Live Event Seating – Event Ticket Sales, RSVP & Seat Booking
Sell event tickets, manage RSVPs, and handle ticket sales with an interactive seating chart. Zero commission, no coding — with or without WooCommerce.
5.0
(11 ratings)Will this break my store?
What the WordPress.org registry says about keeping Live Event Seating – Event Ticket Sales, RSVP & Seat Booking running.
Tested to 7.1
Tested against the WordPress branch in use today.today
At least 8.9 releases a year since launch. WordPress.org only lists versions still available for download, so the real number may be higher.7.4
Your host must be running at least this version.5.8
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A single maintainer. Worth knowing if the plugin is load-bearing for your store.Maintenance & trust
Scored on how Live Event Seating – Event Ticket Sales, RSVP & Seat Booking is looked after — not on how many stores run it.
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out of 100Maintenance
35 / 35WordPress compatibility
20 / 20Support responsiveness
Not enough dataMerchant satisfaction
13 / 15Listing transparency
10 / 10Ratings
5.0
11 ratingsSell Tickets & Collect RSVPs from Your Own WordPress Site — Zero Commission, Zero Coding.
Are you paying Eventbrite or Ticketmaster a cut of every ticket sale? Tired of building seating charts in spreadsheets, then manually cross-checking bookings? Live Event Seating solves both problems — for free.
It gives you a drag-and-drop venue builder, a complete Event RSVP & Free Tickets registration system, and a full WooCommerce ticket sales integration, directly inside WordPress. Visitors can pick their seat on a live interactive map, RSVP or claim a free pass instantly, or purchase paid tickets through WooCommerce checkout — while you keep 100% of the revenue.
Works for concerts, conferences, seminars, workshops, church services, galas, auditoriums, comedy clubs, stadiums, school events, and table-reservation venues.
🪶 Purpose-Built Seating, Zero Bloat
Live Event Seating is built specifically for interactive seating charts, seat reservations, and event registration. It does not force a massive event-ticketing ecosystem onto your site: use the built-in RSVP and free-ticket tools on their own, or connect your existing WooCommerce setup when you need paid tickets.
🎟️ NEW: Event Tickets, RSVP & Attendee Registration
Run paid, free, or RSVP-only events with total flexibility — no WooCommerce required for free events!
- ✉️ Built-in Event RSVP System: Let visitors RSVP “Going” or “Not Going” with real-time capacity limits and seat selection.
- 🎟️ Free Tickets ($0): Issue digital admission passes with unique ticket codes instantly or route through WooCommerce $0 checkout.
- 👥 Central Attendee Dashboard: View, search, and filter attendees across all your events from WordPress admin.
- ✅ 1-Click Door Check-In: Easily check in guests on event day directly from the attendee management screen.
- 📥 One-Click CSV Export: Download complete attendee rosters with names, emails, phones, ticket codes, and seat numbers for printing or badges.
- 📧 Automated HTML Email Confirmations: Send branded, professional confirmation emails with event details, venue map location, time, and ticket codes automatically via
wp_mail.
🎥 See It In Action (Video Tutorials)
How to Create a Seating Chart:
How to Connect Seats to WooCommerce:
Advanced Venue Builder Features:
🆓 What You Get — Free
- Drag & Drop Venue Builder: Build your seating chart visually inside WordPress admin — no design tools, no developers.
- All Element Types: Circular tables, rectangular tables, seat rows, stages, images, and freeform polygon shapes.
- Event RSVP Registration: Collect RSVPs (Going / Not Going) with capacity limits, start/end dates, and seat assignment.
- Free Event Tickets: Issue free admission tickets with unique alphanumeric codes and email delivery.
- Centralized Attendee Management: Dedicated admin dashboard to view, filter, check-in, and manage all attendees.
- CSV Attendee Export: Export full guest rosters to CSV with UTF-8 support for Excel and Google Sheets.
- Automated Confirmation Emails: Branded HTML email templates for RSVPs and digital tickets.
