improved    plugin caching system (added object cache support + automatic detection of what to use: transients or object cache)

  improved    minor performance improvements

  improved    Game Edit: custom numbers are automatically filled on adding a player to the lineups (if squad number is set)

  fixed    default values in Player Header - Compact layout (Customizer)

  fixed    making "LIVE" & "LIVE scheduled" strings translatable in Text Options

  fixed    minor fixes

  added    option in Squad to show/hide - age/birth date/nationality (Customizer > Football Leagues > Squad)

  improved    plugin caching system (added object cache support + automatic detection of what to use: transients or object cache)    

  improved    minor performance improvements

  updated    Syria flag (rounded flags)

  improved    Game Edit: custom numbers are automatically filled on adding a player to the lineups (if squad number is set)

New Option in Squad to show/hide - age/birth date/nationality

  fixed    Suspension risk shortcode - show players 

  fixed    missing Imagick library generates error

  improved    API Import - player data fetching

  added    Player Header - Compact Layout

  added    option to apply Head-to-head rules in Standing table only after teams complete all their matches against each other

  fixed    handle division by zero in Formula statistic type

Player Header - Compact Layout

Customizer > Football Leagues > Player Header

Option to apply Head-to-head rules in Standing table only after teams complete all their matches against each other

  improved    minor performance improvements

  added    new option - Simple Permalink Slug Building (BETA)

  added    Formula stat type support in Game Player's statistics

  added    Formula and Calculated type support in Player Stat Panel

  improved    Game Team Stats layout (Modern)

  added    API Import - expected goals (xG) import

  added    option to show xG in Scoreboard (Customizer >> Fl >> Match) and game list - slim layout (Customizer >> FL >> Match List)

Game Team Stats layout (Modern)

API Import - expected goals (xG) import

The plugin will update the statistics configuration automatically. Data will only be retrieved for new completed games.

To get xG for old games, go to the Leagues >> Import Configuration and run Re-Update finished games.

  added    new Matches Section shortcode

  fixed    "clean_sheets" calculation in "Stat :: Clubs (Single Stat Value)" shortcode

  added    new option "Show Player Photo in Lineups" in Customizer > Match

  added    new dynamic variables in Player Layout (Layout Builder)

  added    new Formula type in Player Statistics (can be used in Stat Players (Single Stat Value) shortcode)

  added    new argument "exclude_nationality" in Stat Players (Single Stat Value) shortcode

  added    new argument "min_games_percent" (Minimum Games in % (0-100) - of most played) in Stat Players (Single Stat Value) shortcode

  added    option in Customizer to change default home/away team colors used in Charts

New Tutorials

- Matches Section - shortcode

New "Matches Section" shortcode

Show section of the selected games. For example, the prediction section of the upcoming 10 games in LaLiga (screenshot).

New option "Show Player Photo in Lineups" in Customizer > Match

New dynamic variables in Player Layout (Layout Builder)

>> NEW VARIABLES

%player_height%
%player_weight%
%player_age%
%club_link%
%squad_number%
%next_game%
%next_game_date%
%next_game_time%
%next_game_league%
%last_game%
%last_game_minutes%
%last_game_date%
%last_game_time%
%last_game_league%
%last_game_rating%
%current_season%
%current_season_minutes%
%current_season_goals%
%current_season_played%
%current_season_started%
%current_season_sub_in%
%current_season_assists%
%current_season_own_goals%
%current_season_goals_penalty%
%current_season_goals_conceded%
%current_season_clean_sheets%
%current_season_card_y%
%current_season_card_r%

>> NEW CONDITIONAL TAGS
[IF%player_height%] your conditional content [ENDIF%player_height%]

[IF%player_weight%] your conditional content [ENDIF%player_weight%]

[IF%squad_number%] your conditional content [ENDIF%squad_number%]

[IF%next_game%] your conditional content [ENDIF%next_game%]

[IF%last_game%] your conditional content [ENDIF%last_game%]

[IF%last_game_minutes%] your conditional content [ENDIF%last_game_minutes%]

[IF%current_season_minutes%] your conditional content [ENDIF%current_season_minutes%]

>> Use Case

New Formula type in Player Statistics

option in Customizer to change default home/away team colors used in Charts

  added    tool to update player's 'Current Team' based on the last game played

  added    new option to show player's current team by last game with save/fix (if incorrect) in the Player Profile

  added    option in Customizer to change default home/away team colors used in teams statistics

Update player's 'Current Team' based on the last game played

Football Leagues >> Toolbox >> Toolkit

New option to show player's current team by last game with automatic save/fix (if incorrect)

