Football Pool
Add some game-day fun to your WordPress site! Let users predict match results, earn points, and go head-to-head in a fantasy sports pool.
4.9(83 reviews)
·800 active installs·Updated 2 weeks agoAs of April 2026, Football Pool is a WordPress game plugin with 800 active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 83 reviews. It has been downloaded 97K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.3+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Dinosaur Game.
4.9/583 reviews
800active installs
100%resolved
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
This plugin adds a fantasy sports pool to your blog. Visitors of your website can predict outcomes of matches and earn extra points with bonus questions. Every player can view scores and charts of the other pool contenders.
The plugin installs some custom tables in the database and includes match information for the UEFA 2024 Championship, but it can be easily updated with match info for other championships or sports. Note: deactivating the plugin may delete all plugin data from your database. To avoid this, make sure the “keep data on uninstall” option is enabled in the settings (it’s on by default since version 2.3.1).
I originally coded this pool in PHP as a standalone website for the UEFA 2000 championship and rewrote it several times for every European Championship and Wo…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.3+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Changelog
2.13.2
- New: Added a matches CSV for the 2026 FIFA World Cup (please note that there are still some teams not known).
- New: Option to disable adding new shoutbox messages via the widget (only add via admin area).
- Update: Auto-set user answers option in bonus questions now ignores leading and trailing spaces in answers.
- Update: Removed some deprecated warnings from the CSV import.
- Tweak: Show user ID next to display name in the audit log.
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Contributors
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