v0.16.9 - Work In Progress

  improved    Game frontend - events editing (modal scrolling) - (v0.16.8.1-beta)
  fixed 
  Game frontend - own goals players - (v0.16.8.2-beta)
  fixed 
  Birthdays shortcode - club_id argument - support several ids
  fixed 
  Stats Players Custom - incorrect rendering of player URL

v0.16.9 - Work In Progress

  added    custom squad status 

Custom squad status

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v0.16.8 - 2024-09-18

  fixed    security fix

  fixed    minor fixes

v0.16.8 - 2024-09-30

  improved    frontend Game edit & frontend LIVE edit (contact me if you have problems with user rights after update)
  added 
  Calendar Slider: new option in "Competition Title" argument - "Competition Title + Stage"
  improved 
  API Import - Predictions Update scheduled task is split into smaller subtasks to prevent "Too Many Requests" error 
  added 
  API Import: API Settings - new option "Reset Staff Squad on Update"
  fixed 
  API Import: coach is not added to the squad after permanently deleted
  added 
  Manual LIVE (frontend and admin): Game Team Stats and Game Player Stats support
  added 
  Match LIVE - Layout Builder: new block support "Custom Player Stats" (game player statistics)
  fixed 
  flatpickr Calendar conflict with Elementor (used in team Calendar and Calendar widget)
  added 
  API Import - LIVE game team and player stats support
  added 
  Match Player Stats - new Customizer options
  added 
  API Import - Missing Standings (for not active leagues)

New Tutorials:

How To: UCL 2024 - League Stage



Added new Customizer options in Match Player Stats

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API Import: API Settings - new option "Reset Staff Squad on Update"

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Manual LIVE (frontend and admin): Team Stats and Players Stats support

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LIVE Frontend edit - Team & Player stats

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API Import - LIVE game team and player stats support

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API Import - Missing Standings (for not active leagues)

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v0.16.7 - 2024-08-22

  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

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Fix incorrect status (official/friendly) of the games

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v0.16.7 - 2024-08-22

  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

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v0.16.6 - 2024-06-12

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

  fixed    minor fixes

v0.16.6 - 2024-06-12

  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)"

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v0.16.5 - 2024-04-30

  added    option to hide migration notice

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v0.16.5 - 2024-04-30

  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

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Option to restrict editing plugin instances only by administrators

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v0.16.4 - 2024-04-10

  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

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v0.16.4 - 2024-04-10

  fixed    Bracket - "penalties" scores if extra time is not set
  fixed 
  Transfers shortcode incorrect link in unknown club -  #3175 
  added    new Gutenberg block - Calendar (based on old Classic widget)
  added 
  new Gutenberg block - Next Game (based on old Classic widget + some extra arguments)
  added 
  new Gutenberg block - Matchweek Slides (based on old Classic widget)
  added 
  new Gutenberg block - Calendar Slider (based on Calendar Slider shortcode)
  added 
  new Gutenberg block - Games Scoreboard (based on Vertical Matches Scoreboard shortcode)
  added 
  new Gutenberg block - Transfers (based on Transfers shortcode)
  added 
  team logo in Player >> Stats Totals block
  added 
  Layout Builder - option to select a custom layout for National teams and teams by IDs
  added 
  Layout Builder - inline CSS option in every block
  added 
  Layout Builder - Clone Block button
  added 
  Layout Builder - Raw HTML block
  improved    shortcode "Stat :: Players (Single Stat Value)" - changed design and added new arguments
  added 
  new Gutenberg block - "Stat::Players (Leaders)" (based on Stat :: Players (Single Stat Value) shortcode)

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

  --  "calculation" - with possible values "sum", "min", "max", "avg_game" (average per game) and "avg_90" (average per 90 min)
  --  "competition_id" - now supports several values separated by a comma
  --  "digits" - digits after decimal point. Only applied for average calculation (avg_game, avg_90)
  --  "type" - added options: defenders, midfielders and forwards
  --  "club_logo" - to show/hide club logo
  --  "show_position" - to show/hide player position
  --  "minutes_played" - show/hide number of minutes played
  --  "show_flag" - show/hide nationality flag
  --  "nationality" - filter by country  
  --  "days_offset" and "days_offset_to" - dynamic days filter
  --  "sort" - sorting "asc" or "desc" (default)
  --  "min_games" (number) - filter by the minimum number of games played
  --  "min_minutes" (number) - filter by the minimum number of minutes played
  --  "max_width" (number in px) - maximum block width in pixels 
  --  "one_line" 0 (no) /1 (yes) - try to put all player information in one line (ignoring some fields: position, minutes) 
  --  "matchweeks" - filter by match weeks or rounds
  --  "stadium_id" - filter by Stadium ID
  --  "include_ids" - filter by Game IDs includes (comma separated)
  -   "exclude_ids" - exclude Game IDs (comma separated)

