– Attendee list/gravatars
you want to show off who’s coming to your event — list attendees publicly on the event page, with their Gravatars (the avatar each WordPress user has tied to their email). Useful for community-driven events, conferences with networking value, sponsor-recognition pages, and as social proof on the event page (“Look who’s coming!”).
The add-on
- Download: custom-attendees-gravatars.zip
- WordPress admin → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, install, activate.
- Find your event ID — go to Tickera → Events, hover the event row, the URL shows
post=123. Note the number. - Add the shortcode to any page or post:
[tc_attendees_gravatars id="123"]
Replace 123 with your actual event ID. The shortcode renders a grid of attendee avatars pulled from Gravatar.com for each attendee’s email address.
What gets displayed
For each attendee:
- Gravatar image if they have one set up on gravatar.com tied to the email they used at checkout.
- Default placeholder if they don’t (Mystery Person, Identicon, or whatever your WordPress Discussion settings specify).
The list updates automatically — new attendees that buy after the page is rendered show up on next page load.
Privacy considerations
This makes the attendee list publicly visible. Before deploying:
- Disclose at checkout. Add a note: “By purchasing, your Gravatar will be displayed on the public attendee list.”
- Consider opt-in only. For events where some attendees prefer privacy, gate the display behind a checkbox in your Custom Forms (“Show my Gravatar on the attendee list — yes/no”) and modify the add-on to respect that flag.
- Know your obligations. Under GDPR (EU buyers), CCPA (California), and similar regimes, displaying buyer-identifying information publicly may need explicit consent. See where event and customer data is stored for the broader data-privacy framework.
When this works well
- WordCamps and similar community events. Attendees come specifically to network, so they want to be seen.
- Sponsor events. List sponsors with their company logos via Gravatar.
- Conference attendee lookups. “Who’s going?” is a frequent question. A public list pre-empts dozens of emails.
When to skip
- Public-facing events with attendees who reasonably expect anonymity (concerts, parties, mass-market events).
- Any event where the attendee list is sensitive (medical, support-group, mental-health events).
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