Title: Extension plugins for the plugin (using hooks) Last modified: August 31, 2016 --- # Extension plugins for the plugin (using hooks) * Plugin Author [AntoineH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antoineh/) * (@antoineh) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/) * During the last couple of years I have helped several users with all kind of requests to alter the working of the plugin. When I change the plugin’s behavior I try use hooks as much as possible. Because when you use hooks, then an upgrade of the plugin won’t overwrite your code changes. * The help page in the plugin contains some examples and also links to some resources on the internet that can help you make your own additions to the plugin. * But because I also made some myself, I decided to write this post to share them with you. * One important note: some of these extensions are very old, so it is possible that some won’t work anymore in the plugin. Maybe the hook is gone or the functionality made it to the core of the plugin, making the extension useless. But the file may still be valuable as an example for you. * **Example** If you want to use the hooks in the plugin you have to place your code somewhere so WordPress can pick it up. One place you can put your code is the functions.php of your theme, but I personally prefer writing a simple plugin that you can simply activate/deactivate. I created a template file that you can use to create your own plugin. [football-pool-extension-template.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-extension-template.php) * **Add match result to User page** As the name says: it adds the match result to the page where you can see the predictions for a user. [football-pool-add-match-result-to-user-page.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-add-match-result-to-user-page.php) * **Change what the ranking looks like** This is a simple example on how you can change what you want to show in the ranking. This extension always shows the league image in the ranking. If you want to change the looks for the view for all users, you will have to check the variable `$all_user_view`. The `$type` variable that is passed to the function tells you if the ranking is displayed in the page, the shortcode or the widget. [football-pool-change-ranking-template.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-change-ranking-template.php) * **Login names in ranking** This extension shows the login name of users in the ranking instead of the display name. [football-pool-login-names-in-ranking.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-login-names-in-ranking.php) * **Change the display of user names everywhere in the plugin** The plugin normally shows the display name for a user in the plugin (e.g. the ranking, the shoutbox, etc.). But it is very easy to change this to another field in the User object or if you would like to add extra HTML code. [football-pool-username-extension.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-username-extension.php) * **Change the score calculation (v2.5 and up)** Since version 2.5 changing the way the plugin calculates the score has become very simple. This example also rewards the goal diff points when the match ended in a draw and the user predicted a draw. [football-pool-extension-change-calc-score.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-extension-change-calc-score.php) * **Change the prediction form HTML** Just two simple examples on how you can change the prediction form. The first one adds a save button to the top of the form. The second one changes every row in the form and adds a save button in the row. [football-pool-extra-match-save-button-at-top.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-extra-match-save-button-at-top.php) [football-pool-extra-match-save-buttons.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-extra-match-save-buttons.php) * **Order match predictions** Order match predictions by score and don’t show users without predictions. [football-pool-matchpredictions-order.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-matchpredictions-order.php) * **Only show ‘open’ matches on the form** If you want to hide matches that can’t be changed anymore in the form, you can use this extension. It simply filters out the matches in the form that are no longer editable for a user and returns this set to the function that creates the form. [football-pool-only-open-matches.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-only-open-matches.php) * **Pagination** Also in the help page of the plugin. A simple function that adds pagination to the ranking, matches and prediction page of the plugin. Useful if you have a lot of data and don’t want to show everything on one page. [football-pool-pagination.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-pagination.php) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Author [AntoineH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antoineh/) * (@antoineh) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/#post-7311766) * **Prediction upload** This extension adds a new menu item in the Football Pool admin. The new admin screen enables you to upload predictions for matches for a user. The data format of the prediction file is csv and every line should contain the match ID, score of home team and score of away team. First line of the csv contains the header and is ignored. No jokers can be imported, but this would be a small change to also enable that. [football-pool-user-prediction-import-v2.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-user-prediction-import-v2.php) [example csv file](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-user-prediction-import-csv.txt) * Plugin Author [AntoineH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antoineh/) * (@antoineh) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/#post-7311769) * **Golden Games (v2.5 and up)** This extension disables the Joker functionality for users and allows the admin to select 1 or more games as ‘golden game’. A golden game will award extra points as the scored points will be multiplied by the joker multiplier value in the settings. A new admin screen is added to the Football Pool admin to set the golden games. Matches that are labeled as golden game can be styled in the frontend with the CSS class `fp-golden-game`. [football-pool-golden-games.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-golden-games.php) * [diegodearagao](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diegodearagao/) * (@diegodearagao) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/#post-7311827) * Hi Antoine, * thanks for sharing all your work, the plugin in unbelievably well though and developed, thanks for sharing. * I would like to request you to create a plugin to include the flags on the group widget (similar to what was suggested in another topic [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/team-flagslogos-on-the-groups-page-group-shortcode?replies=5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/team-flagslogos-on-the-groups-page-group-shortcode?replies=5)). As by the time it was a very older version I didn’t want to risk messing with the current one I have installed. It would be nice if there was a way to take out the line around the flag in the prediction sheets as well. * Thanks in advance. * Plugin Author [AntoineH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antoineh/) * (@antoineh) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/#post-7311832) * The suggestion in that forum post still applies, only the line numbers have changed: 313 -> 292 and 376 -> 366. The line around the flag can be removed with some extra css in your stylesheet (border: none). But I’ll remove it in a next version as well. * p.s. Please open a new topic if you have a question. That will help me keep track of the status. * Plugin Author [AntoineH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antoineh/) * (@antoineh) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/#post-7311866) * **Change ranking order** Sometimes players end up with the same amount of points scored. The plugin handles this in the ranking by making the amount of full scores more important than the amount of toto scores (and some other rules). This extension shows how simple it is to also include the amount of goal diff points in the determination of the order. It does this with simple string inserts in the SQL that calculates the order in the calculation process. But you could also change the fields in the SQL or just rewrite the entire SQL. [football-pool-extension-change-ranking-order.