How to Add Players

Registering A New Player

We can edit the players that already exist or create them from scratch.

Add a new player by going to Players → Add New.

Nickname

Start with filling out the Post Title. This is the player’s nickname.

Name and Surname

To enter the player’s name and surname scroll down and find the Metrics section. Enter Name and Surname accordingly.

Short Description

Enter a short information about the player in the content section. This content is displayed in the Overview section.

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Birthday and Age

A player birthday is the post date. So, a player age is calculated based on the post date.

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Frontend

Player Photo

To upload a photo click on Select Photo in the Photo section. You can use any images as you like, but we recommend to use an image for the players with 920×1120 size in PNG format.

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Selected Player Photo
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Uploaded Player Photo

Player Sections

The player page includes different sections

  • Overview
  • Statistics
  • Achievements
  • Hardware
  • Streams

To rearrange the sections or disable some of them navigate to SportsPress → Settings → Players → Layout and use drag&drop to rearrange the sections or click on the switch box to enable or disable a section.

More Info

We recommend checking a video guide on how to set up a player page by ThemeBoy (authors of the SportsPress plugin)

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