Title: Rotation Tournaments Author: globus2008 Published: جونڥي 1, 2024 Last modified: October 15, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/doubles-rotation-tournament/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3747746) ![](https://ps.w.org/doubles-rotation-tournament/assets/icon.svg?rev=3747746) # Rotation Tournaments By [globus2008](https://profiles.wordpress.org/globus2008/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/doubles-rotation-tournament.2.0.2.zip) [Live Preview](https://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament/?preview=1) * [Details](https://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament/#description) * [Reviews](https://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament/#reviews) * [Installation](https://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament/#installation) * [Development](https://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/doubles-rotation-tournament/) ## Description **Rotation Tournaments** runs club tournaments in which nobody is knocked out. In doubles, every player gets a **new partner in every match** and meets as many different opponents as possible. The ranking is the ratio of games won to games lost, so everybody plays until the very end. It is made for club evenings and social tournaments in **tennis, padel, badminton, table tennis, squash, beach volleyball** and other sports played one against one or two against two. **How a tournament works** 1. The organizer creates a tournament and shares the invitation link or QR code. 2. Players join (also later, during the tournament) and the plugin draws the first matches for the free courts. 3. Whoever finishes a match enters the score on the website or in the Android app; the next match is drawn at once. 4. Standings, statistics and the presentation on a big screen update live. 5. At the end the organizer closes the tournament and the best player and the best pair are announced. **The draw** * New teammates first: the plugin pairs players who have not played together yet. * Opponents are chosen by previous meetings too, so the same players meet less often. * Players with fewer games and longer rest go first; sides (left/right) and serve alternate. * Works with any number of players from 4 up, odd numbers included; players can join, pause or leave at any time. * Special group of players (e.g. women in a mixed tournament) with its own rules: mixed teams only, a separate winner and more. **For the website** * Blocks for the block editor: “Rotation tournament” (matches, results, players, statistics and settings on tabs), “Tournament standings”, “Tournament matches”,“ Tournament presentation”, “Tournament list” and “Tournament invitation”. Shortcodes for the classic editor. * Live updates without reloading the page. * Presentation mode for a TV or projector in the club house. * Share dialog with a QR code and a link that opens the tournament in the app. * Colors follow your theme; the block’s Styles panel can change them. * Guided tours of the page and four example tournaments. * Players sign in with their WordPress accounts; full or shortened names (privacy). **Android app** The free [Rotation Tournaments app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.doroto.app) connects to your website: players follow the tournament, enter their results and organizers manage it from the court. The app is available in 27 languages. Several devices can be signed in to one account. **Try it** * [Demo site](https://doroto.ltcchrast.cz/) where you can create your own tournament. * [Rules of the Doubles Rotation Tournament](https://doroto.ltcchrast.cz/rules-of-the-doubles-rotation-tournament/). * Video introduction: ## Screenshots [⌊The same tournament on the website and in the Android app.⌉⌊The same tournament on the website and in the Android app.⌉[ The same tournament on the website and in the Android app. [⌊Ongoing matches: the next match is drawn as soon as a score is saved. Names of the special group are highlighted.⌉⌊Ongoing matches: the next match is drawn as soon as a score is saved. Names of the special group are highlighted.⌉[ Ongoing matches: the next match is drawn as soon as a score is saved. Names of the special group are highlighted. [⌊Results of all matches, with a filter by player.⌉⌊Results of all matches, with a filter by player.⌉[ Results of all matches, with a filter by player. [⌊Live standings by the ratio of games won to games lost, with the trend of each player.⌉⌊Live standings by the ratio of games won to games lost, with the trend of each player.⌉[ Live standings by the ratio of games won to games lost, with the trend of each player. [⌊Statistics: how often a player played with and against each other player.⌉⌊Statistics: how often a player played with and against each other player.