Simple Event Management but confused on which plugins are needed

[MikeC]

Apologies for what seem like a complete newbyesque question but I’m trying to understand what plugins I need to install to support a pretty simple event management requirement. I want to be able to present a user with a relatively small list of events from which they can buy one or more tickets. I can’t seem to get a clear view on whether all I need is the Event Ticket Plus plugin. I need to be able to have more than type of ticket per event and would like to be able to customise the form so that the purchaser (who might not be the attendee) can either allocate names to each ticket or simply provide a list of names.

Would be great to get some guidance on the best way forward.

Many thanks,

Mike

[George]

No worries at all about these questions Mike, they are more than fair – the most basic implementation for your needs would be these two free plugins:

• The Events Calendar – http://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar

• Event Tickets – http://wordpress.org/plugins/event-tickets

This will enable a complete (but simple) event management system; then, with “Event Tickets” installed, you can sell tickets on these events.

With “Event Tickets” by itself, you can only “sell” tickets with the RSVP option – so you cannot charge actual money for tickets on your site with JUST “Event Tickets”. To be able to collect money, you would need to install these two additional plugins:

• WooCommerce [free] – http://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce
• Event Tickets Plus [starts at $89/year] – https://theeventscalendar.com/product/wordpress-event-tickets-plus/
Event Tickets Plus is an “add-on” to Event Tickets, so both should remain installed and active on your site.

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Regardless of plugins, customizing the forms and such is not something we can help with, nor do the plugins listed above come with much flexibility in terms of customizing the form. So to customize forms you will need to customize the code yourself or hire a developer to help you if you are not comfortable editing the code on your own.

I hope this all helps!

Cheers,
George

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