WFTDA Rankings Widget

A widget to show a WFTDA league's ranking information in a widget.

Author:Mike Straw (aka Stray Taco) (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.0.1
WordPress version tested:6.4.3
Plugin version:1.1.0
Added to WordPress repository:10-04-2020
Last updated:05-02-2024
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Plugin URI:https://wordpress.org/plugins/wftda-rankings-...
Total downloads:766
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NOTE: This widget is not currently compatible with block themes. When installing on WordPress versions 6.0 or higher, you will also need to install the Classic Widgets plugin.

Add a widget to your site with the WFTDA stats from stats.wftda.com.

Currently, the widget will scrape the data from http://stats.wftda.com/league/{league}. Once the WFTDA makes an API available, it will use that API.

This plugin was developed by a roller derby referee, fan, and league member. It isn’t approved of, endorsed, or part of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). I just made this to meet a need in my own league and wanted to share it.

There are measures in place to ensure we don’t overload the stats site:

  • We won’t use live stats unless and until the API has a good way to do that
  • Rankings for each league will be stored locally when first retrieved and then refreshed only if the data is over 24 hours old

    See the widget in action.

Future enhancements

  • More configuration options for the widget:
    • Choice of which stats to display
    • Visual customizations
  • Create a block
  • Make available as a shortcode
  • Add hooks for extendability
  • Convert to API when available

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