Shortcodes

The MSTW Bracket Builder plugin supports the following shortcodes:

Tournament Brackets

[mstw_tourney_bracket tourney='tourney-slug'] generates a tournament ‘bracket’ (or ‘knockout round’) in graphical format as show below. The shortcode’s arguments are described in the following paragraphs.

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Shortcode Arguments

  • date_format. The format of dates may be defined as a standard PHP date() format string. For example, date_format="l, F j", results in dates like “Thursday, April 7”. The default is “Thu, 07 Apr 2016”.
  • time_format. The format of times may be defined as a standard PHP date() format string. For example, time_format="g:i A", results in times like “1:05 PM”. The default is “13:05”.
  • tba. The abbreviation for “to be announced” game times may be set with this argument. (The default is “TBA”.) For example, tba="T.B.D.", results in “to be announced” times like “T.B.D.”
  • team_format. (Available in premium version.) For teams in the MSTW League Manager Teams Table. Options are team_format="title|name|short-name|mascot|name_mascot|logo|logo-name|logo-mascot|logo-name-mascot". Default is logo-name.
  • location_format. (Available in premium version.) For locations in the MSTW League Manager Teams Table. Options are location_format="stadium|city-state". For example, location_format="city-state', results in a location like “Memorial Stadium (Berkeley, CA)” Default is city-state.

Tournament Game/Fixture Tables

[mstw_tourney_table tourney='tourney-slug'] generates a table of tournament games (fixtures) by round as shown below. The shortcode’s arguments are identical to those for the Tournament Brackets shortcode.

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