Can WordPress be used to make Mobile APP, please?

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    wrenchitupplumbingandmechanical · Member ·

    Hi. I use WordPress to build my website. It is great. Now I want to make a Mobile APP for my company, does WordPress have such function to make that, please? Thanks a lot.

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    mikeycampbell2022 · Member ·

    Actually, there are plugins to convert WordPress sites into mobile android app. Those plugins are available in the wordpress repository. However, I don’t recommend them because, first, they are costly, create server load, and second, you don’t have control over everything because they keep charging you more and more for every new features.

    So, the best option for you is to install Android studio. After that, there are ready made scripts and tutorials found online that you just need to follow. Copy and paste those codes and complete developing your own android app version of the website.

    If you can understand Hindi, then there is a YouTube channel by the name “Techno Vedant” who have clearly demonstrated all the steps to convert website into app for free through Android studio. Even if you can’t understand Hindi, just mute the audio and follow what his mouse cursor and keyboard does. Your android app will be ready in an hour.

    By the way, I am not affiliated with Techno Vedant, neither I am promoting him in any way. I am just sharing knowledge that I use to create android apps from websites into my own.

    In addition to that, you must create “Google Play Console” account to publish the app to android store. Just remember this, your app must comply with their policies. Plus, they want to make sure that you own the website that you are create the app around.

    To make sure that they don’t remove your application, verify the website to Google Search Console and Google Analytics through the same email address that you use to create the Google Console Account.

    Otherwise, you can just hire someone from Fiverr or Upwork to do the task at cheap price.

    Hope this helps.

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    WordPress.com, where you’re posting now, is not the same thing as the open source WordPress software you’re using for your site. That software is made and supported by the community on WordPress.org. You can find their support forums at https://wordpress.org/support/forums/

    As @mikeycampbell2022 explained above, turning your website into an app is not a simple process. There are many tutorials and ready-made scripts available to help with this process, but ultimately you need to be familiar with Android and iOS development, and the coding languages those platforms use, to create apps for those platforms. (By the way, I don’t recommend ever just re-using ready-made scripts from a tutorial without actually understanding what the code does – ready-made scripts are a very easy way for hackers to trick you into adding malicious code to your site/app so they can later exploit it.)

    Any app you create would interact with your website via the WordPress REST API, so you’d also need to know how to use that. The API has extensive documentation on WordPress.org, but if you’re not a developer, you won’t know what to do with that.

    So if you’re serious about having a mobile app version of your website available and want it done properly, you’ll need to hire an experienced mobile app developer to help you with this. And while you can find someone relatively cheaply through platforms like Fiverr or Upwork, also keep in mind that you usually get what you pay for, and going with someone cheap is very likely going to end up costing you in the long run :)

    But unless your site has a bunch of interactive features that people access via an account they create with you, creating an app is likely not even worth the effort and money it will take. If you just want people to be able to read your content on mobile devices, making sure your site is using a mobile-responsive theme will be much better, as most people will interact with your site by visiting it in a mobile browser, rather than by installing an app.

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