Plugin recommendations or build from scratch

  • traveler

    (@visualeight)


    9 years, 1 month ago

    I need to build a database of local listings for a single city where a profile listing shows images, brief bio, contact information, and address/social media links/etc. There will be no social networking such as “friending”, all profiles will be found via search feature.

    I want to allow those wishing to create a profile to register from the front-end of the site and create their profile in the same way you would create a facebook account. They will be charged also to list on the site a monthly fee that needs to be collected during registration.

    The normal site users will access the site simply as a search feature, so they’ll search for a keyword based on a search radius in miles.

    I’m wondering if anyone knows of a plugin that will help the development process speed up, or if I should simply create it from scratch. Honestly I’m not as knowledgeable about the many plugins for WP as I am creating custom themes and post types, which is why I’m asking.

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    9 years, 1 month ago

    You certainly want a plugin to handle payments. If you want search results displayed on a map, that is another good reason to find a plugin. While coding your own map app is possible, unless you are well versed in something like the Google Maps API, you’ll save a lot of time. The rest of it doesn’t sound too complicated and could likely be custom coded.

    Depending on what sort of search queries you need to run, might make sense to create a custom table to contain at least some of the data. The alternative is to store data in user meta, which may work just as well. If not, a custom table related by user ID is a reasonable approach.

    I’m not able to recommend specific plugins, but those two areas are where it makes the most sense to use them.

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