Bad Tournament
Tool to embed a tournament on your page with administration features
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Bad Tournament shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 3 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 3 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.9 (latest is 7.1)
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Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Bad Tournament stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| administration | >100 |
| badminton | #10 |
| club | >100 |
| shortcode | >100 |
| tournament | #49 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Bad Tournament
From the official readme · v1.4Description
Like me you need a tool to manage an internal tournament for your badminton club website and didn’t find anything to fill exactly your need…
Maybe Bad Tournament can help you.
Feedback is welcome for thie initial release, because I can’t figure all your need. 😉
This tool allows administrators to create and manage different tournaments like:
– Grinding tournament
– Swiss System
– KO System (in future Version 2.x)
– League (in future Version 2.x)
You will be able to manage clubs, players, matches…
With help of few shortcodes, it’s really easy to display infos ( tournament summary, table, matches…) on the frontend website.
Layout customizable
There is no option to directly edit the layout, but if you have css knowledge you can customize the layout on the frontend site.
You can edit your theme css file or better add a bad-tournament.css file in your theme folder.
Documentation
Documentation is (will be) available on eTalkers.
Installation
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
e.g.
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/bad-tournamentdirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. -
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
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Use the ‘Bad Tournament’ Link to manage your tournaments
- Create a tournament
- Add (or not) clubs
- Add players
- Generate first matches
- Add shortcodes to your pages or posts
Frequently asked questions
What is the best way to get support ?
I will try to answer very quickly any request posted on the wordpress.org forum here. But please, describe correctly your issue and be patient
Changelog
1.4 – *.2018
- Debug options
- Fix a lot of bugs for double tournaments
- Add profile pictures for players
- Shortcode for defined matches
- Live scoring
= 1.3 – Not released
* Allow to set fixed rounds for a tournament
* Allow to update more matches in one step
* Option to quickly reset a tournament
1.2 – 19.01.2018
- Import / Export
1.1 – 19.01.2018
- Better infos about updates displayed in the admin area
- First translation files (DE)
1.0.2 – 19.01.2018
- Tournament selector shortcode
- Bugs Fix for oldier PHP versions
1.0.1 – 16.01.2018
- WordPress admin layout
- Phone view
- Minor bugs fix for matches shortcodes
- Shortcode tournament summary enhanced (logo + layout)
- Grid tournament for Simple games (not only double or mixed)
- Restrict players based on sex
- Display number of selected players
- Uninstall process ( delete options, DB cleanup )
1.0 – 09.01.2018
- Initial release: basic features
Screenshots
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FAQ
Bad Tournament: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026
Is Bad Tournament free?
Yes. Bad Tournament is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Bad Tournament safe to use in 2026?
Bad Tournament shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 3 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Bad Tournament?
Bad Tournament is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,419 times since it launched in January 2018. It was downloaded 49 times in the last 30 days.
Does Bad Tournament work with WordPress 7.1?
Bad Tournament is officially tested up to WordPress 4.9.33, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Bad Tournament last updated?
The latest version, 1.4, was released on June 26, 2023 (3 years ago).
Who makes Bad Tournament?
Bad Tournament is developed and maintained by loloirie.
What are the best alternatives to Bad Tournament?
The most popular alternatives to Bad Tournament are Adminimize (200K+ installs), Remove Dashboard Access (30K+ installs) and Error Log Monitor (20K+ installs).
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