Plugin advice

[Paul Ogundimu]

I am a website designer. Am planning to design an event website that:
1. Users can be able to add their events
2. Tickets can be sold.

Kindly advice what plugins will be good for this tasks perfectly because am confused with the list of plugins on your site and don’t want to buy what I don’t need.

[Caroline]

Hi Paul,

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out our plugins! No problem–I’d be more than glad to make some product recommendations based on your needs here. 🙂

First things first, you’ll want to start with a basic calendar plugin that will power your calendar and all associated calendar events on your site. Our core version of The Events Calendar is a free download available on WordPress.org, and you can download the latest version and begin using it right away. If you’d like to expand the functionality of your calendar and events with more features, such as recurring event support and additional calendar views, you can add on Events Calendar PRO. Events Calendar PRO isn’t required to use any of our other premium products, but it’s a great add-on if you want to get the most options for creating events for your calendar.

For ticket sales, you’ll need our free ticketing plugin, Event Tickets, as well as our premium ticketing add-on, Event Tickets Plus. Event Tickets provides the core ticketing functionality that you need, while Event Tickets Plus adds support for paid tickets (as opposed to just free RSVPs). You’ll also want to pair Event Tickets Plus with an e-commerce platform to handle payment processing and other order-related tasks. WooCommerce is a great free option that works well for most users.

Lastly, if you’d like site visitors to be able to submit events to your calendar, our Community Events add-on will provide this functionality for your users. If your users need to be able to sell tickets for their events, as well, you can add on Community Tickets for this feature; otherwise, it’s not needed for a typical community setup.

I hope that helps to get you on your way here! Let me know if you should have any other questions or concerns–I’m happy to assist. Cheers, and thanks again!

[Paul Ogundimu]

Hello Caroline,

Thanks for your previous email as regards Event calendars plugin. Just a quick question, is there a theme that encompasses all this wonderful plugins in one for this purpose?

Regards,

Paul

[Caroline]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for following up! If you’re looking to get the best value for this grouping of plugins on a community-focused site, you might want to have a look at our Community Manager Bundle! This bundle contains Event Tickets Plus, Community Events, Community Tickets, and Filter Bar, all in one easy bundle at a significantly reduced price. (You can always add on Events Calendar PRO separately, if you’d like to take advantage of the added features of PRO on your site.)

Let me know if you should have any other questions or concerns here! Cheers, and thanks again! 🙂

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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