Advice on Integraging WordPress pages with custom CMS

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    bartonfunk2 · Member ·

    Hi

    We built a custom CMS for a client a while ago with PHP/MYSQL using Codeigniter. The CMS can be used to create pages, but there’s very little control for the user over the look of the pages. Text and images are inputted to a template.

    The client has a new employee who is very familiar with WordPress. They want to be able to have WordPress like control over the layout of new pages while keeping all of the existing ones in place. I’m thinking that perhaps a hybrid use of WordPress to create the pages. Perhaps install WordPress, setup a theme and then the employee can create whatever pages he wants. When the pages are published I can set the Custom CMS to include the pages in the existing organisation tree so that they can be moved around in the existing site and placed where needed.

    Has anyone done anything similar to this? Someone else suggested using Worpress.com to create the pages and then pull them into the Custom CMS/Website using the Worpress REST API. Not sure if this is possible or practical though.

    Any advice or guidance would be helpful if you have experience of a similar setup.

    TIA,
    Chris

  • staff-totoro · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    WordPress.com is a managed hosting service so we do not have a way to connect with outside platforms, and you would not be able to customize WordPress on this end since the source code is not editable.

    instead I think you will want to consider the self-hosted variant of WordPress, which allows you to build sites that you create on a “traditional web host” like Bluehost, GoDaddy, etc. For example, you could add this to the existing hostind you have for your custom CMS.

    Since we’re not able to help with custom integrations, you may also wish to ask your question here since the folks in the wordpress.org forum will be in a better place to advise you: https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/

    Hope this helps point you in the right direction!

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