Summary
Feature Release
The latest version of Event Tickets introduces a new premium Seating option for selling tickets with assigned seating!
Check out the new, incredible Seating product here!
Event Tickets 5.16.0 is only compatible with Event Tickets Plus 6.1.0 or higher.
Event Tickets 5.16.0 is only compatible with The Events Calendar 6.8.0 or higher.
As always, we recommend testing updates on a staging site first, but it should all be smooth sailing.
✨ Features
New features in this release:
- Introduced a new premium Seating option for selling tickets with assigned seating.
- Added per-event Seats tab for managing attendees with assigned seating.
- Integrate with the new premium Seating Builder SaaS to create Seat Maps and Layouts for assigned seating.
⚙️Tweaks
Tweaks in this release:
- Added actions: `tec_tickets_seating_tab_{$tab}`, `tec_tickets_seating_session_interrupt`, `tec_tickets_seating_invalidate_layouts_cache`, `tec_tickets_seating_invalidate_maps_layouts_cache`, `tec_tickets_seating_delete_reservations_from_attendees`, `tec_tickets_seating_deleted_reservations_from_attendees`, `tec_tickets_seating_reservations_updated`, `tec_tickets_seating_seat_selection_timer`
- Added filters: `tec_tickets_seating_active`, `tec_tickets_seating_service_base_url`, `tec_tickets_seating_service_frontend_url`, `tec_tickets_seating_tickets_block_html`, `tec_tickets_seating_session_cookie_expiration_time`, `tec_tickets_seating_selection_timeout`, `tec_tickets_seat_selection_timer_expired_data`, `tec_tickets_seating_fetch_attendees_per_page`, `tec_tickets_seating_ephemeral_token`, `tec_tickets_seating_ephemeral_token_site_url`, `tec_tickets_attendees_page_render_context`, `tec_tickets_attendees_table_sortable_columns`, `tribe_tickets_ticket_inventory`
- Added license key field and SaaS connection UI for premium Seating tool.
- Added Seat column to Attendees tab and page for attendees with assigned seating.
- Added Seat Layout setting to per-event Ticket Settings
- Added two new Site Health checks for Seating.
- Changed views: `emails/template-parts/header/head/styles`, `seating/iframe-view`, `seating/seat-selection-timer`, `seating/tickets-block-error`, `seating/tickets-block`, `v2/tickets/item`
- New compact frontend ticket display for events with assigned seating tickets.
- Removed superfluous tool tip from capacity options in block editor.
- Show seat assignment on My Tickets page for attendees with assigned seating.
- Show seat assignment on tickets for attendees with assigned seating.
🗣 Translations
Updated language files and strings:
- 130 new strings added
- 52 updated
- 0 fuzzied
- 0 obsoleted