Customizer >> Player & Staff >> Current Team

New Option in Customizer to change default home/away team colors used in teams statistics

  fixed    Prediction Chart is not visible when placed on hidden tab

  added    new Gutenberg block: FL Games

  fixed    incorrect calculation in Stat Clubs shortcode in some cases

  fixed    API Import: incorrect recognition of player nationality (Czechia, Tanzania, Türkiye, Kyrgyz Republic)

  added    new Game Prediction section (replaced the old one)

  fixed    Prediction Advice - translation of team name (will require prediction update)

  performance    added delay loading for the Echarts JavaScript files (used in Prediction section & charts shortcodes) 

  added    options page to translate Odds

  added    Odds: support custom bookmaker logos

  added    Odds: Show Pre-Match Odds (Match Winner) in Game (W1-X-W2)

New Tutorials

- Game Prediction

- Cache WordPress Rest API Endpoint With Cloudflare

- (Updated) Odds Import

Show Pre-Match Odds (Match Winner) in Game (W1-X-W2)

Updated Prediction section

Prediction Advice - translation of team name

Added delay loading for the Echarts JavaScript files

Options page to translate Odd names

Odds - Custom Bookmaker Logos

Advanced Buttons

  improved    Game Substitutes in mobile view

  added    filters on selecting a league in the Competition edit page

  fixed    incorrect and duplicated Competition title (secondary stage) in the Game header #3614

  added    Player - All Season - season combine options if many seasons

  fixed    duplicated stage title

  fixed    game team stats with 0 is not shown

  fixed    not finished games affect player statistics

  fixed    Data Import - error on Player update with custom fields only

  improved    game outcome label (highlighted score)

  added    red card in game slim layout (right after team name)

  added    Staff - Current Team display options (by value, hide, last game) 

  improved    Cards Shortcode - added support for several club IDs in club_id argument 

  improved    Player Statistics - removed zeros for better readability

Game outcome label (highlighted score)

Red card in game slim layout (right after team name)

Staff(coach) - Current Team 

Player Statistics - Removed zeros

  fixed    API Import - Missing Standings - added groups from multistage tournaments

  added    new Timeline

  added    additional game time (in the Match Stats section) - visible on the timeline

  added    API Import - save additional game time (1st half only on live games)

  added    API Import - show LIVE elapsed time on timeline with orange background 

  fixed    Live Search shortcode in Shortcode Builder

  added    API Import - added support for Fonbet & Betano bookmakers

  fixed    not finished games affect player statistics

  improved    Game Scoreboard style improvements on mobile devices (compact, less space)

  added    new fields in Batch Matches Import tool: stadium and game duration (full and extra)

  added    API Import - live scorers in Game Scoreboard

  improved    Player Games Stats - removed zeros and added rating field

  improved    Team Player Stats - removed zeros, added new icons, added rating, layout changes

New Timeline

Additional game time

LIVE elapsed time on timeline with orange background

API Import - live scorers in Game Scoreboard

Player Games Stats - removed zeros and added rating field

Team Player Stats

  fixed    inline search on Standing Setup in "Select Competition Group"

  added    Admin Club - players per page option in Attach Player to Squad

  added    Dynamic SEO options (title) also affect the H1 tag on the Game page if allowed

  improved    frontend LIVE Game edit - minor fixes and improvements

  fixed    Bracket in manual layout shows zeros on upcoming games

  improved    performance improvements (for sites with a large number of tournaments)

New Tutorials

option in Customizer to show prediction text in Slim layout for the games in LIVE status

  added    custom squad status 

  fixed    Safari 18 conflict with WordPress classic editor layout

Custom squad status

  fixed    security fix

  fixed    minor fixes

New Tutorials:

How To: UCL 2024 - League Stage

API Import - LIVE game team and player stats support

API Import - Missing Standings (for not active leagues)

  added    new admin Competition UI

  added    possibility to fix incorrect status (official/friendly) of the games

  improved    admin UI code has been rewritten

New admin Competition UI

Fix incorrect status (official/friendly) of the games

  fixed    Admin UI: selecting content on dragging in Layout Builder and Formation

  fixed    Stat Clubs (Single Stat Value) - home_away argument not working in Shortcode builder

  fixed    Stats Clubs shortcode - custom team statistics for away games not calculated

  added    new dynamic variables %stadium_title% and %prediction_text% in Match Layout

  fixed    Game Edit: player custom stats are not saved for the newly added players without page reload

  improved    admin UI code has been rewritten

  added    new admin Competition UI

  added    new option in Game Formation to show a link to the player profile in Customiser >> Football Leagues >> Match >> Formation - Show link to Player Profile

