Developing a news site like Medium without/with minimal plugins

  • Looking for any tips, tricks, anecdotes and advice.

    I essentially would like to create something with roughly the same functionality and would like to stay minimal on plugins as I can write code myself but have been out of the WordPress ecosystem for a while.

    The things I’m keen to include are

    • Multi author possible
    • Sharing drafts
    • Authors cannot edit each other’s posts, only their own
    • Easy post embedding
    • Some profile customisation
    • Paid tiers possible
    • Subscribe to/follow authors
    • Like and favourite posts
    • Trending posts
    • multiple post types
    • Notes in posts like medium (stretch goal)
    • Canonical tags for authors posting on other platforms

    Much of this I have an idea how to do but not all so I’d love any advice, tips, direction, resources etc. Again, avoiding plugins and themes as much as possible as I find this creates a lot of bloat.

    Any advice or recommendations is very welcome – or just tips on getting started!

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    There’s probably a plugin available for everyone of those ?? I know that’s not the direction you want to go. All the same, existing plugins can be useful guides towards your own efforts. You can investigate how they accomplish their core function and use the same approach in your own code. The various bits you collect from different plugins can all be incorporated into your own all encompassing custom plugin.

    This topic is too broad for me to specifically address each of those items. And if you already have an idea on how to accomplish something, I don’t need to tell you what you already know. I don’t see any of those as being insurmountable. I say dive in and start addressing each need in turn. If you really get stuck on any specific issue, feel free to ask in a more detailed, issue specific topic.

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