{"id":13,"date":"2026-10-21T19:11:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T18:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lumaha.uk\/balloonrace\/download\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T23:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T22:01:04","slug":"download","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lumaha.uk\/balloonrace\/download\/","title":{"rendered":"Download"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Virtual Balloon Race is free and open source (GPL). Download the latest version from GitHub: open the release and pick <strong>virtual-balloon-race-&lt;version&gt;.zip<\/strong> under <em>Assets<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/f3zz3h\/virtual-balloon-race\/releases\/latest\">Download the latest release<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/f3zz3h\/virtual-balloon-race\">View the code on GitHub<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Download the zip from the latest release (don&#8217;t unzip it).<\/li>\n\n\n<li>In WordPress, go to <strong>Plugins \u2192 Add New Plugin \u2192 Upload Plugin<\/strong>, choose the zip, then <strong>Install Now<\/strong> and <strong>Activate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Make sure WooCommerce is active, so entries can be sold.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Follow <a href=\"\/balloonrace\/getting-started\/\">Getting started<\/a> to set up your first race, or try <strong>Balloon Race \u2192 Settings \u2192 Demo race<\/strong> first.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Updates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From version 1.11.0, new releases show up as normal WordPress plugin updates. Turn on <strong>Enable auto-updates<\/strong> for the plugin on the Plugins screen and they install themselves. Each release&#8217;s notes are on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/f3zz3h\/virtual-balloon-race\/releases\">GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>WordPress 6.0 or newer<\/li>\n\n\n<li>PHP 7.4 or newer<\/li>\n\n\n<li>WooCommerce, to sell entries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Found a problem or have an idea? <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/f3zz3h\/virtual-balloon-race\/issues\">Open an issue on GitHub<\/a> or <a href=\"\/balloonrace\/contact\/\">send us a message<\/a>. A listing in the WordPress.org plugin directory is on its way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support the project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plugin is free, and always will be. If it helps your fundraiser, a small donation towards hosting and development is very welcome, but never expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/lumaha\">\u2615 Buy me a coffee<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Balloon Race is free and open source (GPL). Download the latest version from GitHub: open the release and pick virtual-balloon-race-&lt;version&gt;.zip under Assets. Install Updates From version 1.11.0, new releases show up as normal WordPress plugin updates. Turn on Enable auto-updates for the plugin on the Plugins screen and they install themselves. Each release&#8217;s notes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lumaha.uk\/balloonrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lumaha.uk\/balloonrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lumaha.uk\/balloonrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lumaha.uk\/balloonrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lumaha.uk\/balloonrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lumaha.uk\/balloonrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.lumaha.uk\/balloonrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lumaha.uk\/balloonrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}