Atte Moisio

<p>The purpose of this plugin is to add an event type similar to the normal post type. By design this plugin doesn’t provide any ready-made layouts, and allows the events to be fully integrated and customized to the theme of your choosing.</p>
<h3>Current Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Admin pages to view/create/modify events.</li>
<li>Available data fields for events: start date, end date, venue, category</li>
<li>Create weekly or biweekly recurring events</li>
<li>Fully customizable widget for displaying upcoming events.</li>
</ul>
<p>The custom post type created by the plugin is named ‘am_event’ and has two taxonomies: ‘am_event_categories’ and ‘am_venues’. Dates are stored as post metadata. Displaying the events is done in the theme files using WP_Query and the template tags provided by the plugin. This allows full control over the layout and what elements to show.</p>
<p>The widget for displaying upcoming events uses a simple template system for full control of the layout.</p>
<p>If you think something critical is missing, feel free to send me a request.</p>
<p>The plugin is available in the following languages (pot-file included for additional translations):</p>
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>French</li>
<li>Norwegian</li>
<li>Finnish</li>
</ul>
<h3>TUTORIAL</h3>
<p>For integrating AM Events to an existing theme, I suggest creating a <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes" rel="nofollow ugc">child theme</a> with custom page templates. You can find an example of a working Twenty Twelve child theme from <a href="https://github.com/attemoi/am-events-child-theme" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/attemoi/am-events-child-theme</a> containing three different page templates for event pages.</p>
<h4>Widget</h4>
<p>Here are the shortcodes available in the upcoming events widget template.</p>
<ul>
<li>[event-title]</li>
<li>[start-date]</li>
<li>[end-date]</li>
<li>[event-venue]</li>
<li>[event-category]</li>
<li>[content]</li>
<li>[thumbnail]</li>
<li>[excerpt]</li>
<li>[permalink]</li>
<li>[meta]</li>
</ul>
<p>Conditional shortcodes:</p>
<ul>
<li>[if cond=”startdate-is-enddate”]</li>
<li>[if cond=”startdate-not-enddate”]</li>
<li>[if cond=”startday-is-endday”]</li>
<li>[if cond=”startday-not-endday”]</li>
<li>[if cond=”has-venue”]</li>
<li>[if cond=”has-category”]</li>
</ul>
<p>The title can be linked to the event post with the ‘link’ attribute, e.g. [event-title link=true]</p>
<p>The category and venue can also be linked similarly to their respective archive pages using the ‘link’ attribute, e.g. [event-category link=true]</p>
<p>The number of words displayed in the title, content or excerpt can be limited by the ‘limit’ attribute, e.g. [content limit=25] or [event-title limit=10].</p>
<p>The dates can be formatted using the ‘format’ attribute, e.g. [start-date format=’d.m.Y H:i’] (see <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php" rel="nofollow ugc">PHP date</a> for formatting options). If no format is given, the default WordPress date format is used.</p>
<p>You can use any shortcode as many times as needed in a single template. To separate date and time of start date for example you could write:</p>
<pre><code>[start-date format='d.m.Y']
<span>divider</span>
[start-date format='H:i']
</code></pre>
<p>Example usage of conditional shortcode:</p>
<pre><code>[start-date format='D d.m.Y H:s']
[if cond='startdate-not-enddate']
 - [end-date format='D d.m.Y H:s']
[/if]
</code></pre>
<h4>Template tags</h4>
<p>Template tags were introduced in version 1.3.0 and are listed below. More documentation can be found in the source files.</p>
<pre><code>// Template tags for getting and displaying event dates
am_the_startdate($format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $before = '', $after = '', $echo = true)
am_get_the_startdate( $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $post = 0 )
am_the_enddate($format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $before = '', $after = '', $echo = true)
am_get_the_enddate( $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $post = 0 )

// Template tags for getting and displaying event venues
am_get_the_venue( $id = false )
am_in_venue( $venue, $post = null )
am_get_the_venue_list( $separator = '', $parents='', $post_id = false )
am_the_venue( $separator = '', $parents='', $post_id = false )

