Your attendees bought their tickets. Now they’re standing at the entrance, frantically scrolling through their inbox trying to find that confirmation email from three weeks ago. Sound familiar? Getting a WordPress event ticket on phone as a PWA wallet eliminates this entirely — and you can set it up without any app store, without hiring a developer, and in about ten minutes.
This guide walks you through exactly how it works with Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner — a free WordPress plugin that turns your WooCommerce products into scannable tickets and puts a dedicated wallet icon right on your attendees’ home screens.
The moment an attendee completes their purchase, you’ve technically done your job. But the real test happens at the door. If getting in requires your guest to:
…you’re creating a bottleneck that slows down entry and frustrates everyone in line. On a busy event night, this adds up fast.
The core issue isn’t that email is bad. It’s that email is not built for instant, offline retrieval at the door. A ticket that lives on the home screen, opens in one tap, and works without an internet connection is a fundamentally different experience — for your guests and for your door team.
A Progressive Web App (PWA) is a website that behaves like a native app. When someone installs it to their home screen, it gets its own icon, opens in fullscreen without a browser bar, and can cache content for offline use. The key difference from a regular app: there is no App Store involved. No download waiting, no account required, no update prompts.
For event tickets, this is close to ideal. The attendee receives a link, opens it in their mobile browser, taps a single install prompt, and from that point forward their ticket is one tap away — right next to their other apps.
The challenge has always been building this infrastructure yourself. Creating a PWA, connecting it to your WooCommerce orders, generating QR codes per attendee, and managing all of it server-side is a serious development project. That’s where Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner comes in.
[SCREENSHOT: Vollstart Wallet PWA icon on an iPhone home screen next to standard app icons]
Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner is a WordPress plugin available free on WordPress.org. It turns any WooCommerce product into a ticketed event — and it ships with full integration into the Vollstart Wallet, a free PWA hosted at wallet.vollstart.com.
Here’s the complete flow from purchase to door:
No App Store. No third-party service. No per-ticket fees going to an external platform.
[SCREENSHOT: The Vollstart Wallet open on a mobile phone showing a QR code ticket ready to scan]
Configuration takes around ten minutes if you already have WooCommerce installed. Here’s what the process looks like:
1. Install the plugin
Search for Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner in your WordPress plugin directory and install the free version. Activate it.
2. Create a ticket list
In your WordPress admin, navigate to Event Tickets and create a new ticket list. This is where you define the event name, date information, and ticket appearance settings.
[SCREENSHOT: WordPress admin screen showing the Event Tickets menu and ticket list creation form]
3. Enable ticket sales on a product
Go to any existing WooCommerce product (or create a new one). In the product settings, enable ticket sales and link it to the ticket list you just created. The plugin handles everything from here — QR code generation, PDF creation, and wallet delivery.
4. Configure the scanner
The built-in scanner is accessible from any modern mobile browser. Your door team bookmarks the scanner page or installs it as a PWA as well. When they scan an attendee’s QR code, the system validates it in real time and marks it as used to prevent re-entry.
5. Test a purchase
Place a test order on your own site. You’ll receive the confirmation email with the ticket link. Open it on your phone, follow the install prompt, and confirm that the Vollstart Wallet appears on your home screen with the correct ticket details.
[SCREENSHOT: The “Add to Home Screen” install prompt appearing in a mobile browser when opening the Vollstart Wallet link]
The scanner supports haptic feedback and runs as an installable PWA as well — so your door staff get a stable, fullscreen scanning interface that feels like a dedicated app.
The attendee experience is deliberately simple:
The wallet works offline once installed, which matters at venues with poor cellular coverage. The QR code is cached locally so even without a signal, the attendee can still present their ticket.
If you’re running an event with assigned seating, the plugin also includes a visual seating plan designer and interactive seat selection at checkout — attendees see their seat reflected in the ticket they receive. The wallet just displays whatever ticket data the plugin generates.
The Vollstart Wallet integration, QR code generation, PDF download link, and built-in ticket scanner are all part of the free version on WordPress.org. For most events, that covers the full door workflow.
The Premium version adds features that matter at larger or more complex events:
Both tiers use annual licensing. The free version has no time limit — you can run it indefinitely on WordPress.org. The premium license adds ongoing updates and priority support.
Putting a WordPress event ticket on phone as a PWA wallet is no longer a custom development project. With Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner, the entire flow — ticket generation, QR code, wallet delivery, and door scanning — is built into a free WordPress plugin that works with your existing WooCommerce setup.
Your attendees get a one-tap ticket on their home screen. Your door team gets a browser-based scanner with no extra hardware. And you keep 100% of your ticket revenue without paying per-ticket fees to an external platform.