Event Companion adds an attendee-facing progressive web app (PWA) to any Event Espresso event. Attendees access the companion via a QR code or short link, authenticate with a magic link tied to their registration, and get a mobile-native experience with:
\nAll configuration is per-event from wp-admin under the Event Espresso menu. The companion is general-purpose and organization-agnostic.
\nSelf-contained on Event Espresso. The companion works on a plain Event Espresso install. No additional plugins are required.
", "installation": "wp-content/plugins/ and activate it. Activation creates the companion tables.Does this require any other plugins?
\nOnly Event Espresso 4. The companion is fully self-contained.
\nHow do attendees access the companion?
\nVia a magic link sent to the email on their registration, or by scanning a QR code at the event.
", - "changelog": "0.8.0
\n* Venue maps can now have Spaces — tappable polygon regions (rooms, zones) you draw right on the map. Each Space carries an optional highlight colour, fill opacity, zoom-to-fit on focus, and a centroid marker, and works as a schedule location and a tap target just like a pin.
\n* Rebuilt map editor: a toolbar to place pins or draw Spaces (click corners to close), full corner editing (drag, double-click an edge to add, Delete to remove), and a docked options panel for the selected feature — replacing the old prompt() dialogs.
\n* Pins and Spaces can now do more on tap: show a basic info popup (a short blurb, without leaving the map), or act as a navigation link to another location or map (a picker appears when there's more than one destination). Either can also display an optional glyph icon.
\n* Map saves keep stable ids, so schedule locations, links, and deep-links survive an edit; navigation links remap correctly across export and import.
0.7.0
\n* Added a color-coded plugin icon (delivered through the update channel) and declared WordPress 7.0 compatibility. No functional change.
0.6.0
\n* Web push notifications: attendees can opt in from the News tab to be notified when an announcement is published (deep-linking to the linked session when set). Generate the signing key under App Settings → Web Push. Self-contained — no extra service required; iOS install-gated.
\n* The home \"Happening now / next\" ribbon now flags a live or upcoming session that has linked announcements with a 📣 count.
0.5.0
\n* Announcement ↔ session linking: an announcement can point at one schedule session. The attendee app shows a tap-through session chip on the announcement card and a \"Related updates\" list on the session page; set the link from the new \"Related session\" picker in wp-admin (grouped by schedule, times in the event timezone). Deleting a session cleanly unlinks its announcements.
0.4.0
\n* Installed PWA branding: the home-screen icon, iOS splash, and theme color now follow the live event's branding (cascade: live event → a new site-wide default → plugin default), instead of the static default. New \"Default App Branding\" controls on the App Settings tab set the site-wide fallback. Manifest is cache-busted (versioned link + ETag) so changes reach installed apps within the cache window.
\n* Import / Export: package an event's whole companion config as a hand-authorable ZIP and import it (merge or replace) into another event — pages, schedules, maps/pins, app/design, shortlinks, feedback form, with bodies and images carried as asset tokens. wp-admin tab + WP-CLI (wp eea-ec export|import); untrusted-ZIP hardened; fully atomic.
\n* Fixed: the home short link no longer mints a duplicate on repeat calls.
0.3.0
\n* Attendee PWA: event-aware landing (hero + \"Happening now/next\" across schedules), bottom-nav + drawer, multi-floorplan maps, named multi-schedules with per-session detail pages, announcements, location-scoped feedback, and \"you are here\" QR cards.
\n* Device-first identity: feedback with no sign-in; optional email magic-link verification creates/links an attendee.
\n* Per-event OKLCH theme engine: accent + neutral + style dials derive contrast-guarded tokens; 10 presets; light/dark/dark-luxe; live preview in wp-admin. Branded boot splash, hero, and motion.
\n* Offline support: after one online load the app works in a venue dead zone (cached data + floorplans); QR codes resolve client-side; offline indicator.
\n* Self-hosted updates via the foh-updates channel.
0.1.0
\n* Foundation release: plugin activation, DB schema (11 tables), admin page shell with stub tabs, self-hosted updater, release workflow.
