Do you know the WordPress SportsPress plugin?

Do you know how to use it for create a website for your club (football, tennis, handball, rugby, basketball, etc.)?

Do you know how to create a website showcase with WordPress for your sports club?

No ?

 Do not worry ! I intend to show you how to do this using the WordPress SportsPress plugin.how to create website club foot sportspress 2

Indeed, it is a plugin that was recently recommended to me by Thierry Bertrand, and having realized its potential, I think it would be unfair if you did not also take advantage of it.

The plugin we will use for this tutorial is called " SportsPress ».

But before, if you have never installed WordPress discover How to Install a WordPress Blog in 7 Steps et How to search, install and activate a WordPress theme on your blog 

Then back to why we are here.

How to install and configure SportsPress

This plugin is available on WordPress. It means you can install it from your dashboard. You can also download the extension as a zip file.

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After activating the plugin, you will be taken to its welcome page. It is on this page that you can choose your favorite sport.

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You will also notice new menus added to your dashboard.

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To access the settings page, you must click on the submenu " Settings»From the menu Sportpress ».

Sportpress menu

SportsPress is a fairly comprehensive plugin and it offers a multitude of options. In the following, I will introduce you to the essential options. This page is made up of several tabs, among others we have: 

The General tab

Here you have the possibility to modify the general appearance of the generated interfaces (colors, templates, custom CSS code) by the plugin and set some options such as sport selection and time zone selection.

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The Event tab

On this page, it is more precisely about choosing the elements that are displayed and the way in which they are displayed on the events page. You can therefore check items (HTML templates), define the number of teams and events to display, choose the title format, etc ...

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The "Teams" tab

Just like with the " TeamsWith this tab you can:

  • Choose what to display
  • Set a team limit to display

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The "Players" tab

Here too, you can customize the different items that appear on the players page and set the limit of players to display.

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Please note: :

These options are also applicable to the " Technical team ».

The "Text" tab

This tab allows you to customize the different messages that are displayed. This is a kind of plugin internationalization option here, because you can translate some values.

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How to add players / events / teams / staff

I prefer to group all these elements together, because they are almost all similar. You will notice after installing the plugin that new menus have been added to your dashboard.

To add a new player, you must do so by accessing the menu " Players >> Add ". You can even add a post (which plays the same role as the categories here). 

To create events, you must access the menu " Events >> Add ". On this new page, you can add in addition to the title and the description, the teams concerned and define certain options such as the duration, the place, the season and the competition concerned.

You also have shortcodes that allow you to display the events in a page or article of your blog.

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To add teams, you must access the " Team >> Add ". For each team, you can choose a league, a competition, a season or a URL.

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To add players, it is possible from the menu " Players >> Add ". You can add a position, a team, a competition in which they participated, the seasons during which they played from the details section. You also have shortcodes at your disposal to display the player in a page / article.

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The staff management of the technical staff is done from the menu « Staff >> Add ". You can add details such as their nationality, the competitions in which they participated, the seasons they were active, etc.

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You can also create competitions and seasons. You will notice that the interface of the latter is similar to that of the keywords.

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How to display each item independently

Of course, some elements already have shortcodes that you can add on your pages / articles. However, there is a much simpler way for that.

By accessing the article / page writing interface, you will notice on the visual editor a new button " S ". By clicking on this button, a context menu will be displayed. From this menu, you will be able to choose the element to add in your visual editor.

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Depending on each menu, a new window will appear and you can set more options for the item to display.

Here is a well illustrated demonstration. This is a WordPress theme designed especially for SportsPress.

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Conclusion

Here ! That's it for this tutorial on creating a sports team or championship website. Do not hesitate to share with your friends on your favorite social networks

However, you will also be able to consult our resources, if you need more elements to carry out your projects of creation of Internet sites, by consulting our guide on the WordPress blog creation.

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