⌉[ Statistics: how often a player played with and against each other player. [⌊Presentation mode for a TV or projector in the club house.⌉⌊Presentation mode for a TV or projector in the club house.⌉[ Presentation mode for a TV or projector in the club house. [⌊Share the tournament with a QR code; it opens the tournament in the app.⌉⌊Share the tournament with a QR code; it opens the tournament in the app.⌉[ Share the tournament with a QR code; it opens the tournament in the app. [⌊The "Rotation tournament" block in the block editor.⌉⌊The "Rotation tournament" block in the block editor.⌉[ The “Rotation tournament” block in the block editor. [⌊Tournament settings for organizers.⌉⌊Tournament settings for organizers.⌉[ Tournament settings for organizers. [⌊Android app: entering results, standings and played matches.⌉⌊Android app: entering results, standings and played matches.⌉[ Android app: entering results, standings and played matches. ## Blocks This plugin provides 3 blocks. * Rotation tournament Matches, players, results and settings of one rotation tournament. * Rotation tournaments list List of rotation tournaments with filters, search and paging. * Rotation tournament invitation Invitation to a rotation tournament with a sign- up button and the link to share. ## Installation **How to install WordPress plugin:** 1. Install the plugin as usual. 2. After activating the plugin, 4 pages will be created: one for managing tournaments( main page), one with tournament rules, and additional pages for Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. A sample post announcing a newly created tournament will also be added. 3. Start by clicking on “Create a new tournament” under “Tournament Selection …” on the main page. 4. Then you can log in your created tournament and as a tournament´s administrator you can add manually also other players sourced from WP database. 5. If you have a sufficient amount of players then you can close a registration and start playing matches. 6. You can change tournament settings on the main page or you can look at 2 new admin pages that are dedicated for overall environmental settings and for description of all possible shortcodes. 7. At the end close the tournament and look who was announced as the winner. **How to install the Android app:** 1. Search for “Rotation Tournaments” on the Google Play Store. 2. Or download it directly from this link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details? id=cz.doroto.app 3. After installation, go to the app’s settings and enter the address of your website where this plugin is installed. ## FAQ ### Does each player have to have an account created on my website? Yes, each tournament participant must have their own account. If a website has disabled user registration, this account must be created by the website administrator. ### Is this plugin suitable for singles tournaments? Yes. When creating a tournament, you can choose whether to create a singles or a doubles tournament. ### Will there be an iPhone or iPad version of the app? An iOS version is planned, but there is no release date yet. The tournament pages work in any mobile browser, including iPhone and iPad. ### Will my website be visible in the Rotation Tournaments Android app? Yes. If you install the Rotation Tournaments plugin, allow player registration, and enable visibility in the website list, your site can appear in the Android app. Initially, someone must manually enter your website address into the app. After that, it becomes visible in the list for all users. ### What sports tournaments is this plugin for? This plugin can be used for all types of sports where 2 or 4 players compete in singles or doubles. You can use this plugin for tennis, table tennis, squash, padel, badminton, beach volleyball and probably for more. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Rotation Tournaments” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ globus2008 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/globus2008/) “Rotation Tournaments” has been translated into 6 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Rotation Tournaments” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/doubles-rotation-tournament/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/doubles-rotation-tournament/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/doubles-rotation-tournament/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/doubles-rotation-tournament/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.0.2 – 2026/10/15 * Improvement – new plugin icon and banner, the same icon as the Android app * Improvement – readme: new description of the draw, the blocks and the app; new screenshots (also in Spanish for Chile) #### 2.0.1 – 2026/10/08 * Improvement – messages, headings and notices are translated as whole sentences, so languages with a different word order (e.g. Turkish, Hungarian, Hindi, Japanese, Korean and Chinese) read naturally * Improvement – the round-end notice of the tournament block no longer repeats the texts of its buttons * Add – English variants for the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa #### 2.0.0 – 2026/10/06 * Add – blocks for the block editor: “Rotation tournament” (matches, results, players, statistics and settings on tabs, updated live without reloading the page), its variations “Tournament standings”, “Tournament matches” and “Tournament presentation”,“ Tournament list” and “Tournament invitation” * Add – the plugin admin can convert the main page to the blocks with one button; the old content stays in the page revisions. New installs create the main page from the blocks. The shortcodes [doroto_tournament] and [doroto_tournament_list] show the blocks in the classic editor; the 1.x shortcodes keep working * Add – the tournament block: Share dialog with a QR code, “Open in the app” line, full-screen presentation that rotates the sections, map of the tournament place in the settings, and guided tours of the page and of four example tournaments * Add – the tournament block takes its colors from the theme (button and palette colors); the block’s Styles panel can change the accent, the tab bar and table headers, their text and the color of the special group * Add – the serving player is marked on the match cards; the special group is highlighted in matches, results, players, statistics and winners; the tournament details ( invitation text) can be shown at any time * Improvement – new admin page with Overview, Settings and Help instead of nine settings tabs; every setting is checked on the server and errors are shown next to the field * Improvement – every change of a tournament (web forms, blocks and the Android app) goes through one shared layer with the same permissions, locking and change detection * Improvement – styles, scripts and no-cache headers are sent only on pages that show the plugin; the unused tipTip library was removed and the admin no longer calls ip-api.com * Improvement – REST requests from the website use the WordPress login (cookie and nonce) when no app token is sent * Fix – tournament settings keep the ranges of 1.x and of the app (a larger value made the app’s dropdowns fail) * Fix – the plugin restores read permissions of its files after an FTP upload ( the web server answered 403 and the admin page stayed empty); the admin page shows a notice when its script cannot be loaded #### 1.6.2 – 2026/10/04 * Improvement – the draw chooses the opposing team (and the teammate) by previous meetings too: players meet more different opponents and the same players meet less often (with 14 players on 2 courts, pairs that met 3 or more times dropped from about 5 to 1 per evening) * Improvement – among players with the same number of new teammates left, the one who played fewer games is drawn first; sides (left/right) alternate for both players of a team * Add – REST route skip-matches: the organizer skips several ongoing matches at once and new matches are drawn from all free players * Add – organizers see an “Edit result” button next to every played match; it selects the match and its result in the change form (the form above the table was easy to miss) * Fix – the change form fits on a phone screen (the result and the button were off screen) #### 1.6.1 – 2026/10/02 * Fix – removing a payment no longer turns the payment list into a JSON object ( the Android app could crash on the statistics page) * Fix – a deleted account leaves its open tournaments: removed when it has not played yet, otherwise suspended; it also leaves the organizers, special group and payments (it was drawn into matches as “Unknown player”) * Fix – saving the tournament settings rejects an unknown tournament type * Add – the tournament page has an “Open in the app” link: Android opens the tournament in the app, or Google Play when it is missing * Add – app tournament links on the central site (?tournament_id=5&doroto_site=) are forwarded to the club’s tournament page when the app is not installed (sites from the site directory; other sites get a page with a link) #### 1.6.0 – 2026/10/02 * Security – front-end forms check tournament admin rights, not only the nonce ( any logged-in user could change players, payments or delete a tournament) * Security – admin actions sent as links are protected by a nonce (CSRF) * Security – guided tour actions need a nonce; regenerating the example tournaments is throttled * Security – final doubles and registration toggle check tournament admin rights * Security – registration from the app (incl. a new Google