– Event tickets left shortcode for Bridge for WooCommerce
you’re running Tickera via Bridge for WooCommerce (so your tickets are WooCommerce products) and want to display a “only X tickets left” scarcity cue on the event page, in a sidebar, on a landing page, anywhere outside the cart. The standalone Tickera shortcode for this doesn’t exist in Bridge mode — this add-on adds it.
Why a Bridge-specific shortcode is needed
In standalone Tickera, the data model is event → ticket types → stock. There’s a built-in shortcode for displaying tickets-left. In Bridge mode, the data model is event → WooCommerce products → WooCommerce stock — different storage, different lookup logic. The standalone shortcode reads from the wrong place. This add-on adds a Bridge-aware shortcode that reads WooCommerce stock for all products associated with the event and totals them up.
Install the add-on
- Download: custom-tc-woo-event-tickets-left-1.zip
- WordPress admin → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, install, activate.
- Two shortcodes become available.
The shortcodes
On the event page itself
[tc_woo_event_tickets_left]
No parameters needed — it auto-detects the event from the current page. Drop it anywhere on the event template / single-event content.
Anywhere else
[tc_woo_event_tickets_left id="123"]
Pass the event ID explicitly. Find the event ID at Tickera → Events — hover the event row and the URL shows post=123. Use that number.
Where to place it
- Event page — right next to the buy button: “Only 12 tickets left! Get yours now.”
- Homepage hero — for your headline event: “Our annual showcase is 90% sold — 47 tickets remain.”
- Email campaign — within a WordPress page that you embed/clip into a newsletter.
- Sidebar widget — across the site, persistent scarcity reminder.
- Sticky banner — combined with a CSS-fixed bar.
UX caveat: use scarcity authentically
Real-time stock counts work as conversion tools only when they’re genuine. If your event is barely 10% sold and you display “Only 90 tickets left”, buyers see right through it. Use this when the count is genuinely low — typically last 20% of inventory, last few hours before doors. Don’t fake it.
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