Free vs Pro Feature Comparison
SportsPress Pro extends the free SportsPress plugin with additional modules. The tables below show what each tier includes so you can decide which fits your league or club.
Included in Free SportsPress
Equation Builder (drag-and-drop custom points system)
Club Profiles with Player List
Automated League Standings with Club Logos
Events (Fixtures and Results) with Player Performance / Box Score
Events Calendar (3 layouts: Calendar, List, Blocks)
Player Profiles and Statistics
Player Lists (rosters, galleries, ranking charts)
Staff Profiles
Current and Previous Clubs per player/staff
Season Archives
Venue Information and Maps (OpenStreetMap via Leaflet)
Statistics and League Table Columns Configuration
24 sport presets (21 traditional + 3 esports)
Club vs Club / Player vs Player mode switching
CSV import for Events, Clubs, Players, Staff
Shortcodes menu in editor + Shortcode Wizard
iCal feed integration (Apple, Google, Outlook)
WPML certified compatibility
REST API (7 endpoints, full CRUD)
Pro-Only Modules
The Pro plugin scans the includes/ directory and auto-loads every subdirectory that contains a matching PHP file. The modules present in version 2.7.28 are:
Module | Description |
Scoreboard (Pro) | Displays multiple event results horizontally in a scrollable scoreboard layout |
Match Stats (Pro) | Animated bar-graph comparison of per-team statistics for a single event |
Timelines (Pro) | Visual play-by-play timeline of player performance within an event; supports horizontal and vertical layouts |
Tournaments (Pro) | Knockout/bracket tournament management; single and double elimination both capped by the |
League Menu (Pro) | Global navigation bar showing team logos at the top of every page |
Team Colors (Pro) | Up to 5 custom color values stored per team profile |
Team Access (Pro) | Restricts users to managing only their own team's data; applies to Team Manager, Event Manager, Staff, and Player roles (League Manager and Administrator are unaffected) |
Directories (Pro) | Staff directories displaying job titles and contact information in list and gallery formats |
Branding (Pro) | Replaces the WordPress admin dashboard branding with custom logos, colors, and a custom login screen |
Duplicator (Pro) | Clones any event or entity with a single click |
Twitter (Pro) | Embeds a Twitter/X feed on team, player, and staff profile pages |
Sponsors (Pro) | Sponsor management with logo upload, click tracking, and impression analytics |
Multisite (Pro) | WordPress Multisite network support |
User Scores (Pro) | Allows site users to submit predicted scores for events |
Past Meetings (Pro) | Displays historical head-to-head results between two teams on event pages |
Results Matrix (Pro) | Displays all home vs away results in an interactive grid |
Highlight Places (Pro) | Highlights a team's position in a league table |
Google Maps (Pro) | Replaces the default OpenStreetMap venue maps with Google Maps |
Facebook (Pro) | Embeds a Facebook feed on team, player, and staff profile pages |
Midseason Transfers (Pro) | Tracks players who switched teams mid-season; shows per-team partial stats |
Updater (Pro) | Enables over-the-air plugin updates directly from the WordPress dashboard using the license key |
Feature Availability by License Tier
All Pro modules are available on all three license tiers (Club, League, Agency). The license key is required to receive automatic updates via the dashboard and to access private support. Without an active license key entered under SportsPress > Settings > Modules, updates must be applied manually.