Best sports plugins for WordPress

The most popular sports plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. SportsPress leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of SportsPress for Football (Soccer) (5K+) and Liveblog (2K+). All 93 plugins tagged “sports” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 sports plugins

1.
SportsPress
The most installed sports plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 369 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
2.
SportsPress for Football (Soccer)
5K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
3.
Liveblog
2K+ active installs. Rated 2.9 from 15 reviews, updated 1 month ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
4.
SportsPress for Basketball
1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
5.
JoomSport
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 44 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
6.
Football Pool
900+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 83 reviews, updated 21 hours ago.
7.
SportsPress for Baseball
800+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
8.
SportsPress for Cricket
500+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
9.
SportsPress for Volleyball
500+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
10.
Sports Booking
200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.