// Template tags for getting and displaying event categories
am_get_the_event_category( $id = false )
am_get_the_event_category_list( $separator = '', $parents='', $post_id = false )
am_in_event_category( $eventCategory, $post = null )
am_the_event_category( $separator = '', $parents='', $post_id = false )
</code></pre>
<p>Example of displaying the first category of the current event post:</p>
<pre><code>$categoryArray = am_get_the_event_category();
echo $categoryArray[0]->name;<h3>Creating a WP_Query</h3>
</code></pre>
<p>The custom post type is named ‘am_event’<br />
The taxonomies are named ‘am_venues’ and ‘am_event_categories’.</p>
<p>The event post has metadata named ‘am_startdate’ and ‘am_enddate’ that are formatted like ‘yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm’</p>
<p>So suppose I wanted to display all events with a category of ‘other’ and venue ‘mcdonalds’. I would then make a WP_Query like this:</p>
<pre><code>$args = array(
        'post_type' => 'am_event',
        'post_status' => 'publish',
        'tax_query' => array(
                'relation' => 'AND',
                array(
                    'taxonomy' => 'am_venues',
                    'field' => 'name',
                    'terms' => 'mcdonalds',
                ),
                array(
                    'taxonomy' => 'am_event_categories',
                    'field' => 'name',
                    'terms' => 'other'
                ),
        ),
    );

$the_query = new WP_Query($args);

if ($the_query->have_posts()) {
    while ($the_query->have_posts()) {
        $the_query->the_post();

        $postId = $post->ID;

        // Use template tags to get start and end date
        $startDate = am_get_the_startdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
        $endDate = am_get_the_enddate('Y-m-d H:i:s');

        // Use template tags to get venues and categories in an array
        $venues = am_get_the_venue( $postId );
        $eventCategories = am_get_the_category( $postId );

        // All the other functions used for posts like
        // the_title() and the_content() work just like with normal posts.

        // ...  DISPLAY POST CONTENT HERE ... //

    }
}
</code></pre>
<p>If you want the events ordered by start date, add the following to $args:</p>
<pre><code>'orderby' => 'meta_value',
'meta_key' => 'am_startdate',
'order' => 'ASC',
</code></pre>
<p>If you need to display only upcoming events, add the following meta_query argument to $args:</p>
<pre><code>'meta_query' => array(
        array(
            'key' => 'am_enddate',
            'value' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s', time()),
            'compare' => ">",
        ),
),
</code></pre>
<p>The plugin folder also contains a file “examples.php”, which contains an example function for displaying upcoming events in a table.</p>


AM Events

This event plugin is a great foundation to build a custom calendar implementation on top of. It works well and provides many powerful options right out of the box.



Powerful, flexible, easy to mod

This plugin got loads of nice features unfortunately it hasn't been updated for quiet a while now.

I tried to use this plugin on a site the other day but unfortunately the date picker didn't returned the right format as well as the date field value send is not converted correctly to an unix timestamp it somehow always returns 0. Leaving you with only "1970-01-01 00:00:00" dates. Please look into this issue try different translations. I'm sure you have to use php's function strtotime() here.

Good luck,

Cheers Fleuv

Dead or still maintained

Manage and display your events. Allows fully customizable layouts and includes a widget for upcoming events.