account) respects “Anyone can register” * Security – an account created by an organizer no longer returns a login session of the new player to the organizer * Security – with registration disabled only tournament organizers can create player accounts from the app (before, any signed-in player could) * Fix – results entered on the web no longer store last_update = 0, so the Android app refreshes again * Fix – every write to a tournament updates last_update * Fix – tournament lock: results entered at the same time on several courts are no longer lost * Fix – every change of a running tournament (correcting a result, suspending or removing a player, settings, payments, special group, web forms) runs under the tournament lock; correcting a result while another court saved its result could stall the whole tournament * Fix – several devices signing in or refreshing their session at the same moment no longer sign each other out * Fix – database upgrade adds new columns also on already installed sites * Fix – Authorization header is read also on FPM/CGI hosts * Fix – REST responses are never served from page caches or CDNs * Change – invitation link only joins the tournament (a second click no longer unregisters the player), redirects to the login page and back, and then to the tournament page * Change – the app can be signed in on several devices at once (up to 10 per user) * Change – the default name of a new tournament uses the site time zone, not UTC * Change – tournament links to the home page (“?tournament_id=5”) and the old app QR codes (“/tournament?id=5”) open the tournament page * Add – REST endpoint create-player: the organizer creates a player and adds them to the tournament in one step; the player gets an e-mail to set the password * Add – optional mode join/leave for the app join endpoint * Add – the tournament page shows a short link to the Android app (can be turned off in Settings -> Mobile app) * Change – the review request is shown only to administrators, 14 days after activation once the site has its own tournament, and comes back 7 days after “Remind me” until the plugin is rated #### 1.5.8 – 2026/06/12 * Fix – fixed some errors found in Plugin Check #### 1.5.7 – 2026/06/06 * Fix – some translations #### 1.5.6 – 2026/05/13 * Fix – register and sign in for android app #### 1.5.5 – 2026/05/12 * Add – remove admin for android app #### 1.5.4 – 2026/04/22 * Fix – rest value is safe now #### 1.5.3 – 2025/12/05 * Fix – stable login to android application #### 1.5.2 – 2025/08/26 * Fix – existing players are not repeated in the menu Add players #### 1.5.1 – 2025/08/17 * Change – Public release of Android app #### 1.5.0 – 2025/08/08 * Fix – Add ‘last update’ to the database also for already installed plugings #### 1.4.9 – 2025/08/07 * Fix – Add ‘last update’ to the database * Fix – Uninstall also 2 new pages (privacy policy and terms of service) #### 1.4.8 – 2025/08/07 * Fix – Improved some functions for Android app #### 1.4.7 – 2025/07/27 * Add – Location of the tournament. * Add – Controls the visibility of the tournament in the public list. * Add – Support for a Android app * Add – Tournaments filtering by distance and visibility * Fix – Correct an error message Undefined array key player[‘count’] * Add – Info about last update speed up loading * Add – Terms of Service page * Add – Privacy Policy page * Add – Announcement about the opportunity to become an application tester #### 1.4.6 – 2025/06/14 * Fix – Parameter When enough players are available had sometimes a wrong value. * Fix – Log in/out block had a problem #### 1.4.5 – 2025/06/09 * Fix – Register and log in a new user only if anyone can register (system settings). * Fix – Match hiding correction #### 1.4.4 – 2025/05/25 * Add – Register and log in a new user. #### 1.4.3 – 2025/05/04 * Fix – Translation loading too early warning. #### 1.4.2 – 2025/04/16 * Add – Dashboard overview widget. #### 1.4.1 – 2024/12/31 * Add – Log-link block. #### 1.4.0 – 2024/12/27 * Fix – Sometimes tournament_id was unknown. #### 1.3.9 – 2024/12/21 * Fix – Guaranteed visibility of the selected tournament in the tournament table. * Fix – Preserving stored values on the backend. #### 1.3.8 – 2024/12/15 * Fix – Permalink structure also works with the floating help icon. * Fix – Error with hide parameter. #### 1.3.7 – 2024/12/13 * Add – Prevent cashing for logged users. * Add – Floating help icon. * Add – More tournament examples for demonstration. * Fix – Tournament name is not copied from previous one. #### 1.3.6 – 2024/11/02 * Add – Special group count. * Fix – Change game results availability. * Add – Tournament progress info. * Fix – Doubles Badminton table also for co-players #### 1.3.5 – 2024/09/28 * Fix – Opponent selection. * Change of information about the end of the tournament