Simple Tournament Brackets
by SimpleTournamentBrackets · Uncategorized
Display tournament brackets on any page using a shortcode. Supports manual seeding and any size tournaments up to 256 competitors.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈280 estimated
Momentum
+19%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 60/100. Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.5%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 7.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,787 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.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 27 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.1★ over 8 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
33
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
7%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bracket your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| brackets | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| bracket generator your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| tournament your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| tournaments | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| esports your tag | #4 | #5 | 0 |
16 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Already on top for “brackets” and “tournaments”. #1 and #1 without listing them. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 575 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
8mo ago
latest release · v1.3.1 · 8 Mar 2026
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 68% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and the previous band took 2.3 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ sambodinho8mo ago
This plugin was perfect for our needs – a cricket website with playoff rounds that I needed certain registered users to be able amend via the front end. Whats more, I needed a little extra functionality so reached out to the dev here on the forum. Almost instantaneously they replied and added the function to the plugin. Updated it my end and there it was. Fantastic! Thank you so much.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ neilmstevenson1.6y ago
This is a great plugin and works very well. I know it says it is “Simple” but it could do with a couple of tweaks. Great for singles competitions but does not work for pairs, triples and fours. The box is not big enough Would be great if a blank line (or something) gave the next (or previous) entry a bye into the next round
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mattyshack1.7y ago
Update: Got it to work with some help from the developer. Pretty basic plug in, no way to customize brackets. But if you are looking for a very basic tournament bracket. This would work for you. This topic was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by mattyshack.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nickdgreen2.7y ago
Nothing else is available that provides the functionality provided by Simple Tournament Brackets. Additionally, when I hit a problem with tournaments not loading the response to the support ticket was quick and after some info back and forth they quickly identified that it was restrictions applied by Solid Security Basic that were causing the problem. Restrictions were removed and back in business quickly. I’ve found larger competitions are a bit slow to load on a page but hopefully that can be improved. I look forward to seeing how this plugin develops. Five stars for support four for plugin performance.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ internass2.8y ago
Used it for a golf league. Works excellent. Would be nice if you could also add a bracket for 3 en 4th place
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lanboyguyton3.0y ago
I tried several test tournaments (on pages and pots) and posted one, and it doesn’t advance when I select a winner. Here’s the page where mines is on: etazero.com/g-o-t-y/ Here’s a short clip of the issue: drive.google.com/file/d/1B5fDQhJyptZIexYmHIAK7cHP_RJjlLMm/view?usp=sharing This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by lanboyguyton.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nievasnows3.4y ago
Luego de crear el torneo y el fixture, cuando seleccionas el equipo ganador no pasa nada, no funciona
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ polarbjorn4.3y ago
Great plugin. Works good and very easy to use. Thank you
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display tournament brackets on any page using a shortcode. Supports manual seeding and any size tournaments..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("perfect for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,144 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "bracket-generator" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-03 300+ → 200+ down after 852 days in tier
- 2024-07-04 200+ → 300+ up after 399 days in tier
- 2023-06-01 100+ → 200+ up after 198 days in tier
- 2022-11-15 90+ → 100+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2022-11-01 80+ → 90+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2022-10-23 70+ → 80+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2022-10-15 60+ → 70+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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MeinTurnierplan 10+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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