Brackets Ninja: Create Brackets & Tournaments and Easily Manage Them Online
Brackets Ninja is a super powerful plugin for creating and managing brackets and tournaments and easily add them to your website. Brackets Ninja’s brackets are easy to create and manage, and suits for leagues…
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Brackets Ninja: Create Brackets… shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 4/5 and was last updated 6 years ago, and scores 29/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (100+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 6 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 5.4 (latest is 7.1)
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Brackets Ninja: Create Brac… stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| brackets | >100 |
| Brackets Ninja | #11 |
| Sport Brackets | #14 |
| Sport Scores | #63 |
| sports | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4 from 4 reviews
About Brackets Ninja: Create Brackets & Tourn…
From the official readme · v2.1.0Description
Brackets Ninja is a super powerful plugin for creating and managing brackets and tournaments and easily add them to your website. Brackets Ninja’s brackets are easy to create and manage, and suits for leagues, championships, tournaments, and games.
You may browse our public gallery to see some examples.
IMPORTANT: In order to add a bracket to your WordPress website, you will FIRST need to go to Brackets Ninja, sign up for FREE, and create a new bracket in our bracket maker.
Got any feedback or question? Contact us via contact{at}commoninja.com.
** It’s really easy. Get started in 2 minutes tops, no training needed! **
Installation
Creating a bracket
- Create a FREE account at Brackets Ninja.
- Create a new bracket by clicking the “Try it now” button on Brackets Ninja’s homepage.
- Customize the bracket. Make it beautiful. Add teams & players, select the bracket type (single elimination, double elimination, march madness, etc), and change the look and feel to match your brand.
- Click the “Save Changes” button.
Extracting the bracket ID
- Go to your account’s dashboard.
- Find the bracket you want to add, and click the plugin’s menu (3 dots icon).
- Look for the “Add to Site” button and click it.
- Under the embeddable code, you’ll see a “Plugin ID” section. Copy the ID, and save it for later.
Attaching a bracket to a WordPress post
- Use Bracket Ninja’s shortcode directly in the editor: [bracketsninja bracketid=”YOUR_BRACKET_ID”].
- Make sure you replace
YOUR_BRACKET_IDwith the one from “Extracting the bracket ID” section above.
Arguments provides by the shortcode:
- ‘bracketid’ – Your plugin ID from Common Ninja
Changelog
No problems should be encountered if upgrading.
2.1.0
- Removing button from editor, updating shortcode
2.0.1
- Updating main script
1.0.0
- Initial Version
Screenshots
For developers
Is this your plugin? Show off the numbers.
Add a live badge to your site, docs or GitHub README. It updates on its own — no account needed.
FAQ
Brackets Ninja: Create Brackets & T…: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 14, 2026
Is Brackets Ninja: Create Brackets… free?
Yes. Brackets Ninja: Create Brackets… is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Brackets Ninja: Create Brackets… safe to use in 2026?
Brackets Ninja: Create Brackets… shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 4/5 and was last updated 6 years ago, and scores 29/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Brackets Ninja: Create Brackets…?
Brackets Ninja: Create Brackets… is active on 100+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 12,404 times since it launched in March 2014. It was downloaded 100 times in the last 30 days.
Does Brackets Ninja: Create Brackets… work with WordPress 7.1?
Brackets Ninja: Create Brackets… is officially tested up to WordPress 5.4.24, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Brackets Ninja: Create Brackets… last updated?
The latest version, 2.1.0, was released on May 12, 2020 (6 years ago).
Who makes Brackets Ninja: Create Brackets…?
Brackets Ninja: Create Brackets… is developed and maintained by Common Ninja.
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