added    Layout Builder: new layout - LIVE Match

  added    API Import: import LIVE Match events (will work properly only in LIVE Match layout)

  added    API Import: import lineups at the LIVE match start (will work properly only in LIVE Match layout)

  added    LIVE: update Timeline block on events change

  improved    API Import: LIVE data automatic import - Updated Tutorial

  improved    minor style improvements

New Improved LIVE import functionality

API Import - Import Live Events option

  added    new Match block - Missing Players 

  added    new Player block - Missed Matches

Missing Players

Missed Matches

  fixed    Bottom Content block rendering in Layout Builder

  added    Layout Builder: new block "Missing Players" in Match 

  added    Layout Builder: new block "Missed Matches" in Player

  added    new shortcode: Missed Players and Cards

New Tutorial

- Missing Players and Cards

Missed Players and Cards

  added    option to hide/display plugin instances in the frontend search results

  added    possibility to set custom outcome

New Tutorial

- https://anwppro.userecho.com/knowledge-bases/2/articles/788-non-numeric-scores-for-custom-outcome

Custom Outcome

Hide/display in the frontend search results

  added    API Import - beta "Update Players" action (with photos, place of birth, country of birth and so on) 

  added    Layout Builder: type filter in admin list

  added    Layout Builder: league display rule in Match

  added    Standings shortcode

New Tutorials

- Standings (shortcode)

API Import - beta "Update Players" action

  added    option to show prediction in Match List item

  added    shortcode "Head-to-Head Matches"

  fixed    Matchweek Slides - Current MatchWeek option does not work inside a tab

  fixed    Import Matches - kickoff time is not recognized properly 

New Tutorials

- Head-to-Head Matches (shortcode)

Shortcode "Head-to-Head Matches"

Prediction in Match List item

  added    action to clone Standing Table options

  added    "show_header" option in Match shortcode. Default is "1" - yes. 

  added    "title" option in the "Competition Header" shortcode. It allows to set custom title.

  added    linked Standings in Competitions admin list  

  added    "show_notes" option in Standing shortcode and widget. Default is "1" - yes.

  added    possibility to show Referee and Stadium in the bottom line of Match List item

  added    Match Edit - possibility edit Game Events

  added    Match Edit - assistants for own goal

  added    Match Edit - Stadium field improvements (autocomplete and default option - home club stadium)

  improved    on Standing Table create now are available only round-robin competitions without linked Standing Tables 

  fixed    Match shortcode can be used for upcoming matches

Clone Standing Table options on create

Standings in Competitions admin list

Bottom Line in Match List

Match Edit - Stadium field improvements

  added    API import Dashboard (possibility to run task for all competition at once)

  added    API import: possibility to schedule automatically update finished games

  added    API import: Current MatchWeek option is updated automatically from the last finished API game

  added    possibility to filter by many club ids in FL+ Calendar. Previously, only one ID was allowed.

  added    new options in "Stats :: Players" shortcode - "caching time" and "sections"

  fixed    Match shortcode can be used for upcoming matches

  improved    performance of "Stats :: Players" shortcode

New Tutorials

- Import API Dashboard

API import Dashboard

Club IDs in FL+ Calendar

  fixed    long club name breaks Match list mobile layout 

  added    "include_ids" option in "Clubs" widget

  added    player country of birth

  added    option for opposite club name in Player Latest Matches: abbreviation (default) or full name

  added    alternative translations for Outcome Letters (W, D, L) in "Settings & Tools" >> "Settings" >> "Text Strings"

  added    referee in Next Match widget

  improved    match list mobile layout

Match list mobile layout

Player country of Birth

Alternative translations for Outcome Letters (W, D, L)

