Social network on WordPress — don`t even think about it !!!
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Own social network with monetization — how great it sounds ... We create a concept, draw portraits of the target audience and turn to Google with the age-old question: "how to do well and so that there is nothing for it?" In the language of search engines, it sounds something like this: "how to create a social network for free"?
Fans of free public engines will of course try to make the most of them. For example, WordPress is free, affordable, with tons of "mods" and insanely beautiful templates. I really want to start my own business by making a social network on WordPress, right?
But…
Any serious specialist in the field of high-load IT solutions will never advise you to create a social network on WordPress. Why such a harsh no?
- These engines switched to social networks just to expand their audience — this is a trend. They don't really care what happens to the user after registration. CMS of this type are designed for light content sites, maximum. And if you have a site with a million people, do it the way you want.
The social network is a complex resource, the platform of which must scale depending on the increase in the content array and the growth of the audience. Specialized solutions are needed to distribute tens of thousands of hits per second. WordPress is not even ready for hundreds of concurrent calls.
- All the stated numerous additional functions cannot be adequately implemented on WP. There are many reasons, but there are two main ones: the aforementioned lack of scaling and the absence of aggressive caching, as well as the problem of not the most optimal interaction of mods developed by different persons with each other. You will quickly lose even that small patient audience that will still make it to the moment of growth.
- Can you imagine the laughter of advanced users who will test your "social network" on the CMS detector (for example, here — https://2ip.ru/cms/ ) and determine that your project uses WordPress and not a professional platform?
- And the most serious issue is the protection of user data. Let's take a closer look at it.
WordPress is simply adored by hackers, this is their personal Eldorado. No self-respecting cyber gangster will pass by such a vulnerable target, to which all possible keys and loopholes have long been selected. Add to this the traditional carelessness of bloggers. However, when a leak occurs, they do not forget to sue the owner.
The number of WP hacks is growing every year, despite the constant measures to strengthen the protection. Since 2012, there have been many investigations into the platform, all of which confirm that less than 20% of WP accounts are secure.
Enable Security company has been tested about 42,000 sources in 74 WordPress versions. The result is 31,000 sites at risk. Based on the results of annual testing, Kaspersky Lab expresses serious concern: from 2019 to the present, the growth in attacks has doubled.
Choose professional solutions for the implementation of social networks.
WordPress itself is not bad, it just has other tasks — ordinary unloaded sites. The problem is that the expectations of novice webmasters are too high. Create a social network on a platform that meets all security requirements, can scale as the network develops, and is integrated with artificial intelligence.
X Networks has been creating and launching social networks and web portals based on its own software and hardware complex Qwerty Social Network Engine since 2014.
We are actively engaged in developments in the field of artificial intelligence and successfully apply these technologies to optimize the work of each project. Our benchmark is to develop a full-fledged online resource of an international level in an adequate time frame and make it a competitive participant in e-commerce.
The main advantages of QSNE:
- A technology stack designed exclusively for highly loaded projects with high safety and reliability requirements.
- Horizontal scaling is an advanced structure of distributed server "nodes". Projects support tens of millions of active users.
- Instant blocking of all types of attacks and mandatory notification of providers about suspicious activity.
- Content analysis using artificial intelligence and neural networks.
How do you like that, Elon Musk? ))
We not only form new IT standards, but also support promising startups in this area. If you have an interesting idea for a social network, we are ready not only to bring your concept to life, but also to undertake up to 60% of the investment.
The result is modern and rapidly developing social networks that are not inferior in functionality to well-known models.
Do you want already? We are waiting for you at X Networks.
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