Complete novice: how to tell if WordPress is the right tool?

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Hi all – mods, please delete if not allowed! I read the rules but unsure if asking for this kind of advice is okay here 🙂

I have zero experience with web anything at all with the exception of one year running (adding new posts to) a business’ website via WordPress. That site was custom built and coded for the business and I never touched anything beside the new post button.

I have an idea for a website. I review books on another platform; I would like to put together a site where each “post” is a review with two rating systems, the synopsis + text, a photo of the book, and then *most crucially* a category and a plethora of tags. Turning it into more of a database than a traditional review blog.

The home page would hold the search tool, which is the most important part. A user would be able to select from existing categories and tags to create a highly customized search – like X Genre (category) OR Y Category, A tag, B tag, G tag, J tag etc. sort of like how on a clothing website you can select Mens>Shirts> casual, white, cotton or linen, etc. I would also need to create a submission field for users to submit books to the “database”.

The plan would also be to not have the traditional “scrolling” blog style anywhere, but navigable pages where there’s a 2-3 column setup and all books that live under that category or tag (with all associated tags visible alongside the photo of the book).

My question to the experts is: is this easily accomplished in WordPress . Com with a Business Plan to access plugins and themes? I know that I have zero knowledge here: so I’m trying to get specific and ensure I don’t waste time trying to build this myself when it’s an unrealistic expectation. Thank you very much in advance of any advice or assurance you can give me!! 🙂

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