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-extension-change-ranking-order.php) * [trehesten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trehesten/) * (@trehesten) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/#post-7311925) * Nice extensions, but I’m not 100% happy with them 🙂 golden games: Doesnt mark match in prediction sheet. pagination: if all game on i.e. first page is finished, it shows a blank page. only open matches: when enabled it removes played matches from matches overview, not only in prediction page. * (I have adjusted plugin to do premier league) * Should be nice with a possibility to get a ranking on match types also.. (I use match types for every Premier league round) * Plugin Author [AntoineH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antoineh/) * (@antoineh) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/#post-7311926) * Hi trehesten, * these extensions are of course meant to be an inspiration. Not to be 100% accurate on the wishes for all users 🙂 * If you want to change the extensions, or build your own, feel free to use my code as an example. It’s all 100% open source. * For questions or problems, please open a new post on the forum. * [fraeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fraeh/) * (@fraeh) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/#post-7311945) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/#post-7311946) * **[@fraeh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fraeh/)**: This is not your topic. If you require assistance then, as per the [Forum Welcome](https://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post), please [post your own topic](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/football-pool). * Plugin Author [AntoineH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antoineh/) * (@antoineh) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/#post-8342205) * **Shortcode [fp-scores]** I created a simple shortcode that displays a table with a set of users (vertical) and the scores for a given set of matches (horizontal). Code is not optimized and it needs some custom CSS styling because the table can get very large for multiple matches and/or a large user set. This extension registers the shortcode, so you can use it in your content. * parameters: * ``` //[fp-scores] // Displays the scores for every user for one or more matches. // // Users, match & matchtype arguments can be entered in the following formats (example for matches): // match 1 -> match="1" // matches 1 to 5 -> match="1-5" // matches 1, 3 and 6 -> match="1,3,6" // matches 1 to 5 and 10 -> match="1-5,10" // // league : the league to get the users from, defaults to the overall league // users : collection of user ids, if set then league setting is ignored // match : collection of match ids // matchtype : collection of match type ids ``` * download here: [football-pool-shortcode-fp-scores.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-shortcode-fp-scores.php) - This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [AntoineH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antoineh/). - This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [AntoineH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antoineh/). * [dave101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dave101/) * (@dave101) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/#post-8353315) * Excellent Shortcode [php-scores] I wonder if instead of putting the names of the teams, you can put the flag? I code exchange. Thank you so much * Plugin Author [AntoineH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antoineh/) * (@antoineh) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/#post-8354674) * Yes, that is possible. Plugin contains classes to get all information for a team, so you should be able to alter the code and show the flag. * Plugin Author [AntoineH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antoineh/) * (@antoineh) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/#post-8354691) * **Report** The following example shows a simple way to show data from an SQL query in the admin (for reporting/information). It adds an extra page in the Football Pool menu and outputs the query results in a table. The query in the example shows number of predictions per user, but you can show any information if you change the $sql variable to your query. * [football-pool-admin-report.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-admin-report.php) * Plugin Author [AntoineH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antoineh/) * (@antoineh) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/#post-8627158) * **User Search** This example adds a very basic user search to the ranking page. Use it as an example for your specific needs. * [football-pool-add-user-search-on-ranking-page.php](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/397845/wordpressfootballpool/extension-plugins/football-pool-add-user-search-on-ranking-page.php) * Plugin Author [AntoineH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antoineh/) * (@antoineh) * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/#post-8796498) * **Fix for Scripts To Footer plugin** Not really an extension, but more a fix when using my plugin together with the [Scripts To Footer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/scripts-to-footerphp/) plugin. The STF plugin moves all javascript files to the bottom of the page and this causes a problem if you’re using the countdown function in my plugin. Fortunately, the author of the plugin has a way to exclude certain scripts from being moved: * ``` add_filter( 'stf_exclude_scripts', 'stf_custom_header_scripts', 10, 1 ); function stf_custom_header_scripts( $scripts ) { $scripts[] = 'js-pool'; return $scripts; } ``` Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Extension plugins for the plugin (using hooks)’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/football-pool/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=983880) * [Football Pool](https://wordpress.org/plugins/football-pool/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/football-pool/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/football-pool/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/football-pool/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/football-pool/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/football-pool/reviews/) * 17 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [AntoineH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antoineh/) * Last activity: [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extension-plugins-for-the-plugin-using-hooks/page/2/#post-8998206) * Status: not a support question