TicketSource Ticket Shop
by ticketsource · Booking & Events
Sell event tickets online directly through your WordPress site with TicketSource. An easy to use, self service box office system.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 73/100
Few reviews
Active installs
800+
≈890 estimated
Momentum
+6%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “calendar” and “events” for “ticket shop” and “ticket scanner”. “calendar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ticket shop” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “events” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ticket scanner” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
73 health vs 69 average across 1,839 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →8.1%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 9.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Booking & Events plugin keeps 0.8%, across 944 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Booking & Events plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 325 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
1.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| ticket shop | #11 | #24 | 0 |
| theatre | #11 | #23 | 0 |
| ticket scanner | #15 | #24 | down 1 |
| calendar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| events your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sell tickets your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ticketing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tickets your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 11 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “calendar” and “events” for “ticket shop” and “ticket scanner”. “calendar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ticket shop” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “events” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ticket scanner” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 974 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v3.2.0 · 11 Dec 2025
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 76% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 15 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ antonyjosephsmith1.8y ago
All this seems to do is create a Shortcode aimed at making inserting the iframe code they give you marginally easier, it’s barely even worth bothering to install. There are no options to add a buy link to say an individual event you may have created posts for. From what I can tell there are no attributes you can pass to the Shortcode at all, complete one trick pony that I could write in about 30 minutes from scratch. This token effort seems to be more about marketing and SEO so you get a result searching for WordPress and TicketSource.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (3.2.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Sell Tickets Online – TicketSource Ticket Shop for WordPress <= 3.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2024-12-19 CVE-2024-11784 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.0.2 Patched in 3.1.0
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Sell event tickets online directly through your WordPress site with TicketSource. An easy to use, self serv..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Online documentation").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Mailchimp, Stripe.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,908 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "calendar" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-08-18 700+ → 800+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-08-15 800+ → 700+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-08-10 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-09 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-08 700+ → 800+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-08-04 800+ → 700+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-07-31 700+ → 800+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-07-27 800+ → 700+ down after 4 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Events Calendar by FooEvents 4K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Event Espresso – Event Registration & Ticketing Sales 500+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Showpass WordPress Extension 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Jeero 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
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