round. #### 1.3.4 – 2024/09/26 * Fix – Pair selection didn´t take into account number of played games in total. * Add – Pair selection mechanism explanation on the help page. #### 1.3.3 – 2024/09/13 * Fix – Do not show instructions during the tournament presentation. * Fix – Rights to add other players into tournaments. * Fix – Rights to add a tournament admin. * Fix – Rights to add a special group. * Fix – Rights to Suspension and Resumption. #### 1.3.2 – 2024/07/18 * Add – Admin can change a default value for minimum number of games played before a player can be declared a winner. #### 1.3.1 – 2024/07/12 * Add – The ability to specify a minimum number of games played before a player can be declared a winner. #### 1.3.0 – 2024/07/06 * Fix – Removing a player from a tournament. #### 1.2.9 – 2024/06/23 * Fix – Ready for testing in WP Playground. #### 1.2.8 – 2024/06/21 * Fix – Solving some database errors with empty values. #### 1.2.7 – 2024/06/07 * Fix – Update for WP Playground. #### 1.2.6 – 2024/05/29 * Fix – Improved playmate choose. #### 1.2.5 – 2024/05/15 * Fix – Problems with removing players during a game. #### 1.2.4 – 2024/05/08 * Fix – A currently playing player can´t be removed. #### 1.2.3 – 2024/04/19 * Fix – Fix real count of players after their removing. #### 1.2.2 – 2024/04/17 * Fix – Fix an error during removing a player from the tournament. #### 1.2.1 – 2024/03/21 * Fix – icon format. #### 1.2.0 – 2024/03/20 * Fix – Fixed a bug in the database that prevented a tournament record from being created on some servers. * Modification for WP Playground. * Fix – Redirection to a tournament in case of a user entry. #### 1.1.9 – 2024/03/09 * Fix – Unregistered users can no longer enter results in the singles tournament. #### 1.1.8 – 2024/03/07 Possibility to remove players from an already ongoing tournament. #### 1.1.7 – 2024/03/01 * Fix – If all tournaments were deleted, a new tournament could not be created. * New – Optional login prompt. * New – If the player has not yet registered for any tournament, it is possible to choose whether to show him a quick help. * New – Expanded the ability for tournament administrators to browse through players they have already met at the tournament. #### 1.1.6 – 2024/02/25 Trial tournament improvements. Added the option to announce the end of the tournament round. #### 1.1.5 – 2024/02/20 Improved the visual appearance of the main page. Badminton added to the list of available tournaments. #### 1.1.4 – 2024/02/18 Option to announce separate winners from the special group and outside the special group. #### 1.1.3 – 2024/02/17 Notices after a plugin activation. Added player trend. #### 1.1.2 – 2024/02/13 Modified tournament editing tab. Added option to change tournament type. #### 1.1.1 – 2024/02/09 Reactivating the plugin doesn´t affect the already deleted tournament example. Unblock offering maximum games count. Fix tournament change when entering results. Added quick help for newcomers. Allow the final match also for singles. #### 1.1.0 – 2024/02/04 Added the option for single tournaments. Created an environment for additional sports. #### 1.0.4 – 2024/02/02 The administrator can now use ‘hide’ option when editing the match result. Free score input is allowed. This opens using not only for tennis but for example for table tennis or beach volleyball. #### 1.0.3 – 2024/01/26 Minor changes in code: * Allow to transfer organizer rights to a non-playing user.* Ensuring an even rotation of serves at the start of the tournament. #### 1.0.2 – 2024/01/21 Fixed choosing between left and right side in first matches. #### 1.0.1 – 2024/01/03 A small modification of admin screen. #### 1.0.0 – 2024/01/01 First release to public. ## Meta * Version **2.0.2** * Last updated **2 days ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 6.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.3** * PHP version ** 8.0 or higher ** * Languages * [Czech](https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament/), [Spanish (Mexico)](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament/), [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament/), and [Turkish](https://tr.wordpress.org/plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament) * Tags * [badminton](https://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/badminton/)[Padel](https://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/padel/) [tennis](https://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tennis/)[tournament](https://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tournament/) * [Advanced View](https://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/doubles-rotation-tournament/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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