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Tickets are free, but at the entrance someone has to scan the tickets so that we can see who attended an event and who did not. Is this doable with this plugin? I have absolutely no experience with barcodes and scanning.
Hi Jack and thanks for getting in touch!
Yes, our plugins can help out with this. We have a free plugin called Event Tickets that will allow you to set up free tickets and another plugin called Event Tickets Plus that extends Event Tickets to create paid tickets and QR codes for scanning.
You will need both plugins to set things up. And, once you do, that will enable you to create free tickets that include a QR code that can be scanned at the door to check folks in at the event.
Here is a full overview of how tickets are created and how the QR code works that I would suggest checking out.
Will this work for you? Please let me know. 🙂
Cheers!
GeoffThanks Geoff, for explaining and the link.
I read through that page and it sounds good, the only thing I don’t understand how it works with the QR code reader. I mean, the list of attendees is in WordPress. How does a QR code reader know which attendees/codes there are? Does this mean the list has to be exported and downloaded on a phone with a QR code reader app installed? Or does the QR code reader make contact with the WordPress site each time it scannes a QR code?
Hey Jack, thanks for following up!
It’s actually pretty cool how the QR codes work. A unique one is created for each individual ticket that is sold and it gets emailed to the person purchasing the ticket. That ticket contains the QR code which the person can then present at the door of the event to be scanned, resulting in being “checked in” for the event.
You can use any QR reader app on a mobile phone to scan the code. Once the app scans the code, it will open up the phone’s web browser which connects to WordPress and automatically checks that person in, updating their record in WordPress.
Does that clarify things a bit more? Please let me know!
Cheers,
GeoffYes, that explains a lot, thanks. So the person who is scanning first has to do one scan so that the connection (and has to login I assume) has been made with the wordpress site (admin). Then when connection is made, all other scans can be made after that. Does that work rather quickly? I mean, how many scans can be made with this method? Assuming the internet connection is fast enough ofcourse. It’s not a concert, so there will not be thousands of people trying to get in first ;).
You are spot on — as long as your phone is logged into the WP admin, then the code will scan quickly and update the attendees’ records on the fly for any number of scanners and scans made. 🙂
Geoff
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