard Number size setting. The setting now applies to the score figures and set headings, while player names keep their own size.
• Fixed: scorecards could not be previewed while a match was still a draft.

1.0.7

• Fixed: upgrade links shown by sport plugins pointed to a page that does not exist. They now resolve to the correct pricing screen, or are hidden when unavailable.

1.0.6

• Fixed: a PHP notice on WordPress 6.7 and later caused by translations being loaded before the init action
• Removed: an upgrade link on the settings screen that pointed to a page that does not exist

1.0.5

• Documentation: corrected the Generic Match feature list. In Generic Match, team identity is a name, an abbreviation and an automatic monogram; per-team colours, emoji and uploaded logos are provided by the sport plugins.

1.0.4

• Generic Match: the scoreboard editor now states that team names come from the Abbreviation fields on the same screen, instead of referring to a "Team Settings" screen that only sport plugins provide. Sport plugins are unaffected.

1.0.3

• Settings: the Generic Match settings screen no longer lists sport-specific sections (Starting Lineup, Pitchers, Highlights) that Generic Match does not provide. Generic Match uses the scoreboard only, so the Show / Reorder Sections panel is hidden for it. Sport plugins are unaffected.
• Documentation: removed Highlights from the feature list to match the shipped Generic Match functionality.

1.0.2

• Documentation: clarified that the plugin is translation-ready and localised through WordPress.org, rather than shipping bundled translation files.

1.0.1

• Documentation: corrected the feature list so it matches the shipped functionality.

1.0.0

• First release on WordPress.org
• Generic Match type for use with any sport
• Period-by-period score entry with extra time support
• Team abbreviations, colours and logos
• Mobile-first admin for entering scores at the venue
• Fully translation-ready via the standard WordPress i18n functions
• WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility