MSTW Schedules & Scoreboards
by Mark O'Donnell · Uncategorized
Also makes 5 other plugins · 500+ installs across the portfolio →
Manages multiple sports team schedules and scoreboards. Displays schedule tables, schedule sliders, scoreboards, and countdown timers.
Removed from WordPress.org
wp.org closed this plugin on 2026-09-21 — at the author’s request. It's no longer installable or updated. If you're running it, plan a replacement: closures are often security-related and WordPress won't warn you.
Health
C 56/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+3%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “games”, “schedule” and “scoreboards” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 14.1K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,782 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 714 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.7; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 4 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 714 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| games your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| schedule your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| scoreboards your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sports your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| team schedule your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “games”, “schedule” and “scoreboards” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,442 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 262 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.0y ago
latest release · v1.5.1 · 19 Nov 2024
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 75% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.3 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 18 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ creativewebdesigns0310.2y ago
Thanks to Mark for all this great work. Very flexible and support responsiveness is outstanding.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mallard6610.8y ago
I’ve used this plugin, and it’s predecessor, since first planning the sports page I’m maintaining. From day one I’ve gotten excellent support from Mark (and a few enhancements thrown in as well). It’s not too complex to set up, easy to style and entering data is fairly quick. There’s always things that could be improved – I’d love a quick-edit capability to just enter a game result directly in the games overview and I’d like to be able to re-shuffle and hide fields I don’t use in the backend, but these are really minor things compared to the functionality already there. 5* and keep up the good work, Mark!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ djfritos10.9y ago
Hello All, I am a 52 years old audio-video technician and webmaster, website programer for a private french high school since 1988. So I’ve been working with students between 12 and 17 years old for the last 29 years of my life, and still loving it. This is, our school (and me) find the MSTW sports plugins for wordpress. At first, we didnt know what to expect as result and mostly, how to use it and how much time we would put into the plugin for our school since we have for this year, 14 differents teams that represent our school in competition in 8 differents sports. And now, I’m really proud and happy to have found this plugins. It is more than we exprected. It is complete, have more possibility than we will need or use for now and it mostly, it is easy to use after creating your first team and schedule. Of course, it is not perfect, but I’m sure the team behing Mark is working hard to get plugin at another level. So for me I just want to say Thank you to Mark and his team for the great creation of MSTW. I will end with some points or amelioration I would love to see in next version: 1- The ticker scoreboard is very important for us; I sure would love the option to select wich sports beside (like a little scrolling sports choice list) 2- To have the option to set and edit ourself width of tables for some scorebaord or schedules, some are to tight between tables cells. Center, spaces… 3- In team roasters list, to have the option to get to columns for team beside having only one long list to scroll down. Like our athletism team list. Near 40 names and photos. Guys thanks a lots and mostly to Mark who helped me a lot with patience and speed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mark O'Donnell11.8y ago
If you liked Game Schedules, you will LOVE this upgrade. -Mark
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 33 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Plus 9 more locales with partial translations.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
Not checked yet. The readme could not be read from WordPress.org on this visit.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-07-29 200+ → 100+ down after 298 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 300+ → 200+ down after 781 days in tier
- 2020-08-14 400+ → 300+ down
Competes with
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