Evan Solomon

Beau Lebens

BuddyPig is a game meant to help BuddyPress group members get to know each other better. It was built during a hack day at Automattic. Since we’re a distributed company, it’s not uncommon to go months without talking to certain colleagues. We came up with BuddyPig as a fun way to work around that.
PIG, in case you’re curious, is an acronym for Personal Information Game.
To use it you’ll have to write a small plugin to create questions and choose the BuddyPress group you’d like to use. PIG is very hook-able, so there’s lots of other stuff you can customize if you’re so inclined. We’ll include an example plugin to setup PIG below.
PIG requires BuddyPress and its Activity Streams feature to be running. It also requires PHP 5.3, which is slightly higher than the default requirement for WordPress.
<h3>Example setup</h3>
You have to tell PIG what profile items to use and how to ask the questions. We gave you a function called <code>pig_register_question()</code> to do just that. By default, <code>pig_register_question()</code> takes 2 arguments, the BuddyPress profile field name and a format to use to ask the question. Here’s an example:
<pre><code>pig_register_question( 'Address', 'Where does %s live?' );
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You’ll notice the <code>%s</code> in the question format, which is where we drop in the user’s name that the question is about. If you’ve written PHP before, you may recognize this syntax from the <code>sprintf()</code> function, which is what is used behind the scenes.
You’ll also have to tell PIG what BuddyPress group to use, which can be done with <code>pig_set_group()</code> by passing the group’s ID. Here’s an example:
<pre><code>pig_set_group( 1 );

pig_register_question() can take two additional arguments. The first one tells PIG whether to make the name possessive when it asks the question. For example, "Where was Beau born?" would not be possessive, but "Where is Beau's house?" would be. If you want PIG to make the name possessive, you can add `true` as the third argument, like this:

pig_register_question( 'Address', 'Where is %s house?', true );
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The last optional argument is a callback. PIG can format answers for you before displaying them. One use case of this is deduplicating multiple phrases that mean the same thing, like “United States” and “USA”. If you use this callback, you must also make sure the function exists for PIG to call. Here’s an example:
<pre><code>pig_register_question( 'Address', 'Where is %s house?', 'a8c_dedupe_countries' );
function a8c_pig_dedupe_countries( $country ) {
 $usa_versions = array( 'US', 'USA', 'United States', 'U.S.A', 'U.S.', 'America', 'United States of America' );
 $uk_versions = array( 'UK', 'U.K.', 'United Kingdom' );
 foreach ( $usa_versions as $usa_version ) {
 if ( strtolower( $country ) == strtolower( $usa_version ) )
 return 'United States';
 }

 foreach ( $uk_versions as $uk_version ) {
 if ( strtolower( $country ) == strtolower( $uk_version ) )
 return 'United Kingdom';
 }

 return $country;
}
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You can put these setup calls into your own plugin and activate it just like any other. If you insist, you could also put them into your theme’s <code>functions.php</code> file. To make sure they’re loaded after PIG is setup, you can hook them to the <code>pig_loaded</code> action.

BuddyPig

A quiz game built on BuddyPress that asks you questions about your fellow members. Built for an Automattic hack day.

