Adding third party ticket seller button

Below are a couple code snippets I whipped up that will utilize the built-in Event Website URL field for a “Buy Tickets” button.

<?php
/* Change label of website URL from the URL itself to "Buy Tickets" */
add_filter( 'tribe_get_event_website_link_label', function( $label, $post_id ) {	
	// Check if the label equals the website URL
	if ( $label === tribe_get_event_website_url( $post_id ) ) {
		$label = "Buy Tickets";
	}
	
	// Always return the $label
	return $label;
}, 10, 2 );

/* Add a "button" CSS class to the website link */
add_filter( 'tribe_get_event_website_link', function( $html ) {
	// Customize the button class here. Might be 'btn' or something else
	$button_class = 'button';

	// Insert the class attribute and value defined above.
	$html = str_replace( '<a', '<a class="' . $button_class . '"', $html );
	
	// Always return the $html;
	return $html;
} );

There are two snippets above. The first will change the text to “Buy Tickets” instead of the URL itself.

The second may not be necessary if you’re handy with CSS. It’s just a helper function to add a “button” class to the link, which is commonly included in WordPress themes although not guaranteed.

So that part might not do anything depending on your theme. If you could share your website URL, I could help you cross the finish line as far as the styling goes.

These are PHP code snippets so please search for “adding php snippets to wordpress” for further guidance if you’re not familiar with the process. The free https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/code-snippets/ plugin is a popular choice.

The “downside” is that it assumes every event will be set up like this. Might not be ideal if some event tickets would be free, or if tickets were distributed on your WordPress site, for example.

Maybe that’s okay with your use case, just wanted to mention for you and potentially others reading this post.

Hope that helps and let me know how it goes.

Best regards,
Leland