Facebook Login for a WordPress Website

  • uchuujin

    (@uchuujin)


    10 years, 10 months ago

    I’m supposed to implement Facebook Login for a WordPress website. The goal is to take info from the user’s Facebook profile and store it in a database, for later use (match-making). I’m completely new to WordPress and have extremely little experience with web development otherwise, so I have a number of questions.

    1. Would it be appropriate to use a plug-in here?
    I’ve noticed there are a few plug-ins for Facebook Login on WordPress. How do these generally work? Would I actually be able to fetch user data using one of these plug-ins?

    2. What kind of user accounts should I be making?
    It seems that the person previously working on this website created a tester WordPress account for using the site, but I’m not sure this is appropriate. I need to have all user information in my database for the match-making algorithm, and I’m not sure creating WordPress accounts for users would allow that kind of thing.

    3. Is WordPress an appropriate platform for this?
    Going through WordPress, I’m skeptical about using it for a match-making site, as it seems rather high-level and not built for real web app development; however, I may be wrong. Do you think WordPress is an appropriate platform for this?

    Sorry for all the questions. Let me know if anything is vague. I’m new to all of this, and I’m pretty confused about what I’m working with myself.

    Thank you,
    uchuujin

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  • Maeve Lander

    (@enigmaweb)

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Hi uchuujin,

    Interesting project. I can tell you right away that WordPress does not do this ‘out-of-the-box’, and there is not a pre-existing plugin that would accomplish this task ‘out-of-the-box’.

    This sounds like a complex custom web development project which would require a fairly advanced level of web development skills and experience with WordPress developing. It would be possible to achieve this functionality with WordPress, but WordPress is not your only option and may or may not be the best choice given your requirements and the general requirements of site such as ‘matchmaking’. If this is a commercial venture I would recommend you get in touch with a few professional web developers to discuss the requirements, and the options for development of this site. While I believe WordPress could do this, it is not something that would be easy to get set up on your own if you are a not experienced with WordPress/web development.

    Hope this helps you out. 🙂

    Thread Starter uchuujin

    (@uchuujin)

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Unfortunately, I’m a single intern who has been given this project, and my only resource for figuring out WordPress/web dev. in general is the internet.

    Still looking for feedback, if anyone can provide.

    Thread Starter uchuujin

    (@uchuujin)

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Really in need of advice, if anyone can help.

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