AntoineH

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 World Cup since. I kept adding features every year. In 2012, I turned it into a WordPress plugin and uploaded it to the plugin directory. I hope you enjoy it.
A special thank you to everyone who donated, helped translate, reported bugs, or contributed in any other way to improving the plugin!
Features
<ul>
<li>Users can predict match outcomes.</li>
<li>Automatic calculation of the pool ranking, or define a custom ranking for a group of matches.</li>
<li>You can add bonus questions for extra fun (single answer and multiple choice).</li>
<li>Add your own teams and match data for other competitions.</li>
<li>Import or export game schedules.</li>
<li>Automatically calculate championship standings.</li>
<li>Flexible scoring options.</li>
<li>Built-in pages and shortcodes to display the pool on your blog.</li>
<li>Optional user leagues.</li>
<li>Score charts showing player progress and comparisons (requires separate Highcharts API download).</li>
<li>Widgets and shortcodes to display match and pool info.</li>
<li>Extra info pages for venues and teams.</li>
<li>Add custom functionality with filters and actions.</li>
<li>WP-CLI support for ranking calculations (faster than admin-side calculations).</li>
<li>WP-CLI support for importing match results from a CSV file.</li>
</ul>
Documentation
The plugin includes a detailed help file in the admin panel. For a step-by-step tutorial, check out the <a href="https://wpsimplehacks.com/how-to-create-a-football-pool-site-with-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">guide by Janek from WP Simple Hacks</a>. He even made a video explaining how to set up the plugin.
Other Notes
<ul>
<li>Requires WordPress 5.3+, PHP 7.4+, and jQuery 1.4.3+.</li>
<li>For charts, download the <a href="http://www.highcharts.com/download" rel="nofollow ugc">Highcharts API</a> (see the installation instructions or the help page in the admin).</li>
</ul>
If you find bugs, please report them in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/football-pool" rel="ugc">support forum</a>. If you like the plugin, a rating on <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/football-pool/" rel="ugc">WordPress.org</a> would be much appreciated!
<h3>Localizations</h3>
If you’d like to help translate the plugin into another language or keep existing translations up to date, head over to the plugin’s page on <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/football-pool" rel="nofollow ugc">translate.wordpress.org</a>.
Be sure to read the <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/translating/after-your-contribution/" rel="nofollow ugc">After your contribution</a> guide to understand how translations get reviewed and approved.
A big shout-out to all the <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/football-pool/contributors/" rel="nofollow ugc">translation contributors and editors</a> who’ve helped out so far — thank you!
For using custom translations, check the FAQ section. The plugin also includes a <code>.pot</code> file as a starting point for building your own translation files.
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
The plugin provides the following shortcodes. For detailed usage instructions, see the Help page in the WordPress admin.
<ul>
<li><code>fp-predictions</code></li>
<li><code>fp-predictionform</code></li>
<li><code>fp-matches</code></li>
<li><code>fp-match-scores</code></li>
<li><code>fp-question-scores</code></li>
<li><code>fp-next-matches</code></li>
<li><code>fp-last-matches</code></li>
<li><code>fp-user-score</code></li>
<li><code>fp-user-ranking</code></li>
<li><code>fp-ranking</code></li>
<li><code>fp-countdown</code></li>
<li><code>fp-group</code></li>
<li><code>fp-link</code></li>
<li><code>fp-register</code></li>
<li><code>fp-totopoints</code></li>
<li><code>fp-fullpoints</code></li>
<li><code>fp-goalpoints</code></li>
<li><code>fp-diffpoints</code></li>
<li><code>fp-jokermultiplier</code></li>
<li><code>fp-plugin-option</code></li>
<li><code>fp-league-info</code></li>
<li><code>fp-chart-settings</code> / <code>fp-stats-settings</code></li>
<li><code>fp-user-list</code></li>
<li><code>fp-money-in-the-pot</code></li>
<li><code>fp-last-calc-date</code></li>
<li><code>fp-next-match-form</code></li>
</ul>
<h3>Incompatible Plugins & Themes</h3>
The following plugins have been reported as incompatible with Football Pool. If you’re the author and have a fix — or if you know a workaround — please get in touch.
If you encounter issues with another plugin not listed here, let me know so I can investigate.
Most caching solutions should be tested carefully.
<ul>
<li>DB Cache Reloaded Fix (v2.3)</li>
<li>Cimy User Extra Fields (v2.6.1) when using the email confirmation feature</li>
<li>Easy Timer (in Football Pool versions 2.3.8 and below)</li>
<li>Theme Gadgetry (ThemeFuse framework)</li>
<li>memcached</li>
</ul>
Some themes may also interfere with the plugin’s display. See <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-compatibility-73/#post-17811227" rel="ugc">this forum post</a> for a potential fix.

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.

BuddyPig vs Football Pool