Event Espresso 🇺🇸

📍 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

🏢 Founded 2009

🌍 WordPress Native Registration Plugin

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Company Overview

Event Espresso occupies a highly specific and incredibly important niche in the event technology ecosystem: it is the premier event registration and ticketing platform built entirely as a native WordPress plugin. Rather than sending attendees to a third-party website (like Eventbrite or Cvent) to buy a ticket, Event Espresso allows organizations to host the entire transaction, database, and checkout flow directly on their own WordPress servers.

This ‘self-hosted’ philosophy is massively appealing to universities, non-profits, and marketing agencies who demand absolute control over their data, their SEO, and their branding. By keeping the user on their own domain throughout the entire checkout process, organizers maintain full control over the user experience and avoid paying the high per-ticket fees associated with SaaS platforms.

Event Espresso is incredibly robust, functioning more like enterprise software than a simple plugin. It supports highly complex, multi-date recurring events, deep integrations with dozens of payment gateways (Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net), and the ability to scan QR codes at the door using their dedicated mobile apps.

Core Technologies

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100% Data Ownership

Because the software runs on the organizer’s own WordPress server, they own 100% of the attendee data. It is never shared with a third-party tech company, heavily mitigating GDPR and privacy concerns for sensitive corporate events.

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Zero Per-Ticket Fees

Event Espresso operates on an annual software license model. Whether an organizer sells 10 tickets or 100,000 tickets, Event Espresso does not charge a per-ticket software fee, saving high-volume event creators massive amounts of money.

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Advanced Event Logic

The plugin handles incredibly complex event structures, allowing for recurring classes (e.g., every Tuesday for a month), multiple ticket tiers, promotional discount codes, and waitlist management directly within the WordPress dashboard.

Featured Solutions

Event Espresso Core Plugin

The foundational WordPress plugin that adds massive event management, customizable registration forms, and robust attendee database tracking directly to the WordPress admin panel.

Multiple Payment Gateways

Premium add-ons that allow organizers to securely process credit cards directly on their website without redirecting the user, integrating with over a dozen global processors including Stripe, Braintree, and PayPal.

Ticket Scanning Apps

Dedicated iOS and Android applications provided by Event Espresso that securely connect to the organizer’s WordPress database, allowing staff to scan QR codes on printed tickets for rapid door check-in.

Ideal Industry Deployments

🏫 University & Educational Seminars

🎨 Recurring Workshops & Classes

🤝 Non-Profit Fundraising Galas

🖥️ Agency-Managed Corporate Sites

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I have to use WordPress to use Event Espresso?

Yes, absolutely. Event Espresso is specifically engineered as a WordPress plugin. It will not work on Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, or custom HTML websites. You must have a self-hosted WordPress installation.

If there are no per-ticket fees, do I keep 100% of the money?

You do not pay per-ticket software fees to Event Espresso. However, you will still pay the standard credit card processing fee (usually around 2.9% + $0.30) directly to your chosen payment gateway, like Stripe or PayPal.

Can I customize the look of the registration form?

Yes. Because it is native to WordPress, the registration forms and event listings automatically inherit the CSS styling of your chosen WordPress theme. Developers can also deeply customize the templates to perfectly match the brand.