Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner vs My Tickets – Accessible Event Ticketing

Stop paying per-ticket fees. Own your entire ticketing workflow inside WordPress. Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner turns any WooCommerce product into a scannable event ticket — complete with QR code, downloadable PDF, and a built-in mobile ticket scanner for your team at the door. Unlike platforms like Eventbrite or Ticketmaster, you keep 100% of your revenue. Unlike other WordPress plugins, you get a visual seating plan designer and a ticket PDF designer included — not as expensive add-ons. Used by 1,000+ event organizers worldwide — from small community events to large concert venues. Rated ⭐ 4.9/5 on WordPress.org. Who is this for? Concert & festival organizers — sell general admission or assigned seats with interactive seat selection Theaters & venues — design your seating layout with drag & drop, let customers pick their seats Sports events & arenas — handle high volumes with offline fallback and team scanner access Clubs, spas, gyms & theme parks — sell multi-entry passes, family tickets, or memberships with expiration Community events & fundraisers — get started in minutes with the free version How it works — 3 steps Install the plugin and create a ticket list under “Event Tickets” Enable “Ticket Sales” on any WooCommerce product Customers receive a unique QR code ticket — scan and redeem at the entrance That’s it. No coding required. Watch the quickstart video 🎨 Visual Seating Plan Designer Create professional venue layouts without any design tools: Drag & drop seats, shapes, labels, and text onto your canvas Upload venue floor plans as background images Rotate, duplicate, and bulk-edit elements Color-code seat categories and pricing tiers Customers see a real-time interactive seat map during checkout Seats are automatically blocked during checkout and released on cancel/refund 🎟️ Ticket PDF Designer Design tickets that match your brand — not generic templates: Add your logo, custom colors, header and background images Position QR codes exactly where you want them Create event badges for staff and VIP passes Multi-page PDF support with attached documents Full bleed mode for edge-to-edge designs 📱 Built-in Ticket Scanner No extra app needed. The scanner runs in any mobile browser — or install it as a PWA: Scan QR codes with your phone camera — works on iOS and Android Install as PWA — add to home screen for instant launch without browser chrome Fullscreen mode — immersive scanning with a single tap Haptic feedback — vibration confirms valid/invalid tickets instantly Grant team members scanner access via Auth Tokens (no WordPress login needed) See ticket details, seat position, and venue map instantly after scan Voice output confirms valid/invalid tickets for fast processing Protection against fake tickets, double redemption, and brute-force attempts Supports hardware barcode scanners for high-traffic entrances Customizable theme color to match your brand 📲 Vollstart Wallet — All Tickets in One App Your customers can collect tickets from multiple shops in one free app: Vollstart Wallet at wallet.vollstart.com — a Progressive Web App that works on iOS, Android, and desktop Tickets are added with one click from the ticket page or order email QR code always available — even offline Privacy first — ticket data flows directly from your shop to the customer’s browser. Vollstart never receives or stores any data Learn more about security & privacy Enable it in Settings → Digital Wallets. Free for all users. 🎓 Congress & Attendee Portal Give ticket holders a private event portal — no extra login, no separate app. Assign a congress to any ticket product and buyers reach it straight from their ticket ID. Organize content into pages — a start page plus as many pages as you need (Speakers, Programme, Downloads, Sponsors …), with a sidebar on desktop and a hamburger menu on mobile Rich section types — formatted text, a day-by-day programme schedule, downloadable files, link lists, image galleries, single images, and embedded videos (paste a YouTube/Vimeo link or upload your own) Password-protect individual sections for VIP or speaker-only content Fast by design — the start page loads instantly and other pages are fetched on demand, so even congresses with dozens of speakers stay snappy Installable & offline-friendly — the portal ships as a mini Progressive Web App Time-controlled access — open the portal a set number of hours before the event and keep it available for a chosen number of days afterwards Recurring events — duplicate a congress as a “new edition” in one click Build it under the Congresses menu, assign it in the product’s Event Tickets tab, and optionally add a portal link to the order email. Included free. Powerful Ticket Types Single entry — classic one-time event ticket Multi-entry passes — allow multiple scans (configurable limit) Family tickets — generate multiple tickets per order item Memberships & season passes — set expiration dates Day chooser tickets — let customers pick their event date at checkout Purchase allowance codes — restrict who can buy specific products Built for WooCommerce Works with product variants (e.g., VIP vs. General Admission) Tickets auto-generate on order completion Refunded orders automatically recover and recycle ticket numbers Compatible with WooCommerce Subscriptions Works with WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips WPML compatible for multilingual stores Free vs. Premium The free version covers everything you need to start selling tickets: ✅ Ticket generation with QR codes ✅ PDF ticket download (via link in email) ✅ Built-in ticket scanner ✅ Interactive seating plan designer ✅ Seat selection at checkout ✅ Multi-entry and family tickets ✅ Day chooser for date-based events ✅ Congress / attendee portal (pages, programme, downloads, media, password-protected sections) ✅ Webhooks for third-party integrations Premium adds professional features for larger events: 🔓 PDF ticket as email attachment (not just a link) 🔓 Team scanner access via Auth Tokens 🔓 Calendar invites (ICS files) in emails 🔓 Custom flyers and multi-page PDFs 🔓 CVV security check on tickets 🔓 Brute-force IP blocking 🔓 No ticket limits 🔓 Advanced shortcodes for ticket display and validation Get Premium Links Documentation Quickstart Video All Features Premium Plugin Support

Sell tickets or take reservations for events easily! My Tickets integrates with My Calendar or can be used for ticket sales as a stand-alone plugin. Sell tickets for box office pick up, shipping, or accept print-at-home and e-tickets for an easy experience for your ticket holders! My Tickets ships with PayPal Standard payments, so you can sell tickets immediately. You can also take offline payments, to use My Tickets as a reservation tool while you handle payments by mail or at the door. Explore the premium add-ons for My Tickets! Premium event ticketing add-ons include: Offer a variety of secure ticket payments with premium gateways, including Stripe, PayPal Pro, and Authorize.net. Encourage users to support your organization by taking in-cart donations. Offer your customers special discount opportunities with discount codes and coupons Improve conversion and avoid lost opportunities with automatic waiting lists. Basic Features: For buyers: Create an account to save your address and shipping preferences Automatically convert shopping carts to your account if you log-in after adding purchases Buy tickets for multiple events, with multiple ticket types. For sellers: Get reports on ticket sales by time, event, or specific ticket options within an event. Easily add new ticket sales from the box office, when somebody pays in person, by phone, or by mail. Use your mobile phone and a standard QRCode reader to verify print-at-home tickets or e-tickets Send email to a single purchaser with questions about their ticket purchase, or mass email all purchasers for an event. Select default event settings grouped by audience type (Adult, Student, Child), seating sections (Section 1, Section 2, Section 3) or individual event dates. Offer member-only discounts for logged-in users General Admission tickets: Sell tickets for events without dates, valid for days, weeks, or months after purchase. My Tickets is flexible and easy to extend – check out the library of Premium add-ons! Accessibility My Tickets is built with accessibility in mind, and tested using assistive technology. Documentation Read the My Tickets online documentation.