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Sports API Hub: Automated Basketball & Baseball Data for WordPress

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Sports API Hub is a WordPress plugin that imports sports data automatically from APIs – games, rosters, standings, player stats, live scores. It is focused entirely on automatic import and data presentation. There is no manual game editing or adding – all data comes from the API.

Basketball and Baseball are fully supported. Six more sports are planned. See the live demo.

Key Features

What’s Inside Sports API Hub

Fully automatic data pipeline — no manual game editing. Built for presenting API data, not manual data management.

Automatic Data Import

Games, rosters, standings, player stats — imported from professional APIs

Live Scores

Real-time polling during active games with frontend score updates

Background Sync

Standings, fixtures, rosters refresh automatically on schedule

Layout Builder (64+ blocks)

Drag-and-drop page layouts for games, teams, players, seasons

AI Writer

Automated game recaps and previews via OpenAI

13 Shortcodes

Games, standings, calendar, bracket, scoreboard, leaders, and more

Auto Kickoff Time

Game times automatically converted to your visitors’ timezone

Performance & Caching

Object cache, CDN-friendly URLs, hash-based change detection

SEO Fields

Custom title and meta description per entity with dynamic variables

Player Rating

Imported player rating field with visual badge display

Entity Translations

Translate team, player, and league names for multilingual sites

Template Overrides

Copy templates to child theme for full customization

Custom Color Palette

9-slot palette with Kadence theme auto-detection

Entity Links

Connect blog posts to imported teams, players, and games

All data stored in your WordPress database (19 custom tables). You own the data.

Supported Sports

Full template support now:

  • Basketball — box scores (25+ columns), play-by-play, game flow charts, player stat rings, standings
  • Baseball — batting & pitching stats, R/H/E innings, play-by-play, game flow, team stats

Data-ready (import + live scores work, rich templates coming): Cricket, Rugby, Ice Hockey, American Football, Handball, Volleyball.

One license covers all sports — current and future. Football/soccer is handled by Football Leagues.

Vote for the next sport on the support forum.

What the Data Looks Like

Daily game calendar with NBA, ABA League, and Brazil NBB games
Daily game calendar — multi-league, status filters, date navigation
Box scores with stat columns, starters and bench split
Box scores — starters/bench split, player ratings, 12+ stat columns
Play-by-play timeline with score lines chart and lead tracker
Play-by-play — score lines chart, lead tracker, quarter breakdown
Player season averages with ring indicators and league rankings
Player stats — season averages with ring indicators and league rankings
Team season statistics with scoring, rebounding, and playmaking
Team statistics — scoring, rebounding, playmaking with league comparisons
Team leaders showing top performers in points, rebounds, assists
Team leaders — top performers across all stat categories
Team rankings with horizontal comparison bars
Team rankings — horizontal comparison bars for scoring and defense

Setup in 5 Steps

  1. Install & activate — upload the plugin, enter your license key
  2. Get a RapidAPI key — subscribe to AllSportsAPI2 Pro ($19.99/mo)
  3. Configure API — paste your key, select sports, click Save & Test
  4. Import leagues — browse by country, pick seasons, click Import
  5. Done — background sync and live scores run automatically

Full configuration takes about 15 minutes. Initial data import runs in the background. See the documentation for detailed guides.

Import page with sport selector and league browser
Import page — select sport, browse leagues, start importing

Sports API Hub vs Football Leagues / Sports Leagues

  • Football Leagues / Sports Leagues — manual data entry. You add games, scores, stats yourself. Built for local and amateur leagues.
  • Sports API Hub — automated import from APIs. Built for professional leagues (NBA, MLB, Serie A, Liga ACB, etc.).

They can run on the same WordPress site without conflicts — separate database tables, URLs, and admin menus. Use FL/SL for local leagues, API Hub for professional coverage.

Pricing

Plugin (Early Access — 20% off, locked forever):

  • Monthly — $12/mo
  • Annual — $119/yr (most popular)
  • Lifetime — $399 one-time

All plans: 2 websites, all sports (current + future), 7-day money-back guarantee.

API (separate, paid to data provider): AllSportsAPI2 Pro on RapidAPI — $19.99/mo (unlimited requests).

Total: Annual plugin + Pro API = ~$359/year (under $1/day).

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