Accreditation Registry and Member Portal
A custom WordPress application for accredited member data, public search, moderated profile editing, and renewal operations.
Challenge
The organization needed a public registry where visitors can search accredited makers by discipline and region, while members maintain their own profiles. Expired or unverified members must never appear as accredited, so accreditation status needed to be enforced in the data layer.
Solution
Designed a custom plugin with CPTs, taxonomies, accreditation state, and capabilities. Built faceted map search through custom REST APIs and Gutenberg blocks, with moderated member profile edits.
Result
Delivered WordPress as a real application: a trusted public registry, member portal, and operational flow for renewals and accreditation fees.
Team
Medium team, 8 weeks
Custom plugin, block theme, data modeling, and design implementation
Role
Handled custom plugin architecture, block theme development, accreditation enforcement, and renewal workflows.
Owned the domain model, REST search layer, frontend blocks, and server-side visibility rules.
Tech Stack
Key Features
Custom post types and taxonomies for accredited members
Server-side filtering for accreditation status
Faceted and geo search through custom REST APIs
Frontend member profile editing with moderation
Custom block theme and Gutenberg blocks
Technical Highlights
WordPress as an Application
Owned the domain model with custom plugin code instead of bending generic directory plugins around the requirements.
Trust Enforced in Queries
Filtered expired and unverified members at the server query layer, preserving registry credibility.