Dashboard Overview
After activating SportsPress Pro, the WordPress admin menu gains a SportsPress top-level section. This article walks through each item in that menu and what it is for.
The SportsPress Menu
Navigate to SportsPress in the left-hand admin menu. You will see the following items:
Overview
SportsPress > Overview is a dashboard home screen that shows a summary of your site's sports data at a glance:
Quick Stats — Counts of published events, teams, players, staff, and sponsors.
Recent Events — A short list of the most recently created events with their status (Published, Scheduled, Draft).
Quick Add — Shortcut links to create a new event, team, player, or staff member.
License Status — Your Pro license key and its activation status.
Latest News — A feed of recent announcements from ThemeBoy.
Competitions and Seasons
Two taxonomy screens, accessible under SportsPress > Competitions and SportsPress > Seasons, let you add and manage the top-level organizers for all your sports data. Every event, team, league table, and player list must be assigned to at least one competition and season before it appears correctly in templates.
Configure
SportsPress > Configure is the data-configuration screen where you define the metrics, outcomes, and equations used across the plugin. It is separate from Settings because it deals with the shape of your data rather than how the plugin behaves. See The Configure Screen for details.
Data Post Types
The menu includes direct links to each data type:
Menu item | What it holds |
Events | Fixtures and results |
Calendars | Filtered views of events |
Tournaments | Bracket-style elimination draws |
Teams | Clubs, franchises, or competitors |
League Tables | Auto-calculated standings |
Players | Individual athletes |
Player Lists | Rosters, galleries, and ranking charts |
Staff | Coaches, managers, and other personnel |
Staff Directories | Filtered views of staff |
Sponsors | Sponsorship entries |
Each link opens the standard WordPress list screen for that post type, with the same Add New, Edit, Quick Edit, and Trash actions you would expect.
Settings
SportsPress > Settings contains all plugin-wide preferences, divided into tabs:
Tab | Controls |
Modules | Enable/disable Pro modules; license key |
General | Sport preset, time format, date format, permalink base slugs |
Events | Default event display options |
Teams | Default team display options |
Players | Default player display options |
Staff | Default staff display options |
Branding | Colors and logo overrides |
League Menu | Menu widget configuration |
Sponsors | Default sponsor display options |
Text | Rename labels across the plugin |
Permalinks | URL slug customization |
System Status | Environment diagnostic information |
What to Do First
If this is a fresh installation, the recommended order is:
Enter your license key under Settings > Modules.
Set WordPress permalinks to anything other than Plain (Settings > Permalinks in WordPress admin).
Run the Setup Wizard or manually create a competition and season.
Add teams, players, and events.
The Initial Setup Checklist covers each step in detail.