# SeatCraft documentation | WebKoding

How to install, licence and update SeatCraft. Seat named guests at tables. Weddings, galas, awards dinners.

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# SeatCraft documentation

Seat named guests at tables. Weddings, galas, awards dinners.
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## Before you start

- •WordPress 6.0 or newer, PHP 7.4 or newer
- •An image of the venue: a photograph of the room, a PNG, a JPG or an SVG floor plan
- •Your guest list, as a CSV — one row per person
- •No WooCommerce. Nothing on a SeatCraft plan is sold, so no shop is needed

## What it does not do

- —It does not sell seats. Nobody pays for a place at a wedding — the host assigns them. If you want visitors to choose and pay, that is Seat Map.
- —It does not send the invitations or collect the RSVPs by email. It records the replies you already have.
- —It does not manage catering orders or supplier invoices. Meal choices are counted per guest, not ordered.

## What is in the download

A single WordPress plugin ZIP. Nothing is fetched from us at runtime and no part of the plugin calls home: once it is installed, your guest list stays on your server.
The download also contains the plugin’s readme and its licence key field. GPL source, unobfuscated — any developer you hire can read and change it.

## Installing it

In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, choose the ZIP, install and activate. If your host rejects the upload for size, unzip it locally and copy the folder into wp-content/plugins over SFTP instead.
Paste the licence key from your purchase email when the plugin asks for it. The key is what entitles the installation to updates; the plugin runs without it, it just stops receiving new versions.

## Your first plan

Create a plan, upload the venue image, and draw tables over it. A round table and a long trestle are both just shapes with a capacity, so the plan can be as close to the real room as your photograph is.
Import the guest list before seating anyone: it is much faster to drag names onto tables than to type them in one at a time, and the CSV import is where plus-ones and meal choices arrive.
Publish the plan with the block or the shortcode. Guests who open it can search for their own name; they cannot move anybody.

## Licence, updates and support

- One licence covers 1 WordPress site.
- 1 year of updates, from the date of purchase.
- 1 year of email support.
- Instant download + licence key by email
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Questions this page does not answer go to support@webkoding.com . If you bought from us and cannot find your licence key, look it up here .

## Common questions

### Does it need WooCommerce?

No. A wedding seat is not a product — the host decides who sits where, so there is nothing to add to a cart. SeatCraft installs on plain WordPress.

### Can guests pick their own seat?

Not by design. Guests can find their own name through the search box on the published plan; assigning is the host’s job. If you want visitors to choose and pay for a place, that is Seat Map, not this.

### Where do plus-ones and dietary requirements live?

On the guest, not in a note field. Each person carries their RSVP state, meal choice, dietary requirement and group, so the meal tally is counted rather than kept in your head.

### Can I print the plan?

Yes — a printable seating plan and printable table cards, from the same data as the on-screen plan, so the two cannot disagree.

### How many events can one licence run?

As many as you like. The licence counts WordPress installations, not weddings.