0.9.0
\n* Venue maps can now use a vector floorplan (an SVG export from Inkscape, Illustrator, or similar) as the base, with a per-map background colour — upload one when adding or editing a map. Uploaded SVGs are sanitized on upload, on serve, and on import.
\n* New element binding: instead of re-tracing rooms by hand, pick any area already drawn in the floorplan — through a structure tree of its layers, groups, and shapes — and turn it into a tappable Space. Each bound Space gets its own resting and focused-state highlight colour and opacity, and the floorplan's own room outlines light up on the map.
\n* Drawn polygon Spaces still work and mix freely with bound ones on the same map; convert either way (detach a bound Space to a point, or bind a drawn/point feature to an element). The vector floorplan and its bindings travel through Export / Import.
0.8.0
\n* Venue maps can now have Spaces — tappable polygon regions (rooms, zones) you draw right on the map. Each Space carries an optional highlight colour, fill opacity, zoom-to-fit on focus, and a centroid marker, and works as a schedule location and a tap target just like a pin.
\n* Rebuilt map editor: a toolbar to place pins or draw Spaces (click corners to close), full corner editing (drag, double-click an edge to add, Delete to remove), and a docked options panel for the selected feature — replacing the old prompt() dialogs.
\n* Pins and Spaces can now do more on tap: show a basic info popup (a short blurb, without leaving the map), or act as a navigation link to another location or map (a picker appears when there's more than one destination). Either can also display an optional glyph icon.
\n* Map saves keep stable ids, so schedule locations, links, and deep-links survive an edit; navigation links remap correctly across export and import.
0.7.0
\n* Added a color-coded plugin icon (delivered through the update channel) and declared WordPress 7.0 compatibility. No functional change.
0.6.0
\n* Web push notifications: attendees can opt in from the News tab to be notified when an announcement is published (deep-linking to the linked session when set). Generate the signing key under App Settings → Web Push. Self-contained — no extra service required; iOS install-gated.
\n* The home \"Happening now / next\" ribbon now flags a live or upcoming session that has linked announcements with a 📣 count.
0.5.0
\n* Announcement ↔ session linking: an announcement can point at one schedule session. The attendee app shows a tap-through session chip on the announcement card and a \"Related updates\" list on the session page; set the link from the new \"Related session\" picker in wp-admin (grouped by schedule, times in the event timezone). Deleting a session cleanly unlinks its announcements.
0.4.0
\n* Installed PWA branding: the home-screen icon, iOS splash, and theme color now follow the live event's branding (cascade: live event → a new site-wide default → plugin default), instead of the static default. New \"Default App Branding\" controls on the App Settings tab set the site-wide fallback. Manifest is cache-busted (versioned link + ETag) so changes reach installed apps within the cache window.
\n* Import / Export: package an event's whole companion config as a hand-authorable ZIP and import it (merge or replace) into another event — pages, schedules, maps/pins, app/design, shortlinks, feedback form, with bodies and images carried as asset tokens. wp-admin tab + WP-CLI (wp eea-ec export|import); untrusted-ZIP hardened; fully atomic.
\n* Fixed: the home short link no longer mints a duplicate on repeat calls.
0.3.0
\n* Attendee PWA: event-aware landing (hero + \"Happening now/next\" across schedules), bottom-nav + drawer, multi-floorplan maps, named multi-schedules with per-session detail pages, announcements, location-scoped feedback, and \"you are here\" QR cards.
\n* Device-first identity: feedback with no sign-in; optional email magic-link verification creates/links an attendee.
\n* Per-event OKLCH theme engine: accent + neutral + style dials derive contrast-guarded tokens; 10 presets; light/dark/dark-luxe; live preview in wp-admin. Branded boot splash, hero, and motion.
\n* Offline support: after one online load the app works in a venue dead zone (cached data + floorplans); QR codes resolve client-side; offline indicator.
\n* Self-hosted updates via the foh-updates channel.
0.1.0
\n* Foundation release: plugin activation, DB schema (11 tables), admin page shell with stub tabs, self-hosted updater, release workflow.