abelony

<p>Events Planner is a next generation <a href="http://www.wpeventsplanner.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Event Registration Plugin</a>, built with standard WordPress tools (Custom Post Types, Custom Fields, Options), making it extremely powerful and flexible.</p>
<h4>New in version 1.3.2</h4>
<ul>
<li>Confirmation emails to the registrant and the admin, date and time formatting ….</li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpeventsplanner.com/2011/11/whats-new-in-events-planner-lite-v1-3-2/" rel="nofollow ugc">Read More</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>New in version 1.3</h4>
<ul>
<li>Downloadable list of registrations (status, payment info, attendees, regis field responses…) in CSV format, AJAX powered quick info access to Registration and Payment Info, better available space calculations….</li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpeventsplanner.com/2011/11/whats-new-in-events-planner-lite-version-1-3/" rel="nofollow ugc">Read More</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>New in version 1.2</h4>
<ul>
<li>Registration activated.  Use Events Planner to accept registrations for Free and Paid events (using PayPal ExpressCheckout).</li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpeventsplanner.com/2011/11/event-registration-using-events-planner/" rel="nofollow ugc">Read More</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>New in version 1.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>Use theme templates (samples provided) to change the look and content of the event list, individual event, location, organization pages.</li>
<li>Use custom event template tags to include event specific information on your event pages.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpeventsplanner.com/2011/10/whats-new-in-v1-1/" rel="nofollow ugc">Read More</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>List of features</h4>
<ul>
<li>All the data is stored in WordPress tables (post, post meta, options…)  <strong>No custom tables are used.</strong>  As such, the plugin is powerful enough to let you add and<br />
retrieve any type of information that you would like to associate with the events.  With the tools in the Pro version, you don’t have to wait for us to make changes to the data structure.  You<br />
will be able to do it yourself, easily and safely.</li>
<li>You can use custom templates and custom Events Planner template tags for displaying event details.  In the Pro version, you will have the option to select a different template for each event, and create your own.</li>
<li>Can be extended using custom hooks and configurations. Use filters to add fields and meta boxes to any section of the plugin. -Pro</li>
<li>Coming Soon, with the help of an extender plugin, the ability to modify all the views and styles that come with the plugin. -Pro</li>
</ul>
<h4>Inside Each Event</h4>
<ol>
<li>Have unlimited number of days.  You can use the <strong>Recurrence Helper</strong> for previewing and creating the dates.</li>
<li>Create unlimited times</li>
<li>Create unlimited prices/tickets</li>
<li>Allow the user to register for <strong>only one day</strong>.</li>
<li>Allow the user to register for <strong>one or more days</strong>. -Pro</li>
<li>Register the user <strong>for all the days in your event</strong>. -Pro</li>
<li>Register the user for a <strong>class/course</strong> with multiple days and use the recurrence helper to show a calendar of the course. -Pro</li>
<li>Allow the user to register more than one person.</li>
<li>Create unlimited forms and collect any information that you would like from the ticket buyer (and optionally, from additional attendees).</li>
<li>and more…</li>
</ol>
<h4>If the user chooses to register for more than one day</h4>
<ol>
<li>Allow the user to select <strong>the same time for all the days</strong></li>
<li>Allow the user to select <strong>different time for each day that they choose</strong> -Pro</li>
<li>Allow the user to select <strong>the same price for all the days</strong></li>
<li>Choose if the prices apply to <strong>the whole event or each day</strong></li>
<li>Allow the user to select <strong>different price for each day that they choose</strong> -Pro</li>
<li>Control available spaces per day (event, time or price in pro).</li>
</ol>
<h4>Accept Payments</h4>
<ol>
<li>Create unlimited payment profiles.  This means that you can have <strong>multiple settings for each gateway</strong>.</li>
<li>Inside each event, you can select which account the payment goes to and <strong>pick and choose which payment methods the user can use.</strong></li>
<li>Current payment choices: PayPal ExpressCheckout (in the Lite version). Check, PayPal Pro (Direct Payments), PayPal Payfow Pro, Authorize.net AIM and SIM, FirstData e3, Stripe, USAePay, Moneris Canada and USA, RedSys in the Pro version.  More on the way.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Manage Locations</h4>
<ol>
<li>Create <strong>unlimited event locations</strong>.  As this is also a custom post type, you can create your own templates and use the custom template tags.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Manage Organizations</h4>
<ol>
<li>Create and manage <strong>unlimited organizations</strong> and inside each event, select which organization is hosting the event.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Manage Registration Forms</h4>
<ol>
<li>Use the AJAX powered form manager to easily create and use as many forms as you would like.</li>
<li>Inside each form, you can sort the order of the fields.</li>
<li>Inside each event, you can choose which forms to use to collect the registration information from the ticket buyer (and optionally, the other attendees).</li>
</ol>
<h4>Accept Registrations</h4>
<ol>
<li>All the registration information is stored in a custom post type.</li>
<li>The user will go through a process similar to a shopping cart (i.e. select event > select event options > enter registration info > see overview > pay > done).</li>
<li>Along with the registration data, you will see the payment information inside the post.</li>
<li>You can create new registrations and modify them from inside the WordPress admin -Pro.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Some features being worked on right now</h4>
<p><a href="http://help.wpeventsplanner.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Please let us know about your needs</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Notification manager for creating unlimited notification types and use notification tags to include information in the email body.</li>
<li>Comprehensive Discount manager</li>
<li>Various AJAX calendar widgets</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://help.wpeventsplanner.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Again, please let us know about your needs</a></p>


