Developing a complex website in WordPress (request for advice)

  • I am considering making a website in WordPress that would be comparable in complexity to something like match.com. In order to do something like this I may need to utilize many different modules and possibly modify them. I reviewed popular sites made in WordPress and did not find anything that was to this sort of complexity and wanted to see if there might be reason why. Please help me answer the questions below. Appreciate everyone’s input.

    – Security: due to the complexity and need to make modifications, would I have any security concerns?
    – Performance: this is also tied to the complexity component. If I am piecing together a bunch of modules and possibly modifying them would there by any concerns for poor performance of the site?
    – Design/usability: if I’m piecing together a bunch of separate modules might I have any troubles with design or usability as a whole?
    – Other concerns: does anyone else see any other unforeseen concerns that may not be mentioned above?

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  • Security

    This comes down to how well each part is programmed. The WordPress core code is updated all the time to plug security issues, and all of the good theme and plugin authors do the same. Anything custom would be something that who ever has programmed it needs to keep up with.

    Performance

    There is a big possibility of performance issues. It all depends on how complex the system is. Sometimes this can be avioded by good coding practice and system design, but sometimes things just take a lot of resources to run.

    If performance becomes an issue there’s always options of caching, dedicated servers, cluster servers, server farms, etc. It all depends on hwo far you need the system to go. Just remember that it doesn’t take that long for a complex system to outgrow a shared hosting service.

    Design/Usability

    That’s completely up to you. Almost any design can be implemented in WordPress, so it’s up to having a good designer that can make the site look good and make sure that user experience is just as good.

    Other concerns

    There’s always more to think about, but it’s hard to say without tyring. YTou will find things as you go along, but you will get that with any system.

    Thread Starter tlong9034

    (@tlong9034)

    Thank you for your reply, very helpful and useful information for me to consider! Appreciate it.

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