Modules Overview

Modules are the building blocks of your site. They are the pieces you place on pages, templates, global layout areas, and even inside articles to show scores, standings, editorial content, navigation, promotions, or social elements.

A module can be as simple as a divider or as rich as a full livescore block, a league table, a hero section, or a bookmaker CTA.

Modules can also be arranged inside Grid containers when you want 2-column or 3-column sections in pages or articles.

Where modules can be used

You can use modules in four main places:

See Using Modules for the full workflow.

What modules let you do

Modules are used for three broad jobs:

• Show sports data such as livescores, fixtures, standings, lineups, stats, odds, and player or team information
• Build editorial layouts such as heroes, FAQs, galleries, timelines, reviews, comparison tables, and CTAs
• Add site structure such as menus, breadcrumbs, social links, taxonomies, banners, and notices

That means the same site can mix live data, editorial storytelling, navigation, and monetization without custom development for each page.

How to think about modules

For normal day-to-day work, the easiest rule is:

• Use a page or template module when the block should stay in the layout
• Use a global layout module when it should appear on many pages automatically
• Use an article module when it belongs to one specific story and should sit between paragraphs

Examples:

• A homepage livescore strip belongs on the homepage layout
• A newsletter signup used everywhere belongs in a global layout slot
• A match stats block used only in one article belongs inside the article body

Main module families

Modules on dynamic templates

On match, team, league, and player templates, many sports modules understand the current page automatically.

In practice, this means:

• A standings module on a league template can show that league without extra setup
• A team fixtures module on a team template can show that team automatically
• A context-news module on an entity page can surface related articles from that context

This is why templates are the best place for repeated sports layouts.

Modules inside articles

Articles are not limited to text and images. In the news editor, the Modules button inserts a shortcode for you, and the public site renders it as a real module inside the story.

This is especially useful for:

• Match summaries inside recaps
• Standings tables inside league analysis
• Team or player stats inside features
• Video, poll, CTA, newsletter, or promo blocks inside long-form content

You do not need to type shortcodes manually. The editor provides a searchable module picker grouped by category.

Module presentation options

Most modules can also be styled at the instance level with wrapper settings such as:

• Title
• Subtitle
• Card style
• Padding
• Radius
• Background, border, and text colors
• Split mode
• Desktop/mobile visibility

These settings change how the module is presented, not what data it shows.

Some editorial and monetization modules also expose module-level visual tokens such as density, prominence, box colors, and button colors. Use those when the module's own internal layout should become denser, more prominent, or more conversion-focused.

For details, see Module Wrapper.

Plan restrictions

Some modules depend on plan features. For example:

• Odds modules need odds access
• Bookmaker modules need bookmaker features enabled
• Broadcast modules need broadcast features enabled
• News modules need the editorial/news feature enabled

If a required feature is not active, the module may still be configurable in the CMS but it will not render on the live site.

Recommended next pages

• Using Modules
• Sports Modules
• Content Modules
• Navigation & Social Modules