Luckily, there are some options available to get WordPress into a mobile app that can fit any project. The technical constraints of a mobile app means that integrating website features such as WordPress plugins is often a difficult task. For example, if a client uses BuddyPress to create a social network on their website, and they want a mobile app with the same experience, how can that be accomplished? What about the same situation with an event or ecommerce plugin? This presents some unique challenges when a developer is approached by a client who wants to mimic their WordPress website in a mobile app. WordPress users are accustomed to using plugins and themes to customize their website, and these don’t always translate well to a mobile app. If you have a WordPress website, why not use WordPress as the CMS? Some app builders use a third party content management system where you create your app content. If you make any changes to the website, you’d also want those changes to apply to the app without any extra work. For example, if you are an online magazine, you would want any new articles you publish to be available in the app instantly. It makes perfect sense to use content from WordPress in the app, so that when the website is updated, the app is updated. Over 24% of the Internet uses WordPress, and many of those folks want a mobile app. SitePoint has previously covered the topic of WordPress-powered mobile apps, however, in this article we take a deeper dive into three of the options available, discussing the pros and cons of each App Builders, Custom Hybrid Apps and AppPresser (which I’m a co-founder of).
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