AnWP Sports Leagues – Basketball, Ice Hockey, Handball, Rugby & More
by Andrei Strekozov · Analytics
Also makes 3 other plugins · 20.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Professional sports league management for WordPress. Track teams, players, games, statistics, tournaments & standings for any team sport.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈200 estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “statistics” and “team” for “sport” and “tournaments”. “statistics” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sport” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “team” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tournaments” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 67 average across 1,826 Analytics plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 16K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Analytics plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,007 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Analytics 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 3 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 8 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
48
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
35%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| basketball | #1 | #4 | up 1 |
| handball | #1 | #3 | up 1 |
| ice hockey | #1 | #3 | up 1 |
| hockey | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| leagues | #3 | #9 | 0 |
| sports your tag | #4 | #15 | down 1 |
| league your tag | #4 | #11 | 0 |
| sport | #5 | #15 | 0 |
| tournament your tag | #6 | #12 | up 2 |
| basketball statistics | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| tournaments | #6 | #12 | up 2 |
| basketball team | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| standings | #11 | #19 | 0 |
| sports team | #5 | #15 | up 1 |
| games | #20 | #20 | up 2 |
| free games | #22 | #21 | — |
| statistics your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| team your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
106 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 16 listed. 90 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “statistics” and “team” for “sport” and “tournaments”. “statistics” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sport” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “team” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tournaments” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 609 · 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 21 Oct 2026.
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.
3
releases in the last 12 months
8d ago
latest release · v0.14.2 · 24 Oct 2026
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 88% 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 17 days ago and the previous band took 14 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 200.
Install history since 18 Sep 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dobby213294.1y ago
Probably the best sports league plugin in the market.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ saifmnasri4.1y ago
Excellant Plugin, love it
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lexis5785.3y ago
Still new right? first of all your plugin in beautiful, but i would like to request an addition, i created a full league on my site, a functioning fake league because i like to fully test plugins before usage, but i was wondering if i could have users log in and predict results, or create a draft team and join leagues and compete with others based on the performance of my preset league created on sport press? like the English premier league and fantasy premier league like fan victor but without the API stress
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Professional sports league management for WordPress. Track teams, players, games, statistics, tournaments &..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 11 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 11 of 11 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "who need", "suitable for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, REST API.
- ✓ Headings and lists 10 headings and 14 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,725 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-15 200+ → 100+ down after 415 days in tier
- 2025-08-26 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-25 200+ → 100+ down after 183 days in tier
- 2025-02-23 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-02-19 200+ → 100+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2025-02-10 100+ → 200+ up after 79 days in tier
- 2024-11-23 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-11-21 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
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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SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
SportsPress for Football (Soccer) 5K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
JoomSport – for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more 1K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
SportsPress for Baseball 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
SportsPress for Cricket 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
SportsPress for Volleyball 500+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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