Is WordPress a solution for a video-heavy database site?

  • markae2003

    (@markae2003)


    13 years, 6 months ago

    I am trying to coax programmers to put together a content rich tourism site which features videos(hosted on our own server) on most pages. Pages without video would have a photo instead. Visitors could search by location or topic.

    I cannot code myself so have recently started using WordPress for some simple sites. I have been amazed by its potential but it is making me wonder if I am paying for people to “reinvent the wheel”. They seem to be PHP coding everything from scratch which is a painfully slow and expensive process.

    Is WordPress powerful, stable and advanced enough to create the site I am describing? I realise it would need customizing for my purposes. Is Joomla or Drupal a better solution? Any independent guidance would be greatly appreciated.

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  • applesfaceman

    (@applesfaceman)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    from the little i know, i would say pay people to build on top of wordpress. its already got a hard core back bone and its totally free to use.. so you could use wp as a foundation, a very large one, and just have them develop on top of that.
    like i said, as little as i know, i would say go with WP but pay the programmers to work on top of that.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    13 years, 5 months ago

    WordPress can handle it fine. I would say it’s more a case of can your SERVER handle the videos, personally. I use WordPress for a small video site. Combine it with good caching software (W3 total cache or WP Super Cache) and the right video plugin and you’re good.

    Tom Leger

    (@tomleger)

    13 years, 5 months ago

    WordPress powers giant sites, like Time.com, CNN, BBC, etc. It can handle your video site. What ipsentu said is 100% correct–you might encounter a bottle-neck with you server, which would have come up with a completely custom site, too. MediaTemple and RackSpace are both good options and can scale up as your needs.traffic grow.

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