Title: Plugin recommendations or build from scratch
Last modified: April 27, 2017

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# Plugin recommendations or build from scratch

 *  [traveler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/visualeight/)
 * (@visualeight)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-recommendations-or-build-from-scratch/)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-recommendations-or-build-from-scratch/#post-9081990)
 * 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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 * Last activity: [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-recommendations-or-build-from-scratch/#post-9081990)
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