Stachethemes

<p>Stachethemes Seat Planner is a WooCommerce plugin that allows you to create and sell seat-based products for your customers to choose their seats easily.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Interactive Seat Selection</strong>: Customers can select seats in real-time using a dynamic seat map.</li>
<li><strong>Seat Reservation</strong>: Seats added to the cart are reserved for a configurable duration, preventing others from selecting them.</li>
<li><strong>Handicap Accessible Seating</strong>: Mark seats as “Handicap Seats” and use customizable background colors to highlight accessibility.</li>
<li><strong>Easy-to-Use Drag & Drop Editor</strong>: Manage seats effortlessly with a simple drag-and-drop interface. No technical skills required.</li>
<li><strong>QR Code Generator for Each Seat</strong>: Automatically generate a unique QR code for each seat purchased, allowing for easy digital validation.</li>
<li><strong>QR Code Scanner for Ticket Validation</strong>: Enable quick entry and ensure smooth check-ins for event attendees.</li>
<li><strong>Auto Complete Orders</strong>: Option to automatically update the order status to “Completed” when payment is received for orders containing Auditorium products.</li>
<li><strong>Auto Redirect to Cart/Checkout Page</strong>: Set up automatic redirection to the cart or to the checkout page after a customer adds a seat to their cart.</li>
<li><strong>Cart Timer</strong>: Option to display a timer under each seat in the cart and checkout page.</li>
<li><strong>Double Booking Checker</strong>: Detects and flags accidental duplicate seat reservations.</li>
<li><strong>Ghost Booking Checker</strong>: Detects and fixes seats that appear free on the front-end but have existing orders.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Premium Features</h3>
<p>Upgrade to <strong>Stachethemes Seat Planner Premium</strong> for advanced features:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seat Discounts</strong>: Offer fixed or percentage-based discounts. Option to restrict specific discounts to selected user roles.</li>
<li><strong>Date Selection</strong>: Option to select date & time for each individual product.</li>
<li><strong>Custom Fields</strong>: Assign additional free or paid features to individual seats via custom fields. </li>
<li><strong>Edit and create orders</strong>: Edit existing order items (seat ID, date, custom fields). Bulk actions: change status, move bookings to another date, and create orders for multiple seats at once.</li>
<li><strong>PDF Ticket Attachments</strong>: Attach ticket details & QR Code as a PDF file to the “Order Completed” email.</li>
<li><strong>CSV Import & Export Layouts</strong>: Import and export seat layouts in CSV format.</li>
<li><strong>CSV Booking Export</strong>: Exports booking data for each reserved seat in CSV format.</li>
<li><strong>Mobile App</strong>: Free standalone android app for scanning and validating tickets.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/stachethemes-seat-planner/" rel="nofollow ugc">Check it out on WooCommerce</a></p>
<h3>Demo</h3>
<p><a href="https://stachethemes.com/seat-planner/demo/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Demo</a></p>
<h3>Source Repository</h3>
<p><a href="https://github.com/zbozhilov/stachethemes-seat-planner-lite" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Repository</a></p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://mui.com/material-ui/material-icons/" rel="nofollow ugc">Material UI Icons</a></li>
<li><a href="https://react-hot-toast.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">React Hot Toast</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-zoom-pan-pinch" rel="nofollow ugc">React Zoom Pan Pinch</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>1.6.6</h3>
<p>Added: QR code scanner — choose which camera device to use<br />
Update: Various small improvements to the Seat Editor</p>
<h3>1.6.5</h3>
<p>Update: Security improvements<br />
Added: Better protection against double bookings. The plugin now checks seat conflicts earlier and helps prevent stale pending reservations from blocking available seats.</p>
<h3>1.6.4</h3>
<p>Update: Faster and more reliable seat updates when order statuses change (e.g. payment received, order completed)<br />
Update: Manager section now processes seat changes more efficiently</p>
<h3>1.6.3</h3>
<ul>
<li>Added: RTL Support (beta) for right-to-left languages</li>
<li>Fixed: Orders with only seat tickets now automatically move to “Completed” after payment (e.g. Stripe) instead of staying at “Processing”</li>
<li>Update: Clearer description for the “Force Auto-Complete Mixed Orders” setting</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.6.2</h3>
<ul>
<li>Added: Option in Manager <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Availability to filter seats by scan status using the “Scanned” toggle, showing only seats that have been scanned (QR code checked in)</li>
<li>Added: Option in the Manager Edit Seat page to unscan a ticket, view scan details, and clear scan status when needed</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.6.1</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fixed: Closing the color picker without choosing a new color no longer clears the color from your selected items</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.6.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>Price input now allows decimal values</li>
<li>Added auto-fill mode in the Seat Planner Editor for faster objects creation</li>
<li>Added arc transform tool in the Seat Planner Editor</li>
