Event Koi Lite – Events Calendar, Event Management, RSVP, and Tickets vs Tickera – Sell Tickets & Manage Events

EventKoi Lite is a modern WordPress events calendar plugin built for site owners who want an unbloated and intuitive event management plugin. Create and manage in-person and virtual events, display a beautiful events calendar or event list, sell tickets, event bookings, manage RSVPs and attendees, all from a clean, intuitive admin. ✓ Events calendar & event list — Display events in a calendar, list, or grid view using blocks, shortcodes, Elementor, or Beaver Builder ✓ Event registration & RSVP — Let attendees register for events, manage capacity, and check in with check-in codes ✓ Sell event tickets with WooCommerce — Create multiple ticket types per event, set capacity and pricing, and sell tickets using any WooCommerce payment gateway including Stripe and PayPal ✓ Attendee management — Export your attendee list and manage check-ins from your WordPress admin ✓ In-person and virtual events — Supports Google Maps for venues and auto-detects visitor timezone for virtual and international events ✓ Google Calendar, iCal & Outlook sync — Let attendees add events to their own calendar with one click ✓ Accessible & responsive — Keyboard navigation, ARIA labels, and a fully mobile-friendly events calendar ✓ Event SEO — Automatic JSON-LD structured data markup so your events appear in Google search results and rich snippets ✓ Blocks, shortcodes & page builders — Works with Gutenberg, Elementor, and Beaver Builder out of the box ✓ Secure, well-built code that follows WordPress coding standards ✓ Active development, responsive support, and thorough documentation Need recurring events, unlimited calendars, and custom fields? Upgrade to EventKoi Pro → Event management Add multiple event days, each with its own start and end time Create multiple venue events. Combine in-person and virtual event locations Create in-person events with Google Maps venue embedding Create virtual events with automatic visitor timezone detection Use your WordPress site’s date, time, and timezone settings Customize event page templates in the block editor Localization-ready Events Calendar & Event Listing Embed an events calendar using a block, shortcode, Elementor widget, or Beaver Builder module Display an event listing as a list or grid view Filter events by date range or calendar Accessible calendar views with full keyboard navigation and ARIA labels Fully responsive and mobile-friendly for all screen sizes Set the calendar’s starting day of the week Choose 12 or 24-hour time display Organize all your events under your events calendar. Upgrade to Pro for multiple calendars to segment events by category, location, or type Event Registration & RSVP Management Set event capacity and display remaining spots to encourage signups Let attendees submit and update their event registration (RSVP) Send automated confirmation emails with check-in codes Manage attendee registration and check-ins from WordPress admin Export your full attendee list Sell Event Tickets & Event Booking with WooCommerce Use any WooCommerce payment gateway (Stripe, PayPal, and more) to sell tickets directly from your WordPress site Create multiple ticket types per event (e.g. General Admission, VIP, Early Bird) Set individual pricing, capacity, and availability for each ticket type Offer free tickets or paid tickets Set ticket sale windows — open and close ticket sales on specific dates Set a maximum number of tickets per order Show or hide remaining ticket quantities to create urgency Add terms and conditions per ticket type Require buyers to have a WordPress account, or auto-create one at checkout Automated ticket confirmation email with check-in code sent on purchase Automated refund confirmation emails Manage all ticket orders and attendees from your WordPress admin Track tickets sold and total earnings with built-in reporting Export your full attendee list Calendar Sync & Sharing Let visitors add events to Google Calendar, iCalendar, Outlook 365, or Outlook Live Auto-detect visitor timezone for virtual and international events Social sharing built in Event SEO & Structured Data EventKoi Lite automatically outputs JSON-LD structured data for every event, helping your events appear in Google Search rich results and event snippets. Structured data is built in, no configuration needed. Page Builder Integrations Elementor: Embed an events calendar or event data using native Elementor widgets Beaver Builder: Embed an events calendar or event