Events Planner

A powerful and flexible event registration and management plugin, with a form manager, locations, organizations, categories, PayPal and more.

Stachethemes

<h4>WooCommerce Seat & Table Booking System</h4>
<p>Stachethemes Seat Planner is a WooCommerce plugin for selling assigned seats, tables, and event tickets. Interactive maps, temporary holds during checkout, QR validation at the door, and a single dashboard to run the venue.</p>
<p><strong>Ideal for:</strong> cinemas, theaters, concerts, events, and restaurant table booking.</p>
<p><strong>Replace separate booking, seating, and ticketing plugins in WooCommerce</strong> with a single unified seat-based system—no second checkout, no disconnected inventory.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<p>Seat Planner Lite is the core seat booking system for WooCommerce—maps, holds, checkout, and check-in in one plugin. Upgrade to <strong>Stachethemes Seat Planner</strong> (Pro) for multi-date events, discounts, custom fields, PDF tickets, CSV import/export, unlimited layout objects, and more – see <strong>Premium Features</strong>.</p>
<h4>Core booking & seat management</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Table & seat support</strong> – Build both table layouts and seating charts in the same system.</li>
<li><strong>Drag-and-drop seat planner</strong> – Design your venue with seats, tables, screens, labels, and static objects.</li>
<li><strong>Interactive seat selection</strong> – Customers pick seats in real time on a map with zoom, pan, and seat details.</li>
<li><strong>Cart hold timer</strong> – Temporary seat holds while customers checkout to help prevent double bookings.</li>
<li><strong>Handicap / accessible seats</strong> – Mark accessible seats so they stand out on the map.</li>
<li><strong>Auto-fill and pattern tools</strong> – Place rows or sections quickly when building your layout.</li>
<li><strong>Per-seat pricing</strong> – Set prices by location, section, or individual seat.</li>
<li><strong>On-site-only seats</strong> – Restrict selected seats to on-site purchase via seat status.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Checkout & customer experience</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Standard WooCommerce cart and checkout</strong> – No separate ticketing checkout to learn.</li>
<li><strong>Configurable redirect after adding seats</strong> – Send customers to the cart, checkout, or a custom URL; optional cart timer on the storefront.</li>
<li><strong>Unique QR code per seat</strong> – Generated for each purchased seat for validation at the door.</li>
<li><strong>Auto-complete paid auditorium orders</strong> – Configurable, including mixed-cart behavior.</li>
<li><strong>Front-end dark mode and accent color</strong> – Brand the seat-selection experience.</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce coupon seat limits</strong> – Require a minimum or maximum number of auditorium seats in the cart before a coupon applies.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Manager & day-of operations</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Run the venue from one screen</strong> – See what is free, block seats for holds or VIPs, and fix availability without waiting on a customer order.</li>
<li><strong>Sell at the door or comp a seat</strong> – Create a single-seat order from the floor when someone pays in person or gets a complimentary ticket.</li>
<li><strong>Fix mistakes without re-checkout</strong> – Move a customer to another seat on an existing order when they picked the wrong one.</li>
<li><strong>Know who is inside</strong> – Filter by scanned tickets and reset check-in when staff scans the wrong code.</li>
<li><strong>Detect and fix double bookings and stale inventory</strong> – Automatically find conflicts, seats stuck as taken, and unpaid orders still blocking sales.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Check-in & ticket validation</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Built-in web scanner</strong> – Validate tickets with a camera QR scanner in your WordPress dashboard.</li>
<li><strong>Scan records</strong> – Each scan updates ticket status; invalid or already-scanned tickets are shown clearly.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Integrations & layout tools</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Shortcodes</strong> – Embed a “Select seat” button or live seat counts on any page.</li>
<li><strong>Elementor widgets</strong> – Select Seat Button and Seat Count widgets.</li>
<li><strong>Gutenberg blocks</strong> – Select Seat Button and Seat Count blocks.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Statistics & analytics</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>See how the event is selling</strong> – Seats sold, occupancy, revenue, and order counts at a glance; trends over time; breakdown by order or date; a simple read on how fast you are filling the house.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Premium Features</h3>
