Ticket Hawker

Ticket Hawker adds event ticket sales to any WordPress site with a single Gutenberg block. Drop the block into a post or page, configure the event details, and start selling. No shortcodes, no page builders, no third-party ticketing platforms taking a cut.

For event organisers who want control. Set ticket price, quantity, event dates, venue, and buyer fields directly in the block editor. The ticket form renders on the frontend with a live progress bar showing remaining availability.

PayPal checkout built in. Buyers pay through PayPal’s checkout flow. The plugin handles order creation, payment capture, webhook verification, and booking confirmation without any external ticketing service.

Pseudo gateway for testing. Simulate the full booking flow without touching PayPal. The pseudo gateway creates real bookings with test data so you can verify emails, redirects, and admin pages before going live.

Custom redirect pages. Control where buyers land after payment. Set separate pages for success, failure, and cancellation. When disabled, buyers return to the originating event page.

Email notifications. Buyer receipt and admin notification emails fire on every completed booking. Customise the From Name and From Email. Send a test email to verify your SMTP configuration before the first real buyer arrives.

Admin dashboard. Manage bookings with sortable columns, filters, pagination, bulk delete, and CSV export. Monitor webhook events with the same tools. Import sample data for development and testing.

Free tier limits. The free version supports up to 50 tickets per event and 5 lifetime event campaigns. Designed for small events, community gatherings, and workshops.

External Services

This plugin connects to PayPal’s REST API to process ticket payments. No data is sent to PayPal until the site administrator enters PayPal API credentials and a buyer initiates a checkout.

The plugin connects to the following PayPal endpoints:

Sandbox: https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com (testing) Live: https://api-m.paypal.com (production)

Data sent to PayPal and when:

OAuth2 client credentials (Client ID and Secret) are sent when the plugin requests an access token for API authentication. Order details (ticket price, quantity, currency, return URLs) are sent when a buyer clicks the checkout button and an order is created. Payment capture requests are sent after the buyer approves payment on PayPal. Webhook signature verification requests are sent when PayPal delivers a webhook event to the site.

No buyer personal data (name, email, phone) is sent to PayPal by the plugin. PayPal collects buyer details directly through its own checkout interface.

PayPal User Agreement: https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/paypal/useragreement-full PayPal Privacy Statement: https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/paypal/privacy-full