data using native Beaver Builder modules Block editor and shortcode support Shortcode builder: Build shortcodes with multiple queries to display a calendar or list of events Block Editor: Add an events calendar, event query loop block or event data block directly in the WordPress editor Import events from The Events Calendar Switching from The Events Calendar? Import your events in minutes with our built-in migration tool Event titles, descriptions, dates, times, and timezones All-day and multi-day event settings Venue and location data Organizer information Event categories Recurrence rules (converted to EventKoi’s recurring event format) Google Maps embed settings Featured images Duplicate events detector. Re-running the importer won’t create duplicates. Get advanced features with EventKoi Pro Recurring events Create advanced rules for events that repeat daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, Edit individual event instances (custom name, location, description, and more) Automatically create a dedicated event series page Custom fields Add custom fields and field groups to any event Import custom fields from The Events Calendar Multiple event calendars Lite includes one calendar. Pro unlocks unlimited calendars so you can segment events by type, department, location, or audience Advanced Elementor and Beaver Builder integrations Build custom templates and use Loop features to build queryable event lists. Priority support 30-day money-back guarantee Get EventKoi Pro → Helpful links EventKoi documentation EventKoi blog Support Forum (please check existing threads before starting a new one) Contact us (for non-support related questions) External services This plugin can connect to the Google Maps JavaScript API in order to display interactive maps inside event and calendar views. It sends your configured Google Maps API key (if provided) along with requests made by the visitor’s browser when viewing a page that contains an embedded map. No personal data is sent by the plugin itself, but Google may collect usage data in accordance with their policies. This connection only happens if maps are enabled in the plugin settings and a page with an event location map is viewed. This service is provided by Google LLC: Terms of Service, Privacy Policy.

Tickera lets you sell tickets on WordPress, manage event registration, and run ticket sales end-to-end on your own domain. Create an event, add tickets, design beautiful PDF tickets with the built-in drag & drop Ticket Designer, deliver them with QR/Barcodes, and check in attendees at the door. You keep the revenue — no middleman fees taken by Tickera. For ticket scanning, use integrated Barcode readers. If you want mobile check-in on phones, our premium Checkinera apps for iOS/Android enable blazing-fast scanning – even offline after sync. There’s also a Checkinera web app that turns any modern browser into a fully-fledged check-in desk. ✅ Key features 🎟️ Sell event tickets on your site – you keep the revenue 🗂️ Manage events in WordPress — create, edit, duplicate, set dates/capacity, and control ticket types 🎨 Built-in drag & drop Ticket Designer with a live PDF preview, unlimited designs, and ready-made templates 🧾 PDF tickets with embedded QR/Barcode for fast entry 🧍 Event registration with buyer and attendee fields 💸 Ticket sales tools: multiple ticket types, limits, discount codes, fees, taxes 🚀 Fast check-in with barcode readers, Checkinera mobile apps (premium), or the web app 🧩 Works with most WordPress themes 🧪 Developer-friendly (actions and filters for customization) 🏷️ White-label ready 🕸️ Multisite support ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ “These guys offer a whole different level of service… give them a go!” — James Farmer, WPMU DEV ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎨 Design beautiful tickets (new in 3.6) Make tickets people actually want to keep. The built-in Ticket Designer is a drag & drop editor with a live, pixel-perfect PDF preview — what you see on screen is exactly what your attendees receive. Start from a library of ready-made templates (Wedding, Concert, Conference, Gala Dinner, Festival, Theatre and more), or build your own unlimited designs and assign them per event or per ticket type. You can also restyle your storefront with selectable front-end themes (Minimal, Bold, or Dark) for a clean, modern look on your event, cart and checkout pages — or keep your own theme’s styling. Set it under Tickera > Settings > Appearance. Manage events & event registration Create and update events in WordPress, then capture event registration details for each attendee. 