LiveFot Matches

LiveFot Matches is your ultimate solution for embedding automatic, real-time football scores, match lineups, standings, statistics, and event data into any WordPress site. Powered by the LiveFot API, this plugin ensures your audience stays up-to-date with the latest fixtures and results without manual intervention.

Key highlights:
* Automatic Updates: Fetch fixtures from 5 days in the past to 7 days in the future at a user-specified daily time.
* Secondary Cron Job: Optimize performance by updating matches within a short-range window (–1 to +1 day) at configurable minute intervals.
* Manual Fetch: Instantly pull data for any selected date via the settings page.
* Timezone Conversion: Display fixtures in each visitor’s local time zone automatically.
* Responsive Design: Seamless display on both desktop and mobile devices.

Settings

After activation, go to Settings → LiveFot Matches and complete the following fields:
* API Key: Enter your API key to access LiveFot services.
* API URL: Enter your custom API base URL if different from default (default: https://api.livefootballcenter.com).

1. Upload the livefot-matches folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen in WordPress.
3. Navigate to Settings → LiveFot Matches to configure your API key, cron job schedules, and update intervals.
4. Place the shortcode [livefot_matches] in any post or page to display live fixtures.

1.0.1

• Fixed manual‐fetch date sanitization (sanitize_text_field on $_POST['livefot_manual_date']).
• Escaped all dynamic outputs (e.g. lineup labels) with esc_html()/esc_attr().
• Added missing nonce checks to fixture and lineup search forms.
• Converted direct $wpdb->query calls to $wpdb->prepare with placeholders.
• General code cleanup per .org review feedback.

1.0.0

• First public release.