Is wordpress suitable for producing a dating website from scratch?

 

Any other recommendations please?

 

 

What sort of features do you need? For example, do you need the ability for people to send messages to eachother? There may be a plugin already to assist with a lot of the groundwork, otherwise you may be able to use something like Buddypress.

 

I built something very similar recently, but it was recruitment based. It borrows a lot from the same concepts from a dating site in terms of profiles, private messaging, notifications, and the ability to match recruiters and users. I didn't look at Wordpress though, it was custom built.

Hi Jack, Yes defo want messaging service built in, user accounts, ebilling stuff and good security. I think a custom built website is the only way having looked at other options. Im scared of using a firm for this task, due to all the licensing and lack of ownership.

If the idea is unique then custom is usually a better approach, rather than trying to customize something that doesn't fit your exact requirements. That said, it really depends. A custom built dating site is likely to cost thousands. There are themes such as this, you could just use the custom plugins provided. It looks like it covers a lot of the features you should need, and you can just build and design the frontend templates yourself instead of using this generic one.

I'd recommend using a purpose built CMS like eMeeting - http://datingscripts.co.uk/ - it's well established, got a ton of features, own API, templates (3rd party of roll your own), custom profile fields and lots more.

 

Or if you want to build up your own custom classifieds/dating system with incredible flexibility look at http://www.wsnclassifieds.com/ - dont judge by their web site, look at the software, it's got more stuff than you can shake a stick at.

Edited November 26, 201411 yr by BlueDreamer

Very useful stuff for me to look into ....perfect!

 

Thanks guys. Glad Im here.