How to Install WordPress
Before you can sell tickets through Tickera and WooCommerce together — using the Bridge for WooCommerce add-on as the glue — you need a working WordPress installation. WordPress is the foundation everything else sits on: it serves your event pages, runs Tickera and WooCommerce, holds your database, and handles your domain and HTTPS. This page covers what to check on the WordPress side before you install anything else.
If WordPress itself isn’t set up correctly, neither WooCommerce nor Tickera will function reliably — and the symptoms (failed payments, missing emails, broken checkout pages) are confusing to diagnose later. Better to get the foundation right up front.
Before installing Tickera, WooCommerce, or the Bridge for WooCommerce add-on, you need a working WordPress website. WooCommerce handles checkout, orders, payments, and taxes. Tickera handles events, tickets, attendee records, and check-ins. A correct WordPress installation is crucial for both to function properly.
A full, step-by-step installation guide — including screenshots and video — already exists in Tickera documentation:
How to install WordPress (full guide)
Hosting and server requirements (important for WooCommerce)
WooCommerce is more demanding than a regular blog website. When choosing hosting, verify that:
- The server supports modern PHP (PHP 8.0 or newer)
- A database exists (MySQL or MariaDB)
- HTTPS / SSL is enabled because WooCommerce requires secure checkout
- REST API access is not blocked by hosting firewalls or security modules
- Memory limitations are not extremely low (some budget hosts restrict PHP memory so heavily that WooCommerce cannot function)
If WooCommerce cannot run reliably, Tickera will not receive order updates and cannot generate tickets.
Required WordPress configuration for WooCommerce
After installing WordPress, adjust these settings:
Enable pretty permalinks
Go to Settings -> Permalinks
Select Post name
WooCommerce requires this to generate working checkout URLs.
If left on “Plain,” WooCommerce pages will not function correctly.
Make sure the site uses HTTPS (SSL)
WooCommerce checkout requires a secure connection.
Without HTTPS, payment gateways may refuse to process transactions.
Confirm your WordPress theme supports WooCommerce
You can check this directly inside WordPress:
Go to WooCommerce -> Status -> Theme
WooCommerce displays whether your currently active theme:
- supports WooCommerce templates,
- overrides WooCommerce layouts,
- may cause compatibility issues.
If your theme does not support WooCommerce, the most reliable test theme is Storefront, made by the WooCommerce team.
Once WordPress is installed
You are ready to proceed with:
Related questions
- How to install Tickera plugin (for Bridge for WooCommerce)
- How to install the WooCommerce plugin
- Installing Bridge for WooCommerce
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