Team logo in Player >> Stats Totals block

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

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Layout Builder - inline CSS option

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Layout Builder - Clone Block button

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Layout Builder - Raw HTML block

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


Default layout

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With "nationality" filter

nationality="es" 

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Average rating per game 

calculation="avg_game" digits="1"

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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"

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one_line="1"

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v0.16.3 - 2024-02-20

  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)

v0.16.3 - 2024-02-20

  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

v0.16.2 - 2024-02-09

  improved    migration process (show some debug info on errors)

v0.16.2 - 2024-02-09

  fixed    problem with rendering default player photo on Birthdays
  fixed 
  problem with rendering player's age in the Player Header
  improved 
  migration process: added possibility to show subtask IDs and skip current subtask ID
  fixed 
  colors in the circle flag of Kazakhstan

v0.16.1 - 2024-02-08

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

  fixed    problem with rendering temp players in the game lineups

v0.16.1 - 2024-02-08

  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

v0.16.0 - 2024-02-07

⚠️ Warning

V0.16.0 has a new database structure. To complete the update, a migration process will be necessary.
Please ensure that you install the update when you have sufficient time to run the migration process.

⚠️ It is strongly advised to take a database backup before initiating the migration process.

⚠️ 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.

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  changed    increased the minimal version to PHP 7.0

  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


Database Optimization

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


Migration Process

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Data Import tool

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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 

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v0.16.0 - 2024-02-07

⚠️ Warning

V0.16.0 has a new database structure. To complete the update, a migration process will be necessary.
Please ensure that you install the update when you have sufficient time to run the migration process.

⚠️ It is strongly advised to take a database backup before initiating the migration process.

⚠️ 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.


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  changed    increased the minimal version to PHP 7.0

  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

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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

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API Data Import - new settings page

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

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v0.15.3 - 2023-07-30

  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

v0.15.2 - 2023-07-30

  fixed    video loading problem in some mobile browsers - #2827 
  fixed 
  problem on creating game with active Rank Math SEO plugin

v0.15.2 - 2023-07-05

  improved    minor CSS fixes
  improved 
  updated some dependent libraries

v0.15.1 - 2023-07-01

  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)

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layout_mod="auto" (automatic width)

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

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

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v0.15.1 - 2023-07-01

  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

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Gutenberg Block: Competition Header

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Gutenberg Block: Last Game

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

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v0.15.0 - 2023-06-13

  improved    public JavaScript files have been rewritten in modern JS (removed jQuery dependency, make future maintenance easier)
  replaced 
  DataTables library with Tabulator (all dependent shortcodes have been rewritten)
  added    new animated countdown (instead of the old flipping)
  added    new Block MegaMenu add-on (create simple mega-menu in almost any theme)
  added 
  new Custom Sidebars add-on
  deprecated 
   Aneto theme is deprecated and no longer maintained (but you can use it as long as you want). Our theme recommendations are Kadence, GeneratePress, Blocksy, or any other classic theme.
  added 
  LIVE Matches shortcode
  fixed 
  MatchWeeks Slides (shortcode) - matchweek argument is not working in a hidden tab

New Tutorials:

Kadence WP - Setup from Scratch for Football Website - Part 1
AnWP Block MegaMenu add-on
Kadence WP - Setup from Scratch for Football Website - Part 2

Player Statistics in Tabulator

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New animated countdown

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New Addons menu

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v0.15.0 - 2023-06-13

  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

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New simple game kickoff countdown

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Season Dropdown switcher in the Competition Header

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Load More argument in Matches shortcode

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v0.14.18.3 - (Beta) - 2023-04-03

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

v0.14.18.2 - (Beta) - 2023-03-30

  improved    performance improvements

  fixed    bracket manual layout has incorrect order in some cases

v0.14.18.1 - (Beta) - 2023-03-23

  improved    manual LIVE - performance and cache improvements

How to install Beta version

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How to Add Full Page Cache on manual LIVE


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v0.14.15 - 2023-03-12

  fixed    youtube video not visible

  fixed    additional temporary referee name is not displayed

v0.14.18 - 2023-03-10

  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

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Game Formation - new display options

