Best bracket plugins for WordPress
The most popular bracket plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Etsy Shop leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Simple Tournament Brackets (300+) and Tournamatch (100+). All 9 plugins tagged “bracket” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 bracket plugins
- 1.
Etsy ShopThe most installed bracket plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 30 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Simple Tournament Brackets300+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 8 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Tournamatch100+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 7 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 4.
Literal Shortcode10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 5.
BracketCloud10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 6.
brackify-embedFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 7.
LeagueMakerApp Competition EmbedFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
NetDrawFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
Sportstats Cup GeneratorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 days ago.
All 9 plugins tagged “bracket”
Etsy Shop
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,735by fsheedy2 months ago
Plugin that allow you to insert Etsy Shop sections in pages or posts using the bracket/shortcode method.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.0(30)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Simple Tournament Brackets
Up in the last 7 days:6#11,104by SimpleTournamentBrackets1 month ago
Display tournament brackets on any page using a shortcode. Supports manual seeding and any size tournaments up to 256 competitors.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.1(8)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Tournamatch
Up in the last 7 days:84#13,687by Tournamatch4 days ago
A ladder and tournament plugin for eSports, physical sports, board games, and other online gaming leagues.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Literal Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:224#45,908by Luke Mlsna14 years ago
Adds a shortcode for the literal display of other shortcodes, html tags, or characters in post or page text.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
BracketCloud
#47,221by drupaljoe12 years ago
Implements a shortcode for embedding BracketCloud tournaments in post content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
brackify-embed
Down in the last 7 days:1,572#54,178by philslytrunk9 years ago
[brackify bracket="/b/3760/Best-Movie-Trilogy-of-All-Time"] shortcode
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LeagueMakerApp Competition Embed
#59,443by leaguemakerapp13 days ago
Show live league standings, tournament brackets, fixtures and stats from LeagueMakerApp on your club website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
NetDraw
#68,040by aida-martinez2 months ago
A lightweight WordPress plugin for managing and displaying knockout tennis tournament brackets with a visual, interactive frontend.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sportstats Cup Generator
Down in the last 7 days:20,231#73,493by sportstatswp4 days ago
Tournament bracket generator and league manager: knockout cups, round robin and group stage with fixtures, league tables and a shareable bracket.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day