Custom Email Tags

For customized confirmation emails, the following tags can be placed in the email form and they will pull data from the database to include in the email.

Custom email tags can only be used in the custom emails for Event Espresso 3 and will not work on WordPress pages and posts.
Shortcode Displays
[registration_id]
Registration ID
[fname], [lname]
First and Last name of the attendee
[event]
Name of the event
[event_link]
Name of the event, hyperlinked to the event URL
[event_url]
Hypertext link to the event URL
[ticket_type]
The ticket, or price option selected
[ticket_link]
Link to download ticket (ticketing add-on required)
[ticket_qty]
Used to display the number of tickets purchased (ticketing add-on required)
[qr_code]
A scannable QR code image (ticketing add-on required)
[description]
The description of the event as entered in the event editor
[cost]
The cost of the registration
[company]
Organization name as set in General Settings
[co_add1],[co_add2]
Organization address info
[co_city],[co_state],[co_zip]
Organization city, state, zip
[contact]
Primary contact email address as set in General Settings
[payment_url]
Link to view payment options/information
[invoice_link]
Link to download invoice (must have invoice option enabled)
[start_date], [start_time]
The start date and time of the event
[end_date], [end_time]
The end date and time of the event
[event]
Name of the event
[location]
The address of the venue
[location_phone]
The phone number of the venue
[google_map_link]
A link to view the venue location in Google Maps
[venue_title]
The name of the venue (Venue manager enabled)
[venue_address]
The address of the venue (Venue manager enabled)
[venue_url]
A link to the venue’s web page (Venue manager enabled)
[venue_image]
Venue image (enter a valid image URL in venue manager)
[venue_phone]
Venue phone number (Venue manager enabled)
[custom_questions]
Lists all the questions and answers from the reg. form
[meta_key]
The value of the specified meta key from the Event Meta
[seating_tag]
This email tag will display the seat tag, seat, and row. It is used for the Seating Chart add-on for Event Espresso 3.
[attendee_event_list]
A table of the attendee and event information
[question_Form question]
Displays a specific question from the registration form. Usage: If question is titled What is your weight, shortcode would be [question_What is your weight]. The question title and text after question_ must be exactly the same.
[answer_Form question]
Displays a specific answer from the registration form. Usage: If question is titled What is your weight, shortcode would be [answer_What is your weight]. The question title and text after answer_ must be exactly the same.
[add_to_calendar]
Adds the iCal link to your emails, allowing users to download an .ics file to import into iCal, Google Calendar and others calendar applications.
[edit_attendee_link]
Adds a link to the email message that allows the recipient to edit their registration info they filled out in the registration form.

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