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v0.14.14 - 2023-03-10

  improved    Matches shortcode - group by competition order and sorting

  added    support for custom countries ("Settings & Tools" >> "Settings" >> "Custom Fields")

  improved    Standing table - added initial sorting by team name

Custom Countries

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v0.14.13 - 2023-02-06

  improved    Widget Birthdays - hide birthdays for the players with a filled date of death (can be changed with a hook)

v0.14.17 - 2023-02-06

  fixed    Full Page Caching - improved W3 Total Cache support

  fixed    Frontend Edit - game events on save don't update the plugin cache

  fixed    Layout Builder - Stadium season selector not visible

  improved    Import API - minor UI fixes

New Tutorials:

https://www.anwp.pro/how-to-override-and-create-new-templates-in-anwp-football-leagues/

v0.14.12 - 2023-01-09

  fixed    Data Import tool: problem with temporary players import 

v0.14.16 - 2023-01-09

  improved    API Import - LIVE update logic

  added    Experimental support for the full-page caching (purge cache on API Import - game update)

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v0.14.15 - 2022-12-12

  improved    LIVE Import - LIVE scores data are updated by WP Rest API that can be cached on web server level

v0.14.14 - 2022-12-03

  fixed    API Import - Penalty Shootout parsing 

v0.14.13 - 2022-11-29

  fixed    Import API - minor LIVE import improvements 

  improved    Bracket - added "free mode" and kickoff time field


New Tutorials

https://www.anwp.pro/tournament-bracket-football-leagues-wordpress-plugin/

v0.14.12 - 2022-11-19

  improved    API Import - minor fixes on LIVE import

  added    API Import - added option to force update player photos on squad update 

  added    VAR event

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v0.14.11 - 2022-11-06

  fixed    Player: all seasons block - season sorting

v0.14.11 - 2022-11-06

  fixed    Player: "all seasons" as the default player page doesn't work in some situations

  fixed    Standings shortcode: incorrect sorting by title

  fixed    manual LIVE is not working together with API LIVE Import

  fixed    logic in calculating Standing Table arrows 

Manual LIVE import support together with API LIVE Import

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v0.14.10.1 - 2022-10-22

  fixed    API Import - error with 00:00:00 GMT time

  fixed    LIVE block style in slim game layout with competition logo

v0.14.10 - 2022-10-19

  added    "All Seasons" page in Player profile

  improved    "Stats Totals" blocks for "All Seasons"

  added    option in Customizer to select team Abbreviation or Full name in "Simple" and "Modern" Match List layout

"All Seasons" page in Player profile

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"Stats Totals" blocks for "All Seasons"

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Option to select team Abbreviation or Full name in "Simple" and "Modern" Match List layout

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v0.14.10 - 2022-10-19

  added    automatic user timezone functionality + timezone switcher ( #1530 )

  added    Layout Builder > Player - "Show on Player Position" filter option

  added    new arguments in Calendar Slider shortcode:

    - calendar_size="small" (small or default)

    - competition_title="league" (league name or competition title)

    - centered (1/0) - make active day centered

    - day_width - day width (px)

  added    new argument in Referees Stats shortcode - order

  improved    API Import - LIVE Import: improved performance

New Tutorials

Automatic User's timezone

Automatic user timezone functionality

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Layout Builder > Player - "Show on Player Position" filter option

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Calendar Slider - calendar_size="small"

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v0.14.9 - 2022-09-15

  added    new option in Customizer 'Competition Title in Competition Header'

New option in Customizer 'Competition Title in Competition Header'

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v0.14.9 - 2022-09-15

  added    Dynamic SEO - conditional tags

  fixed    empty row in Referees Stats shortcode (games without referee assigned)

  fixed    kickoff game edit in frontend Game edit mode

  added    new dynamic variables in Layout Builder - Match: referee_id and referee_name

  added    new arguments "date_from" and "date_to" in Shortcodes: Stat Players, Stats Players (Custom) & Players Stats

  added    new Player Stats Panel shortcode (improved version of old Player's Stats Panel)

New Tutorials

Player Stats Panel (shortcode)

Player Stats Panel shortcode

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Dynamic SEO - conditional tags

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v0.14.8 - 2022-09-02

  improved    loading some scripts by request only (DataTables, Flatpickr)

  improved    added optimized Swiper library (twice smaller). If you have a problem with it, disable it in FL+ Customizer

  added    API Import - update stadiums and referees on "Update Kickoff time" action 

  added    API Import - option to reset squad on update (NO - default)

  added    new "plain" layout in shortcode Matches

  added    new Referee Stats shortcode

  added    new Referees Stats shortcode

New Tutorials

Referee Stats

Referees Stats

Referees Stats shortcode

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Referee Stats shortcode

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Optimized Swiper library

Swiper is used in Calendar Slider, Matches Scoreboard and Matchweek Slides.

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API Import - option to reset squad on update (NO - default)

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"plain" layout in Shortcode "Matches"

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v0.14.8 - 2022-09-02

  fixed    show Fourth official referee finished games

  fixed    display temporary players in Penalty Shootout