- WooCommerce Ticket Sales: Link seat prices to WooCommerce variable products and accept payments with any gateway you already use.
- Multi-Level Pricing: Charge different prices for VIP, Standard, and Economy seats on the same map.
- Interactive Seat Selection: Customers click a seat and see its price in real time before adding to cart.
- 5-Minute Seat Locking: A seat turns “reserved” the moment it hits a cart, preventing double-bookings — and auto-releases if the order is abandoned.
- Prevent Double-Bookings: Completed bookings mark seats gray and unavailable instantly.
- Full Order Details: Seat number, event name, date, time, and venue appear in the WooCommerce cart, checkout, order emails, and thank-you page automatically.
- Customizable Seat Colors: Match your brand — change available, selected, and booked colors from plugin settings.
- Shortcode Display: Paste
[lesl_seating_plan id="YOUR_EVENT_ID"]into any page or post. - 0% Ticket Commission: Keep every dollar your customers pay.
🚀 Hitting a Limit? Upgrade to Premium.
The free version is built for getting started. The Premium versions are built for running a professional event operation — handling sold-out waitlists, offline smartphone check-ins, self-service seat release & transfer requests, group bookings, upsell add-ons, and more.
👉 View All Premium Plans & Pricing
🏆 Which Version is Right For You?
LITE (Free)
Best for: Launching your first ticketed or RSVP event with or without WooCommerce.
* Visual drag-and-drop builder
* RSVP & Free Tickets registration system with Attendee Manager & CSV export
* Automated HTML email confirmations
* WooCommerce seat-based ticket sales
* Multi-level pricing, seat locking, double-booking prevention
* Display via shortcode
STARTER — 1 Website
Best for: A single venue that needs a polished, professional setup.
* 0% Ticket Fees — keep 100% of every sale
* Tiered Pricing — VIP vs Standard, visually shown on the map
* Whole Table Booking — one click for a sponsor to buy an entire table
* Real-time Seat Summary — live cart sidebar prevents race-condition double-bookings
* Advanced Builder Tools — Undo/Redo (Ctrl+Z), 360° rotation, curved seat rows, block/kill seats, alphabetic seat numbering
* Pan & Zoom — mobile-friendly map navigation for large venues
BASIC — 5 Websites
Best for: Freelancers and agencies managing multiple client venues.
* Everything in Starter, licensed for up to 5 sites
PRO — Unlimited Websites
Best for: Power users, large venues, festivals, and complex multi-section spaces.
* Everything in Starter & Basic, plus:
* 📱 Offline-First PWA Ticket Scanner — scan & verify tickets with zero internet or Wi-Fi dead zones ↓
* 🔄 Seat Release & Automated Refunds — self-service seat cancellations and 1-click WooCommerce refunds ↓
* 🔔 Waitlist System — capture sales even after selling out ↓
* 🔁 Seat Transfer & Swaps — let customers swap their own seats after purchase ↓
* 🍽️ Seat & Table Add-ons — upsell food packages, drinks, parking & merchandise at checkout ↓
* 👥 Group & Bulk Booking — auto-select adjacent seats for groups ↓
* Sections Mode — balconies, orchestra pits, and multi-zone stadium layouts
* General Admission (GA) Areas — sell unreserved standing-room tickets with capacity limits
* Booking Manager — central attendee dashboard with export
* Import/Export Venue Layouts (JSON) — reuse your venue as a template
* Calendar Integration — The Events Calendar and Events Manager plugins
* Countdown Timer — visual seat lock timer in cart and checkout
* Advanced Ticket Templates — drag-and-drop PDF ticket customizer
* 📥 1-Click PDF Ticket Downloads — instant PDF downloads from admin & automated email attachments ↓
* Gutenberg Blocks — add your seating map or waitlist form with no shortcode
* 🎟️ Per-Seat-Type Coupons — discount codes locked to specific seat tiers ↓
* 📅 Multi-Date Events — one map, multiple performances ↓
* ♿ Accessibility Seat Marking — ADA-compliant wheelchair and companion badges ↓
* 👤 Guest Name Assignment — personalized place cards and check-ins for VIP tables ↓
* 📱 Apple & Google Wallet Passes — one-tap “Add to Wallet” on thank-you page, emails & My Account ↓
* 🏷️ Manual Order Management — book any seat for walk-ins, phone orders, and comps directly from admin ↓
* Premium Support
Go to Seating Charts > Add New and use the drag-and-drop builder to place tables, seat rows, and stages on your canvas. When you’re done, copy the shortcode and paste it into any page or post.