<p>Upgrade to <strong><a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/stachethemes-seat-planner/" rel="nofollow ugc">Stachethemes Seat Planner</a></strong> on WooCommerce for the full feature set, including everything in Lite plus:</p>
<h4>Core booking & seat management</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Unlimited layout objects</strong> – No 100-object cap in the seat planner editor.</li>
<li><strong>Multiple event dates on one product</strong> – One seat map, many performances.</li>
<li><strong>Best Available</strong> – Auto-select the best contiguous seats; filter by price when seats have different rates.</li>
<li><strong>Optional sales rules</strong> – Stop sales before the event; prevent isolated empty seats; min/max seats per purchase.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Pricing, discounts & upsells</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seat-level discounts</strong> – Percentage or fixed amount on selected seats or groups; optional role restrictions.</li>
<li><strong>Custom fields per seat</strong> – Free or paid add-ons, upgrades, meal choices, and more (with conditional display).</li>
</ul>
<h4>Checkout & customer experience</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>PDF tickets</strong> – Attach ticket details and QR codes to order emails; optional My Account downloads.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Manager & day-of operations</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Bulk create orders</strong> – Create orders for multiple seats at once from Manager.</li>
<li><strong>Full booking edits</strong> – Change seat, date, discounts, and custom fields on existing orders.</li>
<li><strong>Move bookings to another date</strong> – For multi-date products (bulk action supported).</li>
</ul>
<h4>Check-in & ticket validation</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Free Android app</strong> – Door check-in; pairs with your site via integration settings.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Integrations & layout tools</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>CSV import & export</strong> – Seat layouts in the seat planner editor; export bookings from the product or Manager (filter by date, choose columns).</li>
<li><strong>Script embed</strong> – Run seat selection on external sites with an allowed-origins whitelist.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Statistics, reports & analytics</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>CSV export</strong> – Statistics tables and booking exports.</li>
<li><strong>Automated email reports</strong> – Scheduled occupancy and sales summaries, with CSV and optional color-coded seat-map snapshot.</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>1.7.5</h3>
<ul>
<li>Added: Gutenberg blocks – “Select Seat Button” (embed the add-to-cart flow on any page) and “Seat Count” (display available, sold, or other seat totals for a product).</li>
<li>Added: Site Health tools – now check for problems with QR Code.</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.7.3</h3>
<ul>
<li>Added: Dark mode option for the front-end interface. Turn it on in Dashboard -> Settings -> Colors to apply a dark theme to the date/time picker, seat selector form fields, and cart timer.</li>
<li>Added: WooCommerce coupon seat limits for auditorium products. On the coupon edit screen you can set a minimum and/or maximum number of auditorium seats required in the cart before the coupon applies.</li>
<li>Added: Elementor widgets – “Select Seat Button” (embed the add-to-cart flow on any page) and “Seat Count” (display available, sold, or other seat totals for a product and optional date). Find them under the Stachethemes Seat Planner category in the Elementor editor.</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.7.2</h3>
<ul>
<li>Update: QR Code now supports PHP 8.5</li>
</ul>
<h3>1.7.1</h3>
<p>Added: A new option for “Redirect Customers After Successful Addition” enabling admins to send customers to a custom URL after seats are added to the cart.</p>
<h3>1.6.7</h3>
<p>Added: Stalled Orders check in Dashboard -> Tools -> Booking Integrity. Lists pending/failed orders that hold auditorium seats without payment markers or an active slot lock (same rules as checkout conflict auto-cancel). Report only; does not modify orders.<br />
Update: Refreshed General tab UI for auditorium products in the admin.<br />
Fixed: Saving the seat planner, dates, discounts, or custom fields no longer fails when text includes certain characters (for example in seat labels).</p>
<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 -> 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

Let customers select and reserve exact seats or tables in WooCommerce, prevent double bookings during checkout, and validate entry with QR tickets.

Events Planner vs Stachethemes Seat Planner Lite