Building a community platform with Wordpress
summary
Practical roadmap for a community or event site: choose self‑hosted WordPress (.org) on a managed host with staging and CDN rather than editing the live site; hosts recommended include Pantheon, Kinsta or GridPane (containerized on Google Cloud) to avoid hacks and scale traffic. Use Really Simple SSL, Yoast, a lightweight theme like Astra plus Elementor or Beaver Builder for pages, Events Calendar for schedules, Gravity Forms for registration and automations, BuddyPress/BuddyBoss for member features, and GamiPress for referrals and engagement. Example site: flylist.dev.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction to the series
- 3:21Choosing a hosting provider
- 7:21WordPress setup and configuration
- 12:37Domains and technical support
- 17:01Themes and plugin management
- 25:54Performance and high traffic
- 29:11Building event functionality
- 38:15Community and integrations
- 47:05Metrics, engagement, and wrap
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