The WP Poker League plugin was developed to help poker league organizers manage the events and results of their league within a Wordpress installation.

Note: This plugin is provided free of charge to poker webmasters and league administrators. In return, a small “Sponsored By” link is added to the bottom of the Schedule, Season and Event tables when displayed. We ask that you keep this link intact.

Functionality List

• Manage: Seasons, Players, Events, Results and Poker Rooms
• Display league info on any page or post
  • Season leader board
  • Season schedule
  • Individual event results
  • Results for all events in a single season.
• Leader board widget
• Control the number of results to display (All, Top 25, Top 10, etc).
• Auto Score events (Manual, PokerStars TLB method, Reverse Finish)

Getting Started

Important: As with any wordpress plugin that interacts with the database it is HIGHLY recommended that you backup your wordpress database on a regular basis. There are several free backup solutions available (WP-DBBackup for instance).

1. Download the WP Poker League Plugin.
2. Unzip the file wp-pokerleague.zip.
3. Upload the wp-pokerleague folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
4. Activate the WP Poker League plugin in Wordpress.
   
5. You can now access the WP Poker League dashboard from the left Admin menu.
   
6. First, you will want to create a season so that you can add events to it. Click: add a season from the Dashboard.
7. Enter a Season Name as well as the number of events that will take place in the season. Then click Add Season.
   
8. The newly created season will appear in the Manage Seasons section.
   
9. Next, let’s add a Poker Room where the events will be played. Click Manage Poker Rooms from the WP Poker League menu to add a new room.
   
   1. Enter the name of the poker room, ie: Full Tilt Poker or Commerce Casino.
   2. Enter the URL (including the http://) for the poker room.
   3. Click Add Poker Room.
10. Next step will be to create a new event, click Manage Events from the WP Poker League menu on the left.
    

    Fill out the form with all of the event related information:

    1. Event Name.
    2. Season (select from defined Seasons).
    3. Date (in the form of YYYY-MM-DD).
    4. Time (in the form of 21:00 for 9PM).
    5. Buyin (in the form of 0.00, ie: 6.00 for $6).
    6. Poker Room (Where the event will be held: Full Tilt, etc.).
    7. Type (Online or Live).
    8. Tourney ID (if applicable, mostly used for online events).
    9. Tourney Pass (if applicable, mostly used for online events).
    10. Notes (any additional info you would like to present).
    11. When you are finished, click Add Event. The newly created event will now be listed in the Manage Events section.
11. To add players to your league, click Manage Players from the WP Poker League menu on the left.
    

    Enter a players name in the Player Name field then press Add Player.

    Note: You can add players on the fly while scoring the events. But if you have a group of “regulars” you can save time by setting them up here.

    Note: You will want to keep the player names unique so it will be easier to keep track. If this is an online league then you should use the player’s poker room name like “xJoeSmithx”. For live leagues, you may want to use something like: “Joe Smith” or “J Smith” or “Joe S”, etc.

12. To score an event go to Manage Events, then click Score next to the event you wish to add results to.
    
    1. Enter the number of participants
    2. Choose a scoring method (Either: Manual Scoring, PokerStars TLB Method, Reverse Finish) then click Begin Scoring.
    3. The results form is sorted from 1st place to last place. Select the player using the Select Player dropdown list that finished in the spot you are scoring.
       

       Note: If the player does not exist yet, you can manually add them in the column to the right of the pulldown.

    4. Also add the points to be awarded (if scoring manually) as well as any money winnings from placing in that spot (optional). Click Update Results to submit.
       
13. You have now created your first season, added players to your league and created and scored your first event!

Front End Display

You can display the following info on any wordpress page or post using shortcode. Just enter in the proper shortcode in the body of any page or post according to the following list:

Show Season Standings

Use this shortcode:

[wppl type="season" sid="1" show="999"]

To display the season standings like so:

Note:
sid is the season ID you want to display. You can find the sid from the table in Manage Seasons.
show is the number of places you want to display. Enter 10 to show only the top 10 places.

Show Single Event Result

Use this shortcode:

[wppl type="event" eid="1" show="999"]

To display the results of a single event like so:

Note:
eid is the event ID you want to display. You can find the eid from the table in Manage Events.
show is the number of places you want to display. Enter 10 to show only the top 10 places.

Show All Event Results for a season

Use this shortcode:

[wppl type="events" sid="1" title="yes"]

To display the results for every event in a season like so:

Note:
sid is the event ID you want to display. You can find the eid from the table in Manage Events.
show is the number of places you want to display. Enter 10 to show only the top 10 places.
title will control whether to display the name of the season above the results.

Schedule of Events for a season

Use this shortcode:

[wppl type="schedule" sid="1"]

To display the schedule of events for a season like so:

Note:
sid is the event ID you want to display. You can find the eid from the table in Manage Events.

WP Leader Widget

There is also a plugin to allow you to display a given season’s leaders your themes sidebar by using a widget. To install the WP Leader Widget:

1. Copy the file wp-pokerleague-widget.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ folder.

2. Activate the WP Poker League Widget

3. Go to Appearance > Widgets and add the widget to your sidebar.

4. Configure the widget options by entering the Season ID and # of results to show then press Save.

Additional Information

1. If you make a mistake while scoring, you can add lines to the result form. Simply click the Score link from the Manage Events section and click Update Results.

The additional lines will display at the bottom of the result listing for you to fill out.