Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

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

Easily improve site security with WordPress Hardening, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Login Protection, Vulnerability Detection and SSL certificate. Really simple, Effective and Performant WordPress Security Really Simple Security is the most lightweight and easy-to-use security plugin for WordPress. It secures your WordPress website with SSL certificate generation, including proper 301 https redirection and SSL enforcement, scanning for possible vulnerabilities, Login Protection and implementing essential WordPress hardening features. We believe that security should have the absolute minimum effect on website performance, user experience and maintainability. Therefore, Really Simple Security is: Lightweight: Every security feature is developed with a modular approach and with performance in mind. Disabled features won’t load any redundant code. Easy-to-use: 1-minute configuration with short onboarding setup. Security Features Easy SSL Migration Migrates your website to HTTPS and enforces SSL in just one click. 301 redirect via PHP or .htaccess Secure cookies Let’s Encrypt: Install an SSL Certificate if your hosting provider supports manual installation. Server Health Check: Your server configuration is every bit as important for your website security. WordPress Hardening Tweak your configuration and keep WordPress fortified and safe by tackling potential weaknesses. Prevent code execution in the uploads folder Prevent login feedback and disable user enumeration Disable XML-RPC Disable directory browsing Username restrictions (block ‘admin’ and public names) and much more.. Vulnerability Detection Get notified when plugins, themes or WP core contain vulnerabilities and need appropriate action. Login Protection Allow or enforce Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for specific user roles. Users receive a two-factor code via Email. Improve Security with Really Simple Security Pro Protect your site with all essential security features by upgrading to Really Simple Security Pro. Advanced SSL enforcement Mixed Content Scan & Fixer. Detect files that are requested over HTTP and fix them to HTTPS, both Front- and Back-end. Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security and configure your site for the HSTS Preload list. Firewall Really Simple Security Pro includes a performant and efficient WordPress firewall, to stop bots, crawlers and bad actors with IP and username blocks. 404 blocking – Blocks crawlers as they trigger unusual numbers of 404 errors. Region blocking – Only allow/block access to your site from specific regions. Automated and customisable Firewall rules. IP blocklist and allowlist. Security Headers Security headers protect your site visitors against the risk of clickjacking, cross-site-forgery attacks, stealing login credentials and malware. Independent of your Server Configuration, works on Apache, LiteSpeed, NGINX, etc. Protect your website visitors with X-XSS Protection, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, a Referrer Policy and CORS headers. Automatically generate your WordPress-tailored Content Security Policy. Vulnerability Measures When a vulnerability is detected in a plugin, theme or WordPress core you will get notified accordingly. With Vulnerability Measures, you can configure simple but effective measures to make sure that a critical vulnerability won’t remain unattended. Force update: An update process will be tried multiple times until it can be assumed development of a theme or plugin is abandoned. You will be notified during these steps. Quarantine: When a plugin or theme can’t be updated to solve a vulnerability, Really Simple Security can quarantine the plugin. Advanced Site Hardening Choose a custom login URL Automated File Permissions check and fixer Rename and randomize your database prefix Change the debug.log file location to a non-public folder Disable application passwords Control admin creation Disable HTTP methods, reducing HTTP requests Login Protection Secure your website’s login process and user accounts with powerful security measures. Two-Step verification (Email login) 2FA (two factor authentication) with TOTP Passwordless login with passkey login Enforce strong passwords and frequent password change Limit Login Attempts With Limit Login Attempts you can configure a threshold to temporarily or permanently block IP addresses or (non-existing) usernames. You can also throw a CAPTCHA after a failed login (hCaptcha or Google reCaptcha) Access Control Restrict access to your site for specific regions. Add specific IP addresses or IP ranges to the Blocklist or Allowlist. Useful Links Documentation Security Definitions Translate Really Simple Security Issues & pull requests Feature requests Love Really Simple Security? If you want to support the continuing development of this plugin, please consider buying Really Simple Security Pro, which includes some excellent security features and premium support. About Really Simple Plugins Our mission is to make complex WordPress requirements really easy. Really Simple Security is developed by Really Simple Plugins. For generating SSL certificates, Really Simple Security uses the le acme2 PHP Let’s Encrypt client library, thanks to ‘fbett’ for providing it. Vulnerability Detection uses WP Vulnerability, an open-source initiative by Javier Casares. Want to join as a collaborator? We’re on GitHub as well!