Title: MSTW Bracket Builder
Author: Mark O'Donnell
Published: <strong>April 18, 2016</strong>
Last modified: February 16, 2025

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# MSTW Bracket Builder

 By [Mark O’Donnell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markodonnell/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/mstw-bracket-builder.1.4.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/mstw-bracket-builder/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/mstw-bracket-builder/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/mstw-bracket-builder/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/mstw-bracket-builder/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mstw-bracket-builder/)

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Sample Tournament Bracket [shortcode]
 * [[
 * Sample Tournament Games/Fixtures Table [shortcode]
 * [[
 * Create/configure Tournament (admin) [shortcode]
 * [[
 * Edit/update Tournament [shortcode]

## Installation

All the normal installation methods for WordPress plugins work. See [the installation manual page](http://shoalsummitsolutions.com/bb-installation/)
for details.
 _Upon installation make sure the WP default timezone is set correctly
in the WordPress Settings->General screen._

## FAQ

[The FAQs may be found here.](http://shoalsummitsolutions.com/bb-faq/)

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Errors on free version, unwilling to try premium](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-on-free-version-unwilling-to-try-premium/)󠁿

 [stokeymad](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stokeymad/) December 27, 2017 3 replies

Unable to add teams to some tournaments, on the ones that you can, when you update
the tournament brackets, it overwrites all games with the game 1 information. Too
many errors in log to make it worthwhile figuring out the issues.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5827e9bea7dbe07787cef299e1c22d14f819beb374834c69c89779849694464?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Super Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-plugin-205/)󠁿

 [Mark O’Donnell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markodonnell/) September 3, 2016

Works for me! (WP 4.5, PHP 5.5, Twenty Eleven and Twenty Twelve themes) Basic, but
many more cool features to follow.

 [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mstw-bracket-builder/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“MSTW Bracket Builder” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Mark O’Donnell ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markodonnell/)

[Translate “MSTW Bracket Builder” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mstw-bracket-builder)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mstw-bracket-builder/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/mstw-bracket-builder/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mstw-bracket-builder/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mstw-bracket-builder/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.4

 * Re-tested while cleaning up more annoying PHP 8 warnings.
 * Added /lang/mstw-bracket-builder.pot file for translators.

#### 1.3

 * The major purpose of this release was to remove the each() construct because 
   it has been removed from PHP 8.0.
 * Cleaned up a couple of minor bugs.
 * Some improvements to the admin screens.

#### 1.2

 * Extensive changes to the plugin’s stylesheet to insure brackets layout correctly(
   in containers with a min-width of 1200px)
 * Fixed Bug. Tourney slug now shows correctly On the Tournaments admin screen’s
   table.
 * Fixed Bug. Team Names that have not been entered now display as blank rather 
   than -1.

#### 1.1

 * Fixed bug. Calls mstw_bb_get_current_post_type instead of mstw_get_current_post_type
   in mstw_bb_admin (left over from LM).
 * Fixed bug (left-over test code) in single-tourney.php template.
 * Fixed bug. Call to mstw_safe_ref(), which no longer exists.
 * Fixed bugs (typos) with CSS tags.
 * Updated Quick Start Screen
 * Added more error checking and internationalized strings throughout

#### 1.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.4**
 *  Last updated **1 year ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.4.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.7.5**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mstw-bracket-builder/)
 * Tags
 * [bracket](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bracket/)[sports](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sports/)
   [tournament](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tournament/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/mstw-bracket-builder/advanced/)

## Ratings

 3 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  1 5-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mstw-bracket-builder/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mstw-bracket-builder/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mstw-bracket-builder/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mstw-bracket-builder/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  1 1-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mstw-bracket-builder/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Mark O’Donnell ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markodonnell/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mstw-bracket-builder/)

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