Live Cricket Score
Have a blog or website in cricket niche? This is exactly the plugin you need. An extremely simple cricket score plugin. It will create a widget that you can drag and drop at any of the sidebars, you have in your theme…
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Live Cricket Score shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 4.4/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 33/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- No update in 10 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 3.9 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Live Cricket Score stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| cricket | #16 |
| cricket score | #11 |
| live cricket score | #8 |
| sports | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 from 7 reviews
About Live Cricket Score
From the official readme · v1.1.3Description
Have a blog or website in cricket niche? This is exactly the plugin you need. An extremely simple cricket score plugin. It will create a widget that you can drag and drop at any of the sidebars, you have in your theme. You can customize the color, look and feel of the widget so as to match your theme. The score is fetched from CricBuzz RSS feed and hence are always the latest. It adds color pickers so you can customize the look and feel of the widget in the way you need.
It shows score of the current match being held anywhere between any international teams. Even if there are multiple matches, it wil show the score of all of them.
Features
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Extremely easy to use
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Score widget
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Score updates every 15 seconds
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Customizable theme, easy color pickers
TODO
- Shortcode and Template Code
- Caching of Score
- Full Score board
Installation
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Upload
live_cricket_scoreto the/wp-content/plugins/directory -
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
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In wordpress backend go into Appearance-> Widgets
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Drag ‘Live Cricket Score’ widget and drop it to any of the sidebars
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Change colors according to your need.
Changelog
1.1.3
- Bug fixes
1.1.1
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New GUI
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Multiple Match Score with Accordion like interface
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Bug Fixes
1.0
- Initial Release
Screenshots
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FAQ
Live Cricket Score: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 2, 2026
Is Live Cricket Score free?
Yes. Live Cricket Score is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Live Cricket Score safe to use in 2026?
Live Cricket Score shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 4.4/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 33/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Live Cricket Score?
Live Cricket Score is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 18,363 times since it launched in November 2013. It was downloaded 55 times in the last 30 days.
Does Live Cricket Score work with WordPress 7.1?
Live Cricket Score is officially tested up to WordPress 3.9.40, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Live Cricket Score last updated?
The latest version, 1.1.3, was released on March 29, 2016 (11 years ago).
Who makes Live Cricket Score?
Live Cricket Score is developed and maintained by Pramod Jodhani.
What are the best alternatives to Live Cricket Score?
The most popular alternatives to Live Cricket Score are Cricket Live Score (100+ installs), Scoreboard UI (10+ installs) and Cric Zumo Cricket Scoreboar… (10+ installs).
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