Yes! Live Event Seating includes full support for standalone RSVP registration and Free Tickets. You can set capacity limits, collect attendee names and emails, allow seat selection, send automatic email confirmations, and track attendees directly in WordPress without needing WooCommerce active.
In the event editor, select either “RSVP Registration” or “Free Tickets ($0)”. Visitors can choose their seat on your chart, submit their details, and receive an instant registration code or digital ticket via email. Free tickets can also optionally be routed through a WooCommerce $0 cart flow.
Yes. Go to Seating Charts > Attendees in your WordPress dashboard. You can view all confirmed attendees, search by name, email, or ticket code, check in attendees with a single click, and export the full roster to CSV.
Yes. Attendees receive responsive HTML confirmation emails with complete event details, location, time, seat numbers, and unique ticket codes upon RSVP or free ticket claim.
Yes. The free Lite version includes full WooCommerce integration — your customers select seats, pay through your existing WooCommerce checkout, and you keep 100% of the revenue. No per-ticket fees, ever.
WooCommerce is only required if you want to sell paid tickets with payment gateways. For free tickets, seat reservations, and RSVP events, WooCommerce is completely optional.
The moment a seat is added to a cart, it is soft-locked for 5 minutes and turns (“reserved”) for all other visitors. If the order is not completed, the seat is automatically released — preventing double-bookings without any manual work.
The Pro version includes a dedicated Progressive Web App (PWA) ticket scanner with offline verification capability. You can install it on any iOS or Android phone with 1 tap, scan QR codes in under 5ms even with zero internet, and have check-ins automatically sync back to WordPress when internet reconnects.
Yes — with the Seat Cancellation & Refund System in Pro. Customers submit a seat release request from their WooCommerce My Account page. When you approve it, the seat is automatically freed on the live seating chart, a native WooCommerce refund is issued, and the next person on the waitlist is notified.
Yes — with Seat Transfer in Pro. Customers submit a swap request from My Account. You approve or reject with one click, and the plugin handles everything else automatically.
Yes — with Group Booking in Pro. A “Find Best Seats” toolbar lets customers enter how many seats they need and the system instantly finds and highlights the best available consecutive block.
Yes — with Seat & Table Add-ons in Pro. Attach any WooCommerce product as an add-on, with an interactive modal displaying before checkout and auto-suggested quantities based on selected seats.
With the Waitlist System in Pro, a signup form appears automatically. When any seat is released, the next person in the queue receives a 30-minute purchase link — all without any manual effort from you.
Yes. Pro includes native integration with The Events Calendar and Events Manager plugins.
Yes — with Multi-Date Events in Pro. Attach a full schedule to a single map. One ticket covers the entire event run, with the full itinerary shown on every PDF ticket.
Yes — with Accessibility Seat Marking in Pro. Designate seats as Wheelchair or Companion, with visual badges on the live map and throughout the entire checkout process.
Yes — with Guest Name Assignment in Pro. Attach a specific attendee name to any seat after purchase, so your place cards and CSV exports show real names, not billing names.
Yes — with Wallet Pass Integration in Pro. When an order completes, an “Add to Wallet” button appears on the Thank You page, in the confirmation email, and in My Account. The pass includes the event details, seat info, and QR code, and updates automatically if a seat transfer is approved.
Yes — with Manual Order Management in Pro. Event staff can select any available seat from the live map inside WordPress admin, assign it to a customer, and generate a real WooCommerce order with a scannable QR ticket and optional confirmation email — all without touching the public-facing checkout.
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