Title: Interactive Databse
Last modified: July 31, 2019

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# Interactive Databse

 *  [akajonnygee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akajonnygee/)
 * (@akajonnygee)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/interactive-databse/)
 * Hi. I have a website [redundant link removed]. It is hosted with Wix, but they
   are too expensive to continue hosting with them.
    I want setup the same site 
   elsewhere but I am struggling with the tech. I need a website where drivers can
   enter their contact details into the front end, these details are then saved 
   in a back end database. Employers can then login and view (and query) this back
   end database. So, ideally, a theme that would allow me set the DB fields for 
   drivers to fill out, and also then specify the database fields to output to employers.
   Thanks for your help. Jon
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Finteractive-databse%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/interactive-databse/#post-11782301)
 * In WordPress, the theme is the look of the site. Plugins supply functionality.
   
   You can get a [plugin for forms](https://wordpress.org/plugins/?s=forms), which
   would handle the input and retrieval of data. You might need another for a [custom post type](https://wordpress.org/plugins/?s=custom+post+type).
   And maybe User Role Editor or similar to distinguish the Employers from the drivers.
 *  Thread Starter [akajonnygee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akajonnygee/)
 * (@akajonnygee)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/interactive-databse/#post-11782470)
 * Hi Joy, Thanks for your answer. OK, I think I understand. I had thought forms
   were only for data input, although it makes sense that the input can be stored
   then retrieved. So I am fine with concept of a form and a user inputting data
   into a form and the data then being stored (presumably in a database)….but what
   I am struggling with (mainly) is retrieving that same data and displaying it 
   in a page to another user. Can you give me a little more guidance? Thanks again
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/interactive-databse/#post-11783183)
 * Depending on the plugin, the form data input is stored and retrieved by the same
   plugin. It could be stored in the post meta table, where all plugins can use 
   WP functions to retrieve it in a standard way, or it could be in its own table
   in which case only the plugin that stored it knows the layout to work with it.
   
   Read the descriptions of the plugins to know what they are doing, but you will
   likely have to try them out to see if they would work for your situation. Plugins
   often provide shortcodes that you put into a page to get the data displayed. 
   Or new plugins might provide a block for that. Or you could create a custom post
   type to store the data and then the plugin would provide a template to output
   that custom post type.

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 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [interactive](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/interactive/)

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 * Last reply from: [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/interactive-databse/#post-11783183)
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