Using WP as the Public Front of a Small Business CMS

  • Hello,

    I was thinking about using WP as the public facing front end for a niche small business CMS, but I wonder if there are some limitation to consider in terms of data size and complexity.

    We have about 1,500 clients and the total inventory among all clients is 1 million. Each inventory item has many pictures and dozens of data fields.
    We plan to grow past 5,000 clients, in the next year or two.

    We have a current admin backend that we’d keep. Our service includes a website where inventory and other business information is displayed publicly. We’d use the WP engine for this part only.

    Any issues come to your mind? Pros/Cons?
    What are your thoughts?

    Thanks
    Peter

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  • Peter,

    Without getting technical, I’d say a great place to start answering your question would be the WordPress showcase.

    I think often the issue isn’t whether or not WordPress can handle what you throw at it. I think the more prevalent issue has to do with the hardware WordPress is being hosted on.

    Those are my (very brief) thoughts!

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