🧠 How it works Choose your payment gateway. Create an event and add one or more ticket types (e.g., Standard, VIP). Share your ticket sales page and take orders. Buyers receive PDF tickets with QR/Barcodes. At the venue, check in attendees with scanners, the Checkinera apps (premium), or the web app. 🎬 Video 💳 Payments Tickera plugin comes with 2Checkout, Custom Offline Payments, and Free Orders as built-in payment gateways. Need more options? Get Tickera Premium for gateways like: – Mollie (iDeal, Credit Card, Bancontact/Mister Cash, SOFORT, Overbooking, Bitcoin, PayPal, paysafecard, AcceptEmail) – PayPal Standard • PayPal PRO • 2Checkout • Stripe • Paymill • Authorize.net • PIN Payments • Vogue Pay • iPay88 • PayGate • OptimalPayments/Netbanx • Braintree • PayUMoney • PayTabs • White Payments • PayU Latam • Komoju • plus Custom Offline Payments & Free Orders. 🛒 WooCommerce compatible Already on WooCommerce? Sell tickets as WooCommerce products while Tickera handles e-ticket delivery and check-in. Learn more about Bridge for WooCommerce (premium add-on). 🪑 Seating & 🧾 forms (premium add-ons) 🪑 Assigned seating with Seating Charts – build seat maps; let buyers pick seats at checkout. 🧾 Custom attendee fields and exports with Custom Forms. 💼 Take a cut on multisite/marketplaces with Stripe Connect. For more, see the complete catalog: All Tickera add-ons. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ “In my opinion Tickera is the best ticket management solution available today on WordPress” – Anton Kozlov ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 Documentation Getting started & setup: https://tickera.com/documentation-category/tickera/ Checkinera apps (iOS/Android): https://tickera.com/checkinera-app/ Checkinera web app: https://tickera.com/checkinera-web/ Bridge for WooCommerce: https://tickera.com/addons/bridge-for-woocommerce/ Seating Charts: https://tickera.com/addons/seating-charts/ Custom Forms: http://tickera.com/addons/custom-forms/ Need help? Browse full docs: https://tickera.com/documentation-category/tickera/ 🚀 Premium demo Want to try everything (including premium add-ons)? 👉 Request a demo access 🧰 Use cases Ticket sales for concerts, conferences, festivals, theatres, meetups, comedy shows Sports events (football matches, basketball, volleyball, tournaments, races) Event registration for workshops, classes, seminars, trainings, hackathons Attractions & venues (zoos, museums, galleries, exhibitions, theme/adventure parks) Tours & experiences (city tours, boat/ferry tours, winery/brewery tours, campus open days) Community & non-profit (church events, charity fundraisers, school/university events) Nightlife & hospitality (clubs, DJ nights, VIP lists, table/service packages) Seasonal & holiday events (markets, fairs, fireworks nights, Halloween/NYE) Corporate & product (launches, networking, town halls, partner events) Education & webinars (online events with attendee data collection) Theatre & cinema (screenings, premieres; seat selection via Seating Charts add-on) On-site logistics (entry lanes, staff/crew passes, vendor passes) Parking passes for events (sell/scan parking tickets to manage capacity) Multi-activity days (festival day passes, stage/area access levels) Timed entry windows (staggered arrivals, capacity control at the door) Sell tickets online and scan tickets on-site via QR/Barcode (readers, Checkinera apps, or web app) Event registration with per-attendee data (forms, exports) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ “Cannot recommend Tickera highly enough” – DJ Andy Ward ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ External services Freemius manages upgrades to the premium license and handles premium licensing. Privacy policy: https://freemius.com/privacy/ TCPDF handles the rendering process of tickets, QR codes, and barcodes. Privacy policy: https://tcpdf.org/about/ Google Map API (maps.googleapis.com) renders the ticket template’s map element. Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US Freegeoip.net collects customer geolocation information (e.g., City, ZIP) to pre-fill checkout payment forms. Privacy policy: https://freegeoip.live/privay-policy.html 2Checkout makes it possible to accept payments via the 2Checkout payment gateway. Privacy policy: https://www.2checkout.com/legal/privacy/ Tickera is used for pulling the list of add-ons offered in the Add-ons area of the plugin. Privacy policy: https://tickera.com/privacy/