Referee in Next Match Widget

  added    API import - create and attach clubs to groups/ties tool

  added    shootout penalties in the bracket layout

  added    club form (outcomes) in the Game Scoreboard

  added    player photo in Match Commentary block

  fixed    incorrect work of "include secondary stages" option in FL+ Calendar widget

  fixed    arrows in MatchWeek slides if "WP Fastest Cache" is used

Club form (outcomes) in the Game Scoreboard

Player photo in Match Commentary block

API import - create and attach clubs to groups/ties tool

Shootout penalties in the bracket layout

  improved    club header calendar (mobile tooltips improvements, better width scaling in some themes)

  fixed    match timeline in RTL

  fixed    incorrect group assigning on "Import Matches" in the knockout competition

  added    the column "aggregate text" to the import matches tool

  added    possibility to translate all frontend text strings from the plugin admin

  added    outcome label in match list on clicking in the standing table games

Outcome label in match list on clicking in the standing table games

  fixed    duplicated dates in Tag Posts in some themes

  fixed    club header calendar tooltip styling

  added    new Club header with Calendar

  added    post tags support for Match, Club, Competition, Player, Staff, and Referee (will be used to show associated posts in the special shortcode)

  added    Tag Posts shortcode

  added    season switcher in Stadium

  improved    Stadium games blocks (removed 5 match limitation)

New Tutorials

- How To Use "Tag Posts" shortcode

- Tag Posts (shortcode)

"Tag Posts" shortcode allows you to show regular WordPress posts with the same tag as Club, Player, Competition, Match, Referee, and Staff.

Club Header with the inline calendar

Tag Posts shortcode - Grid layout

  added    "include_ids" option in "Clubs" shortcode 

  added    possibility to translate all frontend text strings from the plugin admin 

  added    "Custom default club logo" option (Settings & Tools >> Settings >> Display >> Club)

  added    "partial" option in "Standing Table" shortcode and widget to show partial table data 

  added    "bottom_link" option in "Standing Table" to show link to the associated Competition or Full Standing Table

  added    "outcome_id" option in "Matches" shortcode to show outcome label.

New Text Options page 

"Custom default club logo" option

Standing Table Partial Data

Outcome label in Matches shortcode

  added    admin RTL styles

  added    video review widget

  fixed    rendering non-Latin characters in round and group titles

  fixed    removing old match events in some cases

Video Review widget

  fixed    rendering non-Latin characters in round and group titles

  fixed    Results Matrix minor improvements

  fixed    API-import - standing recalculating on Live game finished

  added    photos Gallery in Match

  added    additional videos in Match

  improved    photo Gallery styles

Match gallery and additional videos

Additional Videos

  added     Layout Builder Blocks - gallery (Match)

  improved    API import - added country selector on choosing competition (Step 2)

  improved    API import - added progress message on import new and finished games and players 

  improved    API import - added option to import players from all competition teams

  improved    API import - on update squad players "Numbers" will be untouched and only new players will be added (previously all players have been replaced)

  improved    API import - minor fixes and improvements

API import - added option to import players from all competition teams

API import - added country selector on choosing competition (Step 2)

API import - added progress message on import new games

  added    RTL support (remove any previously entered RTL CSS fixes from Customizer >> Additional CSS)

  added    "multistage" option in "Players Stats" shortcode to include stats from all stages - Players Stats Shortcode

  added    Players Stats block in the Layout Builder (Competition & Multistage Competition)

  added    "Import Matches" - home club stadium will be set as a game venue

  added    "Import Matches" - half time scores

  added    new options in Transfers shortcode (date_from, date_to, window, competition_id, player_id) + improvements

  added    new layouts in Transfers shortcode (competition, player, club)

  added    slim layout in Birthdays shortcode

  added    Transfers block in Layout Builder for Player and Competition

  added    grouping by windows in Transfers block in Layout Builder for Club

Updated tutorial

- Transfers Shortcode

"multistage" option in "Players Stats" shortcode

Import Matches - half time scores

Transfers shortcode - Competition layout

Slim layout in Birthdays shortcode

Transfers block in Club (Layout Builder) - new default grouping

  added    RTL support (remove any previously entered RTL CSS fixes from Customizer >> Additional CSS)

