Ensemble
Easily manage the data for a color guard circuit (or similar sport/activity organization) with WordPress.
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Ensemble shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. Was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 21/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (<10 active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 7 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 5.1 (latest is 7.1)
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Ensemble stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| circuit | >100 |
| color guard | >100 |
| percussion | #1 |
| sports | >100 |
| teams | >100 |
About Ensemble
From the official readme · v1.1.1Description
Ensemble is a game-changing solution for running a color guard or other alternative sports circuit using WordPress. Finally, all of the data you need in one place, and it’s all tied together: venues, contests, seasons, units, unit directors, and more.
Note: Ensemble serves only as the data layer. There are a wide variety of rich connections between the data, which can be managed via the WordPress admin, but this plugin serves only to create an entry point for tying all of that data together.
A sister theme is in the works to bring all of this to the front end in the near future.
Contests
Contests are central to how Ensemble works. They’re tied to venues and seasons, which are in-turn tied to everything else.
Venue Management
Being able to manage canonical venue data is what ultiamtely allows for so much work to be done once instead of once every season.
Competing Units
Units are the heart and soul of any sports activity, and Ensemble has designed them to be super easy to tie in to everything.
Unit Directors
People management is important too – this first version of Ensemble has a Unit Director component baked in from the start.
Season & Time Management
Season creation with start and end dates means no more confusion about which contests are current and which have already passed.
What’s Next?
Integrations will be coming soon in the form of sister theme for the front-end and support for popular calendar & eCommerce solutions.
Changelog
Nothing to see here (yet!)
1.1.1
- Fix: Ensure existing users can be added as either an instructor, a director, or both
1.1.0
- New: Introduced an Instructor component and management screens to live alongside Directors
- New: Added an ‘External’ label to contests with an external URL
- New: Added two new contest types: Regional Competition and World Championships
- Improved: Contests now default to published instead of private
- Improved: Directors are now listed alphabetically by name
- Fixed: Pagination controls were not displaying on all screens
- Fixed: Notices were sometimes unnecessarily persisting across screens
- Under the hood: Added full test coverage was added for all core components
1.0.1
Minor bug fixes:
- Added missing translator notes for strings with specifiers in
Ensemble_Check_Requirements - Updated the default venue type to School, reordered the choices more logically
- Fixed some typos in the welcome message shown when adding the first Unit Director
- Added logic to remove all created terms and term meta on plugin uninstall
1.0.0
- First release.
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FAQ
Ensemble: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 12, 2026
Is Ensemble free?
Yes. Ensemble is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Ensemble safe to use in 2026?
Ensemble shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. Was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 21/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Ensemble?
Ensemble is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,869 times since it launched in May 2018. It was downloaded 45 times in the last 30 days.
Does Ensemble work with WordPress 7.1?
Ensemble is officially tested up to WordPress 5.1.0, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Ensemble need?
Ensemble requires PHP 7.0 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Ensemble last updated?
The latest version, 1.1.1, was released on February 11, 2019 (8 years ago).
Who makes Ensemble?
Ensemble is developed and maintained by Drew Jaynes.
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