Menu disappears when Tickera is activated
your WordPress admin menu disappears (or items vanish from it) the moment you activate Tickera — and you need to know what’s actually happening and how to get the menu back.
The most common cause: the Cart menu setting
When Tickera activates and the “Show Cart Menu” option is on by default, it tries to add a “Cart” item to your existing WordPress menu — and on some themes/menu setups, that automatic menu modification breaks the navigation and the menu disappears or shows blank.
Fix
- In WordPress admin, go to Tickera → Settings → General.
- Find the option Show Cart Menu.
- Set it to No. Save settings.
- Reload your site — the menu should be back.
Adding the Cart menu manually instead
If you still want a Cart link in your navigation menu (just without Tickera auto-injecting it), add it manually:
- Go to Appearance → Menus (or the Site Editor for block themes).
- Pick the menu you want to edit.
- Add a Custom Link pointing to your Cart page (typically
/cart/or/tickera-cart/depending on your setup). - Save the menu.
This gives you the same UX without the automatic menu modification that was breaking things.
If the menu still doesn’t come back
Less common, but possible: a plugin conflict where another plugin and Tickera both register top-level admin menus that collide. Diagnostic flow:
- Temporarily deactivate all plugins except Tickera. Does the menu reappear?
- If yes, reactivate plugins one by one until the menu breaks again — that’s your culprit.
- If no, switch to a default WordPress theme (Twenty Twenty-Four). If the menu now works, your theme is doing something with the admin menu hooks that Tickera fights with.
Related
- Troubleshooting (general index)
- Missing Ticket Types menu
- Missing Payment Gateways menu
- General settings
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