  fixed    Birthdays incorrect age calculations on some servers

  fixed    minor style fixes

  added    Birthdays shortcode

  added    added Birthdays into Club layout (in Layout Builder)

  improved    MatchWeek Slides (change slider lib from Slick to Swiper, better RTL support, updated styles)

  improved    Admin UI improvements

  improved    process of building manual Bracket Layout

  changed     a way of how required core plugin notice is rendered

  fixed    incorrect game time calculation if server timezone option differ from "UTC"

New Tutorials

- Current MatchWeek option

- Birthdays shortcode

Birthdays Shortcode

  added    filter by match status (fixture, result) in admin list of matches 

  added    filter by League and Season in the Standing Tables admin list

  added    filter by League and Season in the Competitions admin list

  added    possibility to add additional referees

  added    Birthdays widget

  fixed    incorrect game time calculation if server timezone option differ from "UTC"

Birthdays Widget

Filter by match status (fixture, result)

Filter by League and Season in the Standing Tables admin list

Additional referees

  added    Layout Builder - Staff, Referee, Stadium page options

  added    Layout Builder - Multistage Competition

  added    Layout Builder - "group_n" and "stage_n" options in Competition to render block data of specific group or Competition Stage 

  added    Layout Builder - "margin-top" and "margin-botton" options in blocks

  added    API Import - load predictions

  fixed    Match shortcode - rendering custom player numbers in lineups

  changed    Formation block was splitted from the lineups. Now you have to set it separately in the Layout Builder

  improved    Layout Builder - minor improvements

  improved    API Import - club name will be untouched if exists on "Create or Update Clubs"

  removed    sections for the match, player, and club in "FL+ Configurator" -   use more powerful Layout Builder

  removed    obsolete providers in API-import

  disabled    "FL+ Custom HTML" (use "Layout Builder" > "Global Text" instead)

  !!! action required    

to render match formation you have to put it in the Layout Builder obviously (previously it was joined with lineups)

New Tutorials

- Draft Group Number and Stage Number - New Competition Options

New Demo Competitions

• Multistage Complex Competition
• Multistage Competition (Cup - 2 stages)
• Single Stage Competition (10 groups)
• Single Stage Competition (Regular Season)

  added    new dynamic variables for global shortcode in the "Layout Builder > Club": %club_id% and %season_id%

  added    new options for Result Matrix labels: logo + abbreviation and abbreviation

  added    player match rating option

  added    "import API" - option to add updated clubs to the selected competition 

  fixed    Custom Player stats block height adjusting in Layout Builder tab

New Tutorials

- Player Match Rating

Result Matrix - Vertical Labels are set to logo + abbreviation

Player Match Rating 

"import API" - option to add updated clubs to the selected competition

  added    new option in Matches shortcode: group_by="competition"

  added    new options in Matches shortcode: include_ids and exclude_ids - comma-separated list of match ids.

  added    additional current clubs for Staff

  improved    minor style changes in Match >> Lineups block

  improved    memory usage on edit Club

Additional current clubs in Staff

  added    "api-football.com" - new server "v2.api-football.com"

  added    custom Club statistic

  added    custom Player statistics

  added    "exclude Match IDs" option in FL+ Next Match widget

  added    new parameter in Matches Horizontal Scoreboard shortcode - days_offset_to

E.g.: to get today games set "days_offset_to=1" and "days_offset=0"

  improved    Match Scoreboard styles (goal scorers)

  improved    Match Club statistics layouts

  fixed    "api-football.com" - reversed substitutions in some Competitions

New Tutorials

- Custom Player Statistics

- Club Statistics

Statistics Configurator (club and player stats)