<li>Added flip transform tool in the Seat Planner Editor</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.5.6</h3>
<ul>
<li>Added Statistics page in the Manager section with product analytics: summary cards (seats sold, occupancy, revenue, orders), revenue and sales over time (by event date or order date), sales-by-order and sales-by-date tables with CSV export, and velocity projection.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.5.4</h4>
<ul>
<li>QR code styling updated to use accent color</li>
<li>Added rotation feature in the Seat Planner Editor for rotating elements</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.5.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added option to create Order from the Manager section</li>
<li>Added new shortcode [stachesepl_count] for displaying the total seat count for auditorium product(s).</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.4.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added seat details tooltip on mobile devices</li>
<li>Added new option in general settings to show or hide the seat details tooltip</li>
<li>Other minor bug fixes</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.4.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added Manager section in the Admin Panel</li>
<li>Added option to hide the QR Code</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.3.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>New tool “Edit Order”, enabling admins to modify existing orders data, such as changing seat ID.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.1.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>New general option “Enforce WooCommerce Cart Calculation”. This option helps fix the issue with missing cart price on certain themes.</li>
<li>Fixed issue where the cart timer may not work properly on certain carts</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.42</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fixed a bug where setting a non-existent or invalid product ID in the shortcode caused a crash.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.40</h4>
<ul>
<li>Option to disable the “Select Seat” button on product listings (product loops) such as the Shop page and category pages.</li>
<li>New Accent Color option for simpler front-end UI color customization. Legacy color customization options have been removed.</li>
<li>Merged Cart Timer and Add to Cart settings into a new Cart Behaviour tab in the plugin settings.</li>
<li>Front-end UI now displays the Close button at all times.</li>
<li>Front-end UI buttons and elements now follow the Accent Color setting.</li>
<li>Converted the Round Corners option to a slider for better control over element border radius.</li>
<li>Minor fixes and improvements.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.38</h4>
<ul>
<li>The Plugin now uses it’s own “Select Seat”, “View Cart” buttons.</li>
<li>Added option to change colors for “Select Seat”, “View Cart”, “Add to Cart” buttons.</li>
<li>Added Front-end seat tooltip</li>
<li>Added Compatibility mode for cache plugins (e.g. WP Rocket, LiteSpeed) when lazy loading breaks due to JS optimization.</li>
<li>Added New editor option “Additional Class Name” allowing custom CSS classes to be attached to objects.</li>
<li>Improved UI for adding dates to the product.</li>
<li>“Seat Reservation Time” and “Auto-Complete Orders” options moved to the new General tab in plugin settings.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.36</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added new plugin dashboard centralizing settings and features.</li>
<li>Added new option “Auto-Complete Orders”: automatically marks orders as Completed when payment is received for auditorium products.</li>
<li>Added new option to control whether users are redirected after adding seats to the cart.</li>
<li>Added new option to choose whether users are redirected to the cart or checkout page.</li>
<li>Added new option to control whether customers are shown a message during redirection.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.35</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added Dashboard Widget showing Seats Sold & Revenue for the last 30 days</li>
<li>Added Option to Lock objects in the Drag & Drop Editor </li>
<li>Added Visual UI for turning grid-snap on/off, grid color, grid size</li>
<li>Added message when user is redirected to cart/checkout page on the front-end</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.34</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bug fix where product can be incorrectly flagged as Unavailable</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.33</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bug fix where deleting a draft order can accidentally release slot reservation</li>
<li>Other minor bug fixes</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.32</h4>
<ul>
<li>UI/UX improvements</li>
<li>Added UI for Auto Incremental Patterns</li>
<li>Added Booking Integrity Checker Tools</li>
<li>Added option to check Reservation Details from the front-end if the user has Shop Manager role</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.28</h4>
<ul>
<li>Minor fixes & improvements</li>
<li>Enabled option to Scan QR Codes from the Dashboard</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.5</h4>
<ul>
<li>Add to cart seat validation improvements</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.4</h4>
<ul>
<li>Initial public release with core seat selection features.</li>
</ul>


Stachethemes Seat Planner Lite

A WooCommerce extension for creating & selling seat-based products with a drag & drop seat planner.

AM Events vs Stachethemes Seat Planner Lite