Title: WordPress for an application system?
Last modified: June 21, 2019

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# WordPress for an application system?

 *  [wordpress19801](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpress19801/)
 * (@wordpress19801)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-for-an-application-system/)
 * I’m new to WordPress and wondering if it would be a good platform for the following
   student application system.
 * Students should be able to:
 * 1. create an account
    2. fill out a large 6 page form that includes things like
   uploading resumes. Once the form is submitted, it will email the site admin and
   specific department liaison. 3. Go back each semester and fill out additional
   information via a form.
 * The site admin should be to:
    1. Approve or decline the application – triggers
   an automated email 2. View reports (TBD)
 * The department liaisons should be able to:
    1. Log in and view the applications
   for people in their department. The departments are listed as a dropdown on the
   application form.
 * Is WordPress a good platform for this or would something be better? If WordPress
   is the way to go, any tips for getting started including plugins that would be
   beneficial?
 * Thanks in advance!

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 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-for-an-application-system/#post-11658721)
 * This will almost definitely require some custom coding for the approve/deny and
   view reports. Where it comes to the other stuff you could probably use WPs default
   user system for the accounts features. For the form you may consider using a 
   forms Plugin such as WPForms [https://wpforms.com](https://wpforms.com), Gravity
   Forms [https://gravityforms.com](https://gravityforms.com), or Formidable [https://formidableforms.com/](https://formidableforms.com/).
   I think the additional info section after each semester will also require some
   custom code.
 * Hope this gets you headed in the correct direction. Feel free to ask any further
   questions you may have regarding my suggestion and I will help as my time permits.
 *  Thread Starter [wordpress19801](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpress19801/)
 * (@wordpress19801)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-for-an-application-system/#post-11660159)
 * Thanks for the reply. Those form plug ins seem great. What sort of custom coding
   would be required and can that make it difficult with things like upgrades, especially
   for the plug-ins? I don’t mind some custom coding, but I wonder if something 
   like Drupal would be a better fit? I don’t have experience with either so will
   take some time asking around and exploring both.
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by [wordpress19801](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpress19801/).
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by [wordpress19801](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpress19801/).
 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-for-an-application-system/#post-11662217)
 * Truthfully, this is not the place to be asking if Drupal is a better fit or ask
   for specifics on custom code. You can go over to sites like stackoverflow.com
   to get advice from people who are familiar with both Drupal and WordPress. I 
   am sure this can be done with Drupal too but likely it will still require some
   custom coding.

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