New Tutorials

- Euro 2024 - add knockout games

New admin Competition UI

  added    new Gutenberg Block: Cards (based on Cards shortcode)

  fixed    minor fixes

  fixed    Frontend Game Edit - problem with saving game stadium

  fixed    API Import - Discover Games only from saved in the Dashboard

  added    new shortcode: "Stat :: Clubs (Single Stat Value)"

New Tutorials

- Shortcode - Stat Clubs - Single stats value

New shortcode: "Stat :: Clubs (Single Stat Value)"

  added    option to hide migration notice

  added    API Import: Discover New Games to Create (new tool)

  added    option to restrict editing plugin instances only by administrators

  added    argument in shortcode "Stat :: Players (Single Stat Value)" - "player_name": default/short/full

  fixed    automatic Bracket errors in some situations

New Tutorials

API Import - Discover New Games to Create - (New Tool) - Football Leagues

API Import: Discover New Games to Create

Option to restrict editing plugin instances only by administrators

  fixed    Game list footer - show "penalties" scores if extra time is not set

  fixed    updated Twitter icon in Player and Club profile

  fixed    referee saving on Data Import tool

  added    option to show Player's Current Club based on the last game (Customizer >> Football Leagues >> Player & Staff)

option to show Player's Current Club based on the last game

New arguments in shortcode "Stat :: Players (Single Stat Value)"

Layout Builder - option to select a custom layout for National teams and teams by IDs

Layout Builder - inline CSS option

Shortcode "Stat :: Players (Single Stat Value)" - Use cases

Default layout

With "nationality" filter

nationality="es" 

Average rating per game 

calculation="avg_game" digits="1"

Goalkeepers with fewer goals conceded in 90 minutes with a minimum of 5 games played

stat="goals_conceded" calculation="avg_90" digits="1" type="g" min_games="5" sort="asc"

one_line="1"

  fixed    Frontend Game Edit - fixed size of substitute icon

  fixed    Club page - duplicated transfers

  fixed    game status "penalties" if extra time is not set

  fixed    Calendar Slider - multiple competition IDs support

  fixed    show Trophies metabox on the Club edit page

  fixed    Frontend Edit (Edit Game & Live Edit) - possible JS name conflict with other plugins (e.g.: Essential Addons for Elementor)

  fixed    Game Edit admin  - show save button on mobile

  fixed    game status "penalties" if extra time is not set

  fixed    errors in Game >> Missed Penalties 

  fixed    lineup data migration of non-existent games (removed)

  fixed    show multiple player nationalities in the Squad section and in Players shortcode

  improved    migration process (show some debug info on errors)

  fixed    Transfers shortcode layout="player" - custom club_out is not rendering

  fixed    problem with rendering temp players in the game lineups

  fixed    migration issues with too long lineups

  fixed    migration problem with too long events list

  fixed    incorrect referee's games rendering on the Referee Page

  fixed    missing temp players in the game lineups

  fixed    date of death incorrectly calculated in some cases

⚠️ Warning

⚠️ Some plugin functionality wouldn't work till the end of the migration process.

⚠️ It is recommended to begin the data migration process during less busy hours to minimize disruptions to website visitors. If you have a large database, it may take several hours.

  improved    performance improvements

  added    new circle flags - https://github.com/HatScripts/circle-flags

  improved    Data Import tool

  added    tool to export game data in CSV format

A special migration tool has been introduced in v0.16.0 to guide you through the migration process.

  improved    moved player metadata from "postmeta" to new "player_data" table

  improved    moved games metadata from "postmeta" to "matches" table.

  improved    moved lineups from "postmeta" to the new "lineups" table

New Circle Flags

Added new circle flags with some former countries (Soviet Union, Yugoslavia)

If you don't like, you can switch back to legacy flags in Customizer >> General >> Flags 

⚠️ Warning

⚠️ Some plugin functionality wouldn't work till the end of the migration process.

⚠️ All "API Import" scheduled tasks will be disabled. Do not activate them till the end of the migration process.

⚠️ It is recommended to begin the data migration process during less busy hours to minimize disruptions to website visitors. If you have a large database, it may take more than several hours.

  fixed    "date_from" and "date_to" arguments in the Player Stats Panel shortcode are not working properly

  improved    API Import settings have been moved to a dedicated page  

  fixed    Subteams summary page is not working properly

  improved    automatic user's timezone functionality (logic of kickoff time converting)

  improved    Calendar Slider performance

Database Optimization

The new version will reduce database size by 200-300% and improve performance for most database queries.