Custom Player statistics

  added    home Clubs option in Stadium

  added    dynamic Custom Fields for player, club, stadium, staff and referee

  added    "exclude Match IDs" option in Last and Next Match widget

  added    new parameter in Matches shortcode - days_offset_to

E.g.: to get today games set "days_offset_to=1" and "days_offset=0"

  fixed    "(no title)" in Competition and Match menu titles

  improved    Clubs Selector in Competition

  improved    Custom fields filter shortcodes through their hooks

New Tutorials

- Dynamic Custom Fields

Clubs Selector in Competition

Dynamic Custom Fields

"Exclude Match IDs" option in Last and Next Match widget

  added    "api-football.com" - Live Scores import from API (status and scores only) *

  added    "api-football.com" - save and select a competition configuration

  added    "api-football.com" - Create or update competition clubs

  added    "api-football.com" - options to enable/disable caching some requests

  added    "api-football.com" - option to choose direct server2 or server3

  added    Live Scores option - play sound on changed scores

  added    Live Scores option - blinking score for one minute on changed

  improved    Clubs Selector in Competition

  improved    Live Scores minor fixes

  improved    "api-football.com" - improved player nationality assigning

* Powerful hosting is required for automatic Live Scores API import! Do no use it on Shared hosting, it may exceed your resource limit and put your website down!

New Tutorials

- Create or Update Clubs - API Import

- Live Scores - API Import

Live Scores Dashboard - API import mode

Clubs Selector in Competition

Live Scores - new options

"api-football.com" - Create or update competition clubs

"api-football.com" - save and select a competition configuration

  bug     Live Dashboards loading error in WordPress below 5.3

  added    match status in Live Scores  

  added    Live Scores support to the Horizontal Matches Scoreboard

  added    Live Scores Dashboard: manage all live scores and live status from one page - https://anwppro.userecho.com/knowledge-bases/2/articles/468-live-scores-dashboard

  improved    Live Events, Commentary, and Scores updating for a single Match

  added    Commentary block Options

  added    new options in Horizontal Matches Scoreboard: autoplay and loop

  added    Transfers Shortcode - https://anwppro.userecho.com/knowledge-bases/2/articles/460-transfers-shortcode

  improved    Horizontal Matches Scoreboard: changed JS library (slick to swiper)

  improved    Transfers: added new option "unknown club", added default sorting by date, added icons for "unknown club" and "without club" options, minor improvements

  fixed    tooltip (tippy) JavaScript conflict with some plugins

  added    autocomplete on selecting referees, stadiums, and clubs

  improved    compatibility with admin styles in WordPress 5.3 

  added    option to use a monospace font in Standing table numbers ("Settings" > "Display" > "Standing")

  added    option "Match slug generated with" (club title/club slug). "Club name" was the only one option before.

  added    Import Matches tool - Import Matches Tool - How to Use

  added    tooltip with Match data on hover over series in Standing

  added    "api-football.com" - apply title "generation rules" on fetching matches

  added    "api-football.com" - goal assistants on Match parsing (new API feature)

  added    "api-football.com" - action to re-update finished matches by matchweek

  added    Match title generator

  added     "links" (show link to profile) option in Player Stats shortcode 

  added    Match custom code section

  added    symmetric type for Results Matrix

  added    display options for Results Matrix - https://anwppro.userecho.com/knowledge-bases/2/articles/32-results-matrix

  added    Match shortcode premium sections into the shortcode helper

  added    added Match, Player and Club type in Layout Builder

  added    "api-football.com" match parsing - offsides and ball possession statistic

  added    "api-football.com" - "Update kick-off time" action

  optimized    "api-football.com" - "Club Players" action

  changed    Settings and Tools menu items moved to a new special menu

  changed    most of premium settings moved from "Settings" to "FL+ Configurator"

  added    "group_id" parameter in Matches shortcode

  added    "Last Match" widget

  added    new options in "Next Match" widget: "show club name" and "match link text"

  added    Club social

  fixed    incorrect conceded goals calculation for goalkeepers if the opposite team lineup and subs list is empty

