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How to Handle Holiday Event Registrations Without Website Slowdowns
Holiday event registrations can generate hundreds of ticket purchases in a short space of time. If your WooCommerce store isn’t prepared, slow pages and failed checkouts can follow. With the right hosting, caching rules, and FooEvents configuration, you can handle holiday traffic spikes, protect performance, and keep registrations flowing smoothly. Introduction Christmas markets, Santa photo…
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Hybrid Events Made Easy: Combining In-Person and Virtual Experiences
Hybrid events—part in-person, part virtual—let you reach more people without doubling your workload. With FooEvents and WooCommerce, you can sell tickets, check in guests, and host live sessions online or at a physical venue using one central event management system. This post covers how to set up and manage hybrid events that feel cohesive and…
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Host Workshops and Training Sessions With FooEvents
Use FooEvents with WooCommerce to host workshops and courses, collect attendee details, manage multi-date events, and check in attendees on the day of the event. This guide shows setup steps, page placement tips, recurring-session options, and validation checks before launch. Introduction Workshops usually run on tight timelines. You need clear schedules, simple sign-ups, and accurate…
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How to Create Tiered Ticket Pricing in FooEvents
Tiered ticket pricing lets you offer different ticket types—like Early Bird, Standard, and VIP—without additional plugins. With FooEvents and WooCommerce, you can build tiers as product variations, set prices and stock per tier, and collect attendee details per ticket. This post shows you how to set it up and validate it from start to finish.…
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How to Create a Custom Halloween Ticket Theme
Halloween is around the corner, so in this article I am going to show you how to create a Custom Halloween Ticket Theme and make it our own. By modifying a simple template and CSS, we will transform the Pavilion Ticket Theme into a spooky, Halloween-inspired design that’s perfect for your next Halloween event. A…
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How to Use FooEvents Shortcodes in WordPress
FooEvents shortcodes let you drop event information, ticket forms, and calendars anywhere in your WordPress site without custom coding. They’re flexible, beginner-friendly, and give you control over how event content shows up. This guide walks you through the main shortcodes, when to use them, and where to find extra help. Introduction If you’ve spent time…
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Convert WooCommerce Orders Into Event Tickets
In this post, we’ll go through the steps to convert WooCommerce orders into event tickets that can be scanned and managed using FooEvents. We’ll show you how to export your orders, format them as a CSV, and import them into FooEvents to generate tickets linked to the original orders. Let’s get started! So, you created…
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5 Essential Free WordPress Event Site Admin Plugins
When you’re setting up a WordPress event site, most articles will recommend the usual suspects—security, caching, SEO, forms, multilingual, and content plugins. And while those are essential, they often overlook backend tools that can make or break your site’s performance, especially if you’re running a WooCommerce store and using FooEvents to sell tickets. In this…
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Boost Email Delivery: Send Ticket Emails using SMTP
Ensuring that your WordPress site is able to send ticket emails reliably is crucial to the success of your event. While WordPress’s default email sending method is convenient, it comes with limitations that can affect the reliability of email delivery. In this article, we’ll explore these limitations, discuss how FooEvents manages ticket emails, and provide…
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Create Custom Product Pages for WooCommerce Using Elementor
In this article, we will show you how to customize the standard WooCommerce product page using Elementor Pro. We will create a custom product page template that can be used for selling tickets to your events.
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CSS View Transitions: A New and Easy Way to Animate Your Website
In this post, we explore a new CSS animation feature currently being rolled out, known as CSS View Transitions. We’ll take a look at how CSS View Transitions make it easy to add smooth, engaging animations to any WordPress or WooCommerce site. Last week, we attended WordCamp Cape Town 2023 in South Africa. The local…
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4 Ways to Enhance Ticket Check-ins with the FooEvents Check-ins App
Ticket check-ins are crucial to the success of any event. In this article we will look at four ways to improve attendee check-ins using the FooEvents Check-ins app. The FooEvents Check-ins app offers several features designed to significantly enhance your ticket check-in process. By making these simple adjustments to the app settings, you can ensure…
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How to Build a Powerful Tour Booking System on WordPress
In this blog post, we will explore how a tour booking system can simplify both online and in-person bookings, and become an invaluable tool for managing your bookings and attendees efficiently. I recently had the pleasure of attending WordCamp Europe 2024 in Turin Italy. The conference was a great experience, and I enjoyed connecting with…
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How to Create a Custom Ticket Theme
A ticket theme is a collection of template files that determine the appearance of a FooEvents ticket email. In this guide, we will show you how to create your own custom ticket theme and implement your unique design. Let’s get started! If you’re planning an event and using FooEvents, you’re probably already familiar with FooEvents…
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How to Sell Tickets with WooCommerce
Are you looking to sell tickets to an event using WooCommerce but not sure where to start? In this guide, we will show you how to set up a WooCommerce ticketing system using FooEvents and why it’s the perfect event and ticketing solution for your next event. FooEvents is an event and ticketing system built…
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5 Essential Steps to Promote Your Event on Social Media
Organizing an event is just the beginning; getting people excited and eager to attend is where the magic happens. Social media is your best friend to promote your event by creating buzz and anticipation. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you build hype for your next event on social media. 1. Start Early with Teasers…
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Choosing the Right Extensions for Your WooCommerce Events
Discover how to boost your WooCommerce events with the right extensions. Learn about the FooEvents for WooCommerce plugin and FooEvents extensions can streamline event management, ticket sales, and attendee check-ins for all your events.
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4 Easy Ways to Manage Attendee Check-ins
Attendee check-ins made easy with FooEvents. Discover four methods to streamline your event check-in process, from mobile apps to POS integration.
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12 automated event emails that will boost attendee engagement
We’re thrilled to announce that you can now send automated event emails and SMS messages based on custom triggers for an event or booking using the AutomateWoo extension. Effective communication is key to the success of any event or booking system. Automated emails and SMS messages enhance the attendee experience by providing timely reminders, important…
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Create an Elementor Event Calendar using FooEvents (2024)
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to add an event calendar Elementor using FooEvents in 2024. The calendars will display multiple events that are displayed in various tabs using different display modes. Step 1: Install Elementor and FooEvents Calendar plugins First you will need to make sure that you have the Elementor plugin installed. It…
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Important Zoom API update
As you may know, FooEvents integrates with Zoom making it possible to sell access to Zoom meetings and webinars. FooEvents does this by connecting securely to your Zoom account via Zoom’s app API. Previously, FooEvents integrated with Zoom using their JWT app, however, on June 1, 2023 Zoom will be deprecating (discontinuing) the JWT app type in…
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