A special migration tool has been introduced in v0.16.0 to guide you through the migration process.

  improved    custom player statistics moved into "anwpfl_players" table (from "anwpfl_player_stats" table)

  removed     "anwpfl_player_stats" table (after migration)

  improved    moved prediction from "postmeta" to new "predictions" table (less db size, better performance)

  improved    moved all formations from "postmeta" to new "formations" table (less db size, better performance)

  improved    moved all transfers from "postmeta" to new "transfers" table.

Migration Process

Test Results

1st website (23K - games, 28K players, DB size - 0.9GB)

After migration: DB - 0.45GB, migration process - 4 hours 

2nd website (6K - games, 10K - players, DB size - 304MB)

After migration: DB - 141MB, migration process - 12 minutes

Player Statistics Optimization 

From v0.16.0, custom player statistics are saved in the "players". The creation of appropriate database columns takes place automatically during saving statistics configuration.

Result: less db size, good performance for rendering shortcodes based on custom player statistics.

API Data Import - UI Improvements

New Menu and minor changes in Dashboard UI

API Data Import - new settings page

Old settings will be automatically migrated to a new format during the update.

  added    new Standing Table Advanced shortcode - info

  fixed    mobile YouTube loading error

  fixed    LIVE manual scores 0:0 on start

  fixed    minor API Import fixes

  added    new arguments in "Stats :: Players (Custom)" shortcode: "filter by columns" and "filter by column value (min)"

  added    new layout in "Stats :: Players (Custom)" shortcode: "tabulator" with sorting and filtering

  improved    %kickoff% placeholder in Builder will use plugin date format (if set in Settings >> Display >> Custom Match Date format)

  added    icons to basic statistics in "Stats :: Clubs" shortcode

Tabulator and undocumented "layout_mod" argument

All tabulator tables have a special argument "layout_mod"

The default value is layout_mod="even" (spread all free space on equal sizes between all columns)

layout_mod="auto" (automatic width)

layout_mod="first" (add all free space to the first column)

layout_mod="second" (add all free space to the second column)

  added    new Gutenberg Block:  Competition Header (based on Competition Header shortcode)

  added    new Gutenberg Blocks: Last and Next Game (based on appropriate shortcodes) with new arguments (max logo width, offset, transparent background)

  added    new Gutenberg Block: Game Countdown

  added    new Gutenberg Block: Teams

  fixed    JS errors with JetPack Boost "Concatenate JS" active option.

  fixed    "load more" in Matches shortcode: "days_offset_to" and "days_offset" arguments are ignored

  improved    %kickoff% in "Match title generation rules" will use plugin date format (if set in Settings >> Display >> Custom Match Date format)

New Gutenberg Blocks

Gutenberg Block: Competition Header

Gutenberg Block: Last Game

If you have JS errors with Jetpack Boost installed in Football Leagues v0.15.0, disable "Concatenate JS".

New animated countdown

New Addons menu

  fixed    edit Stadium - autocomplete places and addresses

  added    option in Customizer to load stadium map after user approval

  improved    load scripts only on required pages (Plyr)

  improved    JS script to load native YT player

  improved    JavaScript files have been rewritten in order to remove the jQuery dependency

  changed    game kickoff flipped countdown to a simple one (removed old jQuery script)

  added    season dropdown switcher in the Competition header

  added    "load more" argument in Matches shortcode ("limit" argument required  to show the initial number of games)

  added    "load more" button under the "Fixtures" and "Latest Matches" sections on the Club Page

  added    Subteams functionality - #759

New Tutorials

- Subteams functionality

Option in Customizer to load Stadium Map after user consent

New simple game kickoff countdown

Season Dropdown switcher in the Competition Header

Load More argument in Matches shortcode

  fixed    rendering Calendar Slider and widget with non-Latin characters in no-data-text after installing v0.14.18.2

  improved    performance improvements

  fixed    bracket manual layout has incorrect order in some cases

How to Add Full Page Cache on manual LIVE

  fixed    youtube video not visible

  fixed    additional temporary referee name is not displayed

  added    Standing - home/away table data

  added    Game Formation - new display options (photo & shirt, rating, game events, nationality) - "Customizer" >> "Football Leagues" >> "Match"

  added    player rating color depends on the value (from red to blue). You can change min/max values in "Customizer" >> "Football Leagues" >> "General"

  fixed    Standing table colors with Conference support

Standing - home/away table data

Game Formation - new display options