I’ve built quite a few Wordress websites over the past two decades for side income, mostly using prebuilt themes and plugins based around client needs. I haven’t done any real heavy development work though (coding), as I would usually subcontract that out when needed.
I’m looking at building a website for an idea I have which will revolve heavily around certain types of events all across the US, which visitors will be able to submit to through a front end submission form.
My first thought was to buy an Events plug-in, but as usual, none of them have all the features I need, or they have some I don’t need. And then there are some that have multiple paid addons that would be needed to get close to what I need.
Would it make more sense to just use some core plugins to create custom post types (Custom Post Type UI) and custom fields (ACF) to build it out from scratch using a builder like Elementor? I’ve never used Elementor or Divi but I know they’re very commonly used by developers to save time. I don’t know that becoming a true developer is in my plans so I’m thinking that learning Elementor makes sense.
Building from scratch might take longer due to the learning curve but I could then use that experience in other projects later. I don’t plan to build websites for clients, but I likely will build more websites for my own business projects.
Thoughts?
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Gravity Forms + ACF for complete control, or an events plugins (there are a bunch of them) for something quick and simple.
You can use AI tools to create and learn the content you want, which may help you complete the requirements more quickly.