Title: WhenIsTheMatch Widget
Author: WhenIsTheMatch
Published: <strong>July 30, 2026</strong>
Last modified: August 1, 2026

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# WhenIsTheMatch Widget

 By [WhenIsTheMatch](https://profiles.wordpress.org/whenisthematch/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/whenisthematch-widget.1.0.0.zip)

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## Description

Keep your sports site visitors engaged with dynamic match updates! **WhenIsTheMatch
Widget** lets you easily display your favorite team’s next upcoming football match
along with real-time score updates during game day.

Perfect for fan blogs, sports news portals, and local club websites looking for 
a clean, responsive match preview block.

### ⚽ Key Features

 * **Next Match Countdown:** Dynamic timer counting down to kick-off.
 * **Live Score Updates:** Real-time scores and goal tracking for ongoing matches.
 * **Detailed Match Info:** Venue, referee details, and TV channel broadcasts (where
   available).
 * **800+ Teams Supported:** Full coverage across major international leagues, cups,
   and club teams.
 * **Multilingual Ready:** Adapts smoothly for international audiences.
 * **Lightweight & Fast:** Built with performance in mind to avoid slowing down 
   your site.

### Usage

Display the widget anywhere on your site (posts, pages, sidebar widgets) using shortcodes.

### Quick Start

    ```
    [whenisthematch team="spain"]
    ```

### Parameters

 * **team** _(required)_: The slug for the team you want to display (e.g., `real-
   madrid`, `arsenal`, `spain`). You can find team slugs on WhenIsTheMatch.com.
 * **lang** _(optional)_: Widget language code. Options: `en` (default), `fr`, `
   es`, `it`, `de`, `pt`, `ja`, `hi`.
 * **branding** _(optional)_: Set to `true` to display a subtle link below the widget.
   Enabling this helps support ongoing free plugin development! _(Default: `false`)_

### Shortcode Examples

**Basic Spanish Match Widget:**
 [whenisthematch team=”barcelona” lang=”es”]

**Widget with Support Branding Enabled:**
 [whenisthematch team=”chelsea” branding
=”true”]

### External Services

This plugin embeds match information from WhenIsTheMatch.

The widget loads content from:
 https://whenisthematch.com

No account or API key is required.

## Screenshots

[⌊The widget displayed on a WordPress page.⌉⌊The widget displayed on a WordPress
page.⌉[

The widget displayed on a WordPress page.

[⌊The shortcode used to add a team's next match.⌉⌊The shortcode used to add a team's
next match.⌉[

The shortcode used to add a team’s next match.

## FAQ

### Where can I find team slugs?

 1. Search for your team on [WhenIsTheMatch](https://whenisthematch.com).
 2. Look at the end of the website address (URL). The slug is the last part!

 * **Example URL:** `https://whenisthematch.com/team/spain`
 * **Your Team Slug:** `spain`

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“WhenIsTheMatch Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ WhenIsTheMatch ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/whenisthematch/)

[Translate “WhenIsTheMatch Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/whenisthematch-widget)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/whenisthematch-widget/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/whenisthematch-widget/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/whenisthematch-widget/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/whenisthematch-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **2 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0.2**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/whenisthematch-widget/)
 * Tags
 * [countdown](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/countdown/)[fixtures](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fixtures/)
   [football](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/football/)[live scores](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/live-scores/)
   [soccer](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/soccer/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/whenisthematch-widget/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ WhenIsTheMatch ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/whenisthematch/)

## Support

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