Title: Hoops Nightly Widgets
Author: hoopsnightly
Published: <strong>November 4, 2026</strong>
Last modified: November 4, 2026

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# Hoops Nightly Widgets

 By [hoopsnightly](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hoopsnightly/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/hoops-nightly-widgets.1.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hoops-nightly-widgets/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hoops-nightly-widgets/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hoops-nightly-widgets/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hoops-nightly-widgets/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hoops-nightly-widgets/)

## Description

Twelve live widgets from Hoops Nightly, free, no account needed. They update themselves:
a game tracker switches from the tip-off countdown to the live score and the win-
probability river, then to the final.

 * Game tracker, score strip, tonight’s scoreboard
 * Standings, stat leaders, injury report, trade radar
 * Team pulse, schedule, player card, shot chart, head to head

Add the **Hoops Nightly widget** block in the editor, or use a shortcode anywhere:

    ```
    [hoops_widget type="game" team="lakers"]
    [hoops_widget type="standings" team="celtics" size="sidebar" theme="light"]
    [hoops_widget type="compare" player="jalen-brunson" player_b="victor-wembanyama"]
    ```

All options are listed in Settings  Hoops Nightly, where you can also choose to 
show a small credit link under the widgets (off by default).

With Hoops Nightly Pro (https://hoopsnightly.com/pro) the widgets carry your brand
instead of ours and size themselves: paste your key in Settings  Hoops Nightly.

### External service

This plugin relies on Hoops Nightly (https://hoopsnightly.com), a third-party service:
every widget is a page of hoopsnightly.com shown in an iframe, so the visitor’s 
browser loads it from hoopsnightly.com, which receives the usual request data (IP
address, browser, the page that hosts the widget). The widgets set no cookies. The
plugin itself sends nothing; the Pro key, if you enter one, is part of the widget
address. Terms: https://hoopsnightly.com/terms · Privacy: https://hoopsnightly.com/
privacy

## Screenshots

[⌊The block in the editor: pick the widget, the team and where it goes; the preview
is the real, live widget.⌉⌊The block in the editor: pick the widget, the team and
where it goes; the preview is the real, live widget.⌉[

The block in the editor: pick the widget, the team and where it goes; the preview
is the real, live widget.

[⌊Widgets in a published post: a game tracker and the conference standings.⌉⌊Widgets
in a published post: a game tracker and the conference standings.⌉[

Widgets in a published post: a game tracker and the conference standings.

[⌊Settings → Hoops Nightly: default theme and color, optional credit link, Pro key.⌉⌊
Settings → Hoops Nightly: default theme and color, optional credit link, Pro key
.⌉[

Settings  Hoops Nightly: default theme and color, optional credit link, Pro key.

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   Hoops Nightly widget

## Installation

 1. Plugins  Add New  search for “Hoops Nightly Widgets”, or upload the zip.
 2. Activate it.
 3. In any post or page add the “Hoops Nightly widget” block, pick the widget and the
    team. Or paste a shortcode.

## FAQ

### Is it free?

Yes. The twelve widgets are free and need no account. Hoops Nightly Pro (optional,
paid) removes our branding from inside the widgets and lets them size themselves.

### Will it slow my site down?

No. Each widget loads only when a reader scrolls to it, sets no cookies and runs
no ads or trackers.

### Where do the data come from?

From Hoops Nightly, which updates scores during games and standings, stats and injuries
after them.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Hoops Nightly Widgets” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ hoopsnightly ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hoopsnightly/)

[Translate “Hoops Nightly Widgets” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/hoops-nightly-widgets)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.1.1

 * Unique prefix for all functions, constants and options (hoopsnw_). Settings saved
   by older versions are carried over.

#### 1.1.0

 * The credit link under the widgets is a setting.
 * The auto-height script ships with the plugin.
 * Block API 3, tested with WordPress 7.1.

#### 1.0.0

 * First release: 12 widgets, block and shortcode, Pro key.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.1**
 *  Last updated **7 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.2 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [basketball](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/basketball/)[scores](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/scores/)
   [sports](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sports/)[standings](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/standings/)
   [widget](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hoops-nightly-widgets/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ hoopsnightly ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hoopsnightly/)

## Support

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