  Action required:    if you have "Next Match" widget, insert and save "match link text" option

  fixed    MatchWeeks slider invalid width in hidden tabs in Layout Builder

  fixed    countdown in Match scoreboard

  fixed    MatchWeeks slider show matches from all groups

  changed    "api-football.com" direct URL to "https://server1.api-football.com/"

  improved    "Next Match" widget improvements

  improved    Layout Builder minor fixes (new menu position, changed default competition format)

  improved    minor fixes

  added    layout builder for Competition - https://anwppro.userecho.com/knowledge-bases/2/articles/382-how-to-use-layout-builder

  fixed    import "api-football.com" -  IN/OUT substitutions are reverted in some competitions

  added    "compact" option in the "players" shortcode

  fixed    danger placeholder in standing table notes - https://anwppro.userecho.com/communities/1/topics/267-the-danger-is-not-showing-the-colour-in-standing-table-below

  fixed    duplicate content in Divi themes (sometimes)

  improved    players shortcode: transform layout on small screens

  improved    countdown timer now is based on website time (not on user time as before)

  changed   bump minimum PHP version up to 5.6

  improved    widget "Calendar" - removed jQuery dependency (prevent conflicts with some plugins)

  improved    import "api-football.com" - improved events parsing (assigning players for cards and substitutions)

  improved    import "api-football.com" - improved performance on "Update Club Players & Squad" action

  fixed    penalty result is visible on "Hide score before click" active - https://anwppro.userecho.com/communities/1/topics/268-the-score-hide-does-not-hide-the-penalty-score

  fixed    using Stats modern layout in Match shortcode - https://anwppro.userecho.com/communities/1/topics/266-the-stats-does-not-appear-in-modern-layout-while-using-shortcode

  fixed    rendering custom numbers on match formation in Match shortcode - https://anwppro.userecho.com/communities/1/topics/265-player-number-not-showing-on-formation-while-using-shortcode

  improved    widget "Calendar": updated and improved layouts, added modern layout, added options to group by time and competition, added option to show/hide club name

  improved    widget "MatchWeeks Slider": added new options and layout selector

  added   - preserve player name on update if already exists [import API - api-football.com]

  added   - extra check before new player create [import API - api-football.com]

  improved    match list layouts: "simple" and "modern" (used in widget "Matches")

  added    option to show or hide club name in widget "Matches"

  added    placeholder for colors in Standing table notes (see screenshot)

  added    option to change number of columns in squad blocks layout

  added    transfers functionality - more info

  added    API import from "api-football.com". From now it is a recommended import provider - https://anwppro.userecho.com/knowledge-bases/2/articles/241-import-data-from-api-footballcom-new-recommended

  fixed    select2 style conflict with themes and plugins built on Redux Framework

  fixed    rendering 0 on empty matchweek in game header

  updated    dependent libs

  added    thumbnail images for clubs, players, staff, referees, stadiums at the archive page

  added    club abbreviation used by default in Standing table Mini layout (widget)

  added    option to filter Competitions by active season on Match creation

  added    option to show Club name in Clubs widget and shortcode

  added    galleries for player and club (media tab)

 added  "empty placeholder" in match club formation (helps to create complex structures)

 added  "shirt solid color" option to be used as shirt color in the game formation

 added   layout builder with tabs for player page

 added   bracket view manual sorting (new manual layout). Check updated tutorial https://anwppro.userecho.com/knowledge-bases/2/articles/41-bracket-layout

  !! action required    Go to the FL+ Configurator and update Player Layout.

  added    ability to add premium sections to the Match shortcode. Can be done manually. More info - https://anwppro.userecho.com/knowledge-bases/2/articles/194-match-shortcode-premium-extended-options

  added    option to change match stats order and visibility

  added    match stats modern layout (Configurator >> Match Stats Layout)

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