10 Best Event Tickets Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Event Tickets has 90,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Event Tickets
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Events Manager
Closest matchEvents Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!
4.2 (548) 60,000+ active installsEvents calendar with bookings, scheduling, appointments, event registration, tickets, recurring events, and venue management.
Shares the tickets tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 4.2 against 3.5, last updated 11 days ago.
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WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce
4.0 (248) 20,000+ active installsLightweight, scalable and full-featured event listings & management plugin for managing events & tickets from the Frontend and Backend.
Shares the tickets tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.0 against 3.5, last updated July 22, 2026.
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Newsletter
Paid version availableNewsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress
4.6 (1,204) 200,000+ active installsAn email marketing tool for your blog: subscription forms to create your lists with unlimited subscribers and newsletters.
About 2.2 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 3.5, last updated 19 days ago.
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Registrations for the Events Calendar – Event Registration Plugin
5.0 (103) 7,000+ active installsCollect and manage event registrations with customizable forms, attendee management, and email templates. Start collecting registrations in minutes.
Shares the event registration, RSVP tags on WordPress.org. 7,000+ installs against 90,000+, rated 5.0 against 3.5, last updated 18 days ago.
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Event Espresso – Event Registration & Ticketing Sales
4.4 (135) 600+ active installsThe best events plugin with event registration, free and paid ticket sales, event registration forms, PayPal payments, automatic emails, and more!
Shares the event registration, ticket sales, tickets tags on WordPress.org. 600+ installs against 90,000+, rated 4.4 against 3.5, last updated July 17, 2026.
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Tickera – Sell Tickets & Manage Events
4.5 (289) 2,000+ active installsSell tickets, manage events, and handle event registration on your site — PDF tickets, QR/Barcode check-in, and seamless ticket sales for WordPress.
Shares the event registration, ticket sales, tickets tags on WordPress.org. 2,000+ installs against 90,000+, rated 4.5 against 3.5, last updated 11 days ago.
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Eventin – Event Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce
4.7 (397) 10,000+ active installsEvent calendar plugin for event registration, event tickets, bookings, RSVP, recurring and virtual events with WooCommerce and Zoom (AI-powered).
Shares the event registration tag on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 90,000+, rated 4.7 against 3.5, last updated 11 days ago.
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All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall
4.7 (1,715) 1 million+ active installsProtect your website investment with All-In-One Security (AIOS) – a comprehensive and easy to use security plugin designed especially for WordPress.
About 11 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 3.5, last updated 25 days ago.
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Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar
4.5 (165) 7,000+ active installsSell event tickets with WooCommerce. Event registration, recurring events, RSVP, attendee management & event calendar — free.
Shares the event registration tag on WordPress.org. 7,000+ installs against 90,000+, rated 4.5 against 3.5, last updated 4 days ago.
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Ticket Tailor — Event Ticketing & Registration
4.3 (46) 4,000+ active installsSell event tickets online via your WordPress website. Ticket Tailor is an easy event ticketing & event registration system.
Shares the event registration, ticket sales tags on WordPress.org. 4,000+ installs against 90,000+, last updated January 31, 2026.
Switching from Event Tickets: common questions
What is the best alternative to Event Tickets?
Events Manager is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 60,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Event Tickets alternative has the most users?
Security and Firewall, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Event Tickets alternative is rated highest?
Registrations for the Events Calendar, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 103 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Event Tickets alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Event Tickets score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Event Tickets on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Events Manager is the closest match to Event Tickets by the data we track, and Security and Firewall has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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